Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota is asking a judge to pause his ruling from last week that struck down North Dakota’s abortion ban as unconstitutional. The state filed a motion for a stay pending appeal on Wednesday, and intends to appeal the ruling to the North Dakota Supreme Court,
Continue ReadingPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a six-month suspension of former state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s law license. The ruling Wednesday cites actions he took following a deadly accident with a pedestrian that precipitated his political downfall. The ruling says Ravnsborg violated rules of professional conduct. It’s unclear if Ravnsborg
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — “Who’s that girl?” was a common refrain from Sundance Film Festival goers walking out of “My Old Ass” in January. Its vibrant star, Maisy Stella, was a child sensation who stepped away from the limelight for a few years to be a normal teenager. Now, at 20, she’s ready
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The deaths of two women in Georgia have been tied to a state law that bans most abortions after roughly six weeks. The news organization ProPublica reported that both women had taken abortion pills. This may raise questions in some people’s minds about the pills’ safety, but experts, studies and regulators have determined
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Canadian and Italian dignitaries on Thursday marked the successful recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as “The Roaring Lion,” stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police. At a ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Rome, Italian carabinieri police handed over the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Year 1 of the Clark & Reese Show has been unlike anything the WNBA has ever seen. Sure, this season’s final chapter is still unscripted with the playoffs set to start Sunday. But the rookie seasons and attention Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have had makes the league’s outlook
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Members of a Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Texas-based Steward Health Care have adopted two resolutions designed to hold CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt for not testifying before the panel. Both resolutions will be sent to the full Senate for consideration. Thursday’s votes come after de
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as host and not one but two musical guests: Billy Preston and Janis Ian. On Saturday nights,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Electronic pagers that were status symbols in the 1990s are used for communication precisely because they are old school. The devices run on batteries and radio waves. That generally makes them impervious to dead zones without WiFi, basements without cell service, hackings and catastrophic network collapses such as those during the Sept. 11,
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Zachry Quinto is back on TV on Monday in a medical drama. But he’s not portraying any dour, by-the-rules doctor — he’s playing Dr. Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist, path-breaking researcher and author once called the “poet laureate of medicine.” NBC’s “Brilliant Minds” takes Sack’s personality — a
Continue ReadingAP National Political Writer FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A series of unnerving developments has crystalized the volatility coursing through the country in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign. A political system long lauded for its resilience and durability is being tested. Law enforcement, political leaders and voters are navigating unfamiliar terrain. The FBI is
Continue ReadingBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Lions coach Dan Campbell is selling his suburban Detroit home to get more privacy. “There’s plenty of space, it’s on two acres, the home is beautiful,” Campbell told Crain’s Detroit Business. “It’s just that people figured out where we lived when we lost.” He didn’t elaborate, but Bloomfield Township police
Continue ReadingJetBlue Airways plans to open its first airport lounges as part of a plan to get more business from premium travelers. The airline said Thursday it will open lounges at New York’s JFK Airport and Boston’s Logan Airport late next year. JetBlue says the clubs will primarily be for top-level members of its frequent-flyer program
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board approved the language Wednesday in a 3-2 party-line vote, two days after the Republican-led state Supreme Court voted 4-3 to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is suing a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics. The lawsuit filed in Oklahoma by Sen. Doug Mastriano centers on criticism of him and his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members this week made for an eerie and shocking spectacle. Analysts say Hezbollah will be able to regroup militarily and find communications workarounds, but the psychological effects will likely run deep. The blasts have been widely blamed on
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Decades into one of the most consistent careers in contemporary country music, and you’d think Keith Urban has this whole album thing worked out. But his 11th studio album, “High,” out Friday, was no walk in the park. He wrote and scrapped an entire album before this one.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August to the slowest annual pace in nearly a year even as mortgage rates eased and the supply of properties on the market kept rising. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that home sales fell 2.5% last month, from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A candidate for president in Tunisia has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on election fraud charges that his attorney decried as politically motivated. Businessman Ayachi Zammel is among several presidential candidates in Tunisia to have faced prosecution and arrest in the months leading up to the North
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Mass. (AP) — A spokesperson says two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates and three others were injured at a Massachusetts maximum security prison. The five officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were taken to hospitals after the confrontation Wednesday night. Four have since been released and one is being treated for
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