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All-female ensemble set for broadcast of NBA game on ESPN

On the court, it will be the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans. Taking center stage, an all-female ensemble that will produce the broadcast. FILE - Malika Andrews speaks during an NBA basketball game between the…

Tyre Nichols probe: 7 from Memphis police fired, 1 retired

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh Memphis Police Department employee has been fired for his role in the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols, while an eighth police employee retired before it was recommended he lose his job for his part in…

How passengers teamed up to restrain man on chaotic flight

BOSTON (AP) — A passenger who helped restrain a threatening man on a weekend flight from Los Angeles to Boston said Tuesday that the entire chaotic episode was over within seconds thanks to teamwork. This booking photo provided…

Coming soon: Reese's Cups, chocolate bars made from plants

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment. The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s…

2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico, 2 others alive

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official says two U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction Friday in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead and two others were alive. Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal said Tuesday…

Biden will seek Medicare changes, up tax rate in new budget

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has started to unveil parts of his budget proposal being released later this week. The Democratic president is beginning with his plan for Medicare, including higher taxes on wealthy people to increase funding for…

Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75

By Brian P. D. Hannon and Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was…