President Biden welcomes 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics to White House
AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was tinted green on Thursday, when President Joe Biden — Secret Service code name: Celtic —…
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Massachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families, governor says
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced that the state’s reliance on hotels and motels to shelter…
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Listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sick
AP Health Writer U.S. health officials said a California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria…
Continue Reading UN expert: Myanmar’s desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition…
Continue Reading Detroit-area police officer charged with manslaughter in crash that killed 2 men
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer has been charged with manslaughter after his patrol car smashed into another…
Continue Reading Daniel Penny doesn’t testify as his defense rests in subway chokehold trial
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.…
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Storm dumps record rain and heavy snow on Northern California. Many in Seattle still without power
Associated Press FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday dropped heavy snow and record rain,…
Continue Reading Charlotte airport workers voting on whether to strike during busy Thanksgiving travel week
Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport are voting on whether to go on a 24-hour strike…
Continue Reading US senator says Trump would laugh at Canada’s military spending as Canadian security forum begins
Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A U.S. senator and supporter of Donald Trump said Friday the president-elect would laugh at Canada’s…
Continue Reading Lawyer says ex-Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller met with NCAA for hours amid gambling probe
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller says the 22-year-old sat for a long interview…
Continue Reading Florida detective sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually exploiting a teenage girl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida detective accused of severely beating a Black man has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in federal…
Continue Reading Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ third bid to be released on bail won’t be decided until next week
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says he’ll rule next week on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ third request to be released from jail on bail…
Continue Reading National monument proposed for North Dakota Badlands, with tribes’ support
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens have asked President Joe Biden to…
Continue Reading Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Brock has died at age 83. Her Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard,…
Continue Reading A police chief in Mexico kills himself as troops try to arrest him in a corruption probe
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The police chief of a small town in central Mexico took his own life as troops closed in to arrest him as part of a large-scale…
Continue Reading Officer kills pet dog mistaken for a coyote in Massachusetts town. The owner says it was unnecessary
Associated Press An animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident that has…
Continue Reading Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has repealed a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse. The…
Continue Reading Texas Supreme Court overturns ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in lawsuit
Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in a whistleblower…
Continue Reading CNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s defamation lawsuit against it thrown out
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark…
Continue Reading Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old canals used to fish by predecessors of ancient Maya
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central…
Continue Reading Supreme Court steps into fight over FCC’s $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize…
Continue Reading Michigan elections board smoothly certifies results of 2024 election
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has voted unanimously to certify the the results of the November…
Continue Reading Charges dropped against pro-Palestinian protester arrested under mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested under a local face mask ban for…
Continue Reading School district defends decision to punish parents for wearing pink ‘XX’ wristbands
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a…
Continue Reading California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child
Associated Press Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The child had mild…
Continue Reading County official in Arizona pleads guilty to embezzling over $38M in public funds
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An elected official for an Arizona county has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $38 million in public funds that she used…
Continue Reading Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was struck by an NYPD vehicle
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has announced an investigation into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unmarked…
Continue Reading The man who ended Nadal’s career helps the Netherlands beat Germany to reach the Davis Cup final
AP Tennis Writer MALAGA, Spain (AP) — The last man to face — and beat — Rafael Nadal in an official tennis match has led the Netherlands into…
Continue Reading Jury deliberates on whether man held down teen while he was raped at youth center in 1990s
Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A jury is deliberating on whether a New Hampshire man held down a teenage boy while he was raped at a…
Continue Reading What to know about a Wisconsin man who faked his own death and fled to Eastern Europe
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A sheriff says a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer and abandoned his wife and three children is in…
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