Month: September 2023

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government is promising a series of measures to curb bullying in schools, reacting to nationwide concern over recent suicides of schoolchildren. The proposals announced Wednesday include blocking school bullies from social networks and giving all children weekly empathy classes. The government also

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley. Biden wasn’t paying them much attention because he’s already zeroing in on Donald Trump, the GOP

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Industry leaders are defending and praising the work of the Horseracing Safety and Integrity Authority in the aftermath of a competing piece of legislation being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. National Thoroughbred Racing Association president and CEO Tom Rooney says HISA is working to make the sport

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy last year has filed a civil suit in federal court against the now-resigned officer and other county officials. Opal Slone, the mother of, Jacqueline “Laney” Hudson is requesting a

BOSTON (AP) — A man who was rescued by the crew of a commercial fishing boat after he fell overboard from a tanker has died, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday. The crew of America pulled the man from the water Tuesday morning, and Boston Fire Department and Coast Guard personnel came aboard

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school district has ordered the removal of almost all books with gay characters from classrooms and libraries. Charlotte County’s superintendent and board lawyer told librarians at a meeting over the summer that a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis requires the removal

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Loved ones are remembering a slain Baltimore tech entrepreneur for her compassion and dedication to helping others. They pledged to honor her legacy at a vigil Wednesday night. Baltimore police found 26-year-old Pava LaPere dead from blunt force trauma in her apartment complex after she was reported

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. South. Elected commissioners in coastal McIntosh County voted two

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The number of spots reserved for conference champions when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams next year remains up in the air. Administrators who manage the sport wrapped up a day-and-a-half of meetings outside of Chicago that mostly focused on hearing from potential television partners.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Does a judge’s fraud finding spell the end of Donald Trump’s real estate empire? The former president certainly seems to think so. He decried Tuesday’s ruling, shifting control of some of his companies to a court-appointed receiver, as the “KILL TRUMP” decision. But the judge

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Microsoft executive says Apple gets Google to pay more to be the default search engine on iPhones and Macs by dangling the idea of switching its devices to Bing’s search engine. Microsoft’s advertising and web services chief said in court Wednesday that Apple’s strategy translates

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Crime Agency says officers have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the death of a woman thought to have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. The 21-year-old Sudanese man was detained on suspicion of illegal entry and facilitating illegal immigration in the

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lottery officials in Florida say the winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot from August has come forward to claim the prize. Under a new Florida law, the winner’s name remains anonymous for 90 days. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket

WINDHAM, Maine (AP) — An AR-15-style rifle manufacturer in Maine that was launched by the founder of Bushmaster Firearms is going out of business. Windham Weaponry was created by Richard Dyke in 2011 after he sold Bushmaster and the new owners decided to move manufacturing out of Maine. His new company employed former workers and

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have made a habit of celebrating big clinching victories and postseason wins with the dance smash “Dancing On My Own.” The song was their postseason anthem in 2022. The Phillies tried to turn the page and retire the anthem this season. But with

By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three automakers. The union says President Shawn Fain will make the announcement at 10 a.m. Eastern time in a video appearance addressing union

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud for years as he built his real-estate empire tarnishes the former president’s image as a real estate titan turned political powerhouse, and could strip him of his authority to make major decisions about the future of

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Reshef, president and founder of the online, tuition-free University of the People, and Arizona State University professor and researcher Michelene Chi, who has developed a framework to improve how students learn, are the 2023 winners of The Yidan Prize, the biggest award in education.

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer A mysterious woman, down on her luck and working a miserable job makes contact with the extremely wealthy father she’s never met — and his suspicious heirs — in the French thriller “The Origin of Evil.” Though the title may conjure up associations with jump scares, hauntings and demonic