By JOHN HANNA Associated Press A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a redrawn U.S. House map that touched off a nationwide redistricting battle and is a major piece of President Donald Trump’s efforts to preserve a slim Republican majority ahead of the 2026 elections. The ruling is a blow to Trump’s rush
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it’s investigating a new sexual battery allegation against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related convictions. A male music producer and publicist said he was asked in late 2020 to come to a photo shoot involving clothing
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case that would have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp.
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Tuesday, Nov. 18 EAST Albany 106, Paul Smiths Bobcat 57 Babson 77, Lasell 73 Bates 90, Husson 62 Boston College 63, Hampton 52 Brandeis 80, Rhode Island College 76 Brown 68, Holy Cross 49 Buffalo 94, Vermont 90 Buffalo State 72, Alfred State 64 Carnegie Mellon 76, Washington & Jefferson 70 Clark 74, Saint Joseph’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKW–PWHL-SIRENS DESCRIPTION: Adding first-round draft picks in forwards Kristýna Kaltounková and Casey O’Brien to a roster already
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKW–PWHL-SIRENS DESCRIPTION: Adding first-round draft picks in forwards Kristýna Kaltounková and Casey O’Brien to a roster already
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKW–PWHL-SIRENS DESCRIPTION: Adding first-round draft picks in forwards Kristýna Kaltounková and Casey O’Brien to a roster already
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKW–PWHL-SIRENS DESCRIPTION: Adding first-round draft picks in forwards Kristýna Kaltounková and Casey O’Brien to a roster already
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan —————————— SPORTS —————————— ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— BKC–T25-Stonehill-Iowa St Jefferson and Lipsey lead No. 16 Iowa State to 96-57 win over Stonehill SUMMARY: Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan —————————— SPORTS —————————— ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— BKC–T25-Stonehill-Iowa St Jefferson and Lipsey lead No. 16 Iowa State to 96-57 win over Stonehill SUMMARY: Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan —————————— SPORTS —————————— ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— BKC–T25-Stonehill-Iowa St Jefferson and Lipsey lead No. 16 Iowa State to 96-57 win over Stonehill SUMMARY: Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to outgoing New York Mayor Eric Adams was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ probation, including a year of home confinement, for soliciting illegal campaign contributions for Adams. Mohamed Bahi embraced supporters in a Manhattan federal courtroom after learning that he would be spared
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement with the federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations. The settlement, announced late Monday, partially resolves a legal dispute
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement with the federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations. The settlement, announced late Monday, partially resolves a legal dispute
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. The changes announced Tuesday represent a major step forward for the administration’s dismantling of the department, which
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “We Do Not Part,” Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” and Yiyun Li’s “ Things in Nature Merely Grow” are among the finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals, fiction and nonfiction awards presented by the American Library Association. “A Guardian and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Nov. 19 AHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHLN — Rochester at Lehigh Valley COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6:30 p.m. BTN — MTSU at Michigan 7 p.m. CBSSN — Villanova at La Salle FS1 — Arizona at UConn 7:30 p.m. TRUTV — Dayton at
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Detroit 20 12 7 1 25 62 62 7-3-1 5-4-0 4-2-1 Boston 21 12 9 0 24 69 69 8-4-0 4-5-0 6-4-0 Montreal 19 10 6 3 23 63 66 5-4-1 5-2-2 3-2-0 Tampa Bay 19 10 7
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Carolina 19 13 5 1 27 70 54 6-2-1 7-3-0 4-1-0 New Jersey 19 13 5 1 27 62 57 7-0-1 6-5-0 3-1-1 Detroit 20 12 7 1 25 62 62 7-3-1 5-4-0 4-2-1 Pittsburgh 19 10 5 4 24
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Toronto 9 5 .643 — 8-2 W-4 3-2 6-3 8-2 New York 8 5 .615 ½ 6-4 L-1 8-1 0-4 6-5 Philadelphia 8 5 .615 ½ 5-5 W-1 5-2 3-3 7-5 Boston 8 7 .533 1½ 6-4 W-3 4-3
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 13 2 .867 — 10-0 W-11 7-1 5-1 9-2 Cleveland 10 5 .667 3 7-3 W-2 6-2 4-3 9-5 Toronto 9 5 .643 3½ 8-2 W-4 3-2 6-3 8-2 New York 8 5 .615 4 6-4 L-1 8-1 0-4 6-5
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 9 5 .643 — New York 8 5 .615 ½ Philadelphia 8 5 .615 ½ Boston 8 7 .533 1½ Brooklyn 2 12 .143 7 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 9 6 .600 — Miami 8 6 .571 ½ Orlando 8
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 20 12 7 1 25 62 62 Boston 21 12 9 0 24 69 69 Montreal 19 10 6 3 23 63 66 Tampa Bay 19 10 7 2 22 59 56 Ottawa 19 9 6 4 22 64 65
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By The Associated Press Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill forcing the Justice Department to release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership. When
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By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of millions of people across the continent. Developed by Gilead Sciences,
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By The Associated Press Russian lawmakers endorsed new tax hikes on Tuesday as Moscow looks for new revenue sources to boost its economy during its nearly four-year war with Ukraine. Legislators in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, approved the key second reading of a bill that will raise value-added tax from 20%
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By ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing. Tech companies and a handful of countries at the conference known as COP30 are promoting ways AI can help solve
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By CLAUDIA CIOBANU Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. Speaking to the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, Tusk said the two suspects had been collaborating with the
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $34.9 million. The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 50 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.05 per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average
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