Month: November 2023

By DAVID BILLER and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The exchange rate is top of mind for millions of Argentines coping with triple-digit inflation. Now they’re are anxious for signs of what the election victory of President-elect Javier Milei. will mean for the value of the peso. It has tanked against

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Striking teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning as they marched across it. KGW reported that the Portland Association of Teachers union and their supporters stopped in the middle of the Burnside Bridge for about 15 minutes. The union posted photos on its Facebook page showing

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills known as the Reproductive Health Act. The package, which was signed on Tuesday, will repeal regulations aimed at abortion providers, known as TRAP laws, that critics had said were designed to close abortion providers. The package’s

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro says he’ll appeal a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to make Pennsylvania’s power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the Democrat on Tuesday urged lawmakers to get to work on a better alternative. In a statement, Shapiro

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago. Nagle’s 2018 play “Manahatta” has landed in New York City this winter and

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’s very concerned that Iran may provide ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says it would be a disastrous development for the Ukrainian people if that were to happen. Kirby says Iran

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday. Carter was 96. She is to be buried Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Plains, Georgia, the

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has long praised a particular type of foreign leader — men he describes as “tough” and “strong,” even if they have chipped away at their countries’ democratic norms. The former president and GOP front-runner is now celebrating the newly elected leader

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed two months ago during a strike by the United Auto Workers union. But the automaker says that due to slowing electric vehicle sales growth, it will scale back the factory’s size, cutting the number of

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo is not running for reelection next year.  Eshoo’s announcement on Tuesday marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California’s Silicon Valley. It will also likely kick off a fierce race for her seat, which includes parts of Santa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Both sides say the latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement. The Oromo Liberation Army says it is fighting for greater determination for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down a Maryland law requiring people to obtain a special license before purchasing a handgun. Judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said Tuesday that they considered the case in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast. Federal officials said Tuesday that the pipeline has been shut down, but authorities were still trying to determine the exact location

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball made another addition to its broadcast department as it adapts following the bankruptcy of the Diamond Sports Group’s regional sports networks, hiring Josh Clark to the new position of senior vice president of content distribution. Clark will report to Kenny Gersh, MLB’s executive vice president of media and

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press An island along the coast of Maine that was home to a mixed-race fishing community later forcibly removed by the state has been added to the National Register of Historic Places after a years-long effort. Malaga Island, a 42-acre island about a 40-mile drive up the coast from Portland, is

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials concluded earlier this month that inflation was steadily falling and agreed to closely monitor incoming data to ensure that the pace of price increases would continue slowing toward their 2% target, according to the minutes of the meeting. As a result, the policymakers

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has turned away an appeal about how to word a ballot question on access to abortion. The state’s Republican secretary of state has suggested wording that would ask voters whether they are in favor of allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A state appeals

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is prohibiting the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants. The state will start limiting the amount of new gasoline-powered cars that can be sold in New Jersey starting in 2027,

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former corporate controller has teared up while testifying that he “gave up” on his longtime job because he was worn out by the company’s legal woes. Jeffrey McConney testified Tuesday for a fourth day in six weeks at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial. Asked

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say the man who was shot and killed by a California Highway Patrol officer in a struggle in the middle of a freeway that was captured on video was a 34-year old man from Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday

By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised to visit Africa this year, but 2023 is drawing to a close with no trip in sight so far. Nor has Biden given any public indication he plans to attend the U.N. climate conference that starts next week in Dubai. U.S.

By ERIC TUCKER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has agreed to pay more than $4 billion as part of an agreement with the U.S. government. A person familiar with the development in the case against Binance confirmed the settlement to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have joined forces to produce a 30-second ad promoting responsible sports betting. The “Never Know What’s Next” commercial unveiled Tuesday is a coordination of the three leagues, sportsbook operators DraftKings, Fanatics, PENN Entertainment and the National Council on Problem Gambling. The ad’s message is

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with second-degree murder in the beating of their schoolmate. The district attorney in Las Vegas says the students weren’t charged with first-degree murder because video evidence shows the killing wasn’t a premeditated act.

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials in Gaza say they have lost the ability to count the dead because of the collapse of the enclave’s health system and the difficulty of retrieving bodies from areas overrun by Israeli tanks and troops. The Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza carefully tracked casualties

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The grants are a part of a $2 billion commitment Bezos made in 2018 to support homeless families and to run free preschools. The Bezos

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors aren’t pursuing an assault charge against a close friend of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant stemming from a fight during a pickup basketball game at the player’s home last year. Shelby County court records show that a misdemeanor charge of assault against Davonte Pack has been dismissed. Pack

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia. The most personal of those cases involved Mary Prince Fitzpatrick, who went to Washington as White

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in southeast Alaska are responding to a landslide that has scattered debris along a highway. In a notice posted on social media, the City and Borough of Wrangell says efforts are ongoing to sift through the debris near the small town about 155 miles (249 kilometers) south of Juneau. The

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters responding to an early morning fire in Florida found the body of a woman who had been fatally stabbed, and her three critically injured children. The youngest child was found in a nearby crib and died after being taken to a hospital on Tuesday. Two other children _ ages

By MARK KENNEDY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Thanksgiving may be a time for Americans to come together, but opinion is divided over what’s on the crowded dinner table. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research looks at the country’s Thanksgiving tastes. Americans mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters who alleged excessive force by law enforcement during a clash in 2016. Nine protesters filed the lawsuit alleging civil rights violations in officers’ use of tear gas, rubber

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana. On Tuesday, a Washington County judge sentenced 41-year-old Dawn Elaine Coleman of Shreveport, Louisiana, to 30

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is set to attend South Carolina’s biggest athletic event of the year. Trump will be at the Nov. 25 matchup between the University of South Carolina and Clemson University. That’s according to a person familiar with the plans but not authorized to

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A liberal group is appealing a Colorado judge’s ruling that former President Donald Trump can stay on the ballot despite a constitutional bar on office for those who “engaged in insurrection.” District Judge Sarah B. Wallace found Trump did just that on Jan. 6 but ruled the

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the season of giving thanks — and it turns out humans have been doing it for a long, long time. As more researchers dig into the science of gratitude, they’ve found the feeling likely played a key role in helping our ancestors band together

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic has been released on personal recognizance bail after pleading not guilty to assaulting his wife. Police said Lucic appeared intoxicated when his wife called officers to their apartment Saturday. He was charged with assault and battery on a family member. He did not speak at his arraignment