Angst over LGBTQ+ stories led to another canceled show. But in a Wyoming town, a play was salvaged
WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character confronts another student about bullying a gay student who takes his own life.
After much preparation, the 12-year-old’s small scene turned into a big problem among school officials in Wheatland, Wyoming. At the last minute they canceled the anti-bullying play, saying it did not conform to school values and leaving the young cast without a stage.
“It was awful,
Stock market today: Asian stocks track Wall Street gains and Japan’s inflation slows
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street returned to record heights Friday to cap a punishing, two-year round trip dogged by high inflation and worries about a recession that seemed inevitable but hasn’t arrived.
The S&P 500, which is the centerpiece of many 401(k) accounts and the main measure that professional investors use to gauge Wall Street’s health, rallied 1.2% to 4,839.81. It erased the last of its losses
Nevada Republican Senate primary candidates take aim at absent front-runner in debate
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Seven Republicans vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Nevada circled the familiar talking points of GOP politics at a debate on Thursday, while also taking shots at the front-runner, who made an apparently strategic decision not to attend.
The debate in a Reno casino ballroom focused on increased border security, anti-abortion stances and cutting government spending and size, but candidates spent much of their time criticizing retired Army Capt. Sam Brown, whose backing in Washington,
East and West coasts prepare for new rounds of snow and ice as deadly storms pound US
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix continued to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday.
The rain, snow, wind and bitterly cold temperatures have been blamed for at least 55 deaths in the U.S. over the past two weeks as a moved across the country. Schools and roads have closed, and air traffic has been snarled
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Donald Trump goes from calm to indignant in newly released deposition video of civil fraud lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — Months before Donald Trump’s defiant turn as a witness at his New York civil fraud trial, the former president came face-to-face with the state attorney general who is suing him when he sat for a deposition last year at her Manhattan office.
Video made public Friday of the seven-hour, closed-door session last April shows the Republican presidential frontrunner’s demeanor going from calm and
Uvalde families renew demands for police to face charges after a scathing Justice Department report
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting, multiple newspapers reported Friday, as families of the 19 children and two teachers killed continued their calls for criminal charges against officers involved in the hesitant and haphazard police response to the massacre.
Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell that a grand jury will review evidence related to the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School. She did not disclose what the grand jury will focus on
What to stream this weekend: Jason Momoa roaming, Green Day rocking and ‘Fast X’ exploding
Jason Momoa hosting a new travel docuseries for Max called “On the Roam” and the are some of the new television, movies, music and games near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ are Mandy Patinkin starring in a whodunit aboard an ocean liner in Hulu’s “Death and Other Details,” the big and fun action movie “Fast X” and a Paramount+ documentary on June Carter Cash.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
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Small plane that crashed off California coast was among a growing number of home-built aircraft
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast on Sunday was constructed piece by piece over nearly a decade, one of tens of thousands of home-built aircraft that are part of a high-flying hobby taking off across the country.
Federal investigators said they believe four people were aboard the single-engine Cozy Mark IV when it just south of San Francisco. No survivors were found and only from the waters near Half Moon Bay and identified as of Friday.
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Nerene Virgin, children’s entertainer, broadcaster and activist, dead at 78
Canadian children’s entertainer and broadcaster Nerene Virgin has died at the age of 78.
The Hamilton-born actor passed away at Joseph Brant Hospital on Jan. 15, according to .
“Nerene was a courageous, vibrant, multi-talented, beautiful, trailblazing Canadian, with an incredible smile. Her spirit graced the realms of teaching, acting, journalism, storytelling, and social justice,” read the obituary. “Nerene led by example. Her strength serves as a source of inspiration to future generations
At least 7 people dead after a landslide buries a house in the southern Philippines, official says
DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern Philippines, killing at least seven people, including children, and seriously injuring two others, a disaster-response official said.
Five to 10 people remained unaccounted following the landslide in a far-flung mountain village in the gold-mining town of Monkayo in Davao de Oro province, Ednar Dayanghirang, regional chief of the government’s Office of Civil Defense, said Thursday