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FILE - Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) hooks a shot over Portland Trail Blazers' Jim Brewer (52) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on March 12, 1980. Abdul-Jabbar wins his sixth MVP award after claiming five in the 1970s. He averaged 24.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
Timeline of NBA in 1980s as league celebrates 75th season

By The Associated Press Jan. 17, 2022 10:45 AM EST

Kawika Shoji and Erik Shoji of the United States' talk on the court during a men's volleyball preliminary round pool B match against France, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Shoji brothers highlight family's internment camp history

By Josh Dubow Jul. 24, 2021 12:06 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 11:53 AM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 22 The Kansas City Star on hubris and COVID...

Cars drive on a bridge in front of the old town with the St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland Monday, June 14, 2021. The lakeside city known as a Cold War crossroads and a hub for Swiss discretion, neutrality and humanitarianism, is set to return to a spotlight on the world stage as U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin come to town for a summit on Wednesday, June 16. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Geneva regains diplomatic spotlight with Putin-Biden summit

By Jamey Keaten Jun. 15, 2021 02:22 AM EDT

US President Joe Biden, background right and First Lady Jill Biden, centre left, stand in the Quadrangle watching Grenadier Guards march by with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, during a visit to Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Sunday June 13, 2021. The queen hosted President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle, her royal residence near London. Biden flew to London after wrapping up his participation in a three-day summit of leaders of the world's wealthy democracies in Cornwall, in southwestern England. (Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP)
Biden says 'very gracious' queen 'reminded me of my mother'

By Kelvin Chan, Jonathan Lemire And Darlene Superville Jun. 13, 2021 01:09 PM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)
The Latest: Bidens to have Sunday tea with the queen

Jun. 10, 2021 05:30 AM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gesture as they arrive for a bilateral meeting Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at the National Palace in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Blunt message, search for answers mark VP's 1st foreign trip

By Alexandra Jaffe Jun. 09, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

FILE - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy talks to reporters after voting in Red Bank, N.J., Tuesday, June 8, 2021. New Jersey voters will decide Tuesday, June 8, 2021 who their candidates will be in the fall election for governor and in every seat in the Democrat-led state Legislature. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
Ciattarelli wins GOP nod, setting up contest with Murphy

By Mike Catalini Jun. 08, 2021 07:24 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Cullman Times. May 29, 2021. Editorial: Stop and give thanks Sometime, at least once, during this three-day weekend,...

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 29, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Saturday, May 29, the 149th day of 2021. There are 216 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this March 10, 2011, file photo, then Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Face to face: June summit for Biden, Putin as tensions rise

By Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire And Jamey Keaten May. 25, 2021 10:25 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Austin American-Statesman. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Want more Texans back at work? Help them get child care Chuck Cohn...

This May 4, 2021 image shows some of the kaleidoscopes made by pre-K students at Cuidando Los Ninos in Albuquerque, N.M. The charity provides housing, child care and financial counseling for mothers, all of whom will benefit from expanded Child Tax Credit payments that will start flowing in July to roughly 39 million households. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
Can monthly cash payments cut child poverty by nearly half?

By Ashraf Khalil May. 19, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference, Monday, May 17, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma will end a $300-a-week federal supplemental unemployment benefit next month. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Oklahoma governor announces end to extra unemployment money

By Sean Murphy May. 17, 2021 05:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2017, file photo, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee takes a call about election results in Las Vegas. Lee announced Monday, May 17, 2021, he's running for governor next year, challenging incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak. Lee switched his political affiliation last month from Democrat to Republican, citing a shift toward socialism in the Democratic Party. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Republican North Las Vegas mayor running for Nevada governor

By Michelle L. Price May. 17, 2021 03:29 PM EDT

A customer drives from a Chevron station after it ran out of gasoline, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Miami. State and federal officials are scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver gasoline in the Southeast U.S. after a hack of the nation's largest fuel pipeline led to panic-buying that contributed to more than 1,000 gas stations running out of fuel. The pipeline runs from the Gulf Coast to the New York metropolitan region. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Biden pledges aggressive response to pipeline cyberattackers

By Josh Boak May. 13, 2021 12:16 AM EDT

Bill Mathis packages THC products in Hazel Park, Mich., Thursday, April 29, 2021. A former teacher, Mathis has taken a new job in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 14, 1988, file photo, Republican presidential candidates, Vice President George Bush, from left, Pat Robertson, Rep. Jack Kemp, Pierre "Pete" du Pont and Senator Bob Dole pose before starting their last debate before the primary in Goffstown, N.H. Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the 1988 Republican presidential nomination, has died at age 86. Du Pont, a scion of the family that established the DuPont Co., died at his home in Wilmington, Del., on Saturday, May 8, 2021, after a long illness, his former chief of staff, Bob Perkins, said. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
Pierre ‘Pete’ du Pont IV dies; ran for president in 1988

By The Associated Press May. 09, 2021 11:59 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 4, the 124th day of 2021. There are 241 days left in the year. Today’s...

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter looks on as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden leave the home of former President Jimmy Carter during a trip to mark Biden’s 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden and Carter, longtime allies, reconnect in Georgia

By Bill Barrow And Zeke Miller Apr. 29, 2021 02:35 PM EDT