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By BILL BARROW and LINLEY SANDERS | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Donald Trump should face prison time for his recent felony conviction on hush money charges, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Among U. S.

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The future Republican vice presidential candidate’s plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. Fundraisers have been planned. All that’s left: an announcement from former President Donald Trump unveiling his pick. Senior advisers and longtime allies insist they still don’t know whom the presumptive GOP nominee will choose to join him on the ticket — with many believing the choice is still in flux. The decision will come at an unprecedented time of upheaval in the presidential race.

MIAMI —Two days after losing Caleb Martin to the Philadelphia 76ers in NBA free agency, the Miami Heat bounced back on Monday by re-signing Haywood Highsmith, the team’s other veteran 3-pointer and defensive specialist in free agency. Agent Jerry Dianis confirmed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel the two-year, $11 million fully guaranteed agreement, a contract that does not have an option clause. For Highsmith, who initially joined the Heat in 2021 as an emergency pandemic replacement, the starting salary of $5.3 million on the new contract represents a significant increase from the minimum-scale $1.9 million he earned this past season. Dianis said Monday that the 6-foot-5 wing had multiple outside offers, but Highsmith had stated from the start of the process that he preferred to remain in South Florida, where he lives with his daughter and the mother of his daughter. “We’ve been consistent with Miami with how Haywood felt,” Dianis said.

Two job fairs are soon coming up in Palm Beach County, offering employment help to the public, including anyone who was recently laid off. CareerSource Palm Beach County, a service provider of various work programs, announced the job fairs that will be presented later this month in Boynton Beach and next month in Delray Beach. “These job fairs are part of our commitment to responding swiftly to the needs of our community,” said Julia Dattolo, president and CEO of CareerSource Palm Beach County.

The future Republican vice presidential candidate’s plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. Fundraisers have been planned. All that’s left: an announcement from former President Donald Trump unveiling his pick. Senior advisers and longtime allies insist they still don’t know whom the presumptive GOP nominee will choose to join him on the ticket — with many believing the choice is still in flux. The decision will come at an unprecedented time of upheaval in the presidential race.

With President Biden facing a grave political crisis after his debate debacle against Donald Trump, jittery Democrats are openly considering who could take over their campaign if he drops out — and the smart money is firmly on Vice President Kamala Harris. The 81-year-old Biden, so far, has been defiant about staying in the race – a message he drove home at a campaign rally in Wisconsin and in an ABC interview Friday.