June 3, 2025.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy watches the flight of the ball on a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Muncy’s 2 homers and Freeman’s RBI double lift Dodgers over Mets 6-5 in 10 innings

June 3, 2025

Max Muncy homered twice, including a tying shot in the ninth inning, and Freddie Freeman doubled home the winning run in the 10th to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Mets 6-5. Freeman’s slicing fly to deep left field was misplayed by Brandon Nimmo, who got twisted around and appeared to lose sight of the ball as it dropped on the warning track beside him. That allowed automatic runner Tommy Edman to score from second base with one out. The Dodgers earned their 20th comeback win of the season after blowing a 4-1 lead they established in the first.

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Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone goes hitless but still makes an impact in MLB debut

June 3, 2025

Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone went 0 for 5 in his major league debut, but his presence was enough to help Kansas City overcome a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7. Caglianone batted sixth as the Royals’ designated hitter. He stepped up to the plate for the first time to lead off the second inning to loud cheers from a crowd that featured plenty of Royals fans who ventured across the state to see the sixth overall pick of the 2024 amateur draft’s debut. Caglianone said he will remember the moment forever.

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New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) shoots in front of Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

New York and Minnesota still leading the way, both unbeaten Commissioner’s Cup play begins

June 3, 2025

The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx picked up right where they left off last season when reaching the WNBA Finals. Both teams have gone undefeated so far this season games with the Lynx improving to 8-0 with a win over Phoenix on Tuesday night in a Commissioner’s Cup matchup. The Liberty and Lynx faced off last season in the in-season tournament final with Minnesota taking the title. New York got revenge, winning the WNBA championship for the first time in franchise history. With New York at 7-0 this season, it marks the latest that more than one franchise had been undefeated this long into the season since 2016.

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Colorado Rockies left fielder Jordan Beck, left, center fielder Brenton Doyle, center and right fielder Mickey Moniak (22) celebrate after the Rockies defeated the Miami Marlins in a baseball game, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Rockies’ 2nd straight win in Miami ends MLB-record streak of series losses at 22

June 3, 2025

The struggling Colorado Rockies have ended their ignominious, record-setting streak of 22 consecutive series losses, which dated to last season. A nervy 3-2 victory at Miami on Tuesday night, highlighted by Hunter Goodman’s third home run in two games, gave Colorado two straight victories over the Marlins. That ensures the Rockies will leave town with their first series victory since taking two of three games from Arizona in Denver in mid-September. Colorado is a major league-worst 11-50. They won consecutive games for just the second time this year after beating Atlanta on April 30 and San Francisco the next day. Before the Rockies arrived in Miami, they’d gone 3-28 on the road.

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Cincinnati Reds' Hunter Greene walks to the dugout in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)

Reds ace Hunter Greene to undergo MRI after feeling groin discomfort in win over Brewers

June 3, 2025

Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene will undergo an MRI on his right groin Wednesday morning after being pulled after five innings during Tuesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Reds manager Terry Francona said after the 4-2 win that Greene felt discomfort on his last couple of pitches in the fifth. Greene has made three starts since a 15-day stint on the injured list last month due to a groin strain he sustained May 7 during a start in Atlanta. Greene, who made his first All-Star appearance last season, is 4-3 with a 2.72 ERA in 11 starts this year.

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Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. delivers during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Astros’ McCullers gets first win since 2022 after overcoming injuries, death threats

June 3, 2025

Lance McCullers Jr. finally got some peace of mind on Tuesday night. The Astros right-hander pitched six scoreless innings to get his first win since Sept. 21, 2022, as Houston beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0. McCullers missed the 2023 and 2024 seasons because of injuries and had not won in five starts this year since being activated from the injured list on May 4. McCullers struck out seven and walked one while outdueling Pirates ace Paul Skenes, who gave up one run — on a solo homer by Christian Walker in the seventh — in eight innings.

