Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state” for the first time, two days after it blew up front-line road and rail links that once connected the country with the South. The back-to-back developments indicate North Korea is intent on
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in Boston has apologized for a “Too Many Balls” marketing campaign that draw a harsh reaction from the transgender community and others. A day after unveiling the slogan as part of the rollout of the team name BOS Nation FC, the organization
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus for harassing and intimidating other employees. University spokesperson Ben Chang says Shai Davidai, a business professor at the Manhattan university, will have to undergo training in order to have his campus access restored. Davidai didn’t immediately
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The contents of a time capsule that was entombed for a century in one of the nation’s preeminent World War I memorials have been revealed. There was a letter from President Calvin Coolidge, praising the spirit of the Kansas City community. The Egyptian Revival-style monument was erected in a burst of postwar patriotism.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check. She’s turned that investment into $100 million and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams through travel and training grants, local sports programs and mentoring athletes and coaches. King celebrated the 50th
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says he plans to step down next summer. Leavitt announced on his blog Wednesday that he will resign effective June 30. He plans to stay on at the university as a chemistry professor. Leavitt was appointed chancellor in 2014. He said in his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgians aren’t waiting to vote, with what could be more than 10% of expected turnout casting ballots through Wednesday. More than 310,000 people voted on Tuesday, the first day of early in-person voting, with another 260,000 more making their choices through Wednesday afternoon. Another 33,000 mail ballots have also been
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer A new study found people with HIV can safely receive donated kidneys from deceased donors with the virus. In the study published Wednesday, researchers looked at 198 kidney transplants performed at hospitals across the United States. They found similar results whether the donated organ came from a person with or without the
Continue ReadingWINDER, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors say the father of a teenager accused of a deadly high school shooting in Georgia was aware that his son was obsessed with school shooters. The prosecutors said at a Wednesday court hearing that Colt Gray had a shrine in his bedroom for the gunman in the 2018 school shooting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the presidential race moves into its final weeks, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump embarked on an interview blitz that offered new details about their policy priorities and their political strategies. In recent days, Harris has sat with Charlamagne tha God, whose radio show is especially popular among
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie guard Caitlin Clark added another accolade to her outstanding first season, earning All-WNBA honors Wednesday. The Indiana Fever guard became the first rookie to make the team since Candace Parker did it in 2008. She’s the fifth rookie ever to have that honor, joining Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has brought her campaign to a place many Democrats have long considered enemy territory — Fox News Channel. She was interviewed Wednesday by Fox News anchor Bret Baier and it aired on his program at 6 p.m. Eastern. Whether to appear on a network
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Three states are asking a judge to let them try a new approach with a lawsuit to force the federal government to reduce access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The request from Idaho, Kansas and Missouri comes months after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously refused to undo the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America RICHMOND (AP) — Two Republican election officials say in a lawsuit that they will not certify the results of the Nov. 5 election in a rural Virginia city unless the ballots are hand-counted —perpetuating a false notion that vote-tallying machines can be manipulated. The suit against the Virginia Department of Elections
Continue ReadingBRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — A veteran detective with a county prosecutor’s office in New Jersey was fatally shot during an apparent home invasion. State police say Bridgeton police found Sgt. Monica Mosley about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday while responding to a report of several people attempting to kick in the front door of a home. She
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The annual college football bowl game held in Alabama’s capital is changing its name to the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl. The game has been known as the Camellia Bowl since it was formed in 2014. Al.com reports organizers announced Tuesday that Integrated Solutions for Systems, a Huntsville-based engineering and electronics
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press/Report For America BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge is halting an Alabama program that made thousands of legal voters inactive ahead of the November elections. Republican Secretary of State Wes Allen launched the program in August, saying it would begin a process of removing non-citizensnon- from the state’s voter rolls. Testimony
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to drug charges and causing bodily harm in connection with a toddler’s fatal opioid overdose at a New York City daycare has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Judge Jed S. Rakoff sentenced Felix Herrera-Garcia in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. Prosecutors had sought a
Continue ReadingPLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter cast his ballot in the 2024 election Wednesday. The former president voted by mail, the Carter Center confirmed in a statement. It happened barely two weeks after Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he’s been living in hospice care. His
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump has offered uncharacteristic personal compliments of Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, noting her ability to “survive” — though it came with a subtle jab. Asked during a Wednesday town hall-style event hosted by Univision to name three of Harris’ virtues, Trump said the vice president “seems to have some
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