WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State restrictions on books that can be made available to Iowa students have prompted some Des Moines area school districts to post disclaimers on Little Free Libraries. Earlier this year the Iowa Legislature approved a law that bans books that describe sex acts from libraries and classrooms. The measure
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Password-sharing crackdowns are becoming more and more common in the streaming world today. And Disney Plus is following suit. In an email sent to the users in Canada earlier this week, Disney announced restrictions on Canadian subscribers’ “ability to share your account or login credentials outside of your household.” Disney Plus’
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers expanded its two-week strikes against Detroit automakers Friday, adding 7,000 workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan. Union President Shawn Fain told workers on a video appearance Friday that negotiations
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s soaring popularity was even more evident when it came to jersey sales. Ohtani had the best-selling jersey in Major League Baseball this season, the first time a Japanese player finished in the top spot. The league and the Players Association released its top-20 list Friday, with rankings based on
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s soaring popularity was even more evident when it came to jersey sales. Ohtani had the best-selling jersey in Major League Baseball this season, the first time a Japanese player finished in the top spot. The league and the Players Association released its top-20 list Friday, with rankings based on
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California Governor Gavin Newsom was one of many political leaders who issued statements Friday morning shortly after the announcement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s death at the age of 90. Feinstein’s office said she died Thursday night at her home in Washington. Her cause was not released. The Senator had voted on Senate business earlier that day. Newsom’s statement
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to begin regulating laboratory-based medical tests. It’s a multibillion-dollar industry that regulators say poses a growing risk to patients. The agency’s proposed rule was announced Friday. It would formally bring thousands of tests performed in large laboratories under
Continue ReadingBy AHMAD MANTASH Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A Palestinian security force has deployed in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south. The force replaces gunmen who had occupied the complex in the Ein el-Hilweh camp since fighting broke out in late July, leaving more than 30 people
Continue ReadingMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who spent 18 years in prison for a murder he said he did not commit was found not guilty at a second trial. Newsday reports 66-year-old Paul Scrimo was acquitted on Thursday in Nassau County Court in the strangulation death of Ruth Williams in 2000. Scrimo was
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El sindicato United Auto Workers ampliará su huelga a otras instalaciones de los fabricantes de automóviles Ford y General Motors, dijo este viernes el director del UAW, Shawn Fain, y agregó que no se convocará a más miembros de Stellantis a ir a la huelga. Las nuevas instalaciones que entrarán en
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Senior experts gathered at an annual conference in Greece have warned that instability driven by climate change could threaten democracies in the future, even though representative governments are best equipped to provide solutions. The Athens Democracy Forum, an event backed by the United Nations, was held
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. New York Gov. Kathy says up to 5 inches of rain fell in
Continue ReadingMANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Russians and Belarusians will be allowed to compete as neutral athletes at next year’s Paralympics in Paris after avoiding a full ban from the event following the invasion of Ukraine. The International Paralympic Committee voted 74-65 at an assembly in Bahrain against suspending Russia’s membership entirely. That would have meant a
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge says she is ending a conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school. Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes said she is terminating the agreement reached in 2004
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The small southern African nation of Eswatini is holding elections to decide part of the makeup of its parliament while its extremely wealthy king retains absolute power. Political parties are banned and elected representatives can merely advise King Mswati III. His family has reigned
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A teenager who killed four fellow students at Michigan’s Oxford High School is eligible for life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge ruled Friday, finding only a “slim” chance for rehabilitation after the 2021 attack. Judge Kwamé Rowe announced the decision over video conference,
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Higher gas prices heated up overall inflation last month, but the Federal Reserve got some welcome news: Its preferred inflation gauge cooled to its lowest level in two years. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures index, a closely watched inflation measure that excludes gas and food prices, rose 3.9%
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court will leap into online moderation debate for the second year running after the justices on Friday agreed to decide whether states can essentially control how social media companies operate. The decision to consider laws passed in 2021 by Texas and Florida could have nationwide repercussions
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans are taking notice of a possible government shutdown and the uncertainty of ongoing labor strikes, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey. The university’s Consumer Sentiment Index edged lower by 1.4 points in September, according to a final reading. That means US consumers
Continue Reading Karen Esquivel (CNN Español) — Venezuela tendrá elecciones primarias opositoras el próximo 22 de octubre. Se trata de unos comicios clave en la ruta de la oposición para enfrentar al presidente Nicolás Maduro, quien acumula 10 años en el poder, en los comicios presidenciales. El precandidato presidencial del movimiento Concertación Ciudadana, César Pérez Vivas, dijo
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