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Federal officers in tactical gear went into a Latino community in Minneapolis. A protest followed

June 3, 2025

Dozens of protesters have converged in the heart of the Latino community in Minneapolis after a large force of federal and local authorities wearing tactical gear conducted what they called a law enforcement action. The protesters flocked Tuesday to the area near a Mexican restaurant and other Latino-owned businesses after seeing livestreams that claimed an immigration raid was underway. However, statements from local authorities said it was not an immigration enforcement matter, but a criminal case. Several dozen protesters remained at the intersection occupied by federal agents hours earlier, using cars to block traffic. The leader of one activist group called the law enforcement operation “jackbooted thuggery.”

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Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman (15) is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Rockies snap streak of 22 straight series losses dating to ’24 with 3-2 win over Marlins

June 3, 2025

The Colorado Rockies ended a streak of 22 consecutive series losses dating to last year, beating the Miami Marlins 3-2 Tuesday night as Hunter Goodman homered for the third time in two games. Colorado, a major league-worst 11-50, won consecutive games for just the second time this year after beating Atlanta on April 30 and San Francisco the next day. The Rockies go for a series sweep against the Marlins on Wednesday. Goodman hit his 10th homer of the season in the eighth inning as the Rockies ended a run of 19 series losses this season.

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FILE - New York Mets' Ronny Mauricio flips his bat after hitting a two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sept. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Mets call up prized infield prospect Ronny Mauricio after Mark Vientos injury

June 3, 2025

The New York Mets have called up prized infield prospect Ronny Mauricio from the minors. The promotion comes after third baseman Mark Vientos strained his right hamstring late in Monday night’s victory over the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Vientos went on the 10-day injured list Tuesday. Mauricio made his major league debut in September 2023 and batted .248 with two home runs, nine RBIs and seven stolen bases in 26 games that year. But months later, the switch-hitter tore a knee ligament playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic and he missed the 2024 season.

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A 4-year-old Mexican girl, who has short bowel syndrome, attends a news conference in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, after her and her mother's humanitarian parole was terminated and they were ordered to self-deport. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mexican 4-year-old is granted humanitarian parole to continue receiving lifesaving care in US

June 3, 2025

A 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a Southern California hospital has been granted permission to remain in the country. Authorities said weeks prior she could be deported. An attorney for the girl’s family said Tuesday that U.S. immigration officials sent a letter granting the girl and her mother humanitarian parole for one year. The girl can continue to receive treatment she has been getting since arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border in 2023. The grant came after the family said they had received notifications in April and May that their humanitarian parole was being revoked. A message was sent to the Department of Homeland Security.

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CORRECTS TO ANCHORAGE INSTEAD OF DEADHORSE - People hold a sign during a protest outside the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Environmentalists criticize Trump administration push for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska

June 3, 2025

Top Trump administration officials on Tuesday headlined an energy conference led by the state’s Republican governor. Environmentalists criticized the event as promoting new oil and gas drilling and turning away from the climate crisis. Several dozen protesters were outside Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage. Inside, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin were featured speakers. The federal officials were continuing a multiday trip aimed at highlighting President Donald Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state.

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Arrest made in shooting that left 1 dead and 11 hurt around North Carolina house party

June 3, 2025

Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been arrested on an attempted murder charge in connection with a weekend shooting around a house party in North Carolina that led to the death of one person and injuries for 11 others. The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office says Garon Nathaniel Killian is being held without bond after his arrest Tuesday. The shooting early Sunday left some people with gunshot wounds and others with injuries from fleeing the gunfire. Sheriff’s officials say additional people could be arrested. Online records did not show booking or lawyer information for Killian and the county court clerk’s office’s phone did not accept voicemails Tuesday evening.

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FILE - Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) talks with referee Tyler Ford in the second half of an NBA basketball game against Memphis Grizzlies Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill,File)

Tyler Ford, Ben Taylor picked to work NBA Finals for the 1st time. The famed ‘white jacket’ awaits

June 3, 2025

For NBA players, the prize is the gold trophy. For NBA referees, the prize is the white jacket. And for Tyler Ford and Ben Taylor, the jacket has arrived. Soon, so will the moment they’ve worked a long time for — they’re going to be blowing the whistle at the NBA Finals. Ford and Taylor were the two first-time selections on a roster of 12 referees that were announced Tuesday as those picked to work the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. The series begins Thursday in Oklahoma City.

