Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (2024)

Veteran actor Ian McKellen is looking forward to a “complete and speedy” recovery, as well as a return to work, after falling offstage during a Monday performance of “Player Kings” in London.

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Connor Hults pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief to thwart North Carolina’s comeback bid, and Jaxson West and Max Williams hit back-to-back homers in the ninth for insurance as Florida State beat the Tar Heels 9-5 in an elimination game at the College World Series. The Seminoles will play No. 1 national seed Tennessee on Wednesday. They would have to beat the Volunteers then and again Thursday to reach the finals for the first time since 1999. The Tar Heels lost consecutive games for the first time since mid-April and went 1-2 in their first CWS since 2018.

NEW YORK — Charges were dismissed Tuesday against one of the six people accused in a campaign finance scheme aimed at trying to curry favor with then-candidate and now Mayor Eric Adams.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer. Bailey said his office intends to ask an appeals court to review Judge Ryan Horsman’s ruling last week that attorneys for Sandra Hemme had established evidence of actual innocence. Horsman wrote that Hemme, who has been imprisoned for 43 years, must be freed within 30 days unless prosecutors retry her. Hemme’s attorneys are seeking her immediate release, saying she poses no danger. But Bailey’s wrote that Hemme has made statements about enjoying violence and attacked a prison worker.

Anouk Aimée, the French film icon known for "A Man and a Woman," "La Dolce Vita" and "Lola," has died. She was 92.

Ryan Blaney earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory this season last weekend in Iowa. The circuit heads to Loudon, New Hampshire, this weekend. Martin Truex Jr., who last week announced he will retire from full-time racing, won at New Hampshire last year on his 30th attempt. Formula One returns with Max Verstappen looking to follow up his third consecutive Canadian Grand Prix victory by repeating as Spanish Grand Prix champion. Six-time IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon also aims to repeat at the Grand Prix of Monterey in California, which has moved to midseason after serving as last year's finale.

HARTFORD, Conn. — It’s been quite a year for New England basketball fans.

Former President Donald Trump has insisted he loves the city of Milwaukee as he returned to the critical battleground state of Wisconsin just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention. “I love Milwaukee,” Trump told the crowd. Trump was playing cleanup after a meeting last week during which he reportedly used the word “horrible” as he spoke of the city where he will accept the Republican nomination next month. Wisconsin is one of a handful of battleground states likely to determine this year’s presidential race. Trump narrowly won the state in 2016. Biden flipped it back in 2020. Both campaigns are targeting it heavily this year.

CLEVELAND — Turns out, Ty France needed only the minimal 10 days on the injured list to recover from a hairline fracture in his right heel.

PITTSBURGH — Beanie Bishop and Ryan Watts had very different experiences for their first weekends with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II entered his plea in Atlanta on Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hanson of Huntsville, Alabama, told the federal judge: “I made a stupid phone call. I'm not a violent person.” Prosecutors say Hanson left the phone messages for Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat a week before Trump was indicted on Aug. 14 on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Hanson will be sentenced at a later date.

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris was in Atlanta on Tuesday for the second time in five days, this time to push efforts to curb gun violence.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school board on Tuesday set in motion a plan to ban cellphones all day on campus — saying the devices distract students from learning, lead to anxiety and allow for cyberbullying.

Alise Willoughby has been selected for her fourth Olympics and will lead the U.S. squad in BMX racing at the Paris Games in just over a month. The U.S. will send five BMX riders — three women and two men. Willoughby will be joined by Felicia Stancil, who will be making her second Olympic trip, and newcomer Daleny Vaughn. Kamren Larson and Cameron Wood are the men’s BMX riders. The 33-year-old Willoughby recently won her third world championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina. But she only has one Olympic medal — a silver in 2016.

PHILADELPHIA — "Bridgerton’s" Regency era, the dark 1980s sci-fi setting of "Stranger Things" and "Squid Game’s" death-defying obstacles are all coming to a new entertainment space in King of Prussia in 2025.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma has been there, coached the U.S. national team through two Olympics and been criticized for the rosters he assembled, successful as they were.

