ConocoPhillips to acquire Marathon Oil in a deal worth $22.5 billion, including debt (2024)

DALLAS — A new lawsuit filed by three Black passengers against American Airlines says the men were racially discriminated against while traveling on a flight in January when they, and other Black men, were kicked off the plane because of a complaint about “body odor.”

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Homeless people in Edinburgh, Scotland, are being boarded out of town to make room for Swifties packing the city to see Taylor Swift perform three shows next weekend.

Seattle's embattled police chief has been dismissed. Mayor Bruce Harrell made the announcement Wednesday, saying he met with Police Chief Adrian Diaz on the previous day and they agreed the chief should step down. He will be reassigned within the department. KUOW reports that the move comes about a week after Capt. Eric Greening filed a lawsuit alleging that Diaz discriminated against women and people of color. Greening is one of at least a half-dozen officers to sue the department over such allegations since Diaz became chief. Diaz has vehemently denied the allegations. Former sheriff Sue Rahr will replace him on an interim basis.

Federal labor officials have certified an election to create a union for character and parade performers at Disneyland in California. The National Labor Relations Board took the step Wednesday after a three-day election earlier this month in Anaheim. Actors’ Equity Association will represent roughly 1,700 performers and assistants who help bring Disney’s popular characters to life at its Southern California theme parks. The union already represents theatrical performers at Disney’s Florida parks.

DETROIT — Parents of the four teens killed in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting are asking Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to remove two Oxford Board of Education members who remain on the board from three years ago, alleging they failed to put proper threat assessment procedures in place.

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago was Youssef Hasweh’s dream school. It’s why the senior chose to work at its admissions office. He guided campus tours, answered phones for prospective students and spoke on admissions panels. The 22-year-old was set to graduate Saturday.

Players on Argentina’s women’s squad say they understand why four teammates quit amid a dispute with the national soccer federation over pay and conditions but insist they’ll seek improvements by working from within. Goalkeeper Laurina Oliveiros, defenders Julieta Cruz and Eliana Stábile and midfielder Lorena Benítez left the squad Monday ahead of two internatinal friendlies against Costa Rica. They claimed the Argentinian soccer federation disrespected them and told them they wouldn’t be paid expenses for playing in the two games against Costa Rica. The first of those games is on Friday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s tourism oversight district is poised to adopt a new development agreement with The Walt Disney Co. that officials say will bring up $17 billion of investments at Disney World over the next 10 to 20 years.

Most Asian American adults support use of the SAT and other standardized testing, along with high school grades, in college admission decisions but reject considering race or ethnicity to determine access, according to a new national survey released Wednesday.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A cargo ship that's a workhorse in the supply chain that delivers groceries, cars and construction materials to Alaska could miss two weeks as a result of mechanical issues, a TOTE Maritime Alaska representative said Tuesday.

LANSING, Michigan — An investigator for the Attorney General's office acknowledged in court Wednesday he hasn't determined what a lawyer for Donald Trump's campaign told 16 Michigan Republicans immediately before they signed a document falsely claiming Trump won the state's 2020 election.

Republican Sen. Steve Daines has blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been Montana's first Native American federal district court judge. Attorney Danna Jackson with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes was nominated by President Joe Biden in April. The post requires Senate confirmation. A spokesperson for Daines said Wednesday that he blocked Jackson from Senate Judiciary Committee consideration because the administration never consulted him prior to her nomination. A White House spokesperson said members of Daines' team interviewed Jackson last year but that the senator refused to meet with her.

Olympiakos has won Greece’s first European club title by beating Fiorentina 1-0 after extra time in the Europa Conference League final. Ayoub El Kaabi dived to nudge in a last-gasp goal in the second period of extra time with fans erupting in celebration after a lengthy wait for a VAR check for offside. The Morocco striker is the competition’s top scorer. He struck in the 116th minute of the match after meeting a cross from Santiago Hezze to decide a game that had looked destined for a penalty shootout following an energetic but largely risk-free encounter at AEK Arena. Olympiakos coach Jose Luis Mendilibar secured a second straight European title after winning the Europa League with Sevilla last season.

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The state of Michigan says it’s willing to step in and oversee property repairs at 1,900 homes in Flint. Water pipes have been inspected or replaced at those homes but the grounds remain a mess. In March, a judge found Flint in civil contempt after missing deadlines to get the work done. A water switch in the city in 2014 caused lead to leach off old pipes, spoiling the drinking water system. More than 10,000 lead or steel pipes have been replaced. Flint returned to a Detroit-area water supplier in fall 2015.

NEW YORK — A crazed driver passing a Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn verbally assaulted a group of Jewish people before getting up on the sidewalk and trying to run them down Wednesday, police said, noting none were injured.

Prosecutors at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial have showed jurors hundreds of texts, emails and phone calls that show his girlfriend-turned-wife's desperate financial situation before New Jersey businessmen came to the rescue. Prosecutors elicited the evidence through the testimony of an FBI agent for a second day Wednesday as they sought to show that the Democratic senator conspired with three businessmen and his wife, Nadine Menendez, in a bribery scheme that enriched the couple with gold bars and tens of thousands of dollars in cash. The Mendezes and two of the businessmen have pleaded not guilty. The third pleaded guilty.

A bill backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that is intended to halt more exits from California's troubled homeowners insurance market by speeding up reviews of proposed rate hikes drew sharp criticism Wednesday from an influential consumer group.

O.J. Simpson allegedly stalked estranged wife Nicole Brown Simpson prior to her 1994 murder, even going so far as to hide in her bushes, according to a close friend of Brown’s.

NAZARETH, Pa. — Dave McCormick, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, criticized transgender athletes in sports and “woke” ideology in schools and voiced support for using public education funding for private schools during an appearance Wednesday afternoon in Nazareth al…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gubernatorial candidate Mark Mullet has filed a pair of complaints alleging that Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson violated the state bar code and ethics laws when he asked the secretary of state to rearrange the primary ballot to clear up confusion after two other pe…

The San Francisco 49ers signed receiver Jauan Jennings to a contract extension through the 2025 season to get one of their two missing receivers back at practice. The Niners had given Jennings a $4.89 million restricted free agent tender in March before signing him to a two-year deal that is worth up to $15.4 million with $10.5 million guaranteed, according to his agent Drew Rosenhaus. ESPN first reported the terms of the new deal. The 49ers still are trying to get a long-term deal done with star receiver Brandon Aiyuk, who has been skipping the voluntary portion of the offseason.

DALLAS — The family of a Black transgender woman who died in authorities’ care in 2022 is suing the city of Dallas and the officers and paramedics involved, alleging excessive force, negligence and discrimination based on gender identity.