CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — A former Republican candidate for governor of Rhode Island has asked the state Ethics Commission for an advisory opinion on whether he can take a second job as a talk radio...

CHICAGO (AP) — Longtime Chicago sportscaster Chet Coppock has died at age 70 after a car accident a week ago.

His daughter, Lyndsey, says on her Facebook page her father died Wednesday. He...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The death of a popular Nebraska talk radio host has brought messages of sorrow from the state's governor and other Republican leaders.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Larry Robinson and Howard Robertson created a pilot for their sports talk radio program "R&R on Sports" in 2013, something was missing from the marketplace.

READING, Pa. (AP) — The family-owned company that has published the Reading Eagle newspaper for more than 150 years is filing for bankruptcy protection and seeking a buyer.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn on Monday defended blog posts he wrote more than a decade ago where he said a landmark gay rights court ruling could lead to legalized bestiality and labeled Planned Parenthood a "wicked organization."

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A former Carolina Panther football player accused of assaulting a woman has been suspended from his job as a Charlotte Catholic High School assistant football coach.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's relationship with the Republican Party, always a marriage of convenience, is showing signs of serious strain.

The president threatened his bond with virtually every GOP constituency this past week.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Angie Craig came so close to winning a seat in Congress that she wasn't ready to give up.

The former medical technology executive turned Democratic politician lost by less than 2 points in 2016 to Jason Lewis, a conservative former talk radio host who styled himself on the air as "Mr. Right" and whose past on-air remarks continue to be an issue. Within a few months, she filed for a rematch.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Angie Craig came so close to winning a seat in Congress that she wasn't ready to give up.

The former medical technology executive turned Democratic politician lost by less than 2 points in 2016 to Jason Lewis, a conservative former talk radio host who styled himself on the air as "Mr. Right" and whose past on-air remarks continue to be an issue. Within a few months, she filed for a rematch.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's three Republican candidates for governor met Friday for their only debate before the primary, with each saying they'd be a more competent leader than the Democratic incumbent.

Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan and businessman Giovanni Feroce participated in a debate on conservative talk radio host John DePetro's show on WNRI.

BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady cut short his paid, weekly radio interview with Boston radio station WEEI on Monday when a host pressed him with questions about his fitness guru.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sports talk radio host had a good reason when listeners heard dead air this week: He'd just been struck by lightning.

Bill Michaels was hit Thursday in Eau Claire as he hosted his show from the patio of a golf club as thunderstorms moved in.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The nation's Republican congressional campaign is sticking with Minnesota Rep. Jason Lewis after comments surfaced from a 2012 radio program where he wondered aloud, "Can we call anybody a slut?"

Lewis tried on Thursday to dismiss concerns about the newly surfaced audio of the former talk radio host, saying his past career had been fully litigated in his 2016 election.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberal talk radio host Mike Crute has ended his longshot run for governor one month after it began.

Crute announced Monday on his Devil's Advocates radio show that he was halting his candidacy. The move comes as a June 1 deadline to submit 2,000 required signatures to get on the Aug. 14 primary ballot nears.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The already large field of Democratic candidates for governor grew by one on Tuesday, while Milwaukee mayor and three-time former nominee Tom Barrett was also reportedly considering giving it a fourth try.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican Governors Association said Monday it has booked $5.1 million in television ad buys for the fall in Wisconsin as Gov. Scott Walker warned on conservative talk radio that winning re-election will be more difficult than when he overcame a recall effort in 2012.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm sued a Democratic state lawmaker for allegedly violating the Wisconsin open records law after charging more than $3,000 for requested records, the latest front in the ongoing battle over whether emails must be provided electronically or on paper.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican governor says he's heartbroken over a school shooting in Florida weeks after a similar shooting at a high school in his state.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Michele Tafoya was a 28-year-old sports talk radio host in the heart of college basketball country, embarking on a long-desired vocation in an unforgiving field when she felt her first career boost from a bold on-air prediction.

