After Twitter poll, CEO Musk sells off $5B in Tesla shares
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — After promising on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold about 4.5 million shares of the electric car…
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son sentenced for stabbing neighbor
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been sentenced to six months in jail for stabbing a Southern…
Continue ReadingHearing concludes for Missouri inmate in 1978 triple murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The fate of a Kansas City man who has been in prison for more than 40 years for a triple murder many people believe he…
Continue ReadingClimate finance isn’t charity, says Indian minister at COP26
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — India’s environment minister says climate finance is not charity and rich…
Continue ReadingMan to plead guilty in rapper Mac Miller’s drug death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say an Arizona man accused of supplying the dealer who sold rapper Mac Miller the drugs that killed him has agreed…
Continue ReadingMichigan AG says she drank too much at football tailgate
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says she drank too much booze before a big football game between Michigan and Michigan…
Continue ReadingDixie State University name change passes Utah Legislature
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dixie State University in Utah is poised to change a name often associated with the…
Continue ReadingMigrant march dwindles in southern Mexico
ZANATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say group of mainly Central American migrants attempting to walk across southern Mexico has dwindled…
Continue ReadingJury rejects fragrance company’s lawsuit against Jay-Z
NEW YORK (AP) — A fragrance company’s lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z over breach of contract claims, and his subsequent countersuit against the…
Continue ReadingBoeing agrees to settle with Ethiopia 737 Max crash victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing has reached a legal agreement with the victims’ families from the March 2019 crash in Ethiopia that involved its 737-Max…
Continue ReadingDebate over explicit memoir becomes a focus of GOP gov races
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Debate over a memoir that contains explicit illustrations of sexual acts is surfacing in a…
Continue ReadingChina’s leader Xi warns against ‘Cold War’ in Asia-Pacific
By NICK PERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against letting tensions in the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s behind Rittenhouse mistrial requests?
By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse have requested a mistrial based on several…
Continue ReadingCalifornia parent gets 6 weeks prison in admissions scandal
BOSTON (AP) — A California parent has been sentenced to six weeks in prison and 250 hours of community service in connection with the sweeping…
Continue ReadingAfter nixing diversity symbols, school district fires leader
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A school board in Oregon that recently banned teachers from displaying symbols including those…
Continue ReadingMaryland educator wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize
A Maryland high school English teacher who has worked to open up college education for her students has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize. The…
Continue ReadingJudge: N Carolina must spend $1.75B to narrow education gap
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge has ordered the state to pay out $1.75 billion to help…
Continue ReadingUN slaps sanctions on three leading Houthi rebels in Yemen
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has slapped sanctions on three Houthi rebels linked to…
Continue ReadingMissouri cop says fatal shooting of Black man saved partner
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A white Kansas City, Missouri, detective on trial for killing a Black man two years ago says he believes his actions saved…
Continue ReadingFamily says Black girl who died by suicide was bullied
By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a 10-year-old girl who died by suicide has alleged a Utah school district…
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