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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking for an investigation of the state’s investments in the company that makes Bud Light because of conservative backlash over a transgender social media influencer marketing the beverage. DeSantis sent a letter to the State Board of Administration Thursday and said “all

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A security operations leader hired by the far-right Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to two years of probation. Michael Greene’s acquittal on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot marked a rare setback for prosecutors. He was convicted on a misdemeanor trespassing offense after

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Tar balls have shown up 100 miles downstream of a railroad bridge collapse last month that sent numerous tank cars carrying petroleum products plummeting into Montana’s Yellowstone River,. Dropping water levels and rising temperatures are hindering the cleanup work, which is expected to continue weeks. Officials

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out another winning week with a quiet Friday, as stocks found some stability after sliding the day before. The S&P 500 edged up by 1.47, or less than 0.1%, to 4,536.34 to cap its eighth winning week in the last 10. The

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Friday’s demonstrations came a day after protesters stormed the country’s embassy in Iraq. The protests in Iraq, Lebanon and

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California outdoor enthusiast has died after collapsing in Death Valley following a hike amid blistering heat. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that 71-year-old Steve Curry of Sunland, California, collapsed Tuesday after hiking from Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point. He died of what officials believe were heat-related causes.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors want the rapper Quando Rondo sent back to jail after he crashed a car while free on bond pending trial on gang and drug charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was indicted last month in his hometown of Savannah. He was released from jail June 26

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly released court opinion says FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator. It’s the latest revelation of the FBI violating regulations on the usage of foreign data. The primary surveillance court said in an

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm. Prosecutors late Thursday asked a judge to order trial

CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a decree tightening restrictions on civilian access to guns in Brazil, in a move aimed at reversing the pro-firearms policies of his right-wing predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. The decree signed Friday reduces the number of guns civilians can possess

By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are proposing new congressional lines that maintain one majority-Black district in the state. The plan could defy a Supreme Court order to draw a second congressional district giving minority voters a greater voice in elections. But lawmakers have showed little willingness