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 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…
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Community Conversations: The BEAM after-school program helps C.O. kids thrive
Lynsey Harris sits down with Karen Bures, executive director of the BEAM Program, an after-school program geared toward serving neurodivergent…
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 Reading‘The donkey is gone’: Syrians hit the streets to mark a momentous week
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Damascus, Syria (CNN) — At Umayyad Square in central Damascus, tens of thousands of people had the party of a lifetime…
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 ReadingToxic chemical in black plastic utensils and toys is being allowed to proliferate by EPA, lawsuit alleges
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect the public from a dangerous flame retardant —…
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 ReadingTrump says GOP will try to eliminate Daylight Saving Time
By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump said Friday the Republican Party would try to eliminate Daylight Saving Time,…
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 ReadingWhy the most serious charge in Luigi Mangione’s case is only second-degree murder
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The most serious charge against the man accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO in broad daylight last week on…
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…
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