Associated Press Images that depict the faces of girls with nude bodies have led to the departure of leaders from a private school in Pennsylvania, prompted a student protest and triggered a criminal investigation. A detective said Tuesday that a juvenile suspect was “removed from” Lancaster Country Day School and his cellphone was seized by
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin sent the request before a midday Tuesday deadline. Associate Justice Allison Riggs led Tuesday by 625 votes over Griffin from more than
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he won’t make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case. In October, prosecutors submitted a recommendation for the brothers’ resentencing on the murder conviction in the
Continue Reading AP White House Correspondent WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In the two weeks since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has been setting records with the pace of appointments for his incoming administration. But speed shouldn’t necessarily be confused with organization. Trump has pumped out more than two dozen appointments and nominations, including 16 Cabinet-level
Continue Reading AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms. The world’s biggest and most powerful rocket blasted off from Texas on Tuesday. Minutes after liftoff, mission managers called off catching the first-stage booster because of lost communication with the launch tower computer. The empty spacecraft launched
Continue Reading Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former West Virginia correctional officers have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Quantez Burks was booked into the Southern Regional Jail on a wanton endangerment charge in
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s point person for U.S-Canada relations says she shares U.S. concerns about Mexico serving as as back door for China into the North American market as a review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement looms. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says members of the outgoing Biden administration and supporters and advisers of
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new court document details what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a frantic effort by two defendants to get a juror to vote for an acquittal in a pandemic fraud case. Mukhtar Shariff was convicted in the case earlier this year. On Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota filed a
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Republican senators are divided over how much information they will demand to move his confirmation — and how much to push back on Trump as he demands that they quickly rubber stamp his
Continue Reading Religion News Service (RNS) — Sean Rowe, the newly installed presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, knows a thing or two about austerity. As a boy, growing up in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, he saw Westinghouse Electric Corp. shutter its plant. Later, Sharon Steel went bankrupt, laying off thousands of workers, among them his uncles. Now, at
Continue Reading MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have reelected Greta Neubauer as Assembly minority leader after she helped the party flip nearly a dozen seats in this month’s elections. Assembly Democrats unanimously selected Neubauer as their leader during a caucus meeting Tuesday in the state Capitol. Neubauer represents part of southern Racine County. She was first
Continue Reading McRAE-HELENA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to murder charges in the killings of a couple found shot after being lured to a rural county with a false offer to sell them a classic car. Ronnie “Jay” Towns was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday after entering his plea before
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the role of FBI director in the clearest indication yet that the incoming administration is looking to replace Christopher Wray in the position. That’s according to incoming Vice President JD Vance. In a social media post that was later deleted, Vance defended his
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year. “We’re not going to have men in women’s bathrooms,”
Continue Reading Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy. The ballot-counting process in the race has become a spectacle of
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade. The plan advancing Tuesday is the latest Republican-led effort to incorporate more religious teaching into U.S. public
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Former Chicago Bulls forward Bob Love, a three-time All-Star who spent 11 years in the NBA, has died. He was 81. The Bulls say Love died Monday after a long battle with cancer. He averaged 21.3 points and 6.8 rebounds during his nine seasons with the team. The team said Love’s impact
Continue Reading Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “president-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday, months after President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won the July election. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized González in a post on X in which he also demanded
Continue Reading Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was her office in Great Falls being sent mailed ballots completed by voters in places such as Wasilla, Alaska; Vancouver, Washington; and Tampa, Florida? It was only about a dozen ballots total
Continue Reading Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A combination of hurricane damage to Tropicana Field and political delays on financing means it is highly unlikely the Tampa Bay Rays’ planned new stadium will be ready for the 2028 season, if at all. Rays top executives said in a letter Tuesday to the Pinellas County Commission
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