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Matty Healy claims he’s yet to hear Taylor Swift’s biggest apparent dig at him from her latest album, “The Tortured Poet’s Department.”
Asked about the “diss track” — presumably “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” — the 1975 frontman told paparazzi on Wednesday that he hasn’t “really listened to that much of it.”
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Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos. Speaking Wednesday at gambling industry conference in New Jersey, industry executives acknowledged the difficulty they’ve had in expanding the legalization of online casino games. Yet they remain certain that, like many other industries, the future of gambling is online. That's particularly true as federal post-pandemic budget aid dries up. Internet betting also faces claims from some gambling companies that online betting is cannibalizing revenue from physical casinos, a hotly debated topic in the industry.
SEATTLE —President Joe Biden is headed to Seattle this week to raise money for his reelection campaign.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both address a Libertarian convention later this month. It comes as the presumptive GOP nominee has ramped up both criticism of Kennedy’s independent bid and demands that President Joe Biden meet him on a debate stage. Kennedy made the offer in an open letter posted Tuesday on X. Trump and Kennedy plan to speak at the event. Trump has been bullish in calling on Biden to debate him but has shied away from Kennedy’s demands that he share a stage with him. Spokespeople for the Trump campaign and the Libertarian Party did not immediately return messages seeking comment on Kennedy’s debate challenge.
LOS ANGELES — In a massive and raucous street rally Tuesday during the Los Angeles Board of Education meeting, school union leaders spoke out against expected budget cuts that are already affecting decisions at individual schools, where administrators are making plans that will likely cut em…
Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group have left a sprawling camp in northeast Syria and headed home to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour following mediation by tribal leaders. Wednesday's departures are the latest from al-Hol camp, which houses wives, widows, children and other family members of IS militants. They came as repatriations by foreign countries have increased in recent months in an attempt to reduce the population of the facility that at its peak five years ago housed 73,000 people. The 254 Syrians boarded trucks at al-Hol camp and moved south under the protection of members of U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led fighters.
Haiti’s new transitional presidential council, already mired in controversy over the way it has made key decisions, is once more doing an about-face. This time it’s over how many votes will be needed to make important decisions such as selecting the country’s next prime minister, and who amo…
Micah Leon's journey to the NFL was far from normal. He was a walk-on quarterback at North Carolina State, UConn and Florida. His entire collegiate career spans seven years and includes two mop-up appearances. He completed 12 of 16 passes for 78 yards, barely enough to create a highlight reel. So getting a tryout with the Miami Dolphins during rookie minicamp this weekend was some feat. It's also a testament to what scouts and general managers see when they weigh Leon’s 6-foot-5 frame and clean throwing motion against his thin resume and lack of game experience. His QB coach calls him “a prototype" waiting to be discovered.
Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads in five state Senate races they believe are key to regaining control of the chamber. The State Senate Democratic Committee says the buy will target races around Wisconsin, including Milwaukee's northern suburbs, the rural areas north of Madison, the Fox Cities, Green Bay and La Crosse. Republicans currently hold a 22-10 advantage in the chamber, but Democrats hope new district boundaries Gov. Tony Evers signed in February will help them chip away at the GOP advantage. Sixteen Senate seats are up in November, including eight currently held by Republicans. Democrats need to win 13 seats to gain the majority.
SpaceX keeps lining them up and knocking them out as it targets an early afternoon launch from Kennedy Space Center today.
NEW YORK — Robert Downey Jr. is finally headed to Broadway.
50 Cent sued his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy on Monday, accusing her of defamation after she claimed he raped her during their relationship.
And it’s another touchdown for Travis Kelce’s television career as the Super Bowl champ joins the cast of Ryan Murphy’s “Grotesquerie” in his first major acting role.
