Year: 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents searched the New York homes of people tied to the conservative group Project Veritas months after the group received a diary that a tipster claimed belonged to President Joe Biden’s youngest daughter. The group’s leader, James O’Keefe, detailed the searches in a video posted Friday on YouTube. He said

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana congressman has regained control of his office Twitter account after deleting a post about a transgender Biden administration official that the social media company found violated its rules. Twitter’s action came after Republican Rep. Jim Banks posted tweets last month regarding Dr. Rachel Levine becoming the first openly

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor investigating accusations that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped a woman has asked a judge for more time. Albany Country District Attorney David Soares said in a letter Friday that the criminal complaint filed last week by the local sheriff was “potentially defective.”

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The board of trustees at North Carolina’s flagship university has given itself new power over highly paid faculty appointments in the aftermath of controversy over tenure for a Black journalism professor. Their proposal was approved by UNC System President Peter Hans last week and by the full board at its

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — A 9-foot-tall video game joystick made of wood, rubber and steel has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022. Dartmouth College professor and artist Mary Flanagan created the giant controller in 2006 to celebrate her childhood experience of “maniacally” playing Atari 2600 video games. She also wanted to see what

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida’s ban on coronavirus mask mandates in schools will stay in effect. A judge on Friday dismissed a case from several school districts challenging the rule. Administrative Judge Brian A. Newman rejected the case from Miami-Dade, Leon, Duval, Orange, Broward, and Alachua counties.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A young South Florida man has been convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy during a sleepover. The Palm Beach Post reports that a Palm Beach County jury found 21-year-old Corey Johnson guilty Friday of first-degree murder, along with two counts of attempted murder. Johnson was 17 at the

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va (AP) — Republican Glenn Youngkin spent months talking to voters about his plans to roll back Democrats’ “left, liberal, progressive agenda.” When he takes office in January as Virginia’s next governor, he’ll have to talk to Senate Democrats about that. Youngkin’s victory was part of

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has entered not guilty pleas on tax evasion charges on behalf of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, and for the officer’s ex-wife. Washington County District Judge Sheridan Hawley also set the next court date

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been hurting them with voters. Americans have turned pessimistic about the economy as inflation has persisted. On Tuesday, voters in Virginia rewarded Republican Glenn Youngkin with a win in the