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Darlene Love, at 85, finally gets the spotlight to herself in a new documentary at TIFF
TORONTO (AP) — It’s cosmic justice that Darlene Love, whose career in music so often went uncredited in her youth, still sings so well at age 85.
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Energy giants seeking to merge say they'll extend Virginia residents' bill credits and add jobs
Power giants NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy are rolling out plans to sweeten their proposed merger in Virginia, Dominion’s home base. Florida-based NextEra announced earlier this year that it wants to acquire Dominion to create what the companies say would be the world’s biggest regulated ele...
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A Vermont man is on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students. He claimed the CIA told him to do it
Jason Eaton insisted he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad when he shot three Palestinian college students who were walking past his home a few days after Thanksgiving. He said the U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies transmitted the messages to him via FM radio and that God was comma...
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What the closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline could mean for oil flows
CHICAGO (AP) — Saudi Arabia's closure of a major oil pipeline after a recent attack is raising fears that global energy markets in crisis because of the war with Iran could face even starker shortages, pushing prices higher for fuel and other essentials.
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Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstage
Macklemore says he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour following pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage earlier this month at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The Grammy winner said on Instagram Monday that several U.S. venues told the promoter that they would prohibit the “Thrift Store” ...
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Missouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's former election integrity director filed a whistleblower lawsuit Monday against Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, alleging he was fired after raising concerns that staff were plotting to file a fake complaint in a legal case about the state's voter...
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Abbott agrees to settlement over closure of largest baby formula plant in the US
Abbott Laboratories will pay $385 million to resolve claims tied to an investigation of contamination at a baby formula factory in Sturgis, Michigan, the largest in the country, which led to the supply shortages in 2022.
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Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group. The suit filed Monday in federal court in New York City says the university's deliberate indifference led to the doxing of mu...
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Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine lobsterman’s challenge to GPS boat tracker requirement
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide later this month whether to hear a lobster fisherman’s challenge to a government requirement that boats use electronic tracking devices. That case could have broad consequences for the American commercial fishing industry.
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Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case
Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts to import food during widespread hardship in Venezuela. Saab was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy ...
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Bob Mackie, designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Marilyn and defined '70s glamour, dies at 87
Fashion designer Bob Mackie has died at 87. A statement on his social accounts said he died in Palm Springs on Monday. The cause of death was given as pneumonia. His designs defined the 1970s, dressing stars like Carol Burnett and Cher in iconic outfits. Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony, and w...
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Kennedy Center board to propose new options for honoring Trump as center confronts solvency worries
The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees is planning to propose adding President Donald Trump’s name to the facility’s exterior in recognition of his saving the building from its “precarious fiscal position." That's according to a new court filing in a suit aimed at blocking the addition of Trump's n...
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Man pleads not guilty in the hanging death of a Mississippi woman
A man arrested in the hanging death of a 29-year-old Black woman in Mississippi has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson last month, and police said Friday that they had charged 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff, w...
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Costco raises price for Kirkland motor oil, sets purchase limit
Costco has raised the price of motor oil sold under its exclusive private-label brand as well as limited how much of it customers can buy weekly as oil prices climb yet again.
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Officials say 4 people were hospitalized after a crane collapsed at a Miami construction site
MIAMI (AP) — An 85-foot (26-meter) crane towering over a construction site in an upscale Miami neighborhood toppled onto a passing vehicle Monday morning, setting it on fire and injuring the driver and three construction workers, officials said.
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Texas landowners ask a court to stop Trump’s Big Bend wall plans
MARFA, Texas (AP) — Landowners, ranchers and business owners in the Big Bend region of Texas along with a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the region's landscape and heritage are suing to stop the Trump administration's plans to build a wall and other border infrastructure through t...
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Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A sexual assault trial started Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history.
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Trump calls AI risks a 'hoax,' says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers
President Donald Trump says he is a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology are part of a “SICK conspiracy.” The president specifically said on social media on Monday that the administration has already stopped the AI company A...
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The great American road trip, fueled by — and undercut by — the automobile that created it
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There's something about the American road trip.
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The Latest: EPA says it’s eliminating rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. The agency says the action would save industry more than $300 billion in costs and help “unleash” American energy. The EPA also proposed a se...
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New York Yankees say Legionella bacteria found in stadium cooling tower not linked to outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — Bacteria that cause potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease were found in a Yankee Stadium cooling tower — one of 10 such towers in the Bronx that tested positive amid several reported cases of the illness including one death, New York City health officials said.
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Oprah Winfrey wants you to reach your ‘AHA’ moment at the Sphere
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey stood alone at the Sphere, attempting to comprehend what she had witnessed after U2’s opening night performance in 2023. Mesmerized by the multisensory event, the Queen of All Media had a thought: Could she use the groundbreaking, 4D capabilities of the globe-shaped ...
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A Christian pastor called Arapaho ceremonies 'idol worship.' Now the tribe wants her church gone
ARAPAHOE, Wyo. (AP) — Every Sunday morning on the Wind River Reservation, congregants gather at Foundations for Nations Church to pray while protesters outside do the same.
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Some Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power
California Gov. Gavin Newsom does not like being on Donald Trump's side on any issue.
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Democrats and activist groups plan to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections
Democratic state parties are launching an operation for the midterm elections intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal officers show up. Activists are planning mass protests if the Trump administration tries to interfere with voting or ballot counting. A...
