Month: November 2023

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By now, Americans should be well aware that the process of electing a president isn’t like electing a senator or governor. In presidential primaries, the major political parties use a complex delegate selection process to pick their nominees to compete in November. Candidates win delegates in a

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation in the coming days aimed at curbing deceptive uses of artificial intelligence and manipulated media. The legislation comes as concerns grow that generative AI could be used in the 2024 presidential race to mislead

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two paramedics “did nothing” to help an ailing Elijah McClain as he lay on the ground, a Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday, and instead they overdosed him with a powerful sedative that killed the 23-year-old Black man after officers forcibly restrained him as he

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud, in a case that could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies. A majority of the nine-member court Wednesday suggested people accused of fraud by the SEC should have

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as patriots, vowed to pardon a large portion of them if he wins a second term and even collaborated on a song with a group of jailed defendants.

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was up by more than a year in 2022, after plunging two straight years at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s now 77 years,

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are moving to preserve their majorities as they propose additional Black voting districts in a special legislative session that opened Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in October found that Georgia’s voting districts illegally diluted Black voting power. He ordered Georgia to draw Black majorities

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the apology Wednesday on the 62nd anniversary

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Writer John Nichols, best known for his populist novel, “The Milagro Beanfield War,” has died. He was 83. Nichols died Monday at home in Taos, New Mexico, amid declining health linked to a long-term heart condition, said daughter Tania Harris of Albuquerque. Nichols won early

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House fell down during high winds but later was hoisted back upright, and its lighting ceremony will go ahead as scheduled. The tree, a 40-foot-tall (12-meter-tall) Norway spruce from West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, had been planted just

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the creator of the crime-comedy novel series starring Serge A. Storms, an energetic fan of Florida history and an ingenious serial killer, has died. He was 62. Dorsey, who published 26

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Federal mediators have rejected a union’s request that could have cleared the way for a year-end strike by flight attendants at American Airlines. The National Mediation Board instead directed the airline and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants to keep negotiating over a new contract. “We look forward to continued

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a liberal watchdog group’s claims that a panel researching the possible impeachment of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice violated open meeting laws. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asked three former Supreme Court justices to advise on whether he should pursue impeaching current Justice

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Indiana lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection with a casino corruption scheme. Former Indiana state Rep. Sean Eberhart entered his plea before a judge in federal court in Indianapolis on Tuesday. Eberhart is accused of supporting a 2019 bill allowing Spectacle