Cal will beat Duke.

That's what Tafoya told her listeners that defining March day in 1993 on WAQS-AM in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place with an abundance of ardent NCAA Tournament followers and, naturally, self-appointed experts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt sought to distance himself Tuesday from his 2016 statements that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump is a bully who, if elected, would abuse the Constitution.

Pruitt made the comments in February 2016 while appearing on a conservative talk radio program in Oklahoma, where he served as the state's Republican attorney general. At the time, Pruitt supported Jeb Bush for the GOP nomination.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The owner of KFMB-TV, San Diego's CBS 8 television station, and 760-AM talk radio station says it is selling its holdings to publicly traded Tegna Inc. for $325 million in cash.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Homeland Security Department's office of faith-based partnerships has resigned following a CNN report on racially inflammatory remarks he made before joining the federal government.

Rev. Jamie Johnson was appointed in April to lead DHS' Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships, which works with churches and community organizations on disaster response.

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston sports radio personality is apologizing for a rant about former baseball star Roy Halladay's death in a plane crash this week.

Michael Felger said Thursday on the "Felger and Mazz" talk show that his comments were "over the top" and "insensitive." He said he felt "bad about what happened on a lot of levels."

TALLAHASSSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two Floridians. Both well-known conservative voices in the Sunshine State. And yet vastly different reactions to the pending arrival of Hurricane Irma.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday he is no longer seeking a job at a New York sports talk radio station once he leaves office, disputing a newspaper report that said the station told him he was no longer being considered.

The Republican governor said the report published Saturday by the New York Daily News was "completely incorrect."

Taiwanese manufacturing company Foxconn should have a deadline to create the 13,000 jobs it has promised to bring to Wisconsin in exchange for a $3 billion incentive package funded by state taxpayers, the Senate's leader said Thursday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says he's not running for U.S. Senate next year and called a political action committee set up by some of his conservative loyalists a "scam."

Clarke made the comments Friday on WISN-AM talk radio, saying he wanted to put to rest rumors of a candidacy "because it's becoming a distraction."

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state Senate sent mixed signals Friday about how close lawmakers are to reaching a budget deal and ending a three-week stalemate on passing a new spending plan.

MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Residents of a traditionally liberal New Jersey town want Republican Gov. Chris Christie to hold a town hall there after he called them communists.

NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is getting his shot to replace New York's dean of sports talk radio.

A spokeswoman for WFAN radio tells The Record that Christie's appearances next Monday and Tuesday afternoons for Mike Francesca are audition days.

Francesca is set to leave the station this year. Christie frequently fills in for co-host Boomer Esiason (eh-SY'-uh-suhn) on WFAN's morning show.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story May 8 about an attempt to recall California state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, because of his vote for a gas tax increase to fund road repairs, The Associated Press incorrectly attributed Newman's response to Sen. Anthony Cannella, the only Republican to vote for the hike. Newman said the tax increase is needed to address overdue infrastructure problems and that a recall would cost millions of dollars and disrespect the will of voters in his district.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham says she's considering a 2018 challenge to Democrat Tim Kaine for a U.S. Senate representing Virginia.

Ingraham said on Fox News Tuesday that she's not yet made up her mind whether to run.

But the former attorney and Reagan White House aide said she's been flattered by several "well-connected" people in Virginia asking her to be a candidate.

NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie has hinted he could take on a media job after he leaves office in 2018.

Christie called into Mike Francesa's sports talk radio show on WFAN on Friday to talk about the Dallas Cowboys.

Francesa, who is retiring in December, asked the governor whether he could see himself hosting a sports radio show.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick insists he'll run for re-election next year, trying to tamp down speculation he could mount a primary challenge against fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Patrick told reporters at GOP of Texas headquarters Monday they could "put it in cement" that he won't compete against Abbott in 2018 or ever.

An ex-conservative talk radio host and tea party firebrand, Patrick has said repeatedly he sees Abbott as an ally.