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NY Seeks Court Oversight After Trump Org.’s Moves

New York (AP) — New York’s attorney general has asked a judge to bar the Trump Organization from selling or transferring any of its assets without court approval while a legal battle plays out over her fraud allegations against the former president’s company. In her motion for a preliminary injunction, […]

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TV Movie Actress Angela Lansbury Passes Tuesday

NEW YORK (AP) — Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died. She was 96. Lansbury died Tuesday at her home […]

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Florida Shooter Nikolas Cruz Waits for Sentence

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) — The lead prosecutor of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has made his final case to persuade jurors to sentence him to death. Mike Satz told them Tuesday during his closing argument that the 2018 attack that killed 17 people was cold, calculated and meticulously planned […]

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Florida Shrimpers Race To Get Boats Back to Sea

Fort Myers Beach, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of both a major shrimping fleet and a lifestyle battered by Hurricane Ian. The ferocious wind and powerful storm surge from Ian threw a couple dozen shrimp […]

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Country Music Icon, Loretta Lynn Passes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died. Lynn’s family said she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee. She was 90. Her compositions reflected her pride in her humble background and spoke frankly of her experiences as […]

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Hurricane Ian Aftermath, Florida

People trapped, 2.5M without power as Ian drenches Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian has left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people. It’s now aiming […]

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Settlement Reached, Pipeline Spill

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015. A federal judge in Los Angeles gave final approval on Tuesday to a settlement of […]

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New York State Files Lawsuit Against Donald Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has sued former President Donald Trump and his company, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit was filed Wednesday in state court in New York. It […]

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$1.337 billion Mega Millions Jackpot, Claimed

CHICAGO (AP) — Lottery officials say two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket was sold in a Chicago suburb for a late July drawing, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5 million. The Illinois Lottery said […]