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Manny Pacquiao speaks about his boxing comeback at a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Greg Beacham)

Manny Pacquiao says return to boxing goes beyond comeback fight: ‘The book of politics is closed’

June 3, 2025

Manny Pacquiao says he is done with politics, and he’s back in boxing to stay. “The book of politics is closed,” Pacquiao tells The Associated Press. Pacquiao’s ring comeback at 46 years old is not just for a farewell bout, either: The former eight-division world champion intends to fight on indefinitely. The comeback starts July 19, when Pacquiao returns from a four-year layoff and attempts to break his own record by becoming the oldest welterweight champion in boxing history. The former senator and presidential candidate in his native Philippines will take on WBC champ Mario Barrios.

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President Donald Trump speaks at U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions

June 3, 2025

The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition. That guidance was issued to hospitals in 2022, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upended national abortion rights in the U.S. It was an effort by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access for extreme cases in which women were experiencing medical emergencies and needed an abortion to prevent organ loss or severe hemorrhaging, among other serious complications. An Associated Press inquiry last year found that, even with that guidance, dozens of pregnant women were being turned away from emergency rooms, including some who needed emergency abortions.

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FILE - Michael J. Fox arrives at A Country Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's in Nashville, Tenn., on April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Where’s Marty McFly’s guitar? Search is on for ‘Back to the Future’ prop 4 decades later

June 3, 2025

Marty McFly grabbed a guitar in “Back to the Future” and rocked out with the band at a 1950s high school dance, helping him narrowly avoid blinking out of existence before time-traveling back to the 1980s. The guitar wasn’t as lucky. Filmmakers went looking for the instrument while making the movie’s 1989 sequel, but it’s still nowhere to be found. Guitar maker Gibson has launched a search for the Cherry Red Gibson ES-345 from “Back to the Future.” The company is seeking the public’s help finding it. The campaign comes as the movie turns 40 and as Gibson produces a new documentary about the search and the film, “Lost to the Future.”

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons announces that his agency took nearly 1,500 immigrants into custody in Massachusetts over the month of May during a news conference at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

Massachusetts high school volleyball team rallies around teammate detained by immigration agents

June 3, 2025

A high school volleyball team in Massachusetts is asking fans to wear white to their next match to show support for a teammate who has been detained by federal immigration authorities. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, an 18-year-old junior at Milford High School who was born in Brazil, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday on his way to volleyball practice. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Monday that agents were looking for the teenager’s father, who owns the car Gomes da Silva was driving at the time. A federal judge on Monday gave the government two weeks to respond to the teen’s request to be released while his immigration case proceeds.

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White House trade counselor Peter Navarro speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Justice Department drops lawsuit against Trump adviser Peter Navarro

June 3, 2025

The Justice Department is dropping a lawsuit it filed against White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, a case in which Navarro was accused of using an unofficial email account for government work and wrongfully retaining presidential records during the first Trump administration. A court filing Tuesday by department attorneys and a lawyer for Navarro doesn’t explain why they are abandoning a case that was filed in 2022, during President Joe Biden’s term in office. The one-page filing says each side will bear their own fees and costs. The lawsuit accused Navarro of using at least one “non-official” email account to send and receive government emails.

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This combo of images provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows an actual photo of inmate Grant Hardin, left, and a photo rendering of the convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks" as the search for the escaped inmate headed into its second week. (Arkansas Department of Corrections via AP)

Arkansas authorities release photo rendering of ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ as manhunt continues

June 3, 2025

Arkansas authorities have released a photo rendering of a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” who escaped from prison. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said Tuesday the rendering shows what 56-year-old Grant Hardin may look like more than a week after his escape from the Calico Rock prison. Hardin was serving sentences for rape and murder when he escaped May 25. Authorities have said he donned an outfit designed to look like a law enforcement uniform. Police continued to search the north-central Arkansas region for Hardin.

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Harvey Weinstein appears for his retrial at a Manhattan court, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, Pool)

Weinstein retrial nears end as lawyers argue: sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’?

