Month: September 2023

By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing pressure to appoint a replacement for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Already, names have been floated in California circles. The situation is complicated and wrought with political risk for Newsom, a term-limited governor with national political

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State restrictions on books that can be made available to Iowa students have prompted some Des Moines-area school districts to post disclaimers on Little Free Libraries. Earlier this year the Iowa Legislature approved a law that bans books that describe sex acts from libraries and classrooms, forcing school districts

NEW YORK (AP) — Password-sharing crackdowns are becoming more and more common in the streaming world today. And Disney Plus is following suit. In an email sent to the users in Canada earlier this week, Disney announced restrictions on Canadian subscribers’ “ability to share your account or login credentials outside of your household.” Disney Plus’

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s soaring popularity was even more evident when it came to jersey sales. Ohtani had the best-selling jersey in Major League Baseball this season, the first time a Japanese player finished in the top spot. The league and the Players Association released its top-20 list Friday, with rankings based on

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge says she is ending a conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school. Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes said she is terminating the agreement reached in 2004

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to begin regulating laboratory-based medical tests. It’s a multibillion-dollar industry that regulators say poses a growing risk to patients. The agency’s proposed rule was announced Friday. It would formally bring thousands of tests performed in large laboratories under

By AHMAD MANTASH Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A Palestinian security force has deployed in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south. The force replaces gunmen who had occupied the complex in the Ein el-Hilweh camp since fighting broke out in late July, leaving more than 30 people

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who spent 18 years in prison for a murder he said he did not commit was found not guilty at a second trial. Newsday reports 66-year-old Paul Scrimo was acquitted on Thursday in Nassau County Court in the strangulation death of Ruth Williams in 2000. Scrimo was

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Senior experts gathered at an annual conference in Greece have warned that instability driven by climate change could threaten democracies in the future, even though representative governments are best equipped to provide solutions. The Athens Democracy Forum, an event backed by the United Nations, was held

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rain walloped the New York metropolitan area with a startling punch Friday, knocking out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranding drivers on highways, flooding basements and shuttering a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours in one of the city’s

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. McCarthy’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite