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Bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously chooses Democrat as chair for 2 years 06/10/2024 04:24pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The same Democrat who led the Wisconsin Elections Commission during the contested 2020 presidential election will be back in the helm in the swing state this year after being unanimously elected Monday by the bipartisan panel. Ann Jacobs was the only commission member nominate Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds 06/10/2024 09:27am • JERUSALEM (AP) — The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply, an Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data has found, a trend that both coincides with Israel’s changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the European elections are 1st electoral setback for Sweden's populist party with far-right roots 06/10/2024 09:00am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The elections in Sweden to the European Parliament marked the first electoral setback for the Swedish populist party with far-right roots that grabbed more than 13% of the votes but came fourth, according to preliminary figures Monday. That made Sweden one of the few cou Celtics call Payton Pritchard's desperation 3-pointer the 'play of the game' in Game 2 06/09/2024 11:55pm • Payton Pritchard doesn’t care much about what his line in the stat sheet looks like, which is one of the many things that endears him to Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics. He was sent into Game 2 of the NBA Finals with 3.3 seconds remaining in the third quarter, with one mission: Take a desperat Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona's fake elector case 06/07/2024 07:51pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman pleaded not guilty Friday in Phoenix to nine felony charges for their roles in an effort to overturn Trump's Arizona election loss to Joe Biden. Meadows and Rom Review: Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man' boasts clever concept that devolves into Fifty Shades of 'Gary' 06/07/2024 06:33pm • Richard Linklater remains one of my favorite filmmakers. He made us laugh in mainstream efforts like "Dazed and Confused" (1993) and "School of Rock" (2004), while making us think and feel in acclaimed longitudinal studies like "Boyhood" (2014), filmed in short installments over 12 years, and hi A new account rekindles allegations that Trump disrespected Black people on 'The Apprentice' 06/07/2024 12:03pm • Gene Folkes had just been jettisoned as a contestant on “The Apprentice” and was commiserating with a crew member at a bar inside the lobby of Trump Tower. He was indignant — and not just at having been kicked off the reality show after its star, Donald Trump, had delivered his catchphrase: � NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 06/07/2024 11:35am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Video edited to make it appear Biden tried to sit down when there was What to know about new claims that Trump made racist comments on 'The Apprentice' 06/07/2024 12:05am • As Donald Trump seeks to make inroads with African American voters in his third run for the White House, fresh allegations are surfacing about his disrespectful behavior toward Black people on “ The Apprentice,” the hit reality TV show that launched his political career. Former contestant Gene Trump, in his first post-trial rally, demands that appeals courts reverse his felony conviction 06/06/2024 10:00pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Thursday with a trip to Arizona, his first appearance in a battleground state since he was convicted in a hush money scandal, repeating his critiques of the case against him as politically motivated and calling for his conviction to be ove Movie Review: Glen Powell gives big leading man energy in ‘Hit Man’ 06/06/2024 04:53pm • For a guy like Glen Powell, the ascent to movie stardom isn’t really a question. It’s more like an inevitability. Blessed with that square jawline, those bright green eyes, a flop of dirty blonde hair and the kind of symmetrical smile that would seem suspect if it weren’t so darn charming, he' At 33, versatile Taysom Hill gratified by opportunities in Saints' new offense 06/06/2024 03:07pm • METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints' experimental usage of Taysom Hill at virtually every offensive skill position — and even on special teams — has been so unconventional that he wondered whether his ubiquity might be reined in under a new offensive coordinator. Klint Kubiak — whose Here's what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax 06/06/2024 11:44am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. The campaign has already produced drama and disputes, even before the parties unveil their manifestos with detailed lists of promises in the coming days. This week saw Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labour Party A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:01am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi Washington man sentenced for 20 'swatting' calls of false threats in US, Canada 06/05/2024 10:16pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. Distric