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By JOE REEDY LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has overturned a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that the testimony of two witnesses for the subscribers had flawed methodologies and should have been excluded. “Without the testimonies of Dr. (Daniel) Rascher and Dr. (John) Zona, no reasonable jury could have found class-wide injury or damages,” Gutierrez wrote at the end of his 16-page ruling. The jury on June 27 awarded $4.7...

Donald Trump said he would fire the Securities and Exchange Commission chair and pick crypto-friendly regulators if he returns to the White House in a bid to court virtual currency enthusiasts and harness the industry’s growing influence in the political arena. “This afternoon, I’m laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world and we’ll get it done,” Trump said at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday. The assembled crowd cheered loudly as Trump said he would fire SEC Chair Gary...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vice President Kamala Harris warned a crowd of supporters Saturday that former President Donald Trump held the advantage in their contest for the White House given the short window until Election Day. “We got a fight ahead of us, and we are the underdogs in this race, OK?” Harris said in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at her first fundraiser since President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid six days ago. “Level set, we’re the underdogs in this race. But this is a people-powered campaign, and we have momentum.” Polls have shown the vice president catching up to Trump —...

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle. The person blocking Christopher Dunn’s freedom is Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who is fresh off an unsuccessful battle to keep another woman whose murder conviction was reversed imprisoned. Political scientists say Bailey’s efforts are a way to appear tough on crime and shore up votes in advance of a tough primary race. Judges and defense...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. Steven Carter, manager of election and government programs for the postal service, attempted to reassure the directors at a meeting in Minneapolis that the system’s Office of Inspector General will publish an election mail report next week containing “encouraging” performance numbers for this year so far. “The data that that we’re...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June, the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum. Arrests totaled 83,536 in June, down from 117,901 in May to mark the lowest tally since January 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. A seven-day average of daily arrests fell more than half by the end of June from Biden’s announcement on June 4 that asylum processing would be halted when daily arrests reach 2,500, which they...

By RONALD BLUM FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — With the 16th selection in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft, the Miami Marlins selected outfielder PJ Morlando, a 19-year-old Summerville (South Carolina) High School graduate. Morlando is a left-handed hitter, and various analysts wrote that he would likely eventually play corner outfield or first base. As a senior in 2024, Morlando hit .392 with two home runs. Interestingly, Morlando donned a Florida Marlins-logoed hat after his selection was announced. Meanwhile, Australian second baseman Travis Bazzana was taken by the Cleveland Guardians...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s base of support among key Democrats on Capitol Hill began to crumble Sunday as a half-dozen top members of the House privately told colleagues he should withdraw from the presidential race amid growing concerns about his age and ability to win reelection. During a virtual private meeting, the House Democrats — all senior members of powerful committees — discussed how to use their collective influence to convince Biden he had little chance of defeating former President Donald Trump, according to five people familiar with the confidential discussion,...

By CLAIRE RUSH and REBECCA BOONE PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A slow-moving and potentially record-setting heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. are also sweltering, with oppressive heat and humidity expected to last through Saturday. Widespread temperature records are expected to be tied or even broken during the heat wave, with much of the West Coast likely to see triple-digit temperatures that are between 15 and...

By JONATHAN J. COOPER PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump opened their first 2024 president debate without shaking hands and went right to mixing it up on policy Thursday night. Some key moments from their 90-minute faceoff. Economic fireworks Their first exchange delved into the economy. Biden spoke softly, in a hoarse voice, as he talked up the economic gains on his watch, saying he rescued it from “free fall” and “chaos” when he took over the presidency from Trump in 2021. He cleared his throat several times. Trump listened with a bemused expression but...