Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants. Danielle Hazel said Monday that she’s always dreamed of entering the competitions but was devastated to learn that she’s no longer eligible because she had a son
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants. Danielle Hazel said Monday that she’s always dreamed of entering the competitions but was devastated to learn that she’s no longer eligible because she had a son
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report For America Award-winning, world renowned artist Fred Nall Hollis has died. Hollis was 76 years old and a local arts center in his home state of Alabama says he died on Saturday. The visual artist had work shown in famous venues including the Menton Museum of Art in France and the Basilica of
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk, who has
Continue ReadingCalMatters Ronald Latney used to believe his vote didn’t matter. But after returning to jail this year, he realized the difference it can make — especially locally. “I try to tell everybody … like, man, we need to vote, because our lives depend on this,” he said, mentioning district attorney races and bail policies. “That’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former schools police chief in Uvalde, Texas, made his first court appearance on criminal charges that accuse him of failing to take sufficient action during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022. Pete Arredondo has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta. Republican Richard Woods says he also wants to expand a mental health program for students and
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old middle school student in Port Orange, Florida, has been charged with a felony after threatening to commit a mass shooting at a middle school, authorities said Monday. “We just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands
Continue ReadingBy Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday depicted himself on social media as a globe-trotting freedom fighter – tweeting at world leaders, traveling to Ukraine to support its war effort, and professing his willingness to die
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert’s right leg will continue to be evaluated this week after it got rolled up on in Los Angeles’ 26-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Coach Jim Harbaugh said on Monday that X-rays were negative and that there will be more information on Wednesday when the
Continue ReadingNassieli Pizano MEXICALI, B.C. (T3) – Un colorido desfile de la celebración de Independencia se vivió la mañana de este lunes donde se dieron cita autoridades de los 3 niveles de gobierno para iniciar con el festejo cívico de los 214 aniversario de la Independencia de México. Fueron más de 300 contingentes que mostraron toda
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — A district court judge in San Antonio ruled against the Texas attorney general’s attempt to stop one of the state’s biggest counties from mailing voter registration applications to a large number of unregistered voters. Judge Antonia Arteaga on Monday dismissed a temporary restraining order and a temporary injunction filed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Oregon are asking Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek to ensure the integrity of the state’s voter rolls. Their letter to the governor came after state transportation officials acknowledged that some 300 noncitizens had been registered as voters since 2021. The mistake occurred in part because Oregon has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters have battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil in the latest wildfire in the country which is experiencing an historic drought. More than 90 firefighters on Monday were trying to extinguish blazes that have already burned through 700 hectares or 1,700 acres of the conservation
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Law enforcement officials held a briefing with the latest on the investigation into the apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. You can watch the briefing below: According to reports, it’s expected that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Southern Florida will speak along with law enforcement. The suspect in the assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A former Canadian vice admiral has been found not guilty of sexual assault and an indecent act over his behavior on a ship during a 1991 deployment. A judge in Ontario stated Monday the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Former Vice Adm. Haydn Edmundson faced accusations from
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The second apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in as many months is raising new alarms about whether the Secret Service can adequately protect the former president or whether more needs to be done to bolster the security of the Republican presidential candidate even though
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has urged the U.S. to cancel licenses for Chevron and other energy companies. The coalition aims to pressure President Nicolás Maduro to negotiate a transition from power. An adviser to Edmundo González Urrutia’s campaign made the appeal Monday. González represented the Unitary Platform coalition in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Monday to revive a defamation lawsuit that former NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member — former tight end Shannon Sharpe. Favre’s filed the lawsuit over comments Sharpe made in 2022 on a Fox Sports show amid
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling in New Jersey had its best month ever in August, bringing in over $198 million in revenue even as most of Atlantic City’s land-based casinos continued to win less than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming
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