Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators have given final approval to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials. The Senate voted Wednesday along party lines for a measure that would alter yet again how the State Board of Elections is appointed.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have a population
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The cross-examination of a man who says he was raped as a teenager by New Hampshire youth center workers turned acrimonious, with the witness at one point calling an opposing lawyer a “sick man.” It was the second day of the trial of Bradley Asbury, who is accused of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex. It is a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to to Congress, months before she is set to arrive on Capitol Hill. The statement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail. That’s according to a new report from the city’s Department of Investigation. It
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Philadelphia jury has awarded $11 million to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the stairs. Wednesday’s jury award was the second major verdict this year against the embattled gun manufacturer over its P320 model. The jury concluded that New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University has selected Kimo Ah Yun as its new president. Ah Yun has been serving as the school’s acting president since June, when President Michael Lovell died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. The university announced Ah Yun’s appointment as president on Wednesday. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pamela Hayden, the longtime voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten — Bart Simpson’s very uncool friend — is stepping away after 35 years of whining. Hayden, 70, who voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy, will sign off from “The Simpsons” on Nov. 24 in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have rubber-stamped a new team of policy commissioners for the next five years to head one of the bloc’s most rightward-leaning executive branches ever. The lawmakers ended a week of bickering on Wednesday over the of 26 nominees to the new European Commission. Since Nov. 4, they’ve
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents Gabby Petito against the city of Moab. The lawsuit alleged that police there did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. The plaintiffs’ lawyer says
Continue ReadingDELTONA, Fla. (AP) — Two central Florida parents were charged criminally after a mother pushed a middle school resource deputy and the father punched the law enforcement officer in the face. Authorities said Wednesday that the parents in Deltona, Florida, were charged with battery on a law enforcement agent and armed robbery because the father
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says money available to help communities hit by disasters has shrunk after back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton. Deanne Criswell warned during a Senate hearing Wednesday that the funding problems might jeopardize the ability to respond to new disasters in the future. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada’s most populous province says all of the country’s provincial and territorial premiers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico. Ontario Premier Doug Ford chaired a call with all 13 provincial and territorial premiers.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats’ gut-wrenching defeat at the polls. After warning voters for years that a Donald Trump win would be calamitous for American democracy, Biden has gone largely silent on his concerns about what lays ahead for America and he has yet to
Continue ReadingKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot has been convicted of planning to kill federal law enforcement agents. The U.S. attorney’s office in Knoxville says Edward Kelley was found guilty Wednesday of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who was nominated by Donald Trump says it would be “beyond frustrating and disappointing” if the president-elect hands out mass pardons to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols’ remarks during a hearing on Tuesday represent a rare instance
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to penalize him even more. They say the former attorney for Donald Trump continues to spread false ballot fraud allegations about their actions during the 2020 presidential election. Attorneys for Ruby Freeman and her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee on Wednesday, promising to resume and grow its manufacturing of high-tech centrifuges there to enrich uranium at its facility in Ohio. The expansion by Centrus Energy at its massive facility in Oak Ridge
Continue ReadingTAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 1,500 migrants have formed a new caravan in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border. The migrants are mainly from Central and South America. Some say they are hoping to reach the United States before Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, saying they think it might
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Leaders from southern African countries have resolved to extend the mandate of a regional force fighting rebels in eastern Congo for another year. The leaders were meeting in Zimbabwe on Wednesday under the banner of the 15-member Southern African Development Community, or SADC, ahead of the expiry of the
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