Happy 50th ‘SNL!’ Here’s a look back at the show’s very first cast
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as…
Shohei Ohtani becomes the first major league player with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases in a season
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to reach…
Search for suspect in Kentucky highway shooting ends with discovery of body believed to be his
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A body found in rural southeastern Kentucky is believed to be the man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on an interstate highway, authorities said Wednesday night. The search ended…
Ship owner cut corners on repairs before deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, US says in $100M lawsuit
By LEA SKENE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, the Justice Department…
Stock market today: Wall Street is stuck as the countdown to a rate cut ticks closer to zero
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are holding near their records Wednesday ahead of an announcement in the afternoon that’s expected to kick off a series of cuts to interest rates meant to…
Trump and Harris resume campaigning after second apparent assassination attempt
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential election campaigning revved back up Tuesday, with Donald Trump heading to Michigan and Vice President Kamala Harris answering questions at a forum for Black journalists in Pennsylvania — all while authorities…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years, threatening them to keep them in line and…
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives. Beginning Tuesday in the…
Trump is safe after Secret Service opened fire at suspected person with firearm near his golf club
By ALANNA DURKING RICHER, COLLEEN LONG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while the Republican presidential…
Texas on top! Longhorns take over at No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 16 years, jumping Georgia
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. The Longhorns moved…