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Associated Press HAMAMATSU, Japan (AP) — After helping lead the fight to free her younger brother from nearly a half-century on death row, Hideko Hakamada feels she and her brother are beginning a new chapter of their lives. Her brother, Iwao Hakamada, is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. She backed him through decades of

AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bridget Carleton made two free throws with 2 seconds left, and the Minnesota Lynx forced a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, beating the New York Liberty 82-80. The teams will meet Sunday night in New York in the first Game 5 of the Finals since 2019, when

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde have repeatedly accused each other of lying during an often testy and confrontational debate. They are facing off in the general election in a closely watched Senate race. Hovde called on Baldwin to disclose more information about the investments

HONOLULU (AP) — A teenager in Hawaii was recovering after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean search. In a statement, the parents of 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai thanked rescue teams and Honolulu lifeguard Noland Keaulana for searching for the teen through the night and finding him

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump paced his rally stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes Friday night in Detroit after his microphone cut out. The Republican nominee and former president was about to wax on about one of his favorite subjects, tariffs, working up to naming it by first teasing “the most beautiful

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo police say a man was arrested after he threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s governing part. He then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister’s residence on Saturday. There were no reports of injuries. Police identified the man as 49-year-old Atsunobu Usuda. Japanese media

TORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada. That’s according to a proposed deal. Philip Morris International said Friday that a court-appointed mediator had filed the proposed settlement with its Canadian affiliate, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, over tobacco product-related claims and litigation in

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Park Service ranger says U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan. The claim that Sheehy in fact shot himself on a family trip in Montana was dismissed by Sheehy and his

ASSOCIATED PRESS/REPORT FOR AMERICA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A decision by a Florida jury is paving the way for the surviving members of 2 Live Crew to retake control of much of their iconic discography, following a yearslong copyright dispute. The group’s provocative work — and the court challenges around it — helped redraw the

ATLANTA (AP) — Spelman College announces Dr. Helene D. Gayle is taking a personal leave of absence as president of the nation’s top-rated historically Black college. The school did not provide a reason for Gayle’s leave. Roz Brewer has assumed day-to-day duties as interim president. Brewer is a former chair of Spelman’s board of trustees