June 3, 2025

Closing arguments are underway at Harvey Weinstein’s New York sex crimes retrial. His lawyer portrayed Weinstein Tuesday as the falsely accused “poster boy” of the #MeToo era. A prosecutor, on the other hand, said the former movie mogul preyed on less-powerful women he thought would never speak up. Closing arguments are due to conclude Wednesday. The majority-female jury is expected to start deliberations at some point in the day. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman in 2013 and forcing oral sex on two others, separately, in 2006.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph speeks as former Pittsburgh Steelers Rocky Bleier and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Miles Killebrew listen at the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

The Pittsburgh Steelers reached out to fans upset that Donald Trump received a jersey at a rally

June 3, 2025

Pittsburgh Steelers legend Rocky Bleier called an audible when he presented President Donald Trump with a Steelers jersey with the No. 47 during a recent rally in western Pennsylvania. Not everyone was thrilled about it. Several fans emailed the team expressing their anger at the gesture, which was not authorized directly by the team. The club responded to those who reached out, writing that the viewpoints of current and former players do not necessarily reflect the view of the organization. Bleier and current Steelers Mason Rudolph and Myles Killebrew shared the stage with Trump after Trump announced he was doubling the tariffs on imported steel.

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FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

June 3, 2025

A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued the order Tuesday, blocking portions of the law from going into effect. The measure was one of the most restrictive bans on kids’ social media use in the country when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law in 2024, banning social media accounts for children under 14 and requiring parental permission for 14- and 15-year-olds. Also Tuesday, a judge in Georgia heard arguments seeking to block a 2024 Georgia law that would require age verification for social media accounts.

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President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump promises to hike steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% starting Wednesday. Here’s what we know

June 3, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to hike nearly all of his tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to a punishing 50% on Wednesday, a move that would hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push up prices for consumers. Foreign-made steel and aluminum is used in household products like soup cans and paper clips as well as big-ticket items like a stainless-steel refrigerators and cars. Economists warn that the latest tariffs will significantly squeeze the wallets of both companies and shoppers alike.

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Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE

June 3, 2025

The White House has officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending. The process known as rescission will take funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. It requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously been appropriated. Trump’s aides say the funding cuts target programs that promote liberal ideologies. The request to Congress is unlikely to meaningfully change the troublesome increase in the U.S. national debt. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the government is on track to spend roughly $7 trillion this year, with the rescission request equaling just 0.1% of that total.

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FILE - Minnesota Viking tackle Jim Marshall clutches the game ball as he is carried from the field by teammates Doug Southerland, left, and Scott Studwell after the Vikings defeated the Buffalo Bills 10-3 in an NFL football game in Bloomington, Minn., on Sunday, Dec. 9, 1979. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Vikings’ Purple People Eater Jim Marshall, the ‘all-time iron man,’ dies at 87

June 3, 2025

Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall has died after a long hospitalization for an undisclosed illness. He was 87. Marshall was one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed the backbone of four Super Bowl teams. The Vikings announced Marshall’s death Tuesday on behalf of his wife, Susan. He played 19 of his 20 seasons in the NFL with Minnesota. The two-time Pro Bowl pick set a league record for position players with 282 consecutive games played. That mark was held by Marshall until Brett Favre broke it with the Vikings in 2010.

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‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot outside his Texas home

June 3, 2025

Authorities say a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill” was fatally shot near his Texas home. San Antonio police said Monday that Jonathan Joss was found about 7 p.m. the previous night on the street near his home after having been shot. He died at the scene. Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, says in a statement the couple had been at Joss’ home checking mail when a man yelled homophobic slurs at them before opening fire. The home had been damaged in a January fire. Police have arrested Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez and charged him with murder in the fatal shooting.

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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 13, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky/U.S. Navy via AP))

Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship

June 3, 2025

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move. The ship was named after the slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor during the Korean War. The officials say Navy Secretary John Phelan put together a small team to rename the replenishment oiler, and that a new name is expected this month. It marks the latest move by Hegseth to purge diversity, equity and inclusion references, and it comes during Pride Month. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Phelan’s office didn’t respond to requests for comment.

