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Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press April 17, 2024
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Tesla is asking shareholders to restore a $56 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge this year, and to shift the company's corporate home to Texas.

By TOM KRISHER, STAN CHOE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers April 17, 2024
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The first seven jurors for Donald Trump's hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press April 17, 2024
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ABBA, Biggie, Blondie and Rudolph are entering America's audio canon.

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer April 16, 2024
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A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, destroying about half of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange and collapsing its iconic dragon-tail spire, as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables.

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press April 16, 2024
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The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press April 16, 2024
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A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.

By JOHN RABY Associated Press April 16, 2024
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Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as "Whiteyball," has died.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer April 16, 2024
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Donald Trump returned Tuesday to a New York courtroom as the jury selection process in his historic hush money trial enters a second day.

By Associated Press April 16, 2024
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Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the trial of the killers of Emmett Till in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, died Friday.

By Associated Press April 15, 2024
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After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday.

By Associated Press April 15, 2024
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A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” during a hearing Monday in which tearful family members and friends gave testimonials that included calls for justice and a punishment that would instill greater accountability for safety on film sets.

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press April 15, 2024
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Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on the industry that cares for troubled teens by requiring more transparency from youth treatment facilities.

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press April 15, 2024
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Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott argued in court Monday that he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, saying he was not responsible for safety planning and watching for possible dangers at the Houston event.

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press April 15, 2024
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The stock price for Donald Trump's social media company slid again Monday, pushing it more than 66% below its peak set late last month.

By Associated Press April 15, 2024
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World donors pledged more than $2.1 billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan after a yearlong war that has pushed its population to the brink of famine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.

By BARBARA SURK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press April 15, 2024
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Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called a “communist show trial” begins Monday.

By JOSH BOAK and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press April 14, 2024
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More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said.

By Associated Press April 14, 2024
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U.S. stocks tumbled Friday following a mixed start to earnings reporting season. Worries about potentially escalating tensions in the Middle East rattled financial markets, pushing investors to look for safer places for their money.

By STAN CHOE Associated Press April 13, 2024
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Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents.

By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press April 13, 2024
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The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case.

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK April 12, 2024
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Osama Siblani was sipping his morning coffee at the office when his phone buzzed with a message from one of President Joe Biden's advisers.

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press April 12, 2024
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Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday.

By DAVE BRYAN Associated Press April 12, 2024
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If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone.

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press April 12, 2024
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There’s a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other — people don't think either man has much to brag about when it comes to his own record. Americans generally think that while they were in the White House, both did more harm than good on key issues.

By SEUNG MIN KIM and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press April 12, 2024

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