Articles from the January 31, 2024 edition
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The origins of Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil
KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The spotlight will be on Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania early Friday morning, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce whether he saw his own shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter or an e...
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children's advocates and lawmakers say companies are n...
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charge in fatal film set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin e...
Man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia home and posting gruesome video online
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia posted a gruesome video on social media that shows him holding up the severed head and railing against the government, authorities said Wednesday. Justin Mohn, 3...
A court rejected Elon Musk's $55.8B pay package. What is he worth to Tesla?
Even when compared with other CEOs, who routinely get paid roughly 200 times more than their typical employees, Elon Musk's pay package was eye-opening. A judge in Delaware on Tuesday struck down the package that Tesla established for Musk in 2018,...
PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group. Players to get equity ownership
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal announced Wednesday that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises. The launc...
Taylor Swift + Super Bowl = conspiracy theories. The claims are baseless
The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Myriad baseless...
Federal judge dismisses Disney's free speech lawsuit against DeSantis
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Disney's free speech lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, leaving the company's remaining hopes of regaining control of the district that governs Walt Disney World to a separate state...
Deal on wartime aid and border security stalls in Congress as time runs short to bolster Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — With time slipping to bolster Ukraine's defenses, Senate negotiators struggled Wednesday to finalize a bipartisan deal that would pair policy changes at the U.S. southern border with wartime aid for Kyiv as their carefully n...
Powell: Federal Reserve is on track to cut rates, though not likely for months
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rate cuts are coming. Just not yet. The Federal Reserve delivered that message Wednesday, first in a policy statement and then in a news conference at which Chair Jerome Powell reinforced it. The Fed did signal that it's n...
US blames group of Iran-backed militias for deadly drone attack in Jordan as it weighs reprisals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, as President Joe Biden weighs his options t...
James Biden agrees to a private interview with House Republicans investigating the president
WASHINGTON (AP) — James Biden will appear before House Republicans for a private interview next month as lawmakers seek to regain some momentum in their monthslong impeachment inquiry into his brother, President Joe Biden. The House Oversight and A...
Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to a range of cancers, CDC study says
NEW YORK (AP) — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North C...
South Africa says Israel is already ignoring UN court ruling ordering it to prevent deaths in Gaza
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.'s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa's foreign minister said Wednesday, adding that her country has asked why an a...
A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart's final flight
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century's most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1...
From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Underneath his umbrella, NFL legend Dan Marino stood nearly drenched on the sideline watching Prince's epic "Purple Rain" Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007 during a torrential Miami downpour. For Marino, Prince's iconic show...
Days of Darkness: How one woman escaped the conspiracy theory trap that has ensnared millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — At first his stories seemed harmless. Tales about secret organizations plotting to take over the world, about the good guys working to save it, and about the proof that, if you knew where to look, was hiding in plain sight. To Ramon...
