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Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation's oldest record maker plays a familiar tune 10/29/2024 06:07am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the Beatles’ first U.S. single, the country’s oldest vinyl record maker has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services. Now, the Nashville-based company has rebounded so dramat Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in US, executed in Iran over terror conviction 10/28/2024 10:13pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been executed in Iran after being convicted on disputed terror charges, the country's judiciary reported Monday. Sharmahd, 69, was one of several Iranian On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation 10/27/2024 06:34pm • HALCHITA, Utah (AP) — After a five-year wait, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis heard the rumblings of an electrical crew reach their home on the sprawling Navajo Nation. In five days' time, their home would be connected to the power grid, replacing their reliance on a few solar panels and propane l FACT FOCUS: Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts 10/26/2024 11:33am • In his three-hour interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, Donald Trump dug in on his false claims about voting, election fraud and his loss in the 2020 presidential election. Rogan helped encourage some of these claims. The interview, released late Friday, came on the same day that the former preside Jim Justice looks past his business struggles and declares himself a Senate winner in West Virginia 10/26/2024 08:18am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than a month before the Nov. 5 election, Jim Justice declared victory in his Senate race in deeply Republican West Virginia, a chest thump at the same time the two-term governor was in a behind-the-scenes fight to keep some of his family businesses in good standing. Yankees-Dodgers is MLB's marketing Dream Series 10/26/2024 06:10am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave Roberts had a bold prediction. “More eyeballs are going to be watching this World Series than any other Series in history,” the Los Angeles Dodgers manager said. Major League Baseball's dream matchup is the Dodgers and the New York Yankees. Massive markets, expansive fa The Biden administration is launching an inquiry of competition in air travel 10/25/2024 02:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it is launching a broad public inquiry on the state of competition in air travel, including the effect of mergers and joint ventures between airlines. The inquiry is being handled by the Justice Department’s antitrust division and the Tran What is fascism? And why does Harris say Trump is a fascist? 10/24/2024 09:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied, “Yes, I do.” She subsequently called him the same thing herself, saying voters don't want “a president of the United States who admires dictators and is a fascist.� New York Liberty basketball team honored with ticker-tape parade in Canyon of Heroes 10/24/2024 08:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adam Florida teachers unions head to trial over anti-union law 10/23/2024 06:00pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s teachers unions are heading back to court Thursday in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new requirements for certain unions. A trial is scheduled to begin at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee in the case brought by the Florida Education Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco to reach holiday shoppers 10/22/2024 04:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco this holiday season as the struggling connected-exercise company seeks to broaden its customer base. The Peloton Bike+, a stationary bike that enables riders to participate in online classes and work out with a virtual comm The Latest: Trump and Harris make final pushes in key battleground states 10/21/2024 11:41pm • With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states. The Republican nominee made three North Carolina stops Monday, including a visit to see storm damage in As From the desert to the Strip: How the election's fight over immigration may upend Nevada's economy 10/21/2024 02:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In the remote Nevada desert, the Baker Ranch couldn't survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico. About 300 miles to the south In Las Vegas — increasingly a vacation playground for Americans from all political and socioeconomic backgrounds — immi What to know about Biltmore Estate reopening after Hurricane Helene 10/21/2024 01:31pm • North Carolina's Biltmore Estate will soon reopen after being forced to close when floodwaters pushed by Hurricane Helene devastated the area. The popular tourist destination announced over the weekend that they plan to open and “celebrate the joy of the holiday season” on Nov. 2. “For more Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment 10/21/2024 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the brief, routine order release