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A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot 08/30/2024 06:00pm • Public school advocates have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition., according to Nebraska’s top election official. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than 86,000 signatures Former California employee to get $350K to settle sexual harassment claims against state treasurer 08/30/2024 03:52pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state of California has agreed to pay a former employee $350,000 to settle her claims that Democratic state Treasurer Fiona Ma sexually harassed her. The agreement filed Friday in Sacramento County Superior Court stems from a 2021 lawsuit filed by a former employee o Federal agency cracks down on a predatory lending practice that often hurts Somali Muslims 08/30/2024 02:24pm • For years, Fartun Weli has been frustrated with the way low-income Somali Muslims in Minnesota have been targeted by shady home sellers edging their way into the community -- by exploiting a principle of Islam meant to protect the poor. Weli says many are refugee immigrants who know little about the How DC used less than a quarter-million dollars to clear $42M of debt for residents 08/30/2024 12:06pm • If you could spend $1 to help someone else pay off almost $200 of medical debt, would you? If you pay taxes in D.C., you've done just that. The District is using a $225,000 surplus from last year’s budget to buy out around $42 million in medical debt being held by some of the city's lowest inco Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city 08/30/2024 12:04pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Friday in the killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city. Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the guilty plea instead of going to trial Friday morning. He also pleade A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York 08/30/2024 11:02am • KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of African Americans buried there centuries ago. This spot of tightly-packed houses in the city of Kingston In Senegal’s thriving hip-hop scene, this beatmaker insists women have a seat at the table 08/30/2024 10:59am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. “You just have to find the loop that you want. Cut it, duplicate the sample, and then add your In New Orleans, nonprofits see new money and new inclusive approach from the NBA Foundation 08/30/2024 10:27am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A classic summertime scene unfolded at a nonprofit's newest site. The girls' team was winning a lively indoor kickball game among young campers. Air conditioning blared. The hit song “Dance Monkey” played throughout the old school building's gym. None of it was possible just How Trump and Georgia's Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election 08/30/2024 09:49am • ATLANTA (AP) — The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia's powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead. It was at an Aug. 7 fundraiser hosted by former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler that fellow Republican Li AP Photos: A tumultuous life, a turn toward faith and one man who wonders if it's time to vote 08/30/2024 09:34am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Decades ago, back when he was a political science major at the University of Southern California, and later in law school, Timothy Walker would vote. Everyone in his family voted for Democrats, so he did, too. Then his path took a different turn. Cocaine addiction took hold of h Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge shows price pressures easing as rate cuts near 08/30/2024 09:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation measure closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, extending a trend of cooling price increases that clears the way for the Fed to start cutting its key interest rate next month for the first time in 4 1/2 years. Prices rose just 0.2% from June Analysis: Patriots have no reason to rush rookie quarterback Drake Maye 08/30/2024 06:00am • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ Drake Maye is the quarterback of the future for the New England Patriots. Jacoby Brissett is the team’s present. Credit coach Jerod Mayo for not giving in to public pressure. The Pat Trump calls for universal coverage of IVF treatment with no specifics on how his plan would work 08/30/2024 05:37am • POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for women, but did not detail how he would fund his plan or precisely how it would work. “I'm announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administratio UCF runs to 57-3 season-opening win over New Hampshire 08/30/2024 12:01am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — UCF entered the season with one of the best running back rooms in the nation and they put all of it on display, rushing for 454 total yards to lead the Knights to a 57-3 rout over New Hampshire on Thursday night in a season opener. Senior captain RJ Harvey led the Knights’ b Rich Hill, 44, makes relief appearance for Red Sox. It's his 20th major league season 08/29/2024 11:32pm • BOSTON (AP) — Rich Hill came on in relief for the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night and became the only active player to appear in a major league game in each of the last 20 seasons. “There's a lot of people to thank to get to this point,” the left-hander said as he struggled to manage his emot