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Florida officials ask Supreme Court to block rulings limiting anti-drag show law
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block lower court rulings that prohibit the enforcement of a new law targeting drag shows. Florida officials filed an application with the nation’s highest court Friday asking that the prohibition against enforcing the anti-drag show law only be limited...
Rams release kicker Brett Maher after multiple misses in loss to SteelersVideo
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have released kicker Brett Maher two days after he missed two field-goal attempts and an extra point in a seven-point loss to Pittsburgh. The Rams (3-4) signed Lucas Havrisik off Cleveland’s practice squad Tuesday to replace Maher, who joined the team after...
Off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut jet engines pleads not guilty to attempted murder charges
PORTLAND, Ore. — An off-duty airline pilot riding in an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air flight said “I’m not OK” just before trying to cut the engines midflight and later told police he had recently taken psychedelic mushrooms as his mental health worsened, according to charging documents made...
Rivals Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese headline AP preseason women’s All-America teamVideo
Caitlin Clark of Iowa is a unanimous pick for the Associated Press preseason women’s basketball All-America team for the second consecutive season. The star guard was on all 36 ballots from the national media panel that selects the AP Top 25 each week. She led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA...
NHL rescinds ban on rainbow-colored Pride tape, allowing players to use it on the ice this season
NHL players will be allowed to use Pride tape this season after all with the reversal of a ban that sparked a backlash around hockey and among LGBTQ+ advocates in sports. The league, players’ union and a committee on inclusion agreed to give players the option to represent social causes...
Reports: Bob Melvin leaving Padres to manage GiantsVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants hired manager Bob Melvin away from the division rival San Diego Padres, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The Athletic first reported Melvin was the Giants’ choice. The 61-year-old Melvin will be returning to the Bay Area where he grew up, cheered for and...
Tropical Storm Otis strengthens to hurricane ahead of expected landfall near Mexico’s AcapulcoVideo
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Otis strengthened to a hurricane Tuesday as it approached Mexico’s southern Pacific coast where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that Otis was about 145 miles south-southeast of Acapulco...
Purdue, Michigan State look like teams to beat in Big Ten men’s basketballVideo
Handicapping the Big Ten race comes down to this: Purdue, Michigan State, everybody else. The Boilermakers, with reigning national player of the year Zach Edey and his strong supporting cast, are the prohibitive favorites to win a second straight regular-season championship. Michigan State is a possible challenger. “I think other...
No. 2 Duke, No. 13 Miami headline ACC men’s basketball title chaseVideo
Duke spent much of its first season under Jon Scheyer building to another ACC title. Yet it was Miami that outlasted the rest of the league in March for the program’s first trip to the Final Four. They are the ACC headliners to start the 2023-24 season, with the second-ranked...
Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos
WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers. Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team,...
Israel’s increased strikes across Gaza kill more than 700 people in the past day, Palestinians sayVideo
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Rapidly expanding Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip killed more than 700 people in the past day as medical facilities across the territory were forced to close because of bombing damage and a lack of power, health officials said Tuesday. The soaring death toll from Israel’s...
Love it or hate it, feelings run high over candy corn come Halloween
NEW YORK — Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on. In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the classic shiny tricolor kernels in autumn’s white, orange and yellow are way up there. Fans and foes alike point to the same attributes:...
In court faceoff, Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in fraud trial. Trump shrugs: ‘Proven liar’
NEW YORK — In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” Trump’s lawyers — and outside court, Trump himself — by turn...
There’s a long list of candidates for House speaker as Republicans try voting again on a new leader
WASHINGTON — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans are meeting privately Tuesday to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish the seemingly impossible job of uniting a broken, bitter GOP majority and returning to the work of governing in Congress. Having dispatched their speaker...
Strikes trim profit at GM in an otherwise strong quarter; more losses likely if picketing spreads
DETROIT — A strike by auto workers against General Motors is expected to cut pretax earnings by $800 million this year, and another $200 million per week after that, the company’s chief financial officer said. And those figures include only factories that are on strike now with less than a...
UAW strikes at General Motors SUV plant in Texas as union begins to target automakers’ cash cows
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has turned up the heat on General Motors as 5,000 workers walked off their jobs Tuesday at a highly profitable SUV factory in Arlington, Texas. The walkout comes just a day after the union went on strike at Stellantis ’ huge pickup truck...
A man fatally shot by police on Wisconsin school roof failed to enter the building, officials say
A man killed by Wisconsin police was acting erratically at a car repair shop and in the parking lot of a suburban Milwaukee school and unsuccessfully tried to enter the building before climbing on its roof and exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said Tuesday. Dozens of students were in the...
Jenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s electionVideo
ATLANTA — Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, tearfully telling the judge she looks back on that time with “deep remorse.” Ellis, the fourth defendant in the case to enter...
At least 50 people kidnapped over 2 days in northern Cameroon by unknown gunmen
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — At least 50 people were kidnapped in two separate incidents over two days in northern Cameroon, local authorities said Tuesday. The kidnappings occurred Sunday and Monday afternoons by an unknown armed group near the border with Chad, the mayor of Touboro town, Celestin Yandal, told the Associated...
2 cargo ships collide off German coast; at least 1 sailor dead, 4 missing
BERLIN — Two cargo ships collided in the North Sea off the coast of Germany on Tuesday and one of them sank, German authorities said. At least one sailor died and rescuers were trying to find another four. The vessels collided shortly before 5 a.m. about 14 miles southwest of...
Is Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system ironclad?
JERUSALEM — Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The system has given residents a sense of security, and Israelis can often be seen watching the projectiles flying through the skies and destroying their targets...
Trump’s lawyers file challenges to Washington election subversion case, calling it unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president’s free speech rights and represents a vindictive prosecution. The motions filed late Monday in the case charging...
Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet — a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table. This is no ordinary surgery. Detrick Witherspoon died before ever being wheeled in, and now two wide-eyed medical students are about to...
U.S. state Senator Jeff Wilson arrested in Hong Kong for gun possession; granted bail
HONG KONG — A Washington state senator was arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was not registered in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, his website and local media reported. He was released on bail Monday. Jeff Wilson, a Republican from Longview, was arrested after landing at the Hong...
Adolis García powers Rangers to first World Series since 2011 with rout of Astros in Game 7 of ALCSVideo
HOUSTON — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first World Series in 12 years with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night. Corey Seager got things started for the road-happy...
