State Sen. Jenifer Branning wins a Mississippi Supreme Court seat
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State Sen. Jenifer Branning has won a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, defeating Justice Jim Kitchens.…
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Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly
AP Science Writer A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek February trial for 5 remaining defendants indicted with rapper Young Thug
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking to hold a trial early next year for the last five defendants who were…
Continue Reading Vance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven’t been forgotten
Associated Press FAIRVIEW, N.C. (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday assured residents of western North Carolina still cleaning up from…
Continue Reading Philadelphians channel their inner Italian Stallion at Rocky and Adrian look-alike contest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Couples who look awkward on skates have gotten a chance to celebrate their cute clumsiness in a Rocky and Adrian look-alike…
Continue Reading No Bevo? SEC tells Texas there’s no room for its 1,700-pound longhorn at title game vs. Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — The Southeastern Conference championship game will not feature another mascot showdown. The league says there’s not enough…
Continue Reading Officials release bodycam video of police shooting that killed 15-year-old Ohio boy
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The mayor and police chief in an Ohio city where a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot by police on Thanksgiving night said the…
Continue Reading Judge upholds use of race in Naval Academy admissions, saying a diverse military is stronger
Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has upheld the consideration of race in admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, ruling that…
Continue Reading Chipotle is raising US prices after promising bigger portions
AP Business Writer Chipotle is raising its U.S. prices to offset inflation and to compensate for a promise to increase portion sizes. Chipotle’s…
Continue Reading What to stream: Paris and Nicole reunite, Romano and Kudrow team up and Indiana Jones quests
Angelina Jolie portraying opera singer Maria Callas in the movie “Maria” and Jamie Foxx’s Netflix comedy special called “Jamie Foxx: What…
Continue Reading Car rams and injures orchestral musicians in Belgrade during a protest over station roof collapse
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra said four of its members were injured in an incident during a 15-minute traffic…
Continue Reading Crews recover the body of a woman from a Pennsylvania sinkhole after a 4-day search
Associated Press The remains of a woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat,…
Continue Reading The NAACP ends its challenge over Mississippi creating a new court in majority-Black capital city
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NAACP is ending its lawsuit that challenged a decision by the majority-white and Republican-run…
Continue Reading Indiana Supreme Court denies stay of execution; first state execution in 15 years moves forward
Associated Press The Indiana Supreme Court has denied a request to stay the execution of man convicted in the killings of his brother and three other…
Continue Reading Hall of Famer Randy Moss is stepping away from ESPN for an extended time to deal with health issue
AP Pro Football Writer Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss is stepping away from his ESPN analyst role for an extended time to focus on a personal…
Continue Reading Whoopi Goldberg plays the baddie onstage in ‘Annie’ this holiday season in New York
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg is about to break two ironclad rules of show business — never work with animals or…
Continue Reading Ex-British soldier pleads not guilty to ‘Bloody Sunday’ murders after judge clears the way for trial
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former British soldier will be tried for the murder of two men who were killed during the 1972 “Bloody Sunday”…
Continue Reading Jury will consider lesser charge in NYC subway chokehold case, judge dismisses manslaughter charge
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly subway passenger has…
Continue Reading Greek police arrest 3 accused of faking and selling at auction scores of artworks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police say three people have been arrested in northern Greece on suspicion of systematically counterfeiting artworks by…
Continue Reading Baloch separatists becoming as big a national security threat as Pakistani Taliban, says think tank
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani think tank says a Baloch separatist group is becoming as big a national security threat as the…
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