By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge. The ACLU is suing a local district attorney who is warning Blount County Pride organizers that he intends to enforce the new statute. A federal judge in Memphis has ruled the ban
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BLACKWELL and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia headed out to sea Thursday after thrashing parts of Florida and Georgia with punishing rains and destructive winds, leaving residents to begin the arduous process of clearing fallen trees, restoring electricity and picking through the debris of devastated homes.
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy visiting Beirut says Washington is looking into possibilities for solving a decades-old border dispute between Lebanon and Israel. Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, spoke in Beirut nearly a year after he brokered a deal on the maritime border
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced a high-profile journalist to 3 1/2 years for “facilitating extremist activities” and “discrediting Belarus” after she provided data for a renowned human rights group. Fifty-year-old Larysa Shchyrakova will serve her sentence in a high-security penal colony and must pay a fine of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Nevada (0-0) at No. 6 Southern California (1-0), Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET (Pac-12 Network) Line: USC by 38 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: USC leads 5-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The Trojans will be looking for second game improvements after defeating San José State 56-28 in their season opener
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence nationwide. The proposal comes after a mandate from President Joe Biden to find ways to strengthen background checks following the passage
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Coastal Carolina at UCLA, Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) Line: UCLA by 14½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook Series record: First meeting WHAT’S AT STAKE? Chip Kelly begins his sixth year at UCLA with his deepest roster. The Bruins return eight starters on defense but only three on offense. Tim Beck
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election. The sentence
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children. A state district judge last week ruled the pending law violated
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Powerful Hurricane Idalia walloped parts of Florida and other states in the Southeast just as the summer travel season nears its unofficial end with the busy Labor Day weekend. The advice for travelers who are in affected areas right now is clear: Pay attention to local
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The entire front page of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, Wednesday displayed “text messages sent and received by UNC students,” during the hours-long lockdown on campus after one faculty member was murdered on Monday. “We sat
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Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — By some measures, air travelers have enjoyed a less stressful summer than last year, but canceled flights remain elevated as airlines face their last big test of the prime vacation season: Labor Day weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration predicts that this will be the third busiest
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said on social media he is a victim of extortion after someone gained access to information in an old cell phone. In an Instagram video recorded in Spanish, Ortiz said that someone hacked the old phone
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers have given their opening statements in the trial of a Des Moines teenager accused of murdering two students at an alternative school for at-risk youth. Prosecutors outlined their case Thursday against 19-year-old Preston Walls. He’s charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A leader of the Proud Boys who led the far-right organization’s infamous march to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison – among the longest sentence handed down yet for a convicted rioter. Joe Biggs was convicted by
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two people are facing charges after police said they ran a largescale illegal gambling ring centered around backyard volleyball matches at a Milford home. Luis Loja-Caguana is charged with keeper of a disorderly home, gaming or betting, and place for registering
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office. And they have the votes to do it. Republicans
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks turned mixed on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday, on their way to closing out what has been a mostly miserable August. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% after wavering between small gains and losses. The benchmark index is on track for its first
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say more than 450 migrants have reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days. That includes 51 people who came ashore on the high-end resort of Mykonos. The new arrivals come amid a steady rise in migration to the European Union country, which
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