By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a studio album from Jason Aldean and a posthumous release from Jimmy Buffett, a new Hulu series inspired from Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Black Cake” and Annette Bening portrays a real-life hero who swam the treacherous passage from Cuba to Key West in 2013. Naturalist Sir
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year’s presidential election at a scale never seen before. Most adults in the U.S. feel the same way, according
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Most of that money comes with a requirement that it be used to address the overdose crisis and prevent more deaths. But
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Outrage over the price of basic housing is spurring calls for a tax on mansions in a Southwestern city cherished by tourists and second-home owners for its adobe architecture and Rocky Mountain vistas. A Nov. 7 ballot initiative would place a 3% tax on home
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday issued a strong message after a day of meetings with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv, declaring, “we need to do more to protect Palestinian civilians.” In some of his most forceful comments to date, the top US diplomat said that “civilians
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers likely kept hiring at a healthy pace last month, defying high interest rates, rising pressure on consumers and labor strikes that idled big swaths of the nation’s auto industry. The government’s October jobs report is expected to show Friday that companies and government agencies
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of hip-hop, country, pop, funk, R&B and rock all have reason to cheer the 2023 class entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Missy Elliott, Kate Bush, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — There was a Halloween haunted house to plan. Finding days on the fall calendar for neighborhood cleanup projects. A big report on criminal justice issues to finish. Veteran organizer Angela Lang was more than busy. But as she gave her neighborhood canvassing teams a morning pep talk recently,
Continue ReadingCNN By John King, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — There was a Halloween haunted house to plan. Finding days on the fall calendar for neighborhood cleanup projects. A big report on criminal justice issues to finish. Veteran organizer Angela Lang was more than busy. But as she gave her neighborhood canvassing teams a morning pep talk
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A California jury has awarded $332 million to a man who sued chemical giant Monsanto Co. contending that his cancer was related to decades of using its Roundup weedkiller. A San Diego Superior Court jury awarded damages Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Mike Dennis, 57, of Carlsbad. He was diagnosed
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A California jury has awarded $332 million to a man who sued chemical giant Monsanto Co. contending that his cancer was related to decades of using its Roundup weedkiller. A San Diego Superior Court jury awarded damages Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Mike Dennis, 57, of Carlsbad. He was diagnosed
Continue ReadingWABC, BRIANNA SUGGS, LINKEDIN, @NYCMAYOR, X, BRIANNA SUGGS.COM, CNN, Brianna Suggs/LinkedIn, @NYCMayor/X By Gloria Pazmino, John Miller, Paul P. Murphy and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — An FBI raid at the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adam’s chief fundraiser Thursday morning is said to be part of an investigation to determine whether Adams’
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, WABC, GETTY IMAGES, CHRISTINE CORNELL, THE WHITE HOUSE By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A higher court on Thursday denied Ivanka Trump’s request to postpone her upcoming testimony in her father’s civil fraud trial, shortly after she claimed she’d suffer “undue hardship” if forced to appear during a school week. “Ms. Trump, who
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was Robert De Niro’s chief personal assistant for over a decade has cited his angry outburst at her during his testimony in a New York courtroom as an example of his mistreatment of her. Graham Chase Robinson began testifying on Thursday in Manhattan
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A day ahead of the grand opening of the Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza and Museum, which News Channel 3 got an exclusive preview of, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Chairman Reid Milanovich invited members of the media to experience the ancestral lands which hold much of his people’s history and culture. Milanovich led
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Anze Kopitar scored midway through the second period to help Los Angeles build a three-goal lead and the Kings held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday night. Carl Grundstrom and Philip Danault also scored and Adrian Kempe had two assists for the Kings, who have won the first
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The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is about to redefine the visitor experience in Palm Springs. More than five years after breaking ground, the long-awaited Cultural Plaza and Museum will open to the public on November 3rd. But before that happens, News Channel 3’s Peter Daut got an exclusive tour of the new state-of-the-art facility. “Every video,
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn’t until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of course. A handful of players still don’t wear them. Broken jaws, smashed noses and concussions haven’t
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii say a wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers as firefighters continue to battle it. The flames aren’t threatening homes or property, and no evacuations have been ordered. But they have scorched some native koa
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. Instead, they’re seeing increased consumer support as people eat more fish, a movement in part helped by China’s ban on Japanese
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