AP Film Writer Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president, with the Oscar-winning actor expressing support for the Democratic nominee in a video Friday. “Climate change is killing the earth and ruining our economy, we need a bold step forward to save our economy, our planet and ourselves,” DiCaprio said in the video posted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A judge in South Carolina has erased the records of seven Black men arrested in 1960 for sitting at an all-white lunch counter. About 150 people packed the courtroom for the ceremony Friday. Two of the men are still alive, while the other five were represented by white roses placed by their names
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, in just over three weeks in office, has inherited a whirlwind of violence that many say was set up by her predecessor’s policy of not confronting drug cartels and using the army for law-enforcement. Sheinbaum, who took office Oct. 1, would rather be talking about
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Tom Holland is getting ready to don his Spidey suit again. The fourth installment of the blockbuster series has been set for a July 2026 release, Sony Pictures said Friday. Daniel Destin Cretton, best known for helming Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” has also signed on to direct
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Two adults and two children were found dead in the charred rubble of a house fire after a mother and another child jumped from a third-floor window to escape flames in a southwest Las Vegas neighborhood, authorities said. The mother and child were taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York is a Democratic-leaning state, but it is a major priority for Republicans on Election Day. Half a dozen U.S. House races in New York have become highly competitive, making it a key state in the race to control the chamber. In the state Legislature, Republicans hope to flip
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump will compete for Indiana’s 11 electoral votes on Election Day, with a full slate of other federal and state races rounding out the ballot. Two of the top elected leadership positions in the state will change hands after the Nov. 5 general
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is looking to continue his winning streak in Oklahoma as he competes with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for the state’s seven electoral votes. Oklahoma voters will also decide races for Congress, the state Legislature and will consider an effort to amend the state constitution to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Potential jurors’ own subway-riding experiences have come into focus in the case against a white U.S. Marine Corps veteran charged with killing a troubled Black man on a subway train. Jury selection continued Friday, but no jurors have yet been chosen in the case against Daniel Penny. The 25-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group have avoided prison time for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot after pleading guilty to federal charges and cooperating with investigators. Jon Ryan Schaffer, who founded the band Iced Earth, was the first Jan. 6 defendant
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the board’s plan to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Veteran journalists Robert Greene and Karin Klein announced their resignations Thursday, a day after the editorial page editor Mariel Garza left in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine presidential candidates will appear on Idaho’s ballot in the Nov. 5 general election, including Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and seven others running as independents or representing a minor political party. They will compete for the state’s four electoral votes to replace Democratic President
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first woman House speaker and a trusted adviser to many of the state’s Republicans, has died after a political career spanning nearly 60 years. She was 97. Davidson’s death was announced by Gov. Mike DeWine. Davidson’s political rise took her from being a volunteer in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for Rhode Island’s four electoral votes in the Nov. 5 general election. Rhode Island voters will also cast ballots for Congress, the state Legislature, several ballot measures and mayoral races. Among the third-party and independent presidential candidates on the ballot are
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of North Dakota have asked the state Supreme Court to let North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban remain in effect during the state’s appeal of the judge’s ruling that found the law unconstitutional. The judge earlier this month denied such a stay. The state asked the Supreme Court
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former model Stacey Williams is alleging that Donald Trump groped her at Trump Tower in early 1993 as disgraced hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein watched. Williams’ allegation is the latest in a lengthy list of accusations made against Trump, including by E. Jean Carroll, who has been locked in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison has been named interim Detroit police chief to replace Chief James White who is stepping down. Bettison spent 27 years with the police department and had been second in command to White — overseeing police-community relations and administrative functions — before moving to City Hall. Mayor
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. Durk, 32, is charged with conspiracy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A well-known Tunisian attorney and commentator is facing two years in prison for remarks she made about Tunisia and its treatment of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Sonia Dahmani was found guilty on Thursday of violating a statute against fake news that critics have long argued Tunisian authorities use to
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has notified prosecutors of suspected offenses committed by members of a special commission that investigated the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Poland’s then-president and 95 others. Commissioners alleged the crash was a Moscow-sponsored assassination. The notices of 41 potential offenses are the result of
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