Month: November 2023

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest Christian university says it’s fighting a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs. Grand Canyon University, which enrolls more than 100,000 students mostly in online programs, said it’s filing

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer of federal charges of attempted kidnapping and assault. The jury deliberated for about eight

By MIKE STOBBE and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states. To help counter the surge, federal officials on Thursday announced they were releasing more doses of a new RSV shot

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others in Georgia has issued an order that prohibits the release of certain evidence. The ruling came after news outlets this week reported on the contents of and published clips from interviews that four

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the event from Truist Park to Denver’s Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia’s voting rights laws. Atlanta was awarded the 2021 All-Star Game in May 2019, but MLB

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Want to buy a car on Amazon? Well, now you might get your chance. The e-commerce giant will launch vehicle sales in the U.S. next year and allow local car dealers to sell directly to customers on its site. In a joint announcement with car

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is calling for the renewal of a key U.S. government surveillance tool while also proposing a series of changes aimed at safeguarding privacy. The proposals announced Thursday by Rep. Mike Turner are part of a late scramble inside Congress

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year. The number of cases also rose by nearly 20% after immunization levels dropped to their lowest in 15 years during the pandemic. In a report released Thursday, WHO

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An all-new Subaru Forester, a Lucid electric SUV, and a revamped Toyota Camry are among the new automobiles that will be on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show starting this week. The public portion of the show runs from Nov. 17 to 26, and like many other auto shows worldwide,

HOUSTON (AP) — A 25-year-old man has been arrested near Houston in the fatal shooting of his aunt and her mother and the sexual assault of his aunt’s 12-year-old daughter, who is his cousin, authorities said Thursday. Deputies were called late Wednesday after a 66-year-old woman was found dead in the parking lot of an

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal says he is sure he’ll be returning to competition after missing nearly all of 2023 with a hip injury that required surgery. And now he says he’ll be revealing his comeback plans soon. Nadal wrote Thursday on social media: “I confirmed yesterday I’ll be back” and punctuated

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers who’ve committed crimes in the past will get their criminal records automatically sealed if they stay out of trouble for a certain period of time under a long-awaited bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday. It will automatically seal

LONDON (AP) — Five low-ranked tennis players — four from Mexico and one from Guatemala — have been suspended for corruption linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium. The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced the punishments Thursday. The players are connected to the criminal case of Grigor Sargsyan, the leader of the syndicate, the ITIA

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Investigators were trying Thursday to determine what touched off a fire on the Atlantic City Boardwalk a day earlier that burned a section of the historic walkway and damaged part of the facade of Resorts casino. Although the fire damaged the casino’s main Boardwalk entrance,

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An Indian company that recently recalled eyedrops sold in the U.S. had a host of sanitation and manufacturing problems, including barefoot workers, cracked floors and altered records, U.S. health inspectors found. Food and Drug Administration officials uncovered more than a dozen problems at the Mumbai plant

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights activist in Belarus has gone on hunger strike in prison protesting against Alexander Lukashenko’s repressive government. Aliaksandar Vaitseshyk was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest after he was convicted on charges of “distributing extremist materials.” It’s a charge which Belarus authorities have

By JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California college professor was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said in a statement that both charges have special allegations that

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Formula One has arrived in Las Vegas for a week of parties, concerts, celebrity-packed events and eventually Saturday night’s race. F1’s first trip to Las Vegas in 41 years promises to be nothing like any other race on the 24-event calendar. The casinos, clubs

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of abducting and beating a woman while she was confined for four days in a residential garage last month has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-three-year-old William Mozingo was arraigned Thursday on charges of kidnapping, felonious assault, abduction and unlawful restraint. He’s been held without bond since his Oct.