By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has addressed Britain’s Parliament at an event honoring his dedication to fighting HIV in the U.K. and beyond. The British star spoke to dozens of lawmakers and campaigners in the grand Speaker’s House of Parliament on Wednesday. John set up his AIDS Foundation in 1992
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Cuban in many ways has been the face of the Dallas Mavericks franchise since he bought the club in 2000, so the news that he was selling a majority share to perhaps Las Vegas’ most powerful family created a number of questions. WHO IS
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS and SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writers Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company, it was announced Wednesday. The deal could be completed in the coming weeks. The agreement would
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn, (AP) — NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season. The Cup Series will include existing partners Fox Sports and NBC while Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon have joined the package.
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for labeling her a candidate of the Republican Party “establishment,” saying his remarks were “what a candidate says when they are losing.” “There is nothing establishment about a candidate who was the tea party candidate who ran for
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is trying anew to help voters using mail-in ballots in the battleground state avoid mistakes that might get their ballot thrown out in 2024’s presidential election and beyond. In a new directive Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration asked counties to start using a standard
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Update 11/29/23 1:45 p.m. CAL Fire Riverside County officials have been battling several hot spots throughout the morning hours. Since 4 a.m. two smoking hot spots have broken out leading to a quick response from fire crews. Battalion Chief, Pete Tierney confirmed the tanks outside of the business store butane, and that the residue of
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released 16 hostages late Wednesday in the last swap for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel under the current Gaza truce as international mediators raced to seal another extension to allow further exchanges and prolong the halt of Israel’s air and ground
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Franklin Sechriest was sentenced on Wednesday. He had previously pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property on Halloween 2021.
Continue ReadingGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Federal inspectors have levied fines against two construction companies in connection with a worker’s death at Lambeau Field earlier this year. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Packers. WLUK-TV reports that 27-year-old Joshua Shaw died in June after he was struck by a dumbwaiter car while working inside
Continue ReadingLAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 95,000 gallons (360,000 liters) of sewage spilled in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, leading to the closure of more than 2 miles (3.2 km) of Southern California coastline to swimmers and surfers, health officials said. The Orange County Health Care Agency’s environmental division said the spill occurred following a break
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced Tony award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright will be this year’s recipient of the “Career Achievement Award’ for his performance in American Fiction. Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is adapted from Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure”. In it, Wright plays a frustrated, novelist named Monk who is tired of the establishment profiting
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in federal court is alleging negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents of a Kentucky town from their homes just before the Thanksgiving holiday. The train derailed Nov. 22 near Livingston, and residents who evacuated could
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A travel trailer was fully engulfed in flames today in Thermal but firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire. Fire crews responded shortly before noon Wednesday to a report of a residential structure fire in the area of Harrison and Pierce streets, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Upon arrival, they encountered
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona grand jury indicted two local Republican officials who balked at certifying their county’s general election results by the legal deadline in 2022 – in a standoff with state officials that drew national attention at the time. Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd, 61, and Tom Crosby, 64, each
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors appeared in court in New York on Wednesday for the start of jury selection in a trial in which he is accused of injuring his then-girlfriend during an argument last spring. The trial could wind up playing a big role in what
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Republican Party has filed a petition challenging a court order that kept some polls in the state’s largest county open longer than usual on election night in November. The papers filed Tuesday come after ballot shortages in Hinds County sowed chaos and
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — An expensive private high school in Mexico has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot attendant at his housing complex. The high school student, whose name authorities have not yet confirmed, was seen on security camera footage rushing into the guard shack and
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Members of five American families whose loved ones were kidnapped on October 7 described the “psychological warfare” from Hamas as they’ve been waiting for any news to emerge about their children and relatives. The family members spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview in Washington, DC, Wednesday,
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