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With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law 05/07/2024 05:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia's election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state, including defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls when their eligibility is challenged. Republica Met Gala photos: Outside the Mark Hotel, the carpet before the carpet 05/07/2024 04:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Before guests make it to the Met Gala, there are the red carpets before the carpet ��� otherwise known as the parade of departures from the various New York hotels that host gala guests and their teams for preparations before fashion's big night. The Mark Hotel is perhaps the best The Met Gala's flowery theme went in all directions 05/07/2024 03:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Who won the Met Gala? Nature and its many blooms, along with some far-flung princesses. It was anybody's guess exactly how the celebrity crowd on the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art would interpret the ���Garden of Time��� dress code Monday at the annual fashion extravaganz 'Words matter': Titles, Trump and what to call a former president 05/07/2024 11:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� He's a criminal defendant, a businessman and a politician. But to his most loyal supporters, Donald Trump will always be Mr. President. As for the guy currently serving in the White House, they call him Biden, or maybe just Joe. That's the conclusion from research that did a deep India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims 05/07/2024 10:57am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority. In recent campaign ral Georgia court candidate sues to block ethics rules so he can keep campaigning on abortion 05/06/2024 07:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A former Democratic congressman running for Georgia State Supreme Court filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. John Barrow sued hours ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violati Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn't afford to care for her, police say 05/06/2024 04:58pm • INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) ��� A Kansas City-area man who's charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn't take care of her or afford her medical bills, court records say. Ronnie Wiggs made his first appearance Monday on a second-degree murder charge and was referred to the public de The Latest | 12th day of Donald Trump's hush money trial adjourns early 05/06/2024 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial heard for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for payment the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified Monday about conversations he had wit 'Virginia is not New York': Attorney general says arrests at U.Va. necessary, as protesters express outrage 05/06/2024 03:34pm • The state's attorney general said the move to arrest and remove pro-Palestininian protesters from the University of Virginia campus was necessary after weeks of lawless acts that some students dispute. Twenty-five people were arrested Saturday at the Charlottesville campus after police clashed wi ProPublica wins Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting that led to ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court 05/06/2024 03:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ProPublica wins Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting that led to ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court. Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom 05/06/2024 12:07am • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) ��� When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center surv Anti-war protesters leave USC after police arrive, while Northeastern ceremony proceeds calmly 05/05/2024 08:39pm • Students protesting the war in Gaza abandoned their camp at the University of Southern California early Sunday after being surrounded by police and threatened with arrest, while Northeastern University's commencement ended peacefully at Boston's Fenway Park. Developments in both places were being wa Second juror in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial explains verdict, says state misinterpreted 05/05/2024 08:04pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� One of the jurors who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state���s youth detention center says the state is misinterpreting the verdict by capping the payment at $475,000. Jurors on Friday awarded $18 million in compensatory damages How Race Affects Your Credit Score 05/05/2024 08:00pm • When looking at the numbers, you can't ignore the racial disparity in credit scores. Rates of subprime credit scores in majority-Black, Hispanic and Native American communities are at least 1.5 times higher than in majority-white communities, according to a 2022 report from the Urban Institute, a no As Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power in Russia 05/05/2024 12:52am • Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will put his hand on a copy of the constitution and begin another six-year term as president wielding extraordinary power. Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Putin has shaped Russia into