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By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Heat player Terry Rozier is set to appear Monday in a federal court in Brooklyn on charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games. The 31-year-old point guard will be formally arraigned in New York on federal wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges. He’ll also join five other co-defendants and their lawyers for a pretrial hearing later in the day on the case. Rozier previously appeared before a federal judge in Orlando on Oct. 23, when prosecutors first announced the indictment. At the time, he…

By RIO YAMAT Boeing said Monday that it has completed a $4.7 billion purchase of key supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for the giant aerospace company’s 737 Max jetliners, including an Alaska Airlines aircraft that suffered a door-panel blowout last year. The deal, in the works for over a year, brings Boeing’s largest provider of spare parts in-house. CEO Kelly Ortberg called it a “pivotal moment” for the company’s future. “As we welcome our new teammates and bring our two companies together, our focus is on maintaining stability so we can continue delivering high quality airplanes, differentiated services, and…

California brags about its donor state status, that is, it forwards more in tax dollars to Washington than it gets back in federal spending. But that’s changed. According to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, California’s balance of payments with the federal government – the net difference between federal revenue collected from the state and the entirety of federal spending within that state – is negative. Three times between 2015 and 2023, California took in more than it sent to the federal government when emergency COVID spending is included.  This isn’t the story being told by official Sacramento, though.  “In case…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and MONIKA PRONCZUK GOMA, Congo (AP) — A bomb explosion killed more than 30 people and wounded 20 others in eastern Congo following a dispute between the Congolese army and a pro-government militia, despite a deal signed in Washington and touted as a major step toward peace in the country. Residents and civil society leaders told The Associated Press that the FARDC, the Congolese army’s acronym, and Wazalendo, which has been helping the army combat the insurgents, clashed before they felt the blast in the town of Sange in South Kivu Sunday evening. More than 100 armed…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for blackmailing soccer star Son Heung-min, a South Korean court said Monday. The woman, identified only as Yang, was charged with extorting 300 million won ($204,000) from Son in 2024 after sending him an ultrasound photo of a baby that she claimed was his and demanding money to stay silent. She later conspired with a man, identified as Yong, to try to extort more money from Son. The Seoul Central District Court on Monday said Yang “lied” to Son, although she hadn’t confirmed whose child…

Thinking about making a big life change in 2026? Well, buying a home is a lot like getting married. The planning seems to take forever, everything’s more expensive than you thought it would be, and stress can quickly reach “Should we even be doing this?” levels. All of that leads up to a single day — closing day for buyers or the wedding itself — that goes by in the wink of an eye. And that one day isn’t an end, it’s a beginning. You’re now a spouse or a homeowner, and that brings new responsibilities, joys and challenges. You’ve…

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture. The agents say in their lawsuit that they were fired in September by Director Kash Patel because they were perceived as not being politically affiliated with President Donald Trump. But they say their decision to take a knee on June 4, 2020, days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police,…

ORLANDO — The Angels aren’t planning on stopping at the two starters they’ve added this winter. “I’d like to add more,” general manager Perry Minasian said from the Winter Meetings on Monday. “We’d like to continue.” Minasian said the average big league team used more than 13 starters last season, so there’s no reason to stop with the two they’ve added this winter: Grayson Rodriguez and Alek Manoah. That’s particularly true because Rodriguez and Manoah are both, as Minasian admits, gambles. Neither has pitched in the majors since 2024. Rodriguez was injured all of last season. Manoah pitched 10 games…

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are pulling away from their record heights on Monday. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% in midday trading, though it remains within 0.6% of its all-time high set in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 122 points, or 0.3%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% lower. Berkshire Hathaway was a heavy weight on the market and fell 2.2% after announcing a shake-up of some of its top leadership. Todd Combs, who had been CEO of the company’s GEICO insurance business, is leaving for…

By GLENN GAMBOA Michael R. Bloomberg has believed mayors have plenty to teach each other since he was mayor of New York City and supported the effort to share good municipal ideas through his nonprofit Bloomberg Philanthropies since he left office in 2013. However, as more nations get bogged down in what the media entrepreneur and philanthropist calls “ideological battles and finger-pointing,” Bloomberg says mayors can do even more. He is expanding his support for them internationally, with the Bloomberg LSE European City Leadership Initiative, a collaboration with the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Hertie School…