The United Nations food agency's deputy executive director says if the monthslong conflict playing out on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to escalate, the agency won’t be ready for the spike in nutritional needs across crisis-hit Lebanon. The UN World Food Program provides aid to over 158,000 people in Lebanon affected by the hostilities. But the agency does not have the funding to address growing needs “should the situation further escalate and further deteriorate,” Skau told The Associated Press Wednesday. Clashes between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces began on Oct. 8, a day after Israel started bombarding the Gaza Strip following Hamas’ deadly rampage in southern Israel. The tensions between the two sides continue to intensify.
NEW YORK — Cardi B and estranged husband Offset might just be on again — or at least that’s how it looked when they arrived together at the Met Gala after-party, five months after announcing their latest split.
Pennsylvania election officials say the number of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities saw a significant drop in last month’s primary election. That's after state officials tried anew to help voters avoid mistakes that might get their ballots thrown out. Pennsylvania’s top election official, Secretary of State Al Schmidt, said counties reported a 13.5% decrease in mail-in ballots that were rejected for reasons the state had tried to address with a redesigned ballot envelope and instructions for voting by mail. That's compared to the 2023 primary election. The success of the mail-in vote could be critical to determining the outcome of November’s presidential election in Pennsylvania.
On a bitterly cold January day in 2020, former President Donald Trump packed the Wildwood Convention Center with supporters at one of his biggest rallies of the last presidential campaign.
PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration dismantled a homeless encampment in Kensington early Wednesday morning and moved people living on the street out of the area.
Tornado emergencies have been called in Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa and more states over the past few weeks during recent periods of severe weather. Tornado emergencies differ from tornado watches and warnings. According to the National Weather Service, emergencies are far rarer and are issued when there's an imminent or ongoing severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage. Watches suggest tornadoes are possible and that people in the area should be prepared. Warnings mean a weather radar indicates a tornado is coming, or it’s been seen already, and people in the area need to act.
A Taliban official says A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers. AAbdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s interior ministry, said the bomb which was “attached to a motorcycle, exploded in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province," while a convoy of security forces was passing through, adding that five other officers were wounded. Qani said the officers were on their way to destroy poppy crops in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. A few days ago Badakhshan witnessed violent protests against the Taliban’s poppy eradication campaign, propelling a high-ranking delegation led by the chief of military staff Fasihudin Fitrat to visit the region and negotiate with protestors.
NEW YORK — Police cleared the last remaining pro-Palestinian encampment in New York City at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Chelsea overnight into Wednesday.
Former Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell says he will not return to Front Row Motorsports after this season. The 39-year-old has been with Front Row Motorsports since 2018. McDowell won the Daytona 500 in 2021 and last year’s Cup race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course driving the No. 34 Ford for Front Row. He said he’s not retiring and is looking for a new seat in the Cup Series.
'KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES'
The Indigo Girls have every reason to be bitter. Even in their heyday, the duo got slammed for pretentious lyrics and faced discrimination over their sexual orientation.
Voting rights advocates have filed an emergency motion asking the Supreme Court to keep in place a new Louisiana congressional map that gives the state a second majority Black district. Wednesday’s Supreme Court filing seeks to block an April 30 ruling from a divided panel of federal judges. The majority ruled that the map passed by lawmakers in January was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. But advocates want to keep the map during the appeals. Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney Gen. Liz Murrill, both Republicans, also back the map and Murrill has said she will appeal too.
Since Charlton Heston first gazed upon the remnants of the Statue of Liberty emerging from a sandy beach in horror, 56 years ago, the “Planet of the Apes” movies have been extremely popular with moviegoing audiences. The appeal of these earnest, big-budget spectacle movies is the opportunity…
The odds against Donald Trump facing trial before the presidential election on charges of withholding classified documents from the government at his Palm Beach estate rose dramatically Tuesday when a federal judge indefinitely postponed the former president’s originally scheduled May 20 trial.
DENVER — The bird flu has arrived in Colorado, and while it doesn’t represent anywhere near the threat that COVID-19 did at the beginning of the pandemic, people should take some precautions with animals that could carry it, experts say.