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Santa Ono rejected for University of Florida presidency amid conservative backlash

June 3, 2025

Longtime academic Santa Ono has been rejected for the University of Florida presidency by the state university system board. The vote Tuesday came amid sharp criticism from political conservatives about his past support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and other initiatives they view as unacceptable liberal ideology. The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s universities, voted 10-6 against Ono, who was most recently president of the University of Michigan. The University of Florida Board of Trustees had voted unanimously in May to approve Ono as the school’s 14th president, and it is unprecedented for the governors to reverse such an action.

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FILE - A sign stands outside a branch of Wells Fargo bank Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Fed lifts restrictions placed on Wells Fargo in 2018 because of its fake-accounts scandal

June 3, 2025

The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that Wells Fargo is no longer subject to the restraints the Fed placed on the bank in 2018 for having a toxic sales and banking culture. It’s a win for Wells Fargo, which has spent nearly a decade trying to convince the public and policymakers that it had changed its ways. Faced with reaching unreasonable sales targets, branch employees had opened up millions of fake accounts in order to meet those goals. The Federal Reserve took the unusual step of placing Wells in a program where it could grow no larger than it was in 2018.

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US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China

June 3, 2025

Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people. The scientists are charged with conspiracy, smuggling and other crimes. Only one is still in Michigan. The other was turned away at the Detroit airport last July and sent back to China after red plant material was discovered in his backpack.

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Employee Savannah Gavlik displays THC products at the Dope Daughters dispensary that Texas lawmakers are seeking to ban, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas considers banning products infused with THC derived from hemp, and retailers are worried

June 3, 2025

Texas lawmakers have approved banning gummies, drinks and vapes infused with THC, the compound that gives marijuana its psychoactive properties. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t said whether he will sign the bill. If he does, opponents say a ban would threaten a multibillion-dollar industry and the income of thousands of retailers. Texas has some of the nation’s most restrictive marijuana laws. Other states, including California, have imposed restrictions in recent years that include banning underage use and limits on the potency of the products, which are often marketed as legal even in states where marijuana is not.

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FILE - In this June 29, 2020 file photo, Anti-abortion protesters wait outside the Supreme Court for a decision, in Washington on the Louisiana case, Russo v. June Medical Services LLC. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion ban

June 3, 2025

Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban. Two Democrats sided with Republicans on Tuesday in rejecting the bill that would have allowed abortion in cases where the victim is under the age of 17 and impregnated as a result of the sexual offense. Adding exceptions to Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban has been an ongoing battle for advocates in the reliably red state that’s firmly ensconced in the Bible Belt. Tuesday’s legislative committee hearing was emotional and filled with religious themes. The measure failed on a 3-9 vote.

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FILE - Attorney Tom Girardi smiles outside the Los Angeles courthouse, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Former celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi gets 7 years in prison for stealing millions from clients

June 3, 2025

A federal judge sentenced disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi to seven years and three months in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients, including several with severe physical injuries and families of people killed in accidents. The judge also ordered the 86-year-old Girardi to pay a $35,000 fine and $2.3 million in restitution to former clients. A jury in August found him guilty of four counts of wire fraud. He could have been sentenced to up to 80 years. Girardi is the estranged husband of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne and appeared on the show himself dozens of times.

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FILE - Former CIA director William Burns speaks during a hearing, March 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Former CIA Director William Burns has a book deal for the memoir ‘Diplomat Spy’

June 3, 2025

Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence agency. Random House announced Tuesday that it would publish Burns’ “Diplomat Spy: A Memoir of Espionage in Revolutionary Times.” The release date is still to be determined. Burns headed the CIA from 2021-25 and was elevated by President Joe Biden to a cabinet position. A veteran diplomat, he was a key adviser to Biden on Ukraine and other parts of the world. Random House is calling his book a “riveting firsthand account” about working in intelligence.

