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A state's experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons' deal with Kroger 09/16/2024 04:42pm • Washington state went to court Monday to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger, saying shoppers would pay hundreds of millions more for groceries each year if the supermarket chains are no longer closely competing. Albertsons and Kroger insist a merger would help them lower pr Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says 09/16/2024 04:20pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president Saints are gaining credibility as NFC contenders after their rout of the Cowboys 09/16/2024 03:43pm • METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Former Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert sounded jubilant during a postgame radio show as he reviewed everything he thought New Orleans did well in its lopsided, Week 2 road victory over the favored Dallas Cowboys. It was a long list of successes in areas that included the runni After mass shooting, bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons 09/16/2024 03:31pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bill introduced after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the bill’s sponsor, said Monday. T Postal Service insists it's ready for a flood of mail-in ballots 09/16/2024 02:08pm • U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured state election officials in a letter released Monday that he'll work with them to handle their warnings of problems with election mail delivery during the primary season, while insisting that the Postal Service will be ready for the flood of mail-in ballot Analysis: Palou remains unflappable -- but slappable -- in winning 3rd IndyCar title 09/16/2024 01:50pm • LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Chip Ganassi likes winners — its his catchphrase, in case you didn't know — and his celebrations rarely deviate. At least that's what Alex Palou has learned after winning three IndyCar championships in the last four years for his boss. It starts with an embrace from Ganas Steve Sando's bean revolution advances with a new cookbook showing their versatility 09/16/2024 01:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stop by Steve Sando's house for dinner and, if you're lucky, he might hand you a shot glass with a warm, murky liquid topped with a little onion, oregano and lemon juice. Bottoms up! You've just knocked back some bean broth. “If you’ve cooked beans, you already have a sort of f New York officials release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim 09/16/2024 01:12pm • BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Monday released new, more detailed renderings of one of the victims whose remains were found along a coastal highway in New York’s Long Island more than a decade ago in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Suffolk County Distri Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count in Georgia for now 09/16/2024 12:27pm • ATLANTA (AP) — In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now after the Georgia Supreme Court paused orders disqualifying them. The court's decision Sunday came as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office said milit Judge finds woman incompetent to stand trial in fatal stabbing of 3-year-old outside supermarket 09/16/2024 12:22pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside an Ohio supermarket and wounded his mother has been found incompetent to stand trial. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo issued the ruling Friday. He said Bionca Ellis, 33, Iran's president insists Tehran wants to negotiate over its nuclear program 09/16/2024 12:04pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's new reformist president insisted Monday that Tehran didn't want to enrich uranium at near-weapons grade levels but had been forced to by the U.S. withdrawal from its nuclear deal with world powers. The comments by President Masoud Pezeshkian, in response to a question b Giving away a fortune: What could Warren Buffett's adult children support? 09/16/2024 10:14am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's adult children — Susie, Howard and Peter Buffett — have long track records as philanthropists, giving away more than $15 billion of their dad's money through their foundations since 2006. But because they don’t habitually seek publicity about their donati Lutherans in Walz's Minnesota put potlucks before politics during divisive election season 09/16/2024 09:44am • KENYON, Minnesota (AP) — Serving coffee after Sunday worship outside Holden Lutheran Church, Jeff Davidson said he remains anchored in the congregation his Norwegian ancestors helped found in 1857 among cornfields because it’s “very full of very supportive people.” An hour’s drive north in A smelly penguin wins New Zealand's hard-fought bird election 09/16/2024 09:35am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It's noisy, smelly, shy — and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to supporters of the endangered bird that recognition from its victory might prompt a rev Connie Chung launched a generation of Asian American girls named Connie. She had no idea 09/16/2024 09:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — Some public figures are honored with namesake buildings or monuments. Veteran broadcaster Connie Chung has a strain of marijuana and hundreds of Asian American women as legacies. Chung was contacted five years ago by a fellow journalist, Connie Wang, whose Chinese immigrant parents