Month: November 2023

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan told lawmakers this week that the White House is not seeking to place conditions on U.S. military assistance to Israel, days after President Joe Biden signaled openness to the notion that was being pushed by some Democrats as the civilian death

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who shot toward sheriff’s deputies making a welfare call to his house on the day he’d agreed to surrender on charges for taking part in the in the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to two years in prison on a firearm charge. Nathan Donald Pelham was sentenced Wednesday

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available. The Population Council announced Thursday that Kiara Health of Johannesburg will start making the silicone rings in the next few years, estimating that 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk has said advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail.” Using a profanity, he essentially told them to go away. In an on-stage interview at The New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday,

NEW YORK (AP) — The iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center will be lit Wednesday night by more than 50,000 multicolored lights as crowds gather in New York City for the holiday tradition. The massive tree — a 12 ton, 80-foot-tall Norway spruce from upstate New York — will be illuminated by about five miles

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball losers in Iowa were actually winners for about seven hours this week after the state’s lottery mistakenly posted the wrong winning numbers for the game. Lottery officials blamed an unspecified “human reporting error” for the wrong numbers being posted for Monday night’s Powerball drawing. The incorrect numbers were posted

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Kraft Macaroni and … Fava Beans? The Kraft Heinz Co. said Wednesday it’s bringing dairy-free macaroni and cheese to the U.S. for the first time. The company said the new recipe has the same creamy texture and flavor of its beloved 85-year-old original Mac & Cheese but replaces dairy

CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — A police officer and a suspect were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop in southwest Colorado on Wednesday, authorities said. Police say the officer, whose name has not been released, was shot after pulling over a vehicle shortly before noon in the rural town of Cortez in the Four

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican demands to stop the flow of migrants at the Mexico-U.S. border have left Congress scrambling. Republicans are pushing Democrats for an immigration deal in exchange for President Joe Biden’s request for nearly $106 billion to fund the wars in Ukraine and

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge has dismissed a state lawsuit filed against TikTok that had accused the app of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of consumers’ personal information. A pair of lawsuits originally filed by Attorney

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists who won a landmark climate change case are trying to persuade the Montana Supreme Court to stop a natural gas power plant being built on the banks of the Yellowstone River. The 16 young plaintiffs filed a brief Tuesday saying the power

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Virginia man has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators’ desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The FBI says Ryan Joseph Orlando took a pen from the desk of Republican

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press Panama (AP) — In a historic ruling, Panama’s Supreme Court declared that legislation granting a mining concession to a subsidiary of Canadian mining company First Quantum Mineral was unconstitutional. The mine has been an important economic engine for the country. But the contract triggered protests that paralyzed

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top U.S. cyberdefense agency says hackers are targeting industrial control systems widely used by water and sewage-treatment utilities. The manufacturer says the systems are designed to be used by multiple industries. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued the warning Tuesday evening after a hacking group claimed credit for

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming coal mine that supplies fuel to a power plant that will be converted to burn gas plans to lay off 19 workers next month, the latest of thousands of jobs lost in the beleaguered U.S. coal industry in recent years. Fifteen workers at the

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is bringing an ice rink to the White House lawn for children to skate and play hockey during the holidays. The first lady was set to announce the rink after sunset Wednesday. She was to be joined by 1988 Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano and

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn, (AP) — NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season. The Cup Series will include existing partners Fox Sports and NBC while Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon have joined the package.

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit over environmental threats. The threats are from toxic chemicals used at a former DuPont facility in neighboring West Virginia. The settlement announced Wednesday involves DuPont, the

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Federal inspectors have levied fines against two construction companies in connection with a worker’s death at Lambeau Field earlier this year. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Packers. WLUK-TV reports that 27-year-old Joshua Shaw died in June after he was struck by a dumbwaiter car while working inside

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is trying anew to help voters using mail-in ballots in the battleground state avoid mistakes that might get their ballot thrown out in 2024’s presidential election and beyond. In a new directive Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration asked counties to start using a standard

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Franklin Sechriest was sentenced on Wednesday. He had previously pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property on Halloween 2021.

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Republican Party has filed a petition challenging a court order that kept some polls in the state’s largest county open longer than usual on election night in November. The papers filed Tuesday come after ballot shortages in Hinds County sowed chaos and

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is expressing reservations about expelling Rep. George Santos from the chamber this week. But Johnson says GOP leaders won’t push colleagues to oppose removing the New York Republican from office. Johnsons said after a closed-door meeting Wednesday with House Republicans that “we’re going

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. Sternhagen died peacefully of

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street west of downtown Detroit. Demonstrations were held Wednesday at Michigan Central innovation district, a hub for advancing technologies that address barriers to mobility. Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles

By LISA RATHKE Associated press The man charged with shooting three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont was accused in 2019 of harassing an ex-girlfriend in New York state. According to a police report, Jason J. Eaton was never arrested in the case because the ex-girlfriend said she didn’t want to press charges. The

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will join the United States delegation at the upcoming United Nations conference on climate change in Dubai. Her attendance appears to be hastily arranged since her staff recently said she had no plans to go. President Joe Biden will not be going to

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government says it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry. That’s to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. The agreement removes a threat

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has announced plans to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories. The drive comes less than two weeks after the union ratified new contracts with Detroit automakers. The UAW said Wednesday that its effort will cover nearly 150,000 workers at factories

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of American hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are describing their anguish and calling on the U.S. and Israeli governments to do all they can to bring home their loved ones home. The family members are in Washington on Wednesday, where they are making

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top prosecutor says officials in a rural county who delayed canvassing the 2022 general election results have been criminally charged. Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday that a grand jury in Maricopa County Superior Court has indicted Cochise County supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby. They both face one count each

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer The Newport Beach, California, Police Department said Wednesday that its detectives are conducting an investigation into an accusation that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey had an improper relationship with an underage girl. In a since-deleted post, an anonymous social media user last week said a girl who is

By TIM REYNOLDS and SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writers Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company, it was announced Wednesday. The deal could be completed in the coming weeks. The agreement would

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery had a simple message at a hearing reexamining his conviction: “I’m innocent 100 percent.” Marvin Haynes has spent nearly two decades behind bars for the shooting death of 55-year-old Randy Sherer, who was killed inside his family business

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota has suffered a fresh setback. An administrative law judge recommended late Tuesday that state regulators should not reissue a crucial permit for the long-delayed project. The judge said the design for the mine’s waste basin won’t adequately prevent

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The project in Wayne County Schools represents what a developer and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office touted on Wednesday as the biggest-ever single demonstration of sun-powered renewable electricity in Appalachian public schools. The agreement

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix. The class-action lawsuit is expected to be served in the coming

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Stay and enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show. That is the message organizers of the Paris Olympics are sending in an effort to reassure the French capital’s residents that security measures and traffic restrictions won’t make their lives nightmarish during the July 26-Aug. 11 event and the Paralympic Games

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says the billionaire Haslam family tried to bribe at least 15 executives at the Pilot truck stop chain with millions of dollars to get them to inflate the company’s profits this year because that would force Berkshire to pay more for

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 are suing the city for about $1.5 million. The lawsuit by Cup Foods and several other businesses accuses the city of not policing the area and blocking customers from the businesses. City officials have said they offered a range of