ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Kentrell Garnett and Blake Butler scored 20 points as Louisiana beat Long Beach State 92-82 on Wednesday in the Gulf Coast Showcase. Garnett shot 8 for 16, including 4 for 10 from beyond the arc for the Ragin’ Cajuns (4-2). Butler was 8 of 13 shooting (4 for 6 from 3-point
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More children were apparently sickened by apple puree pouches recently recalled due to dangerous lead contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said. The agency has received 52 reports of elevated lead levels among children who reportedly consumed the products, which is up from 34 cases reported
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s governmental human rights agency says soldiers opened fire “without reason” a year ago in the violent border city of Nuevo Laredo, killing a man. The National Human Rights Commission says soldiers argued that the occupants of a pickup truck had opened fire first. But the commission said no gunshot residue
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, keeping the market on pace for a fourth straight winning week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, with nearly all of its sectors notching gains on the final day of trading ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — It’s been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman. Altman, who helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab back in 2015, was removed as CEO Friday in a sudden and mostly unexplained exit that stunned the industry. And while his chief executive title was swiftly reinstated
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press A Vermont religious school that withdrew its girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team is suing Vermont. The lawsuit comes after the state banned the Mid Vermont Christian School from competing in state tournaments, saying it violated policies on race,
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three people are dead and three others remain missing after a landslide ripped through a remote Alaska fishing community this week. The landslide slammed into three homes in the southeast Alaska town of Wrangell on Monday night. The state Department of Public Safety
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said. There was no
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has ruled that a Republican-drawn map for Tennessee’s Senate seats violates the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the legislative districts in left-leaning Nashville. The numbering matters because the four-year Senate terms are staggered, putting some districts on the
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury in Illinois has found that several major egg producers in the U.S. conspired to price-fix eggs between 2004 and 2008. The decision came Tuesday in a longrunning lawsuit against suppliers that was filed in federal court in 2011. Food manufacturing giants including Kraft Foods
Continue ReadingMOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the teenager he fled to Italy with this summer. A marriage certificate filed Monday in Mobile County shows that 30-year-old Catholic priest Alex Crow married the 18-year-old. Crow left the country in late July with the teen. She is a recent graduate
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the scandals in the cryptocurrency industry seem to never end, Washington policymakers appear to have little interest in pushing through legislation to codify the structure of the industry. The latest shoe to drop is Binance’s multibillion dollar settlement with U.S. authorities this week.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Body camera video shows an Atlanta police officer responding to a minor car crash deployed a Taser on a church deacon after the man repeatedly said he could not breathe. In the video released Wednesday, Johnny Hollman Sr. disregards multiple commands by Officer Kiran
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Military scientists have identified the remains of an Indiana soldier who died in World War II when the tank he was commanding was struck by an anti-tank round during a battle in Germany. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Wednesday the remains of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Gene F. Walker of
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Two people accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs will remain behind bars for now. Lawyers for Han Lee and Junmyung Lee agreed to a voluntary order of detention during a brief court
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda claims to have seized a key town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region amid intense fighting. It raises further security concerns ahead of the country’s Dec. 20 presidential election. The Associated Press is not immediately able to verify
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By Celina Tebor, John Miller, Evan Perez and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Investigators think a deadly crash Wednesday morning at the Rainbow Bridge, which links the US and Canada, involved a man who was traveling with his wife in a Bentley at a high rate of speed, law enforcement sources told CNN. The speeding
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said. There was no immediate information the cause of the explosion,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for a landslide victory Wednesday in the Dutch election, according to an exit poll, in a result that is bound to send shockwaves through Europe. The result puts him in line to lead talks to
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Illinois jury has found that several major egg producers in the U.S. conspired to price-fix eggs between 2004 and 2008. The lawsuit against suppliers was filed in 2011. Food manufacturing giants including Kraft Foods Global, Inc. and The Kellogg Company argued that the egg suppliers limited
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