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Game 5: Pacers, Thunder set to play swing game, with winner grabbing 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals
The back-and-forth of these NBA Finals has been constant. Game 1 went to Indiana, so Oklahoma City had to bounce back in Game 2. Indiana reclaimed the series lead in Game 3, ...
Overwhelmed and understaffed, the Louvre shuts its doors — a warning sign for global overtourism
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, ...
Smaller amusement parks hope for a strong summer under the shadow of tariffs
The trade disputes involving global economic powerhouses such as the U.S. and China are being felt even in such distinctly local places as your regional amusement park. Families ...
Attacks between Israel and Iran intensify
President Donald Trump is calling for Iran and Israel to make a deal as fighting between the two countries now enters its fourth day.
Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to police
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, ...
Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young ...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father convicted of assaulting daughter and acquitted of other abuse charges
Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Norwegian track star Jakob Ingebrigtsen, was convicted Monday of assaulting his daughter and handed a suspended prison sentence. A court ...
German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland
A German court sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his Syrian homeland on Monday for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between ...
As GOP pushes spending cuts, many say Medicaid and food stamps are underfunded: AP-NORC poll
As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the ...
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts
Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some ...
ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds
Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al ...
Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull support
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, ...