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Kecia Lewis in Broadway's 'Hell's Kitchen' delivers the soul and earns a Tony Award nomination 05/20/2024 11:03am • NEW YORK (AP) — It's fitting that Kecia Lewis has had her most successful theater season while playing a mentor. The Broadway veteran — now celebrating 40 years in the business — portrays the formidable piano teacher Miss Liza Jane in “Hell’s Kitchen” who inspires the show's young heroin Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 18 accused in Arizona fake electors case 05/19/2024 06:26pm • Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General K P.J. Washington's free throws finish rally as Mavericks beat Thunder 117-116 to reach West finals 05/19/2024 09:10am • DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving probably wondered if his uncanny run of closeout victories without a loss in his career was finally near an end. The streak lives, and the Dallas Mavericks are through to the Western Conference finals for the second time in three seasons. P.J. Washington Jr. made two fre Acosta has 1 goal, 2 assists, Cincinnati beats St. Louis 3-1 for 6th straight win 05/18/2024 09:52pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Luciano Acosta scored a goal and added two assists to help FC Cincinnati beat St. Louis City 3-1 Saturday night for its sixth consecutive win. Cincinnati (9-2-3) has won every game since a 2-0 loss to CF Montreal on April 13. Acosta opened the scoring when he converted from the Colorado GOP chair's embrace of Trump tactics splits party as he tries to boost his own campaign 05/18/2024 05:46pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — At a recent primary debate, congressional candidate Dave Williams took the microphone and unleashed the same MAGA arguments that vaulted him from a former state representative to chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. “Right now we have a battle for the soul o Amy Kremer helped organize the pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally. Now she is seeking a Georgia seat on the RNC 05/18/2024 03:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Amy Kremer stood near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, and told thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. “Hello, deplorables,” she said, embracing a label Hillary Clinton once lobbed against Trump’s followers. Kremer, a conse Not so fast: Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes called for illegal quick pitch against White Sox 05/18/2024 12:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — Every now and then, New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes looks to catch a hitter off guard with a funky delivery. Sometimes he hesitates on the rubber in the middle of his windup and turns his back to the batter like a corkscrew — maybe even faking a throw — before finall As Japan's yakuza weakens, police focus shifts to unorganized crime hired via social media 05/17/2024 09:01pm • TOKYO (AP) — A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining membership. Police agents who were busy dealing with thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago Attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona’s fake elector case 05/17/2024 04:42pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Eastman, who devised a strategy to try to persuade Congress not to certify the elect Music Review: Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is zealous outsider pop in a league of her own 05/17/2024 10:56am • “Am I acting my age now?” Billie Eilish, 22, wonders aloud on the opening track to her ambitious third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” "Am I already on the way out?” The 10-track release sees a once-in-a-generation pop performer once again rewriting the rules: If Eilish’s first record in Data Doctors: What to know about moving my Cox email to Yahoo Mail 05/17/2024 09:20am • Q: What should I know before moving my Cox email account to Yahoo Mail? A: Some time ago, Cox announced it would be migrating all email users to Yahoo Mail. This does not mean you’re being forced to use a new Yahoo email address, because you’ll have continued use of your "@cox.net" address us Can You Get a Wooden Credit Card? 05/16/2024 08:00pm • Plastic and credit cards are practically synonymous -- as in, "I was short on cash, so I whipped out my plastic and bought it." In fact, researchers estimate that there are over 26 billion plastic credit cards in circulation today, the majority of which are made from first-use "virgin" plastics lik Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers 05/16/2024 07:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced Thursday multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program. The conspiracy i As crisis escalates in Tunisia, lawyers strike over arrested colleague they say was tortured 05/16/2024 11:35am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry. The demonstration in the North African country's capital came days after two lawyers were arrested � Chasing Amy: How Marisa Abela became Amy Winehouse for 'Back to Black' 05/16/2024 10:21am • LONDON (AP) — There’s no point asking Marisa Abela to sing Amy Winehouse songs at karaoke. Her friends have already tried and failed. But you can see her sing — and become — Winehouse in the new film “Back to Black,” which opens in the U.S. on Friday. Abela, best known for the sex, drugs