Month: November 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball made another addition to its broadcast department as it adapts following the bankruptcy of the Diamond Sports Group’s regional sports networks, hiring Josh Clark to the new position of senior vice president of content distribution. Clark will report to Kenny Gersh, MLB’s executive vice president of media and

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials concluded earlier this month that inflation was steadily falling and agreed to closely monitor incoming data to ensure that the pace of price increases would continue slowing toward their 2% target, according to the minutes of their meeting. As a result, the policymakers

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York massage therapist who joined the mob of Trump supporters attacking the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three months in jail. Frank Rocco Giustino’s sentencing caps a case in which he skipped court hearings, profanely insulted a prosecutor and berated the judge. Giustino failed

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is facing a second lawsuit over its effort to disband pro-Palestinian student groups. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Gainesville claims the state is either ignoring or doesn’t understand First Amendment rights to free speech. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is representing the University of South Florida chapter

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is prohibiting the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants. The state will start limiting the amount of new gasoline-powered cars that can be sold in New Jersey starting in 2027,

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision that found a Voting Rights Act violation in the state’s 2021 redistricting map for two Native American tribes. Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe announced his decision on Tuesday, a day after a federal appeals court dealt

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former corporate controller has teared up while testifying that he “gave up” on his longtime job because he was worn out by the company’s legal woes. Jeffrey McConney testified Tuesday for a fourth day in six weeks at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial. Asked

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say the man who was shot and killed by a California Highway Patrol officer in a struggle on a freeway that was captured on video was a 34-year old man from Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday said Jesse Dominguez’s

By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised to visit Africa this year, but 2023 is drawing to a close with no trip in sight so far. Nor has Biden given any public indication he plans to attend the U.N. climate conference that starts next week in Dubai. U.S.

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Many Brazilians have become fans of Lionel Messi in recent years. And many of them will be going to the Maracana Stadium to watch the World Cup champions take on their own national team in a qualifying match. Eight-year-old Rafael Yen considers Messi to

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of firebombing an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of damaging property with explosives. Online court records show Hridindu Roychowdhury entered the plea Monday. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Dec. 1. Prosecutors have agreed to recommend