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By MARGERY A. BECK Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Snoop Dogg is seemingly everywhere during the Paris Olympics, but on Friday morning you could catch him carrying the Olympic torch ahead of the opening ceremony. He was one of the final torch bearers of the Olympic flame, which was lit in April in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates in September. Prices rose just 0.1% from May to June, the Commerce Department said Friday, up from the previous month’s unchanged reading. […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has welcomed Venzuelan President Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe as the oil-rich kingdom engages in a flurry of diplomacy.Maduro arrived late Sunday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was greeted by Saudi officials, according to the… […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to end a battlefield stalemate and punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday, in what may herald the start of a long-anticipated counteroffensive after 15 months of war.Russian officials seemed to be trying to portray the Ukrainian attacks… […]

LONDON (AP) — A broken thumb, a back injury, dabbling with drugs and dating girls.No event in the life of a young Prince Harry was too trivial or private for the journalists of Mirror Group Newspapers to resist, and the demand for such scoops led to the use of illegal means to dig up dirt,… […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the rail industry relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs, the Biden administration is handing out $570 million in grants to help eliminate many railroad crossings in 32 states.The grants announced Monday will contribute to building bridges or underpasses at the sites of more than three dozen crossings… […]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday he was encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain any risks posed by the artificial intelligence technology his company and others are developing.Altman visited Tel Aviv, a tech powerhouse, as part of a world tour that has so far taken him… […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MIAMI (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month. The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who […]

By Steve Megargee Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MILWAUKEE (AP) — Will Riley couldn’t connect on any of the first three shots he attempted. He wouldn’t miss again until the final minute of a game that was already decided. Riley scored 22 points while shooting 8 of 12 from the floor in Illinois’ […]