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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has kept an increased military presence in the Middle East throughout much of the past year. U.S. officials say about 40,000 U.S. forces, at least a dozen warships and four Air Force fighter jet squadrons are spread across the region both to protect allies and to serve as

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for a road construction inspector who survived the Baltimore bridge collapse in March are planning to file a claim against the owner and manager of the ship that lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. They announced the impending lawsuit at a news conference Thursday. Road

Associated Press Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a handful of those in the music and film industries who have actually faced criminal charges. Sean “Diddy” Combs has now joined that short list of prosecuted stars. Here is a list of some

AP Technology Writer Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday. The free update was made available Thursday to an audience that has signed up to test

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as host and not one but two musical guests: Billy Preston and Janis Ian. On Saturday nights,

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer who recently died from wounds he suffered when he was shot during a traffic stop earlier this year was eulogized as a dedicated public servant. Jaime Roman was shot June 22 in the city’s Kensington section and remained hospitalized until he died Sept. 10, Services for the 31-year-old

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Honduras say that an attempted prison break left two inmates dead and three injured. Officials said 72 prisoners took part in the attempted escape on Thursday from the men’s prison in the town of Tamara, near the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. They did not clarify how the casualties occurred.

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign, it was only the latest allegation of foreign interference with the U.S. election. The 2024 presidential campaign is encountering a spate of efforts by adversaries to weaken faith in the

Associated Press The Hulu series “Tell Me Lies” is about a toxic relationship between two college students, played by Grace Van Patten and Jackson White. Executive producer and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer says she loves writing about relationships and they’re vital to humanity. She says she’s very mindful of respecting the weight of early relationships on

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Preliminary reports from the National Transportation Safety Board say bad weather was noted near two Nebraska farm fields where small planes crashed minutes apart in August. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the two crashes happened on Aug. 26, within 50 minutes of each other. While the NTSB reports don’t yet cite

Associated Press A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips ruled Wednesday that Eric DeValkenaere violated 26-year-old Cameron Lamb’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. She said DeValkenaere did this

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand. The Justice Department is wrapping up its antitrust case against Google this

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in election controversies even before the first ballots of this year’s presidential race are cast. Georgia Republicans say they are just trying to ensure the accuracy of the vote this November. Democrats

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington next week for talks with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Thursday’s meetings come as Zelenskyy continues to press for the U.S. to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia. The Biden administration still is not

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens, who is set to die Friday by lethal injection. The justices ruled Thursday that a sworn statement from a friend who testified against Owens but now says he lied is not enough to