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2 more charged in betting scandal that spurred NBA to bar Raptors' Jontay Porter for life

NEW YORK (AP) - Two more men were charged Thursday in the sports betting scandal that prompted the NBA to ban former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter for life. Timothy McCormack and Mahmud Mollah ...

Jun 06, 2024

Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says

WASHINGTON (AP) - Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the ...

Jun 06, 2024

Widow of Beau Biden takes the stand in Hunter Biden's gun trial, talks about tossing the weapon

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The widow of Hunter Biden's brother, Beau, testified Thursday in his federal gun trial that she found his crack at her Wilmington, Delaware, house, saw him use the illicit drug...

Jun 06, 2024

Fossil-hunting diver says he has found a large section of mastodon tusk off Florida's coast

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida's Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned out to be something far rar...

Jun 06, 2024

Poland’s military says a soldier who was stabbed at the border with Belarus has died

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's military says a soldier who was stabbed last month from behind a barrier at the border with Belarus has died. It said the soldier was stabbed in the chest by a migrant w...

Jun 06, 2024

Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the deaths of two more women

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - The New York architect previously accused of murdering four women and leaving their corpses scattered along a coastal highway was charged Thursday in the deaths of two more wome...

Jun 06, 2024

Biden calls for solidarity with Ukraine at D-Day anniversary ceremony near the beaches of Normandy

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by saying "we will not walk away" from the defense of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more o...

Jun 06, 2024

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spain will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister announced Thursday. Spain is the firs...

Jun 06, 2024

Netherlands kicks off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Polls opened in the Netherlands on Thursday to kick off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to del...

Jun 05, 2024

At least 4 people killed, 23 injured after trains collide in the Czech Republic, officials say

PRAGUE (AP) - A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 23 others, officials said early Thursday. Interior Minister Vt Ra...

Jun 05, 2024