TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t violate New Jersey’s “sore loser” law and can appear on the ballot as an independent candidate. Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, who also serves as secretary of state, issued an order Wednesday upholding in part an administrative law judge’s determination just a day earlier. The ruling means
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The extreme weather seen in places across the United States shows it doesn’t take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage. Torrential rain from Tropical Storm Debby is just one example. The system that came ashore in Florida as a minimal Category 1 hurricane has flooded low-lying communities and left thousands without power
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Food that goes uneaten at the Paris Olympics is helping those in need around the French capital. It’s part of an effort to cut down on food waste and contribute to organizers’ commitment to sustainability. Paris 2024 organizers have long said the Games would be more environmentally friendly, including reusable
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb marked the completion of a $4 billion, 142-mile extension of a major interstate highway Tuesday, calling it a “historic milestone” 16 years after work began on the project. Holcomb’s two predecessors — former Vice President Mike Pence and former Gov. Mitch Daniels — joined him at a morning
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Federal Aviation Administration officials say the agency has doubled its number of enforcement cases against Boeing since a door plug blew off a 737 Max in midflight. The increase in cases was disclosed Wednesday during a National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the accident, which happened during an Alaska Airlines flight in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods now says school districts may teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies after all, now that Georgia’s attorney general said the state’s law against teaching divisive racial concepts specifically exempts such college-level courses. Woods said Wednesday that a letter from Attorney
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won’t survive if planetary warming isn’t stopped. During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to corn mazes across the country are finding a familiar figure in the winding labyrinth of tall stalks. Snoopy. More than 80 farms in the U.S. and Canada have teamed up with Peanuts Worldwide to create “Peanuts”-themed mazes to celebrate the beloved strip’s 75th birthday. The mazes
Continue ReadingBy Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Hamas’ choice of a hardline political leader did little to comfort Gazans displaced, hungry, and seeking a way out of their misery after nearly 10 months of war on Wednesday. The Palestinian militant group appointed Yahya Sinwar to lead its political bureau on Tuesday, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was
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Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Raleigh, North Carolina to assist as Tropical Storm Debby is expected to bring more rain to North Carolina.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Samra Zulfaqar, CNN (CNN) — A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country following weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations. Muhammad Yunus, 84, is heading an interim
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Election results are contested. Far-right extremists groups are plotting to overthrow the electoral college vote count. Protesters gather in Washington. TV news screens blare: “Capitol in Chaos.” Only this is not January 6th, 2021, but a simulation of an insurrection very much like it. In January last year,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AIN MESBAH, Algeria (AP) — Relatives and neighbors erupted in cheers on Tuesday when Algeria’s Imane Khelif advanced to the Olympic final in women’s boxing, winning a clear unanimous decision over Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand. In Ain Mesbah, the rural cinder block-built town where the boxer was raised, legions of supporters convened on
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — One year after fires tore through Lahaina, Maui, killing 102 people and wiping out the town that was once the center of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the last of the debris is still being sorted through. Many Lahaina residents remain homeless, and all the houses and businesses destroyed in the
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Melissa Alonso and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Two sons of the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán – one in prison in the US, the other free in Mexico – carved out an agreement together before one took a consequential flight last month from Mexico to El Paso, Texas, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Yahya Sinwar’s appointment as the top leader of Hamas formalizes a role he assumed in the early hours of Oct. 7, when the surprise attack into Israel that he helped mastermind ushered in the bloodiest chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is seen as a hard-liner with closer ties to Hamas’ armed wing
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — India’s growing influence in the Olympics during a bid to host the 2036 Summer Games should soon see a first sponsor deal from the country for the IOC. The International Olympic Committee currently has 15 top-tier sponsor partners which collectively paid almost $740 million last year in cash and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Suga, a member of K-pop sensation BTS, apologized Wednesday for driving an electric vehicle while intoxicated. His label, Big Hit Music, said Min Yoon-gi, famously known as Suga, was driving an “electric kickboard” Tuesday night when he fell while parking it. A police officer spotted him and administered
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian-American dual national Ksenia Karelina is admitting guilt in a treason case in Russia, her lawyer told state news agency TASS on Wednesday. TASS quoted Karelina’s lawyer Mikhail Mushailov as saying his client admits the charge. The next hearing is scheduled for August 8, TASS reported. Karelina, 33,
Continue ReadingAP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Day passes to resorts and hotels really took off during the pandemic and have remained popular. The passes are a win-win-win. Locals soak up some rest time on the cheap. Travelers don’t have to commit to an overnight stay. And properties know that day passers who are on
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