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New York's top court allows 'equal rights' amendment to appear on November ballot 07/11/2024 06:56pm • A proposed amendment to New York's constitution to bar discrimination over ���gender identity��� and ���pregnancy outcomes��� will appear on the ballot this November, the state's high court ruled Thursday. The decision from the Court of Appeals affirms a lower court ruling from June, dismissing an a The Beastie Boys sue Chili's parent company over alleged misuse of 'Sabotage' song in ad 07/11/2024 06:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Beastie Boys are suing the parent company of Chili's in a case that accuses the chain restaurant of running an advertisement that used the hip-hop trio's smash hit ���Sabotage��� without permission. The rap group, in a federal case filed Wednesday in New York, alleged Brinker He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests 07/11/2024 06:33pm • NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ��� Shalom Korai never knew his real name or his birthday. He was saved from the streets of a burning Warsaw neighborhood while he was a toddler during World War II, when the rest of his family was killed by Nazis in Poland. He grew up and lived in Israel with no idea of Lawsuit filed in case of teen who died after eating spicy chip as part of online challenge 07/11/2024 05:57pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A lawsuit was filed Thursday against Hershey, Walgreens and several others in the case of a Massachusetts teen who died after he participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge that was widely promoted on social media. Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader from the city of Worcester, died Se The GOP platform calls for 'universal school choice.' What would that mean for students? 07/11/2024 04:49pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� National Republicans are poised to support ���universal school choice��� as part of the policy platform they adopt at next week���s convention in Milwaukee, a goal supporters see as the culmination of decades advocating for parents��� autonomy to pick their children���s schoo California police say suspect shot and killed 4, including wife, son and parents-in-law 07/11/2024 03:56pm • ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man is in custody after fatally shooting his wife, their 6-year-old son and his wife's parents, a San Francisco Bay Area police department said Thursday. A second son, 1, also was shot and is in the hospital in critical condition, said Alameda Police Department North Carolina senator's top aide named CEO of Carolina Hurricanes parent company 07/11/2024 02:41pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� A top aide to a powerful North Carolina state legislator was named Thursday as the chief executive officer of the parent company of the Carolina Hurricanes. Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon announced the hiring of Brian Fork, who has worked for state Senate leader Phil Berger since Computer hacking charge dropped against Miami OnlyFans model accused of killing her boyfriend 07/11/2024 02:37pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� South Florida prosecutors dropped the computer hacking charge Thursday against an OnlyFans model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in a Miami condo in 2022. The charge against Courtney Clenney, 29, was dropped after a circuit judge ruled last month that the Miami-Dade State At Groceries are expensive, but they don't have to break the bank. Here are some tips to save 07/11/2024 12:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� If you���ve noticed that you���re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you���re not the only one. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high ��� up 21% on average since inflation started to surge more than three years ago. ���When inflation Russian missile attack on Ukraine���s largest hospital complicates treatment of kids with cancer 07/11/2024 03:39am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine���s largest children���s hospital this week, forcing the evacuation of dozens of its young patients battling cancer. Russia���s heaviest bombardment of the Ukrainian capital in f Prince William Co. schools to expand restrictions on student cellphone use 07/10/2024 10:08pm • Prince William County Public Schools intends to expand its restrictions on cellphone usage to all middle and high schools next year. The undertaking ��� an expansion of last year���s pilot program restricting phone usage in county schools ��� comes as Gov. Glenn Youngkin is making ���cellphone-fr Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial starts with witnesses recalling chaotic set shooting 07/10/2024 09:08pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� A defense attorney told jurors Wednesday that the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was an ���unspeakable tragedy��� but that ��� Alec Baldwin committed no crime; he was an actor, acting.��� Baldwin's lawyer Alex Spiro emphasized in his opening statement in a 7 Best Green Mutual Funds to Buy Now 07/10/2024 08:00pm • When investors are interested in sustainable investing, many gravitate toward boutique exchange-traded funds. After all, ETFs are more agile and cost-effective than mutual funds, and can offer up some interesting ways to invest -- including clean energy ETFs populated with leading companies fighting Joe Lee, founder of a popular DC-area record store, dies at 76 07/10/2024 04:53pm • Joe Lee, whose Montgomery County shop, Joe's Record Paradise, was a popular gathering spot for D.C.-area music fans, died July 4 at the age of 76. His son Johnson told WTOP Lee had been battling throat cancer and died at a hospice center in Rockville, Maryland. Joe Lee (left) and Zev Feld Media upheaval: CNN cutting about 100 jobs, and CBS News president announces resignation 07/10/2024 04:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews said Wednesday she's resigning after less than a year in her role, and CNN announced that it was eliminating approximately 100 jobs in continued signs of upheaval for the media business. Ciprian-Matthews will continue to work as an adviser