Month: November 2024

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump. He’s an advocate of cutting spending while extending the tax cuts approved

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer has been charged with manslaughter after his patrol car smashed into another vehicle, killing two men. The crash occurred in September in Warren, Michigan. Investigators say Warren Officer James Burke was driving southbound at a “high rate of speed” when his car struck a vehicle

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. Defense lawyers rested their case Friday in the closely watched manslaughter case concerning the death of Jordan Neely. Closing arguments are expected after Thanksgiving. Penny has

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 current military spending plans and said the country must do more. Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, a former Foreign Relations Committee chairman, made the remarks at the start of the annual Halifax

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller says the 22-year-old sat for a long interview with the NCAA amid an investigation into unusual gambling activity. But neither the lawyer nor federal law enforcement officials on Friday would confirm reports that a federal probe is now under way. Lawyer

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens have asked President Joe Biden to designate thousands of acres of rugged, scenic Badlands as North Dakota’s first national monument. At least three tribal nations endorse the proposal to preserve the area’s Indigenous and cultural heritage. The proposed Maah

NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Brock has died at age 83. Her Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” Guthrie announced Brock’s death, just a week before Thanksgiving, on the Facebook page of his own “Rising Son Records” on Friday. In 1966, Alice Brock was running The Back Room restaurant

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 anticorruption raid that also detained the mayor of another town. The raids occurred Friday in several towns in the State of Mexico, west of Mexico

Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in a whistleblower lawsuit at the heart of impeachment charges brought against him in 2023. The court on Friday said Paxton’s office does not dispute any issue in the lawsuit by four former Paxton employees and

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark Robinson filed the suit against the network for its report saying he once made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board. The September report nearly led to the collapse of the Republican’s campaign

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s now Belize. The findings were published Friday in Science Advances. “The aerial imagery

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power. The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that struck

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has voted unanimously to certify the the results of the November election, a notable difference from four years ago when supporters of Donald Trump cast skepticism on the results of the 2020 election. The board, consisting of two Democratic and two Republican members,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested under a local face mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly’s office says charges against Xavier Roa were dismissed in court Friday. Prosecutors say they determined the allegations could not be proven beyond a reasonable

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a soccer game featuring a transgender player defended their decision at a hearing on whether they can take similar action while they are being sued. Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote sued the Bow school district

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 symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in announcing the test results. State officials have said the child attends

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An elected official for an Arizona border county has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $38 million in public funds over a decade. The money helped renovate her luxurious Southwestern ranch home, maintain the family cattle business and buy at least 20 vehicles, including an Airstream touring coach. Elizabeth Gutfahr was

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 police vehicle in Brooklyn. Police say the woman was lying in the middle of a street in the East New York neighborhood when she was hit by a Toyota

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 youth detention center in 1998. Bradley Asbury, now 70, served as a house leader at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. He’s accused of restraining 14-year-old Michael

The Oscar-nominated animated charmer “Robot Dreams” and the romantic comedy “Sweethearts” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. On the small screen, Michael Fassbender plays an undercover CIA agent who has a hard transition to real life in the new TV series “The Agency,” while the Fab Four’s first trip to America is

Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, is getting a brand new subway system that will showcase archaeological discoveries made during construction that held up the project for decades. The 9.6-kilometer inaugural line will officially open on Nov. 30, using driverless trains and platform screen doors. Construction began in earnest in

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — One of three Massachusetts communities have reached a deal with their striking teachers union, leaving two left to hammer out a final agreement. The Union of Gloucester Educators said the union and the Gloucester School Committee had reached a tentative agreement and classes will resume Monday. The deal comes as

AP Health Writer At least 19 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E. coli poisoning tied to a national recall of more than 167,000 pounds of potentially tainted ground beef, federal health officials said. Detroit-based Wolverine Packing Co. recalled the meat this week after Minnesota state agriculture officials reported multiple illnesses and found that

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who helped two hired killers after they gunned down rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery three years ago has been sentenced to six years probation. Jermarcus Johnson pleaded guilty in June 2023 to three counts of serving as an accessory after the shooting. Johnson helped

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present Friday with the surprise drop of a new album. The Grammy winner’s 12-track “GNX” is his first release since 2022’s “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” and his sixth studio album overall. It also comes just months after his