Georgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Supreme Court says presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren’t…
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A Black student punished for his hairstyle wants to return to the Texas school he left
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left…
Continue Reading Judge directs NYC to develop plan for possible federal takeover of Rikers Island jail
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has directed New York City officials to work on a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers…
Continue Reading 10 homes have collapsed into the Carolina surf. Their destruction was decades in the making
Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe, where 10…
Continue Reading Balmain’s whimsical show meets Courrèges’ minimalism in Paris
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Olivier Rousteing opened Balmain’s Wednesday show at Paris Fashion Week with an audacious angular micro-gown — a…
Continue Reading Aging and ailing, ‘Message Tree’ at Woodstock concert site is reluctantly cut down
Associated Press Masses of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival stopped by the towering red maple tree a little ways off from the main stage. Many…
Continue Reading Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a social media post is facing a censure push from…
Continue Reading Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in…
Continue Reading Biography of 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley is winner of George Washington Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history…
Continue Reading Harris will campaign on Arizona’s border with Mexico in attempted show of strength on immigration
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday as her campaign tries to…
Continue Reading Concerns linger after gunfire damages Arizona Democratic campaign office
Associated Press/Report for America TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police were posted outside a Democratic Party campaign office in a quiet suburban strip…
Continue Reading Local officials in upstate New York acquitted after ballot fraud trial
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three county officials from upstate New York accused of conspiring to commit ballot fraud in 2021 local elections have been…
Continue Reading A Missouri man has been executed for a 1998 murder. Was he guilty or innocent?
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Questions are still swirling around the execution of a Missouri man convicted of fatally stabbing a…
Continue Reading Ohio votes cast for Green Party candidate won’t count due to VP swap
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Votes cast in Ohio for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein won’t count because the party nominated her…
Continue Reading Alabama Jailer pleads guilty in case of incarcerated man who froze to death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former corrections officer Joshua Conner Jones has pleaded guilty to criminal charges for his role in the death of a…
Continue Reading Ex-CIA officer convicted of groping coworker in spy agency’s latest sexual misconduct case
Associated Press A veteran CIA officer has been found guilty of assault and battery for reaching up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissing…
Continue Reading California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs laws to curb oil and gas pollution near neighborhoods
Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin has signed new laws to reduce oil and gas pollution. One of the…
Continue Reading Steelworkers lose arbitration case against US Steel in their bid to derail sale to Nippon
AP Business Writer An arbitration board has ruled that U.S. Steel may proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel. The board, which was…
Continue Reading New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted, sources say
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges that are still…
Continue Reading Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine’s ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his…
Continue Reading Judge approves $600 million settlement for residents near fiery Ohio derailment
Associated Press A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania high court asked to keep counties from tossing ballots lacking a date
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Left-leaning groups and voting rights advocates are asking Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court to stop counties…
Continue Reading Senate confirms commander of US Army forces in the Pacific after Tuberville drops objections
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed a new commander of U.S. Army forces in the Pacific after Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville…
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Trump says Ukraine is ‘demolished’ and dismisses its defense against Russia’s invasion
Associated Press Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak and mournful terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the…
Continue Reading OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT maker
AP Technology Writer A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year says she’s…
Continue Reading The Secret Service is investigating a report that an agent groped a Harris staff member
Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A U.S. Secret Service agent has been accused of groping and sexually harassing a member of Vice President Kamala…
Continue Reading Overseas voters are the latest target in Trump’s false narrative on election fraud
Associated Press Donald Trump this week falsely accused Democrats of cheating their way to a win in November, using a bipartisan 1986 act to claim…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter at 100: A power-playing loner from the farm to the White House and on the global stage
Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — As Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday this October 1st, he remains in hospice care at his home in Plains,…
Continue Reading Former Houston officer convicted of murder in deaths of couple during drug raid
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was convicted Wednesday of murder in the deaths of a couple during a 2019 drug raid…
Continue Reading Parkinson’s diagnosis came after Favre began struggling with his right arm, he tells TMZ Sports
Brett Favre told TMZ Sports that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in January after he began having trouble using his right arm and was…
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