AP Business Writer Shares of Trump Media have slumped to new lows on the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform. Shares of Trump Media tumbled almost 8% to close Friday $13.55, putting the value of the
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has expressed its deep displeasure over a Taliban delegate’s failure to stand during the Iranian national anthem at an event in Tehran. The incident involving the Taliban delegate to the Islamic Unity Conference in the Iranian capital Thursday follows an episode in Pakistan in which a Taliban diplomat did not
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czechs are voting in a two-day vote for a third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, and to select their representatives in regional elections. The elections take place as the country recovers from massive floods that hit Central Europe in recent days. The floods claimed at least 24 lives
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Two Russians on Friday set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station, according to Russia’s space agency. Roscosmos said Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub broke the old record of 370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes, which was set in September 2023 by Russians Sergei Prokopiev and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers. Friday’s announcement by Constellation Energy comes five years after its then-parent company
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer A’ja Wilson had a season like none other in WNBA history. Caitlin Clark set records and made the Indiana Fever the biggest draw in the women’s game. Angel Reese rebounded like nobody the league has ever seen. The WNBA regular season is over. And the stat sheets were filled like never before.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Already an NBA MVP and an Olympic gold medalist, All-Star center Joel Embiid now has until the end of the decade to try to win his first NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers. With another maximum contract secured, Embiid wants to chase that title in Philly — and remain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Peter Cat Recording Co. is in the midst of their 77-concert world tour, “Good Luck Beta 24’” following the release of their 2024 studio album, “BETA.” The New Delhi-based band has quickly risen from being an indie band popular among South Asian audiences to taking over the global
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Joanna Levesque, the singer who rose to fame as “JoJo” when she was 13 years old, has written a memoir recounting her experiences with childhood fame. She spoke with The Associated Press about the song responsible for her meteoric rise, “Leave (Get Out),” her years-long legal battle with her former label that stunted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter has received threats and been advised by the Hungarian secret services not to talk to media. Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono has not appeared publicly since the deadly simultaneous attack that
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro spends most of his days writing the fifth and final volume of his Lyndon Johnson series, more than a decade in the making and still without a scheduled release date. But in recent weeks, he has been looking back 50 years, to the biography which made
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month, but experts say the addiction treatment changes could fall flat if state governments and methadone clinics fail to act. For decades, strict rules required most methadone patients to line
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother. Scribner announced Friday that the Indian author and activist’s “Mother Mary Comes to Me” will be released in September 2025. Roy, best known for her Booker-winning novel
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing the alleged victims of the former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed, say the late billionaire was a “monster” whose crimes were “enabled” by the high-end department store. At least 37 women have accused Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, of sexually assaulting them,
Continue ReadingMAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there for almost a decade has apologized for comments that appeared to downplay the case. Louis Bonnet, the mayor of Mazan in southern France, said he understands his remarks to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values. State school voucher programs are not the driving reason, but they are making the start-up process easier, pastors and Christian education experts say. In Florida, Ohio and other states, there is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Florida pastor Melvin Adams knows a few hours of church programming every week is no match for the more than 30 hours children spend at secular schools, absorbing lessons that he says run counter to their family’s Christian beliefs. Like other theologically conservative pastors in Florida and beyond, he decided his Nazarene church
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new tourist stop in Washington is offering visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office. It’s a life-sized replica decorated just like President Joe Biden’s Oval Office, right down to the weathered family Bible on a side table. Unlike the real Oval Office, tourists can go
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced labor, a Philippine senator who led an investigation into the centers said Friday. The U.N. human rights office has said that such gangs
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli
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