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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In the new Peacock series “Based on a True Story,” Kaley Cuoco plays a woman obsessed with true crime. She listens to podcasts about murder to help her fall asleep at night, analyzes the cases with her friends, and one day hatches a plan to start her own podcast where

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Just as a trial was to begin, it was revealed Tuesday that Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records. The actor had insisted through lawyers that his encounter with

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court has overturned a contentious presidential pardon of a top government official and three subordinates and ordered a retrial of their case. The surprise ruling Tuesday in the years-long legal dispute surrounding the pardon went against the interests of the ruling nationalist party. It was a rare act of

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was a rare sight — a senior British royal testifying in a court of law. What Prince Harry said, both during cross-examination in the witness box Tuesday and in his written witness statement, was just as unusual. By turns defensive, frank and accusatory, his testimony shone

WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global prices of wheat and corn higher. Wheat prices gained 2.4% in early trading Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, to $6.39 a bushel. The cost of corn rose more than 1% (to $6.04 a bushel) and oats gained 0.73% ($3.46 per

By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the latest outlook of the World Bank, a 189-country anti-poverty agency, which estimates that

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without giving you inaccurate information or sending money to the wrong place? That’s what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking in a report released Tuesday, where the bureau

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved the new government proposed by two main political rivals — the GERB party of ex-Premier Boyko Borissov, which won the April general election, and the runner-up, the pro-European liberal coalition “We Continue the Change — Democratic Bulgaria.” They have agreed to form the first-ever Bulgarian government

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting amid a vacuum of market-moving data, while crypto prices were lower after regulators filed charges against another mega player in the industry. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% early Tuesday, though it remains near the edge of exiting its latest bear market. The Dow fell 44 points, or 0.1%,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sherman has been named The Associated Press’ music writer, a key position responsible for delivering news on a beat of global significance for the news cooperative. Her first day was Monday. Sherman will lead music coverage for the AP’s entertainment and lifestyles department, which boasts video, photo and text journalists

By BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry stepped into courtroom witness box Tuesday to hold Britain’s tabloid press accountable for its “destructive” role throughout his life. But he soon found himself being held to account by a newspaper’s lawyer for how he could blame his anguish on articles he

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has joined the United States and Australia in signing an agreement on a $95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region where China is increasingly expanding its influence. The approximately 1,400-mile undersea cable will connect