The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new jobs at its knitwear factory in Umbria, leaning into “Made in Italy” as integral to the brand’s ethos. It's also developing new artisanal talent to ease the luxury group through a generational shift in its management. Prada CEO Andrea Guerra, who was brought in last year as part of the generational change in family-run Prada’s management, said at an unveiling of the plant that the company is investing 60 million euros in production this year.
ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri has the fifth highest gun death rate in the nation, according to a study published Tuesday by the Violence Policy Center.
Athletic departments across the country are trying to figure out the best way to manage the name, image and likeness landscape when it comes to athletes earning endorsement money. Michigan is the 18th school to hire a NIL general manager in a partnership with Altius Sports Partners. It will give the company more than $250,000 a year Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel says it’s the right time to bring in a company that has had three years to develop strategies and NIL connections.
DETROIT — U.S. House candidate Adam Hollier of Detroit says hundreds of challenges to his individual petition signatures made by U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar are "baseless," saying the congressman acted in "bad faith" and with the "clear" attempt to disenfranchise Black voters across Michigan's 1…
Naomi Osaka looked comfortable in her opening match at the Italian Open. She beat 45th-ranked Clara Burel 7-6 (2), 6-1. It was Osaka’s first victory over a top-50 player on clay since defeating Victoria Azarenka at the 2019 French Open. Argentine-born Italian Luciano Darderi had strong crowd support in a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Denis Shapovalov on Campo Centrale. Rafael Nadal opens against Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs on Thursday. Top-ranked Novak Djokovicis also back in Rome after a month out.
Kylian Mbappé will become the latest expensive superstar to leave Paris Saint-Germain without a Champions League title. The question now for the French club is how to rebuild without its record scorer: keep pouring money on big-name signings or find another way to compete with Europe’s best? Replacing him will be difficult, no matter how much money the club spends. The France forward has scored 255 goals for PSG, and his prolific output helped deliver six league titles in seven years. But it also often masked glaring deficiencies that were exposed at the highest level in the Champions League. Club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has many key decisions to make as PSG kicks off its new era.
Pakistan's military says its security forces have killed six militants in twin raids in the volatile northwest region bordering Afghanistan. In a statement Wednesday, it said five militants were killed in the first raid in Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Another militant was killed in the second raid in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest. It provided no further details about the slain men. However, such operations often target the Pakistani Taliban, which are a separate group but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Families of the victims of last week's bombings at two camps of displaced people in eastern Congo, which killed at least sixteen people, have mourned their loved ones at a ceremony in the city of Goma. Among them was Alimeti Kigiho, who survived the attack but lost his wife and two young children, aged 6 and 2. “War has taken everything from me,” he told the Associated Press. M23, a rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda, and the Congolese army blame each other for the attacks.
LOS ANGELES — Bad Wolf, the name of the production company founded by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, is a "Doctor Who" reference.
Travis Kelce continues to work in the NFL off season. The Super Bowl winner has booked a role on “American Horror Story: Grotesquerie.” Fellow cast member Niecy Nash posted a series of Instagram stories Tuesday of her and Kelce on set. In one video, the show's creator, Ryan Murphy, embraces Kelce and says, “You were wonderful.” This is the second TV job for Kelce in recent months. He wrapped production as host of the new game show “Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?” for Prime Video. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is dating music superstar Taylor Swift who starts the European leg of her world tour in Paris on Thursday.
The Texas Rangers have reacquired switch-hitting outfielder Robbie Grossman in a trade with the Chicago White Sox. Texas sent minor league right-hander Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa to Chicago in the deal Wednesday. Grossman hit .238 with 10 homers and 49 RBIs in 115 games for the Rangers last season, when they won their first World Series title. Grossman went to the White Sox on a minor league deal in free agency. He hit .211 in 19 games, but was batting .375 against left-handed pitchers. Rangers rookie outfielder Wyatt Langford could be out a month after going on the injured list this week with a strained right hamstring.
BOSTON — John Deaton, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, took a long flight south this week to visit the United States-Mexico border to “truly understand” the root causes of immigration issues that have sparked contentious debates in both Washington and Massachusetts.
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