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FILE - Yarimar Mercado Martinez, of Puerto Rico, competes during the women's 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions qualification, at the Olympic Shooting Center, during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Connecticut man gets 33 years in prison for stray-bullet killing of Olympian’s mother

June 3, 2025

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the stray-bullet killing of a Puerto Rican Olympic athlete’s mother. Jasper Greene of New Haven was one of three men charged in the death of Mabel Martinez Antongiorgi on April 9, 2022. The 56-year-old woman was sewing in her home in Waterbury when a bullet flew through a wall and hit her in the head. Martinez Antongiorgi’s daughter, Yarimar Mercado Martinez, competed for the family’s native Puerto Rico at the Olympics in 2016, 2021 and 2024. Greene was sentenced Tuesday. A message was left with his lawyer.

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Oklahoma City Thunder players and coaches celebrate after Game 5 of the Western Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

Whether ratings are good or not, Thunder-Pacers could be a series true basketball fans enjoy

June 3, 2025

It’s No. 25 Indiana vs. No. 47 Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals. That’s not their seeding. That’s their media market ranking. To some, that might matter. A title matchup that starts Thursday night between the Pacers and Thunder has two young, fun teams that score a ton and are led by marketable stars. That the good news. Here’s the inevitable other side: The ratings, especially at the start of the series, probably aren’t going to be good because the home markets are so small. Those who like the NBA won’t be dissuaded by that. Those who don’t like the NBA will tout it as great failure.

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FILE - A Goodyear blimp flies over Michigan Stadium in the first half of an NCAA college football game between Michigan and Southern California in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

The iconic Goodyear Blimp is 100. To celebrate, a flight over Ohio

June 3, 2025

The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a “victory lap” over the skies of an Ohio city this week. The Akron-based company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the inaugural flight of its first branded blimp, known as “Pilgrim,” which took flight just outside of the city on June 3, 1925. Goodyear began experimenting with lighter than aircraft in the early 1900s, and the dirigibles have since become one of the most lasting and iconic corporate brand assets in the world. For some, it evokes nostalgia, while for others it offers a glimpse into a larger-than-life advertising symbol.

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FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem meets with service members in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool,File)

Man accused of trying to get witness against him deported by writing letters threatening Trump

June 3, 2025

A Wisconsin man is facing charges accusing him of forging letters threatening President Donald Trump’s life in an effort to get another man who was a potential witness against him in a criminal case deported. Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday that Demetric D. Scott was behind letters sent to state and federal officials with the return address of Ramón Morales Reyes. Scott was charged Monday with felony witness intimidation, identity theft and two counts of bail jumping. His attorney didn’t immediately return an email from The Associated Press seeking comment. Immigration agents arrested Morales Reyes in May after he dropped his child off at school in Milwaukee. He remains in custody.

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FILE - The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Federal prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates, a judge says

June 3, 2025

A judge says the federal Bureau of Prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to hundreds of transgender inmates following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that led to a disruption in medical treatment. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington said Tuesday a federal law prohibits prison officials from arbitrarily depriving inmates of medications the bureau’s own medical staff deems appropriate. The judge says the transgender inmates who sued to block Trump’s order are trying to lessen the anguish caused by their gender dysphoria. The Republican president’s order required the bureau to revise its medical care policies so federal funds aren’t spent for “conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.”

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Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter looks on prior to an NCAA college baseball tournament super regional game against Alabama on June 11, 2023, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, file)

Wake Forest baseball coach apologizes for apparent homophobic slur at NCAA regional vs. Tennessee

June 3, 2025

Wake Forest and baseball coach Tom Walter apologized for what appeared to be a homophobic slur caught by television cameras during an NCAA regional game against Tennessee. Walter said he has watched the video and doesn’t remember the specific moment but acknowledged “that language doesn’t reflect my values or the standards of this program.” Wake Forest athletic director John Currie said he was “surprised and deeply disappointed.” Tennessee beat Wake Forest 11-5 on Monday night to win the Knoxville Regional and earn a best-of-three super regional matchup with Arkansas for a chance to advance to the College World Series.

