Year: 2024

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s almost that time of year. Spotify is gearing up to release its annual Spotify Wrapped, a personalized recap of its users’ listening habits and year in audio. The streaming service has been sharing these personalized analyses with since 2016. And each year, it’s become a bigger production than

AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The leaders of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign say they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump. Speaking on a “Pod Save America” podcast that aired on Tuesday, they pointed to “ferocious” political headwinds that were ultimately too much to overcome in

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Maine say they have entered into a settlement that requires the state to increase community-based behavioral health services for children. The settlement stems from a lawsuit the Justice Department filed earlier this year that said Maine unnecessarily segregates children with

Associated Press The Associated Press has found that a Pentagon-funded study that looked into extremism in the military relied on old data, included misleading analyses and ignored evidence that could have led to a different conclusion. Here are takeaways from the AP’s reporting. What was the study? After the Jan. 6 insurrection, when military leadership

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s prosecutor’s office say President Gabriel Boric is under investigation for sexual harassment in connection with a case in which the president says he was systematically harassed via email by a woman over a decade ago. The announcement on Tuesday came after Boric’s personal lawyer revealed the woman’s accusations and sought

AP Business Writer The Federal Housing Finance Agency is increasing the size of home loans that the government can guarantee against default as it takes into account rising housing prices. Beginning next year, mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be able to acquire loans of up to $806,500 on single-family homes in most

Associated Press Hit Bravo reality show “Vanderpump Rules” is getting a new cast for its 12th season. Bravo announced Tuesday that show namesake Lisa Vanderpump is the only original cast member who will return, taking the show back to its original concept by following the employees of her West Hollywood restaurant SUR. The change is

Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi attorney general is requesting an execution date for a man who’s been on death row for 30 years. But his lawyer says Monday that the request is premature because the 58-year-old inmate still intends to take an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Charles Ray Crawford was