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By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation’s oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black …

By SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — British police said Tuesday they will ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations with criminal offenses over the Grenfell Tower blaze, almost a decade after the deadliest fire in Britain’s modern …

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The bond market is usually a quiet corner of Wall Street, one where moves get measured in hundredths of a percentage point. But the warning signals it sends can be …

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin’s plane landed in …

Q: Had some wine at dinner at a restaurant and then got into my self-driving car. I arrived home safe and sound, but I wonder if the fact I was admittedly a little tipsy could have been a basis to …

Fans of Olivia Rodrigo won’t have to wait until sunrise to celebrate the release of her newest record, “You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So in Love.” Ahead of the album’s June 12 release, independent record stores across Southern …

Georgina Owen, 21, from Saffron Walden in Essex, had been following the plant-based diet for three years before her death in September 2019 (Picture: Family Handout) A student ended her own life while suffering ‘delusions’ triggered by her vegan diet, …

Federico Colombo was heartbroken when he heard about the death of his girlfriend, Giorgia Sommacal (Picture: Facebook) The boyfriend of a diver who was killed during an expedition in the Maldives has declared he will keep waiting for her as …

Christopher Columbus is believed to have been born in Genoa (Picture: Getty Images) New DNA analysis of remains belonging to direct descendants of Christopher Columbus might have uncovered information about the explorer that could change the history books. For centuries, …

Ms Cunningham will never be able to live on her own again (Picture: ncjMedia Ltd) A ‘savage’ criminal who left a woman with catastrophic injuries by trying to murder her for money in her own home has been jailed for …

Pete Crow-Armstrong knows he should have known better. The Cubs’ All-Star center fielder wasn’t talking Monday about his latest highlight-reel catch or clutch homer but rather his vulgar response to a heckling female White Sox fan during a loss to …

Barbara Waldman’s murder remained unsolved for more than five decades (Pictures: Marla Waldman Conn/SWNS) For most people, slipping over in the snow on the way to school probably isn’t the kind of moment that stays with you forever. For Marla …

Mango founder Isak Andic died in 2024 while on a hike (Picture: Reuters) Police in Spain have arrested the son of Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of the Spanish fashion brand Mango, over claims he may have played a role in his death. …

Gandalf and his companion Ryan (named after the actor Ryan Gosling) lived peacefully on a Kent pond until last week (Picture: Cover Media) What has happened to Gandalf the goose? They’re the words on everybody’s lips near Basted Millpond in …

Two new allegations dating back to the 1980sare being investigated (Picture: AP) Surrey Police are investigating two separate allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse following the release of the Epstein files, the force has said. The force said one report relates to …

The bouncing badgers have now earned their place in British film history (Picture: weebl and bob) If you grew up in the early 2000s, you may remember whiling away the hours after school watching and re-watching a video called ‘Badgers’. …

SEATTLE — The White Sox have found some unlikely heroes while jumping out to their best start in five years. There was Derek Hill, the fourth outfielder-turned-pinch-hit-home-run specialist, setting down the division-rival Royals. There was Tristan Peters, the ex-Saluki and …

When it became clear Monday that Rush University Medical Center nurses had secured enough votes for union representation, two of Olivia Bouchard’s co-workers ran up and gave her a hug. “You just won your union,” one of the women said …

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision. She spoke after writing a solo dissent from the court’s …

Los Angeles County voters have their pick of four candidates to fill the open judgeship in Superior Court Office No. 131. Two are administrative law judges who have run multiple times in recent years to be a Superior Court judge. …