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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump shared more than a dozen posts on his social media network that call for the trial or jailing of his foes, including House lawmakers who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol and special counsel Jack Smith. He also posted images that reference the QAnon conspiracy theory.

AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe is getting the rematch he wants, a second shot at Ben Shelton at the U.S. Open. But there won’t be a second straight Grand Slam title for Barbora Krejcikova. The Wimbledon champion was knocked out of the U.S. Open in the second round on Wednesday, defeated

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego police officer killed when a fleeing vehicle crashed into his patrol car had been with the department since 2019. Thirty-year-old Officer Austin Machitar died in the collision late Monday and his partner that night was critically injured. The driver of the speeding car also was killed. The department

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to southwest Wisconsin early next month. His Sept. 5 visit will focus on small towns and rural areas to highlight his policies to lower prescription drug costs and encourage renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. That’s according to a White House official who spoke on

Associated Press A special Ring Cycle will be performed for the 150th anniversary Bayreuth Festival in 2026, the annual Richard Wagner showcase said as this season’s schedule ended with sellouts for all 30 performances. Bayreuth’s new production of “Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg” will open the 113th festival next July 25. Valentin Schwarz’s 2022 staging of

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A militia group member who communicated with other far-right extremists while they stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison. For weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Kentucky electrician Dan Edwin Wilson planned with others to attack the Capitol and stop the peaceful transfer

AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Look at almost any movie theater marquee right now and you’ll probably see not just new titles but a smattering of older films, too. At a time when nearly everything is available at home with a few clicks, nothing is surging on the big screen as much as

Associated Press Residents of Massachusetts are now free to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old restriction was struck down in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision on gun rights and the Second Amendment. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision Tuesday applied new guidance from what has come to be known

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a state appeals court to overturn a ruling that would keep him off New York’s ballot. The arguments Wednesday come even as the candidate has suspended his independent presidential bid and was seeking to remove his name from contention in other

ATLANTA (AP) — The son of a worker who died in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport says his father’s body was unrecognizable. Andre Coleman told Atlanta’s 11Alive news station Tuesday that he wanted to see 58-year-old Mirko Marweg because he didn’t believe he was dead. But

Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Treasury Department has issued new regulations aimed at making it harder for criminals to launder money by paying cash for residential real estate. Under rules finalized Wednesday, investment advisors and real estate professionals will be required to report cash sales of residential real estate to legal entities,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is pressing forward with his 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, with a new indictment that aims to salvage the prosecution after the Supreme Court slammed the door on the possibility of a trial before the November election. The new indictment, filed Tuesday in Washington,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to dismiss the lawsuit while a jury was deliberating. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan wrote that Judge Jed S.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Jamaica say they believe a shark attacked and killed a 16-year-old high school student whose body was found in waters just north of the island. Police identified the victim as Jahmari Reid from the northern parish of Trelawny. It is located just east of the popular tourist

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships. That’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports provided Pavel Durov protection after he created and ran Telegram as a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist.

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, hot girl summer purveyor and now… award show host? Megan Thee Stallion will both host and perform at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, marking her first time leading an award show. This year, the VMAs promise star-studded performances, tons of moon people and

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State officials are approving a deal with Norfolk Southern that expands commuter and passenger rail services in southwestern and northern Virginia. The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority plans to run passenger trains between Roanoke and Christiansburg on the private rail company’s main rail line. Officials also want to expand evening and weekend

AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Evans has won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970, beating Karen Khachanov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 in 5 hours, 35 minutes. Evans trailed 4-0 in the fifth set before running off the final six games. The