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Backpage founder Michael Lacey convicted of 1 money laundering count

PHOENIX (AP) - Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was convicted Thursday on a single count of money laundering and acquitted on another. But an Arizona jury deadlo...

Nov 16, 2023

Shohei Ohtani, baseball's 2-way star, becomes first 2-time unanimous MVP

NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani, who has captivated baseball with his unprecedented combination of high-level hitting and premium pitching, became the first two-time unanimous Most Valuable Player when ...

Nov 16, 2023

MLB cancels 2025 Paris games after failing to find promoter, AP sources say

Major League Baseball has canceled plans to play regular-season games in Paris in 2025 after failing to find a promoter, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday. Th...

Nov 16, 2023

Texas jury convicts woman of fatally shooting cyclist Anna 'Mo' Wilson in jealous rage

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury on Thursday convicted a woman of murder in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in a case that led investigators on a 43-day ...

Nov 16, 2023

New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court judge on Thursday paused a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers in his civil fraud trial. The trial judge had imposed the gag o...

Nov 16, 2023

Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer ...

Nov 16, 2023

Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the game from Truist Park to Denver's Coors Field over objections to changes in Georg...

Nov 16, 2023

California authorities arrest man in death of Jewish demonstrator

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California authorities have arrested a man in connection with the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office sa...

Nov 16, 2023

The top UN court has ordered Syria to do all it can to prevent torture

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered the Syrian government to "take all measures within its powers" to prevent torture, in a case in which the Netherlands an...

Nov 16, 2023

All communications services are down across Gaza due to lack of fuel, provider says

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Palestinian telecoms provider Paltel says all communications services across Gaza are down due to a lack of fuel. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story ...

Nov 16, 2023