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The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says

LOS ANGELES (AP) - JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity ...

Jun 20, 2024

California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democ...

Jun 20, 2024

Tropical Storm Alberto moves inland over northeast Mexico as season's first named storm

TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Alberto, the season's first named storm, rumbled ashore early Thursday, bringing heavy rains to parched northeast Mexico. The storm was expected to weaken rapidly...

Jun 20, 2024

And then there was one: Mark Rutte. Romania's president withdraws from the race for NATO chief

BRUSSELS (AP) - Romania's president has withdrawn from the race to become NATO's next secretary general, leaving outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte all but certain to head the world's biggest mi...

Jun 20, 2024

North Korea says deal between Putin and Kim requires immediate military assistance in event of war

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A new agreement between Russia and North Korea reached by their leaders requires the countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the even...

Jun 19, 2024

The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Lan...

Jun 19, 2024

Cooler temps and rain could help corral blazes that forced thousands to fee New Mexico village

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Cooler weather - and the chance of rain - could bring some relief this week to firefighters battling blazes in southern New Mexico that killed one person, damaged hundreds of stru...

Jun 18, 2024

Kim and Putin meet in Pyongyang as rivals worry about North Korea and Russia's military ties

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow and Pyongyang will sign an agreement that will bolster their ties, and thanked North Korea for supporting the Krem...

Jun 18, 2024

Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93

Willie Mays, the electrifying "Say Hey Kid" whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family a...

Jun 18, 2024

Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in second-such sinking

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board, authorities said early Wednesday, the second-such shi...

Jun 18, 2024