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Right whale population grows 4% but extinction remains a threat
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine — One of the rarest species of whale in the world has increased slightly in population, encouraging conservationists to call on the federal government and the shipping and fishing industries to do more to bring the giant animals back from the brink of extinction. The North Atlantic...
New campus protest rules spur an outcry from college faculty
Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules threaten freedom of speech — and the freedom to think, both central to university life. This semester, some...
Lamar Jackson throws for 281 yards, 5 TDs to lead streaking Ravens to victory over BuccaneersVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Lamar Jackson threw for 281 yards and five touchdowns, helping the Baltimore Ravens overcome an early double-digit deficit and extend their winning streak to five games with a 41-31 victory Monday night over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who lost their top two receivers to injuries. The two-time...
Court decisions in Michigan, North Carolina deny GOP challenges to overseas voters
Courts in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected attempts by Republicans to disqualify the ballots of certain overseas voters. Both cases targeted people who have never lived in the state but were born overseas to parents who were residents of the state. The Michigan case also targeted the spouses...
Writer Olivia Nuzzi, New York magazine part ways after relationship with political source revealed
New York magazine and its star political reporter, Olivia Nuzzi, have decided jointly to “part ways” after reports that she had a personal digital relationship with a source while covering the 2024 campaign. The magazine said Monday that its own internal review and an investigation by a law firm it...
After thrilling season ends, surprising Mets have ‘work to do’
NEW YORK — Yes, the New York Mets have much to feel good about following a rousing run of unexpected success this season. All those warm fuzzies were warranted. Now, the cold reality: Pete Alonso’s uncertain future is far from the only priority this winter. New York probably will have...
Dodgers stay alive all the way to the World Series with bullpen games and contributions from allVideo
LOS ANGELES — The World Series is always the goal for the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers. It has been elusive recently, with first-round flops two years running. Now, with Shohei Ohtani leading the way for the first time, they are going for another championship. So a raucous clubhouse celebration was...
5 dead in shooting at Washington state home with juvenile in custody, police sayVideo
FALL CITY, WASH. — Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. Several people called 911 around 5 a.m. to report a shooting in Fall City, Washington, King County Sheriff’s Office...
White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
WASHINGTON — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods such as condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday. Right now, health insurers must cover the cost of prescribed...
Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty
PHOENIX — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. Coming two weeks before the Nov. 5 general election,...
McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn’t endorsing a presidential candidate
McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race. Trump staffed the fry station Sunday at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia before answering questions through the drive-thru window. The restaurant was...
New Mexico authorities rescue hundreds after flooding strands many in high water and leaves 2 deadVideo
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A southeastern New Mexico community began to dry out Monday after historic rainfall over the weekend produced severe flooding that left at least two people dead and hundreds stranded on rooftops. Waterlogged vehicles were still submerged along some city streets in Roswell, while others were seen smashed...
Helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston, killing 4Video
HOUSTON — Four people aboard a helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and burst into flames, officials said. The helicopter went down just before 8 p.m. Sunday in a neighborhood east of downtown after taking off from Ellington Field, about 15 miles away, Mayor...
Duke’s Cooper Flagg makes preseason AP All-America team as ACC, Big 12, SEC each place 2 players
Alabama’s Mark Sears and North Carolina’s RJ Davis looked into the possibility of leaving for the NBA before deciding to return for another college season. Their decisions helped their teams earn top-10 rankings in the AP Top 25 and earned both players some preseason honors, too. Sears was a near-unanimous...
Yankees and Dodgers meet in World Series for 12th time in matchup of Broadway and Hollywood
NEW YORK — Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years. “When you’re playing for the Dodgers and playing for the Yankees, it...
NBA season set to begin with the Celtics seeking a 19th title and several challengers looming
Jayson Tatum was already a proven winner before last season. In Tatum’s first six seasons, no NBA player won more games with one team than he did. Tatum played in 334 wins with the Boston Celtics over that span, including playoffs. He was a perennial All-Star, a legitimate MVP candidate,...
Browns QB Deshaun Watson ruptured his Achilles tendon and is out for the season, AP source says
CLEVELAND — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will miss the rest of Cleveland’s season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon on Sunday against Cincinnati, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. Watson was injured on a non-contact play in the second quarter of Cleveland’s 21-14 loss...
AP Top 25: Oregon is No. 1 for first time since 2012; Vanderbilt enters poll and Michigan drops out
Oregon became the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll, moving into the top spot on Sunday for the first time in 12 years after Texas lost at home to Georgia. Vanderbilt made its first appearance since the 2013 season,...
Lebanon assesses damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-run financial institution
BEIRUT — Lebanese were surveying the damage on Monday after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings. The strikes targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan branches in the southern neighborhoods of...
Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats
HARRISBURG — For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican Donald Trump. It’s in her Facebook feed. It’s in the discomfort she observed during a question-and-answer at a recent Democratic Party campaign event in Pittsburgh. It’s in...
‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles
CANBERRA, Australia — An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones....
Most voters think the economy is poor, but split on whether Trump or Harris can fix it: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON — Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class, according to a new poll. A majority of registered voters in the survey...
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame turns up starpower to induct Cher, Foreigner, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy and more
CLEVELAND — Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Zendaya bookended Saturday’s inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, giving a little stardust to an eclectic lineup that included pop icon Cher, heavy metal’s Ozzy Osbourne, hip-hop soul queen Mary J. Blige, soft rockers Foreigner and 83-year-old soul icon Dionne...
Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results
WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump, who still refuses to accept that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, says he wants a presidential victory Nov. 5 to be so overwhelming that the results are “too big to rig.” “We want a landslide,” he recently told supporters in Georgia....
Arnold Palmer’s daughter reacts to Donald Trump’s references to her father
One of the late golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughters calls Donald Trump’s references to her father’s genitalia “a poor choice of approaches” to honoring his memory, adding that she wasn’t upset by the remarks. “There’s nothing much to say. I’m not really upset,” Peg Palmer Wears, 68, told The Associated...