DALLAS — Galleria Dallas is getting a big new tenant — one that’s perhaps better known for its role in the entertainment scene than the retail scene.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul accelerated his case Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab leak in Wuhan, China, castigating government scientists for continually concealing information favorable to that conclusion more than four years after the outbreak.

PITTSBURGH — Nearly 25 years ago, the fiery rookie toed an MLB rubber for the first time, and A.J. Burnett's winding career took him from the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees before joining the Pittsburgh Pirates. It's arguably here where Burnett's approach has res…

New whistleblower testimony in a Senate report released late Monday alleges that Boeing Co. has a history of attempting to “eliminate quality inspections” and mishandling damaged parts, sparking concern among senators that the aircraft manufacturer prioritizes production over safety.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Vehicles will return to Raleigh’s parades under new rules.

PHILADELPHIA — The interim president at the University of Pennsylvania issued a warning Friday night to pro-Palestinian protesters on campus that they must “disband their encampment immediately” because of alleged legal and university police violations.

BOSTON — A wide-ranging gun reform bill remains locked up in secret negotiations on Beacon Hill even as state lawmakers marked gun violence prevention month with former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords during an event Tuesday at the State House.

DALLAS — Robert Morris, a founding pastor of Gateway Church who was accused of sexually abusing a girl when she was between the ages of 12 to 16, has resigned, the Southlake church announced in a news release Tuesday.

The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company to the Department of Justice. The FTC said in a statement on Tuesday that it investigated the two companies and “uncovered reason to believe” TikTok and ByteDance are “violating or are about to violate” the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. That's a federal law which requires kid-oriented apps and websites to get parental consent before collecting personal information of children under 13. A TikTok spokesperson says the company has been working with the FTC for more than a year to address its concerns and “strongly” disagrees with the agency's allegations.

Under the guidance of new coordinator Vic Fangio, the Philadelphia Eagles' overhauled defense began to come together during organized team activities and minicamp.

CHICAGO — Months after a rare midtrial appeal halted a case against two former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys charged with misconduct, lawyers Tuesday sparred before a panel of appellate court justices judges over the legal issues that brought the case to a halt in October.

Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. The 95-year-old has been hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago. The Chomskys have had a residence in Brazil since 2015. Noam Chomsky is known to millions for his criticisms of U.S. foreign policy. He taught for decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some publications published obituaries for Chomsky, later altering them or taking them down.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Tuesday signed legislation outlawing two types of rapid-fire gun devices just days after the Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on “bump stocks” and the same day the U.S. Senate was poised to vote on a bill prohibiting them.

CHICAGO — Chicago elections could soon be rewired by a new bucket of cash: taxpayer-funded matching money that multiplies small-dollar campaign contributions.

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LAS VEGAS — The Boston Celtics are the clear favorites to become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships since the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018.

DETROIT — Four-star quarterback Brady Hart, coming off a breakout performance as a sophom*ore last season for Cocoa (Fla.) High and considered among the nation’s top high school prospects, has become Michigan’s first commitment to the 2026 class.

The St. Louis Blues have signed defenseman Scott Perunovich to a $1.15 million contract for next season. The soon-to-be 26-year-old was a pending restricted free agent with arbitration rights. The new deal gives him a sight raise from the $775,000 he was making last season. Perunovich had 17 assists in 54 games in 2023-24 for St Louis. He has 27 in 96 NHL regular-season and playoff games while averaging nearly 15 minutes of ice time. Signing Perunovich gives the Blues cost certainty at the position with potential changes in the coming weeks.

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump is coming to Philadelphia next weekend.

Portugal substitute Francisco Conceição has scored in stoppage time for a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in their European Championship opening game. Conceição only made his entrance in the 90th minute and he fired the ball home after Robin Hranac’s attempted block fell kindly for the Porto winger. Czech Republic goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek had thwarted Cristiano Ronaldo as the Portugal star became the first to play at six European Championship tournaments. The 39-year-old Ronaldo was unable to add to his record 14 goals in his record-extending 26th appearance at the tournament.

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