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Bollywood celebrates rocking year, riding high on action flicks, unbridled masculinity and misogyny
By VINEETA DEEPAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood has made a financial comeback this year worthy of one of its traditional singing-on-top-of-the-hills moments. India’s Hindi language...
States set to enact new laws on guns, pornography, taxes and even fuzzy dice
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Fuzzy dice finally will be free to dangle in Illinois. Starting Monday, police there no longer will be allowed to pull over motorists solely...
Antonio Reeves leads No. 8 Kentucky to 96-70 win over Illinois State, his former team
By KEITH TAYLOR Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Antonio Reeves scored 27 points to lead No. 8 Kentucky to a 96-70 win over Illinois State on Friday night.Playing its first game since a 95-76...
Retirements could tip control of the House majority. It’s Republicans who have the early edge
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A chaotic year for the House is coming to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding to leave the chamber, a disparity that could have...
Trump’s dominance in GOP frustrates some in Iowa eager for a competitive campaign
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa frenzy is typically in full force by now. With less than three weeks until the Iowa caucuses formally usher in the presidential...
Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo
By MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species...
Airstrikes hit camps in central Gaza as Biden administration approves new weapons sales to Israel
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a...
A frantic push to safeguard the Paris Olympics promises thousands of jobs and new starts after riots
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With a name that doesn't ring old-school French like Jean, Pierre or Jacques, and a home address in a tough suburb of Paris where riots flared, Salah...
Air raids over eastern Syria near Iraqi border kill 6 Iran-backed militants
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Three overnight airstrikes on eastern Syria Saturday near a strategic border crossing with Iraq killed six Iran-backed...
Former DePaul coach Joey Meyer, who led the Blue Demons to 7 NCAA Tournaments, dies at 74
CHICAGO (AP) — Joey Meyer, who played at DePaul and coached the Blue Demons to seven NCAA Tournament appearances in 13 seasons, has died. He was 74.Meyer died Friday in the Chicago suburb of...
Moscow accuses Kyiv of shelling Russian border city following its own aerial assault against Ukraine
By The Associated Press Note: There are numerous reports that Russian is responsible for this bombing and not Ukraine.Russian officials on Saturday accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Russian...
Judge allows lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s broad abortion ban to move forward
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho judge on Friday denied a request by the state's top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state's broad...
Civil rights leader removed from movie theater for using his own chair
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology...
California is expanding health care coverage for low-income immigrants in the new year
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 700,000 immigrants living illegally in California will gain access to free health care starting Monday under one of the state's...
Schrader runs for 128 yards and a TD as No. 9 Missouri beats No. 7 Ohio State 14-3 in Cotton Bowl
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — All-America running back Cody Schrader bulled through two defenders to open the fourth quarter with ninth-ranked Missouri's first score in...
Three Charged in Drug Investigation
MCCRACKEN COUNTY (NewsFirst) --- Three Charged in Drug Investigation Seitz Street Paducah The McCracken County Sheriff's Office arrested three people during a drug investigation Friday evening in...
Beau’s Seven Day Forecast
Mafah runs for 4 TDs, Clemson rallies to beat Kentucky 38-35 in a wild Gator Bowl
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Clemson finished the Gator Bowl on Friday just like it did the season: with a flourish.Phil Mafah ran for four touchdowns, including a...
Alex Murdaugh’s pursuit of a new murder trial is set for an evidentiary hearing next month
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The new judge handling the fallout over Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions plans to hold an evidentiary hearing late next...
South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking...
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