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E. Jean Carroll adds Trump's post-verdict remarks to defamation case, seeks at least $10M

NEW YORK (AP) - E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against former President Donald Trump, is seeking at least $10 million more in a new court filing ...

May 22, 2023

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19. The ab...

May 22, 2023

Tim Scott launches 2024 presidential bid seeking optimistic contrast with other top rivals

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott launched his presidential campaign on Monday, offering an optimistic message he hopes can contrast the two figures who have used political c...

May 22, 2023

Arizona, California and Nevada propose water cuts from Colorado River to avert forced cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) - Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years. The plan would co...

May 22, 2023

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. Carper's announcement paves the way for a wide-open cont...

May 22, 2023

Fire razes school dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 20 children, many of them indigenous

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - A nighttime fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana early Monday, killing at least 20 students and injuring several others at a boarding school catering to remote, mostly in...

May 22, 2023

Heat roll past Celtics 128-102, take 3-0 lead in East finals

MIAMI (AP) - Gabe Vincent scored a career-high 29 points, Duncan Robinson added 22 and the eighth-seeded Miami Heat moved one win from the NBA Finals after rolling past the Boston Celtics 128-102 on S...

May 21, 2023

Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf's elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the...

May 21, 2023

Ukrainian president meets with world leaders at G7 as Russia claims a key victory in the war

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers in Hiroshima on Sunday, building momentum for his country's war effort even as Russia claimed a...

May 21, 2023

Polls open in Greece's first election since international bailout spending controls ended

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Polls have opened in Greece's parliamentary election, the first since the country's economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who ha...

May 20, 2023