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Why is it so smoky outside? Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in northeastern US
Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. The effects of hundreds of wildfires burning across the western provinces to Quebec...
Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101
NEW YORK (AP) — Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso — and for leaving him — died Tuesday in New York City, where she had lived for decades. She...
Florida official says migrants flown to California went willingly, refutes claims of coercion
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said Tuesday that three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the U.S. southern border to California on private planes all went willingly, refuting allegations by California officials that the individuals were coerced to...
Virginia jet crash victims remembered: "I could not love a human being more"
NEW YORK (AP) — One passenger was a caretaker from Jamaica known for her generous portions of plantain porridge. Another was a luxury real estate broker, returning from a family visit with her 2-year-old daughter. The man behind the controls of the plane, last seen slumped in the cockpit, was a...
Giuliani denies claims he coerced woman to have sex, says she's trying to stir 'media frenzy'
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says a woman’s lawsuit alleging he coerced her into sex and owes her nearly $2 million in unpaid wages is “a large stretch of the imagination” filled with exaggerations and salacious details “to create a media frenzy.” ...
NYC prosecutor drops over 300 convictions tied to officers found guilty of crimes
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's top prosecutor on Tuesday disavowed over 300 convictions tied to police officers who were themselves found guilty of crimes, the latest in over 1,000 dismissals citywide of cases connected to officers who were charged or convicted. The latest abandoned...
Yext: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Yext Inc. (YEXT) on Tuesday reported a loss of $412,000 in its fiscal first quarter. The New York-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense, were 8 cents per share. ...
Secretariat's jockey Ron Turcotte remembers Triple Crown winner who 'could fly' on 50th anniversary
From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ended a 25-year Triple Crown drought. Now 81, Turcotte is the last surviving member of Secretariat's...
With 'Across the Spider-Verse,' Phil Lord and Chris Miller 'blow the doors open'
NEW YORK (AP) — Aside from the inverted skyline, the only giveaway that something is off in one of the most striking images of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the ponytail that’s sticking straight up in the air. Gwen Stacy (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) and Miles...
Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed?
Bluesky, the internet's hottest members-only spot at the moment, feels a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters, and fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. Musk is not on it — and this might be part of the appeal for...
