Articles filed under Associated Press
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Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ is a wild, surrealist social satireMay 21, 2026 5:15 am - Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high-fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes.
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Jessica Shepard’s triple-double helps Wings rally from 11-point deficit, ruin Sky’s home openerMay 20, 2026 10:47 pm - Jessica Shepard had her second career triple-double and the first in the WNBA this season, Arike Ogunbowale scored 11 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter, and the Dall...
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Jhonny Pereda hits 1st MLB home run as Mariners beat White Sox 5-3 to win 3-game seriesMay 20, 2026 6:24 pm - Jhonny Pereda hit his first MLB homer, Randy Arozarena also went deep and scored three runs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Wednesday.
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Aaron Rodgers says the 2026 NFL season will be his last: ‘This is it’May 20, 2026 3:13 pm - Aaron Rodgers took his time before deciding he wanted to come back for a 22nd season. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback already has made up his mind about a 23rd: There won't be one.
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Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare typeMay 20, 2026 1:24 pm - Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places.
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US announces criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl CastroMay 20, 2026 1:02 pm - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government.
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Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86May 20, 2026 11:36 am - WASHINGTON — Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms to th...
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Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fundMay 20, 2026 11:33 am - Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters — from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
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Jell-O is jiggling its way toward more natural ingredientsMay 20, 2026 10:41 am - Kraft Heinz Co. on Tuesday unveiled Jell-O Simply, a line of pre-made gelatin that the company said is made with fruit juice and has at least 25% less sugar than the regular version.
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All about joy: Mýa returns with her first album in 8 years, the throwback ‘Retrospect’May 20, 2026 9:42 am - To know where the R&B singer Mýa is headed in 2026, it is best to look backward. Her 10th studio album, “Retrospect,” out Friday, threads the needle from then to now, which fans can hear live during her performance Sunday, May 24, at the Forever Mine Music Festival at Chicago’s Union Park.