By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CEO of the National Association of Realtors is stepping down nearly two months before his planned retirement. The move comes just two days after the trade group was dealt a punishing judgement in federal court over its rules on real estate agent commissions. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump says those involved in the case must not disclose possible jurors’ names as she set rules around conducting research into potential members of the jury. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said potential jurors will be brought to the courthouse in
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” has sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone through its first week. “I poured my heart and soul into my memoir, and I am grateful to my fans and readers around the world for their unwavering support,”
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A third-grade student from Bella Vista Elementary School is being remembered as a “baseball angel” by the school community after a deadly car crash. A spokesperson for Palm Springs Unified School District confirmed the death and that a crisis team was on campus to assist students. Donations are now being accepted online and at the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer Walt Disney Co. said it will acquire a 33% stake in Hulu from Comcast for at least $8.6 billion, a deal that will give Disney full control of the streaming service. Disney has run Hulu since 2019, when Comcast ceded its authority to Disney and effectively became a silent
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple’s sales remained on a downward slope during the summer, resulting in a full year of declining revenue at the technology trendsetter with a long history of steady growth that turned it into the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. The slight sales deterioration announced Thursday for the July-September
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Nelson Cruz says he is retiring at age 43 after hitting 464 home runs in 19 major league seasons. The seven-time All-Star announced his decision Thursday on The Adam Jones Podcast. “So this is the last we’re seeing of Nelson Cruz?” Jones asked. “I think so, yeah,” Cruz responded. Cruz was
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANT JOAN DESPÍ, Spain (AP) — It’s been a whirlwind last few months for newly crowned Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí with memorable victories on and off the field. Bonmatí helped Spain win the Women’s World Cup and led Barcelona to the Champions League title. But amid the avalanche of
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has determined the state’s attorney general engaged in attorney misconduct in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim. The case sparked national attention in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The final Beatles recording is here. Titled “Now and Then,” the almost impossible-to-believe track is four minutes and eight seconds of the first and only original Beatles recording of the 21st century. There’s a countdown, then acoustic guitar strumming and piano bleed into the unmistakable
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a man killed a woman, left her body in a car in Boston, then boarded a flight for Kenya. Police say the body of 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu of Whitman was discovered about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a parking garage at Logan International Airport. Investigators have identified the suspect
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared higher again on Thursday with hopes the Federal Reserve may finally be done with its market-rattling hikes to interest rates. The S&P 500 leaped 1.9% for its fourth straight winning day. It’s already up 4.9% this week and on pace for its
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid has begun. Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison fired shots during the botched raid that went through Taylor’s apartment and into her neighbor’s dwelling. Hankison is charged with two federal
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities in the Seattle area are searching for a 17-year-old boy who they say shot and killed a passenger on a city bus last month in what newly filed charging documents describe as “the senseless execution of a total stranger” — a recent example of shocking but
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trying to increase trade with Latin America. The Democrat is meeting on Thursday with the heads of the Dominican Republic and Chile as part of a broader effort to disrupt China’s dominance in global manufacturing. Biden on Friday will welcome
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have launched an investigation into the troubled jail in Atlanta where former President Donald Trump surrendered in August. A state Senate subcommittee tasked with studying the Fulton County jail system held its first hearing Thursday. The county’s main jail opened in 1989 in a neighborhood
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANT JOAN DESPÍ, Spain (AP) — It’s been a whirlwind last few months for newly crowned Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí with memorable victories on and off the field. Bonmatí helped Spain win the Women’s World Cup and led Barcelona to the Champions League title. But amid the avalanche of
Continue ReadingBy 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’ 2021 mayoral campaign conspired with a Brooklyn-based construction company to funnel foreign
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has issued an executive order requiring school systems to notify parents of school-related overdoses after authorities said there had been seven fentanyl-related overdoses connected to one high school within three weeks. Both Youngkin and Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman faulted the Loudoun school system for failing
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University is canceling classes after a student was charged with making online threats against Jewish people on campus. Twenty-one-year-old Cornell junior Patrick Dai has been charged with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications. Officials responded to the antisemitic threats by sending police to guard a Jewish
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