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Her dying husband worried she'd have money troubles. Then she won the lottery

Jun. 14, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

FREEPORT, Pa. (AP) — In the weeks before his death, Karen Coffman's husband worried she might have money troubles after he was gone. But two weeks before he died in April of complications from a brain tumor, the Pennsylvania woman bought a scratch-off state lottery ticket that...

The Latest: Hunter Biden’s gun trial has gone to the jury for deliberation

Jun. 10, 2024 15:43 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on Hunter Biden's federal gun trial (all times local): Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday to decide whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he bought when prosecutors say he...

Insmed, Agios rise; DraftKings, Atlantica fall, Tuesday, 5/28/2024

May. 28, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: United States Cellular Corp., up $5.24 to $48.22. T-Mobile is buying the telecommunications company's wireless operations and some spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4...

Opera about a school shooting's aftermath has its US premiere in San Francisco

May. 28, 2024 09:55 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An uneasy orchestral prelude sets the mood: muffled percussion, brooding woodwinds, anguished strings. The curtain rises and the first voices we hear are of two young men cowering in the shadows. “I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in...

Biden says each generation has to 'earn' freedom, in solemn Memorial Day remarks

May. 27, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Memorial Day with a pledge that the country would continue the work of the nation's fallen toward a more perfect union, "for which they lived, and for which they died." Delivering remarks at a solemn remembrance ceremony at Arlington...

Hunter Biden’s tax trial set for September as judge agrees to delay, with gun trial still in June

May. 22, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in September after a judge on Wednesday granted his request to delay the California trial that had been approaching next month. U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi agreed during a hearing to push the...

California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year

May. 16, 2024 13:43 PM EDT

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A judge decided Wednesday that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counter-protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war last year. Superior Court Judge Ryan...

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

May. 13, 2024 22:32 PM EDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time — even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a...

For families of hostages, it's a race against time as Israel's war reaches six-month mark

Apr. 06, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to be with her daughter once more. But six months into Israel's war against Hamas, time is running out for Liora Argamani, who hopes to stay alive long enough to see her kidnapped daughter come home. “I want to see her one...