By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifteen young women from around the United States have been recognized by the White House for their advocacy on a range of issues to improve their communities. Many of those issues are priorities for the White House, too. They range from lobbying for tighter gun laws and
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is still searching for concrete details about the condition of the handful of Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, including exactly how many the terror group may be holding captive in Gaza, or if they
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — History suggests No. 21 Notre Dame may already be out of the college football playoff picture. Still, coach Marcus Freeman insists there is plenty for the Fighting Irish to achieve this season. Notre Dame’s new quest will take place Saturday with an opportunity to face longtime rival No. 10 Southern
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to two life terms for killing a 10-year-old girl who was missing for eight months before her remains were found in a pond. The Quad City Times reports that Henry Earl Dinkins also will have to pay $150,000 in restitution to the mother of Breasia
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plans by the Port of South Louisiana to purchase what was once a major shipyard for construction of military vessels have been delayed. The port in January had announced plans to purchase the old Avondale Shipyard site from the current owner, port terminal operator T. Parker Host. However, The Times-Picayune/The New
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville officials have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Tennessee law that lets state leaders pick six of its 13 board members on the panel overseeing professional sports facilities in the city. The lawsuit over the changes to the Nashville Sports Authority is the latest legal
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — A prominent crime patrol leader in New York City’s Orthodox Jewish community was sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping a teenage girl placed in his care. Jacob Daskal pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges he groomed and sexually abused a 15-year-old who was
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday condemned the weekend attack by Hamas militants on Israel as the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust as the number of U.S. citizens killed in the fighting ticked up to at least 22. “This attack was a campaign
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — An independent panel has downgraded five Level I violations lodged by the NCAA against Kansas and basketball coach Bill Self. That effectively ends a long saga that began with a 2017 FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. Kansas will be required to remove its 2018
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A new Oklahoma judge could lose her job for sending more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar. The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges after a South Korean woman’s body was found decaying in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta’s suburbs. Police on Wednesday arrested 54-year-old Mihee Lee, the mother of three others already accused of
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a transgender boy in North Carolina is suing the state to block implementation of gender-affirming care restrictions that they say will force their son to undergo a wrong-gender puberty. A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court alleges the new
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s ban on higher-capacity magazines can remain in effect while the state fights a lower court’s ruling last month that the law is unconstitutional. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted state Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request that the law banning detachable magazines that hold more than 10
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to provide House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan with any additional information about her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his allies as well as any interactions with the Justice Department, according to a new letter obtained by CNN. “A charitable explanation
Continue ReadingPATNA, India (AP) — A government official and news reports say a passenger train has derailed in eastern India, killing at least four people and injuring 50 others. The injured were rushed to hospital and rescue work was in progress though hampered by darkness. The Press Trust of India news agency cited police officer Manish
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Lidia has dissipated after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerto Vallarta. One person was killed by a falling tree, another drowned in a swollen river and two others were injured after the hurricane made landfall on Tuesday. Lidia carried winds as high as 140 mph
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” feeds from accounts they don’t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday. The bills offered by state leaders are
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” feeds from accounts they don’t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday. The bills offered by state leaders are
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press A ballot measure in Ohio that would guarantee access to abortion rights is fueling misleading claims about how the proposal could influence abortion care, gender-related health care and parental consent in the state. The Associated Press spoke to medical and legal experts who explained what the proposed
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