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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army officer tapped to be the service’s next chief of staff outlined for senators on Wednesday his plan to fix what he described as the service’s top challenge — rebuilding recruiting — as it becomes clear the Army will again fall short of its enlistment

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO dominated Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “ Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard not to feel grudging respect for Gerald Daniel Blanchard’s long resume of crime — no matter what side of the law you’re on. He once stole half a million dollars from a bank before it officially opened by using a concealed pinhole camera

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Authorities say the badly decomposing bodies of three people have been found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and that they may have been lying there since late last year. Gunnison County Sheriff Adam Murdie says a hiker discovered one of the bodies

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged in the Capitol riot who had guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home will remain in jail while he awaits trial. That’s the ruling Wednesday from

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years, a group of congressional Democrats reported on Wednesday. They say some of that data was then used by Meta

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO dominated Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “ Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of a lawsuit accusing Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant of assaulting a teenager during a pickup basketball game hinges on whether Morant will be allowed to say that he was acting in self-defense and can receive immunity under Tennessee law. A judge on Wednesday

By ELAINE GANLEY and LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris. He was 94. Kundera’s most famous work, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’’ opens wrenchingly with Soviet tanks rolling through Prague, the Czech capital that

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A police official says officers have killed at least six people during new protests in Kenya against the rising cost of living. A health worker says more than 50 schoolchildren in the capital were tear-gassed. The opposition leader behind the demonstrations vows they will continue until

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This year’s Emmy for best drama nominees have been revealed. They are “Succession,” “The White Lotus,” “The Last of Us,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Crown,” “Yellowjackets,” “House of the Dragon” and “Andor.” The nominees for best comedy series are: “Abbott Elementary,” “Barry,” “The Bear,” Jury Duty,” “Ted