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3:36 PM on Thursday, June 4

New York Knicks guard Josh Hart (3) greets guard Mikal Bridges (25) during the second half of Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the San Antonio Spurs, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trump says he will attend NBA Finals game in New York to root for his hometown Knicks

3:02 PM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump is planning to attend an NBA Finals game in New York next week to root for his hometown Knicks

In this photo made from a video, Courteney Ross, George Floyd's girlfriend, speaks to reporters on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Minneapolis, about a moment of silence honoring former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin that was held at a state GOP convention. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) CORRECTION: Name corrected to Floyd instead of Flyod

Minnesotans whose loved ones were killed by police condemn state GOP for praying for Derek Chauvin

2:51 PM on Thursday, June 4

Outraged Minnesota residents with loved ones who died at the hands of police are demanding accountability over the state's Republican Party holding a public prayer for the former police officer in prison for murdering George Floyd

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)

Decades in the making, Deb Haaland's political rise spurs both inspiration and scrutiny

2:40 PM on Thursday, June 4

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s political career has been defined by historic milestones

A worker loads equipment on a flatbed truck outside The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Kennedy Center moves to erase Trump references after judge said they were illegally added

2:20 PM on Thursday, June 4

The Kennedy Center is removing references to President Donald Trump after a federal judge ruled they were added illegally

The Arlington Memorial Bridge, over the Potomac River, leads to the Memorial Circle, where President Donald Trump has proposed building an arch to commemorate the United States' 250th anniversary is seen, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Planning commission seeks more details on Trump’s planned 250-foot arch near the Lincoln Memorial

2:15 PM on Thursday, June 4

The National Capital Planning Commission wants more details on President Donald Trump's proposal for a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C. The commission voted Thursday to seek additional information on the planned structure's impact on air navigation and traffic around the area between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery where the 250-foot arch is planned

FILE - Ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling and former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones listen as Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross rereads a portion of the jury instructions to the jury during in their case in Akron, Ohio, March 26, 2026. (Mike Cardew /Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

2:07 PM on Thursday, June 4

Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state’s long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year have been reindicted

FILE - Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump says Pulte won’t be his nominee for director of national intelligence

2:04 PM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump says his acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not be in the role permanently

FILE - A demonstrator carries an image of Elijah McClain during a rally and march, June 27, 2020, in Aurora, Colo. Two paramedics were convicted Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in the 2019 killing of McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neck hold. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Homicide convictions reversed for Colorado paramedics who injected ketamine into Elijah McClain

12:51 PM on Thursday, June 4

A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the ketamine overdose death of Elijah McClain after the Black man was pinned down by police

FILE - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson speaks to his staff before a South Carolina Legislative Oversight Committee looking at his office Nov. 5, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina probe into fake IDs leads to ICE detention of 48 immigrants; 6 other people indicted

12:06 PM on Thursday, June 4

Authorities say an investigation into identity theft and the use of fake identification documents has led to the detention of 48 immigrants and the indictments of six people in South Carolina

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers delivers his State of the State address at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Feb. 17, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (Owen Ziliak/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Tyco agrees to $10 million settlement with Wisconsin over PFAS water contamination

12:06 PM on Thursday, June 4

The manufacturer of firefighting foam that contaminated the water supply in northeast Wisconsin with PFAS chemicals for decades has agreed to a $10 million settlement with the state

FILE - Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks at the Arizona State Prison, March 19, 2025, in Florence, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, File)

Prosecutors lose appeal in Arizona's fake elector case and vow to present it again to a grand jury

10:06 AM on Thursday, June 4

One of three remaining criminal cases stemming from efforts by President Donald Trump’s supporters to overturn the 2020 election appears headed back to a grand jury in Arizona

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks as President Donald Trump, foreground, and from left, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, listen at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump announces $700 million in new support for struggling coal industry

8:52 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry

FILE - John Bolton speaks at Harvard Kennedy School's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Sept. 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Ex-national security adviser John Bolton will plead guilty in classified information case: AP source

7:46 AM on Thursday, June 4

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time

The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists

6:47 AM on Thursday, June 4

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon

5:27 AM on Thursday, June 4

Hezbollah has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government and demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal

A man searches through a pile of trash for items to salvage in Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A garbage crisis engulfs Havana as fuel shortages stall trash pickup

12:01 AM on Thursday, June 4

Residents of Havana are dealing with a growing garbage crisis

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

With Trump in a holding pattern on Iran war, allies and critics worry he risks getting boxed in

9:01 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump insists he's comfortable with the current holding pattern in the Iran war

Options trader Ravi Bhandari works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Dow leaps to a record as oil prices ease and US stocks outside of AI rally

8:23 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Wall Street rallied after falling oil prices and yields in the bond market eased the pressure on U.S. stocks

FILE - An adult New World screwworm fly sits in this undated photo. (Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP)

Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

5:31 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

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