Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis says Floridians will likely know who their next U.S. senator will be by the beginning of January. Assuming the Senate confirms Marco Rubio as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state, it’s up to DeSantis to appoint his replacement. Some Republicans are pressuring the governor
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, fierce critics of President-elect Donald Trump, say they traveled to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with him to reopen lines of communication that would better serve their morning show viewers. With feelings still raw two weeks after the election, their journey to Trump’s Florida home hasn’t
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — “Someone’s attacking here. F train,” Morielyn Sanchez told the 911 operator. “He’s trying to attack everybody.” “They’re holding him down right now,” she said, the panic in the 18-year-old’s voice apparent. Sanchez’s 911 call was one of several that prosecutors aired during their
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court is weighing in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick. On Monday, it ordered counties not to count mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the return envelope. It’s
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Angelina Jolie will be the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, for Pablo Larraín’s Maria at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Awards, organizers announced on Monday. “Maria presents the iconic Angelina Jolie in the role of a lifetime as she embodies Maria Callas, the worldrenowned opera legend. Jolie’s extraordinary portrayal captures the
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Update 11/18/24 The Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement on the incident: “A single-engine Cirrus SR-22 landed hard at Palm Springs International Airport in California around 12:15 p.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 17. Two people were on board. The FAA will investigate.” The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident as well. According
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low. Dry conditions across the Northeast have been blamed for hundreds of brush fires. They had already
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Spirit Airlines, the largest budget carrier in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. The airline said customers should not see any disruption to their travel plans while the process unfolds. The filing followed years of struggles for the Florida-based airline, which is known for its no-frills,
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, Melissa Alonso, John Miller, Sabrina Shulman and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Three unprovoked stabbings across Manhattan Monday morning that left two men and one woman dead show how the criminal justice and mental health systems fail New Yorkers, the city’s mayor said. The suspect is 51-year-old Ramon Rivera – who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Jason Stephens says he won’t seek another term as the Ohio House speaker. Stephens has presided for the past two years over one of the most tumultuous periods in recent Ohio House history. At a Statehouse news conference Monday, the 53-year-old said he expects his withdrawal will set
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities in New Orleans are imploring witnesses to come forward with information about two outbreaks of gunfire during a neighborhood parade that left two people dead and 13 hurt. They are also seeking to reassure the public that the Sunday afternoon gunfire was an aberration in a city where
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Lisa Kyung Gross first tried to recreate the Korean dishes her grandmother made when she was a child, none of it tasted as good. Things were always slightly off. She was so convinced that everyone should learn dishes from an elder expert that she went on to
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980s. Riley
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980s. Riley
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who tried the murder case made famous by the book “Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil” has died. Gamble Funeral Service says former Chatham County District Attorney Spencer Lawton Jr. died Wednesday at his home in Savannah. He was 81. Lawton served nearly three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The family of a worker killed in an explosion at a Louisville manufacturing plant says they begged authorities to search the wreckage for his remains after they were told all employees were accounted for. Kevens Dawson Jr.’s body was found inside the Givaudan Color Sense plant after rescuers returned
Continue ReadingAP White House Correspondent WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over Brownsville and Boca Chica, Texas area
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One Los Angeles County resident has died and at least one other has been sickened in a multi-state E.coli outbreak tied to organic carrots, health officials said today. The county Department of Public Health confirmed Monday it is investigating two local cases of E.coli linked to the outbreak of Grimmway Farms carrots. “One local case
Continue ReadingWELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — The second-oldest person in the United States has died at age 113. Officials in Wellsley, Massachusetts, say Herlda Senhouse died in her sleep Saturday. Senhouse was born in 1911. She dreamed of becoming a nurse, but told The Boston Globe that she was turned away by a nursing school after it
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The brother of a suspect in four arsons involving Boston-area Jewish institutions in 2019 has pleaded guilty to charges he obstructed the investigation. Alexander Giannakakis was working in security at the U.S. embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, when he was arrested by Swedish authorities in 2022. Giannakakis’ brother was hospitalized in a coma
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