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New Mavs owners with casino ties preach patience on gambling in Texas as they plan for new arena 06/14/2024 06:25pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� New Dallas Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont, part of the two families with casino ties that bought the club late last year, says the timing is uncertain for when legalized gambling might come to Texas. Dumont also says the timing doesn't matter as it relates to prospects for a new a Who is Alex Jones? The conspiracist and dietary supplement salesman built an empire over decades 06/14/2024 06:24pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Alex Jones has pushed many conspiracy theories over the last three decades, including that the U.S. government was behind or failed to stop the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks. As the outlandish nature of his false claims grew, so did his media empire, with annual revenu The Latest | US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say 06/14/2024 06:18pm • The U.S.-built aid pier will be detached from Gaza���s coast for a second time due to rough seas, two U.S. officials said Friday, raising further questions about the viability of the sea route. Palestinians are facing widespread hunger because the war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine a Hannah Einbinder uses comedy as a coping mechanism in debut standup special 06/14/2024 06:09pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� To rising comic Hannah Einbinder, her bits are for more than just laughs. She says her jokes are a coping mechanism she uses to process the tough topics she tackles in her material. Einbinder, known for matching Jean Smart���s quick wit and comedic timing in ���Hacks,��� releas Astros release Jos�� Abreu with $30.8 million remaining on his contract 06/14/2024 05:53pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The Houston Astros released Jos�� Abreu on Friday, cutting ties with the former AL MVP less than halfway through a three-year, $58.5 million contract. General manager Dana Brown said this was an extremely difficult decision considering how much money he is still owed. ���It���s alw Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden's asylum ban takes hold 06/14/2024 05:07pm • MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) ��� Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped considering most asylum requests, while others have yet to see much of a change. The impact appears uneven more than a week after the temporary suspension too Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why 06/14/2024 04:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It's killed legions of seals and sea lions, wiped out mink farms, and dispatched cats, dogs, skunks, foxes and even a polar bear. But it seems to have hardly touched pe RH, MSC Industrial fall; Adobe, Progressive rise, Friday, 6/14/2024 06/14/2024 04:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Adobe Inc., up $66.57 to $525.31. The design software company raised its earnings forecast for its fiscal year. RH, down $47.32 to $229.73. The furniture and housewares retailer reported a much bigger first-quar The Latest | Group of Seven summit turns to migration after promising tens of billions to Ukraine 06/14/2024 03:55pm • BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) ��� A summit meeting of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations focused on migration on Friday, the second and final day of the gathering in southern Italy, seeking ways to combat trafficking and increase investment in countries from where migrants start out on of Mexico's small, oft-questioned Green Party to become the second-largest force in Congress 06/14/2024 03:50pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� It���s been a long strange trip for Mexico���s Ecologist Green Party, which rode on its alliance with the ruling Morena party to become the second-largest voting block in Congress. This Green Party has been better known for picking presidential winners like it did this time with Trump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he 'did nothing' to restrict guns 06/14/2024 03:50pm • Less than six years ago, then-President Donald Trump took on the influential gun lobby after the deadliest massacre in modern U.S. history. He announced that he had told the National Rifle Association that ���bump stocks are gone,��� arguing they ���turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.��� O G7 leaders tackle migration, AI and economic security on second and final day of summit in Italy 06/14/2024 03:30pm • BARI, Italy (AP) ��� The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration, artificial intelligence, economic security and the Indo-Pacific region on Friday, the second and final day of their summit in Italy. The G7 leaders stressed their determination to meet global Muslims start the Hajj against the backdrop of the devastating Israel-Hamas war 06/14/2024 02:44pm • MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) ��� In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca converged on a vast desert tent camp Friday, officially starting the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Earlier, they circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam���s holiest site. More than 1.5 milli Guardians first-year manager Stephen Vogt has taken young team to top of AL Central 06/14/2024 02:38pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� The fishing boat captain's chair that provided former Cleveland manager Terry Francona a comfortable vantage point during games the past few years was removed from the home dugout steps before the season. It's gone, just like the beloved Francona, aka ���Tito��� to everyone in bas Virginia lawmakers to hold special session on changes to military education benefits program 06/14/2024 01:53pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� The Virginia Senate will reconvene in a special legislative session next week to consider a proposal that would exempt some military families from pending changes in eligibility for a state program for educational benefits at state public colleges and universities. The Virg