Month: November 2024

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal before the state board of education. Hours of testimony were heard Monday for and against the plan. It mirrors Republican-led efforts in other

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was relieved of “any pastoral oversight or governance role”

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the “Peanuts” comic strip and penned the lyrics for the theme song of the animation series “Astro Boy,” died Nov. 13, his son Kensaku

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner have been sentenced on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish. Mary Mahoney’s Old French House was sentenced Monday to five years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million. The Justice Department says that includes a criminal

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday she is willing to work with Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration on border security issues like fentanyl interdiction. But that’s not the case in areas that she said could harm Arizona families like mass deportation. Hobbs traveled to the Arizona border with

AP Sports Writer Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates was the heralded fireballer who equaled the hype, to the point he started the All-Star Game just two months after making his big league debut. Luis Gil was an afterthought for the New York Yankees, earning a spot in their rotation only when ace Gerrit Cole

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — There was House Speaker Mike Johnson walking behind President-elect Donald Trump’s entourage into Saturday night’s UFC fight at Madison Square Garden, his stature overcome by the enormity of the scene around him. And Johnson mugging with musicians Kid Rock and Jelly Roll. And there was Johnson on Trump’s airplane,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Defense attorneys began their defense of a former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway by calling the defendant’s older sister to the witness stand. Jacqueline Penny said Monday that her brother was a “calm, soft-spirited person” with a patriotic sense of duty.

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Joe Biden inadvertently was a missing man in the traditional photo of world leaders at the final Group of 20 summit of his presidency. A U.S. official attributed Monday’s photo-shoot fail to timing. Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau strolled up after photographers had already taken

Associated Press Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional. The two companies are advancing a legal fight that may last into the Trump administration where Musk is expected to oversee bureaucratic cost-cutting. A panel of three judges at the

Actors Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are engaged. The two told E! News of their engagement at the Ebony Power 100 Gala in Los Angeles on Sunday, and Good showed off her ring in a photograph for The Associated Press. Majors, 35, and Good, 43, met in 2022 and began dating last year. She was

LOS ANGELES (AP) — World Wrestling Entertainment’s first episode of “Monday Night Raw” on Netflix will take place from the Intuit Dome on Jan. 6. WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque made the announcement Sunday night when he appeared on stage during Travis Scott’s concert at ComplexCon in Las Vegas. Netflix will carry

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s internet gambling market set another record in October, the latest proof that people are betting more of their money online rather than coming to Atlantic City to gamble it in person. Figures from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the casinos and their online

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court is weighing in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick. On Monday, it ordered counties not to count mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the return envelope. It’s

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The largest budget airline in the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Spirit Airlines said said customers shouldn’t see any disruption to their travel plans while the process unfolds. Monday’s filing followed years of struggles for the Florida-based airline, which is known for its no-frills, low-cost flights.

Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who tried the murder case made famous by the book “Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil” has died. Gamble Funeral Service says former Chatham County District Attorney Spencer Lawton Jr. died Wednesday at his home in Savannah. He was 81. Lawton served nearly three

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Jason Stephens says he won’t seek another term as the Ohio House speaker. Stephens has presided for the past two years over one of the most tumultuous periods in recent Ohio House history. At a Statehouse news conference Monday, the 53-year-old said he expects his withdrawal will set

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities in New Orleans are imploring witnesses to come forward with information about two outbreaks of gunfire during a neighborhood parade that left two people dead and 13 hurt. They are also seeking to reassure the public that the Sunday afternoon gunfire was an aberration in a city where

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Lisa Kyung Gross first tried to recreate the Korean dishes her grandmother made when she was a child, none of it tasted as good. Things were always slightly off. She was so convinced that everyone should learn dishes from an elder expert that she went on to

AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980s. Riley

AP White House Correspondent WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over Brownsville and Boca Chica, Texas area

AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, food retailers are trying to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent price inflation. Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions. Walmart has bundled the makings of

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging in “outrageous government conduct” by using materials seized from his jail cell to try to keep him incarcerated before a May trial. They said information gathered in a raid on Combs’ cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in

WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Herlda Senhouse, who founded a jazz dance group to raise money for Black students in the 1950s and lived to become the second-oldest person in the United States, has died at age 113. Senhouse died “peacefully in her sleep” on Saturday, said Stephanie Hawkinson, public information officer for the town of

BRENTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle an excessive force lawsuit brought on behalf of a woman after a K-9 police dog bit into her scalp during an arrest. Attorneys for Talmika Bates say she will receive $967,000 from the city of Brentwood. Bates required

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has so far laid off 2,199 workers in Washington, among job cuts that will eventually total about 17,000 across the company. The aerospace giant made the announcement Monday in a notice filed with the state Employment Security Department. Boeing announced in October that it planned to cut about 10% of its

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it will let the nation’s third execution with nitrogen gas go forward this week. The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed on Monday a lower court’s decision to let Carey Dale Grayson’s execution proceed Thursday night. Grayson was convicted of the 1994 killing of