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Kara Young, already on a Broadway streak, could make Tony history with her role in ‘Purpose’

June 3, 2025

Kara Young’s work in the play “Purpose” has earned her a Tony Award nomination and a chance to make history. Already the first Black person to be nominated four times consecutively, if she wins, she’ll be the first Black performer to win two Tonys in a row. “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama is about an accomplished Black family revealing its hypocrisy and fault lines during a snowed-in gathering. Young made her Broadway debut in 2021 in “Clyde’s,” was in “Cost of Living” the next year and co-starred opposite Leslie Odom Jr. in 2024’s “Purlie Victorious” winning a Tony.

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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle, top, reaches to steal the ball over Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso during the second half of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs Monday, May 26, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Can Timberwolves keep Randle, Reid, and Alexander-Walker? Connelly says continuity is best

June 3, 2025

The Minnesota Timberwolves have plenty of reason to run back the same roster after reaching the Western Conference finals for the second straight time. That was their initial assessment last year as well before the big trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks went down right before the beginning of training camp. President of basketball operations Tim Connelly said he doesn’t feel pressure to make roster changes out of confidence in the team’s core. Keeping Julius Randle, Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker will be difficult. All three players could become free agents.

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A long-running experiment finds a tiny particle is still acting weird

June 3, 2025

Final results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment show a tiny particle continues to act strangely — but that’s still good news for the laws of physics as we know them. The mysterious particles called muons wobble like a top when inside a magnetic field. Previous experiments found the muons were behaving strangely, which didn’t fit well with the foundational rulebook of physics. New data adds fuel to that fire, but scientists have found a way to make the findings agree with the Standard Model of Physics. Results were announced Tuesday and were submitted to the journal Physical Review Letters.

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`This House’ makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family’s legacy in Harlem

June 3, 2025

“This House,” a rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of history, made its world premiere Saturday night at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The work was composed by Ricky Ian Gordon to a libretto by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber. It weaves impacts of the Civil War, Great Migration, Black Power movement, AIDS crisis and gentrification. There are five more performances through June 29. Gerber, 27, started “This House” in 2020, during her senior year at Brown.

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TOASTIQUE Makes Rapid City Debut On June 21st

June 3, 2025

RAPID CITY, SD (June 3, 2025) Toastique, the vibrant gourmet toast, juice, and coffee bar, will debut in Rapid City, SD, with its first area location on Saturday, June 21st, at 8 AM. Located at 612 6th St. Suite 7, Toastique’s community-focused Grand Opening event will reward the first 100 guests in line with $50 […]

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FILE - Shoppers pass a Victoria's Secret store at a shopping mall in Scranton, Pa., May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)

Victoria’s Secret says it will postpone earnings report after recent security breach

June 3, 2025

Victoria’s Secret is postponing the release of its quarterly earnings following a security breach that disrupted the popular lingerie brand’s corporate operations and led it to take down its U.S. shopping site for several days last week. Victoria’s Secret said it first detected a “security incident involving its information technology systems” on May 24 — and temporarily shut down corporate systems and its retail website on May 26. The website in the U.S. stayed dark for several days after, sparking prolonged frustration among shoppers. It wasn’t back online until late Thursday. While not directly confirmed by Victoria’s Secret, the incident bore hallmarks of a cyberattack involving ransomware. Analysts note that more and more retailers are facing these kinds of attacks today.

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The queens of collaboration in Lucius are finding themselves again musically

June 3, 2025

Singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have worked with a roster of greats in the two decades they’ve been together — people like Harry Styles, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy and the Killers. They showed up for one of Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jams” and performed one of Paul McCartney’s lesser-known songs for him. They played on tour in Roger Waters’ band. All those collaborations bring a danger, too, that they lose themselves and their own music in other people’s worlds. They self-produced and used the simple title “Lucius” for a new album, even though it’s their fourth disc, and say it feels like they’ve come home.

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Sturgis cancels 2025 TT Race

June 3, 2025

STURGIS, S.D. – Limited time and continued differences between the two parties led the Sturgis City Council last night to officially cancel this year’s Sturgis TT Race. Sturgis Mayor Kevin […]

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