SpaceX wants to make Starbase a new Texas city. Here’s how it could happen
Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — South Texas residents living on SpaceX property have formally petitioned Cameron County to become an…
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens.…
Continue ReadingUS jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34M to exonerated woman
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury in Las Vegas has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who served more than 15 years in prison for a 2001…
Continue ReadingMysterious googly eyes go viral after appearing on public art in Oregon
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Googly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend, delighting many…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival is just one sign of the industry’s rise
Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia’s…
Continue ReadingWalmart’s Mexico subsidiary plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged monopolistic practices
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary says it plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged monopolistic practices involving…
Continue ReadingUnique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine
AP Media Writer Donald Trump got something this year that no other person designated Time magazine’s Person of the Year had ever received. He…
Continue ReadingNY police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — A report from the Department of Justice finds that the police department in a New York City suburb grossly violated…
Continue ReadingBiden’s commutation in ‘kids for cash’ scandal angers some Pennsylvania families
Associated Press A judge who helped orchestrate a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks was among the 1,500 people…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Republicans recommend further law to restrict transgender women’s participation in sports
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Senate Republicans are recommending that the state write laws banning transgender girls and women from…
Continue ReadingLeader of California white supremacist group gets two years in prison
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for inciting…
Continue ReadingDrones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings
Associated Press CHATHAM, N.J. (AP) — It’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones or something else, but for sure the…
Continue ReadingOwner of thermometer factory gets probation for exposing workers to mercury
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory has been sentenced to three years of probation for failing to protect workers…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
Associated Press Taylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed…
Continue ReadingKay Patterson, who rose from janitor at segregated South Carolina capitol to state senator, dies
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Sen. Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at the segregated Statehouse to…
Continue ReadingTrump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction,…
Continue ReadingProsecutors will seek the death penalty for 2 Venezuelan men accused of killing Texas girl
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas will seek the death penalty for two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old…
Continue ReadingOn Gita Jayanti, Hare Krishnas celebrate the birth of the sacred text Bhagavad Gita
Religion News Service (RNS) — When Patita Pavana Das was a sophomore at Indiana State University, he considered his life pretty typical: geoscience…
Continue ReadingTrump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID-19 claims but against a clothing chain
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has ruled over some insurance claims filed by businesses that were…
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