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JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot outside his Texas home

Authorities say a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill” was fatally shot near his Texas home.
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Police cordon off Pearl Street on June 1, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. A suspect is in custody after ...
COLLEEN SLEVIN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

What we know about the suspect and victims in the Boulder, Colorado, attack

Authorities say Mohamed Sabry Soliman used a makeshift flamethrower and hurled an incendiary device into the crowd in Boulder on Sunday evening.
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Colleen Slevin, Associated Press

6 injured, possibly with burns, in a Colorado attack the FBI is investigating as terrorism

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Six people were injured Sunday in what the FBI immediately described as a “targeted terror attack” at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, where a group had gathered to raise attention to Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, yelled “Free Palestine” and used a […]
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The Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jess...
Deepa Bharath, Associated Press

From radio waves to temple domes: The unexpected journey of a Krishna couple in Utah

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Charu Das was in Los Angeles in 1980 when a for-sale ad for a small radio station in rural Utah County — about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City — caught his eye. Das and his wife, Vaibhavi Devi, have been longtime members of the International Society for Krishna […]
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Associated Press

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organizers said.
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Associated Press

Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts

President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won't bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package.
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Associated Press

FDA approves Moderna’s new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna late Friday but with limits on who can use it — not a replacement for the company’s existing shot, but a second option.
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Associated Press

CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots

The change from the CDC comes days after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
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Associated Press

Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums

In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Taylor Swift announced: “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.”
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no long...
Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

US officials will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy kids, pregnant women

U.S. health officials have been urging annual COVID-19 boosters for all Americans ages 6 months and older.
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Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

Trump says he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, who […]
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Associated Press

Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use

Qatar gifted an Boeing 747 to the Defense Department which will be used as the president's Air Force One.
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JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press

Despite economic concerns, Americans are set on getting away for Memorial Day weekend

Americans are expected to get away in record numbers over the long Memorial Day weekend even as economic and technical worries rattle the U.S. travel industry.
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Associated Press

Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 remain on the lam

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Officials increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet as at least a dozen law enforcement agencies pressed their expansive search for the men for a third day on Sunday. FBI Special Agent Jonathan Trapp said […]
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Associated Press

Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday.
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Associated Press

Ice cream maker issues recall over concerns about plastic

An ice cream manufacturer, which produces Blue Bunny and Halo Top ice cream products, has recalled nearly 18,000 containers of ice cream and frozen yogurt over concerns they could contain pieces of plastic.
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Food and Drug Administration commissioner Martin Markary speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Ro...
Associated Press

FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.
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Saleh Zenati, carries the body of his infant nephew Khalid Zenati killed in an Israeli army airstri...
Associated Press

Israel says it has begun ‘extensive’ new ground operations in Gaza

Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in a new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday.
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Dylan Lovan, Associated Press

Severe weather leaves at least 27 dead, including 18 in Kentucky

At least 27 people have been killed by storms systems that swept across part of the U.S. Midwest and South.
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MICHAEL PHILLIS, COREY WILLIAMS and JOHN HANNA, Associated Press

Severe weather, including possible tornado, leaves at least 14 dead in Kentucky; 7 dead in Missouri

As of Saturday, severe weather in the Midwest and South has killed at least 21 people.
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JAIMIE DING, Associated Press

Judge reduces Menendez brothers’ murder sentences, putting them a step closer to freedom

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.
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RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer

MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Rose’s permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Cincinnati Reds […]
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Associated Press

Another Newark airport disruption as Trump’s transportation secretary talks of reducing flights

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark’s airport for the “next several weeks” as it struggles with radar outages and other issues, including another Sunday that again slowed air traffic. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Duffy said he will meet this week […]
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Associated Press

At least 10 people sickened in US listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods

At least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several products, federal officials said.
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