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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An alliance of al-Qaida-linked fighters and separatists carried out the largest coordinated attack in over a decade in Mali, marking a dangerous escalation in the world’s deadliest region for extremism. It’s also a challenge for Russia, which Mali’s military-led government has embraced as its security partner after distancing itself from former allies like France. The scale of the weekend assault was unprecedented for both the number […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Workers in Brazil on Monday resumed the construction of the stage for the concert by Shakira next weekend on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copacabana Beach, work that was halted the day before amid a police investigation into the death of a 28-year-old locksmith at the scene. The boundary-breaking Colombian singer and pop star has not commented on the death of the worker. According to police, […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man who managed problem-plagued voter registration drives in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 presidential election pleaded guilty Monday to three misdemeanor counts and was sentenced to a month in county jail. Phoenix resident Guillermo Sainz Gurrola was also fined $1,000 and will serve probation for three counts of solicitation of registration, which prosecutors described as offering financial incentives to canvassers who met quotas. The attorney […]

Donald and Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.” The remark about the president’s wife was part of a routine on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” where the host pretended to deliver a comedy routine at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. That event […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Mann once had reason to think she was done being publicly grilled about Harvey Weinstein. She had spent three daystelling a jury that the ex-movie mogul raped her, explaining why she continued a relationship with him afterward and discussing other deeply personal aspects of her life, once sobbing so hard that court ended early. Weinstein had then been convicted, in a 2020 verdict seen as […]

So much information, streaming out in so little time. And still: Within minutes, conspiracy theories flooded the internet. The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night played out in front of some of the nation’s most powerful reporters and editors who snapped into action in real time to provide detailed accounts from the scene. What resulted was a steady stream of facts […]

DENVER (AP) — Minnesota All-Star Anthony Edwards will be sidelined for at least one week with a hyperextension and bone bruise in his left knee, a diagnosis the Timberwolves formally announced Monday before Game 5 of their first-round NBA playoff series at Denver. Edwards had an MRI exam that confirmed the absence of structural damage, a relief to the Timberwolves after Edwards’ injury occurred in the second quarter of their […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Rylen Bourguet sprinted down the sideline and then faked a curl toward the quarterback, juking her defender before continuing downfield. The pass that was already in the air was perfect and the Arizona State receiver hauled it in for the game-winning touchdown. It was one of the many highlights of last week’s inaugural Fiesta Bowl Flag Football Classic on the Arizona State campus. Bourguet is confident […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s podcast is headed to Amazon. Winfrey’s production company, Harpo Entertainment, struck a multiyear deal to give Amazon-owned Wondery exclusive distributing and advertising rights to “The Oprah Podcast,” the companies announced Monday. Under the agreement, Winfrey’s podcast will expand to two new episodes a week starting this summer — and Wondrey will distribute the show’s audio and video across Amazon platforms. Under the deal, Amazon […]