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Margaret Huntley Main, the oldest living Tournament of Roses queen, dies at 102 11/28/2023 05:28pm • AUBURN, Calif. (AP) �� Margaret Huntley Main, the 1940 Tournament of Roses queen and the oldest living titleholder, has died. She was 102. Main died last Friday in Auburn, California, the Tournament of Roses said in a statement Tuesday. No cause of death was given. She was attending Pasadena City C

Embattled Oregon school district in court after parents accuse it of violating public meetings law 11/28/2023 04:48pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) �� An Oregon school district that sparked controversy in 2021 over a decision to ban diversity symbols was in court Tuesday after parents sued it for allegedly violating public meetings law. The trial, which opened in Yamhill County, stems from a lawsuit filed in 2021 by a group

Staff reassigned at Florida school after allegations that transgender student played on girls' team 11/28/2023 03:02pm • COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) �� Dozens of students participated in a walkout at a South Florida high school on Tuesday, a day after their principal and four other staff members were removed from their positions as officials investigate allegations of a transgender student being allowed to play on a gir

Movie Review: 'Eileen,' a wonderful novel about an 'invisible' young lady becomes a oddball film 11/28/2023 01:53pm • Something strange has happened to Eileen Dunlop, and we don't just mean the plot of ��Eileen.�� The adaptation of novelist Ottessa Moshfegh's delicious coming-of-age heroine has had a weird birth onto film. The plot and setting haven't changed: It's late 1964 in a frigid coastal town in Massachus

A teen is found guilty of second-degree murder in a New Orleans carjacking that horrified the city 11/28/2023 12:54pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) �� A now 18-year-old teenager faces life behind bars after being found guilty of second-degree murder in last year's heinous carjacking and dragging death of a 73-year-old woman in New Orleans. Jurors deliberated for about four hours Monday before finding the teenager guilty as cha

Millennial Money: 5 steps to creating financial boundaries during the holidays 11/28/2023 08:12am • Marketing ads, family functions and holiday gift-giving culture can make it feel impossible not to spend, or for some, overspend. According to a 2023 survey from NerdWallet, around half of Americans (52%) incurred credit card debt when shopping for gifts during the holidays last year, and almost a t

Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana��s unapproved schools 11/28/2023 12:46am • SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) �� Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children. But Martin didn��t take any classes or

Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana��s unapproved schools 11/28/2023 12:43am • SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) �� Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children. ��This is a new path for me to get on

Montgomery Co. high school student to serve as county council member �� for a day 11/27/2023 09:12pm • Folashade Epebinu normally has very full days. The teenager is not only a Seneca Valley High School senior, but she's also dual-enrolled at Montgomery College, taking classes in general engineering. Now, she's adding another item to her agenda: she's serving as a Montgomery County Council memb

Live updates | Israel releases Palestinian prisoners and Hamas frees 11 hostages as truce extended 11/27/2023 07:11pm • A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days, the key mediator Qatar announced on Monday, which would have been the final day of the cease-fire. In the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, 11 Israeli hostages, all women and children, were released from Ham

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC): Benefits and Risks 11/27/2023 07:00pm • It used to be a given: Women who had a baby by cesarean section only had the option of delivering any following pregnancy by C-section.However, that's no longer the case. Vaginal birth is now an option for many expectant mothers with a prior C-section. In fact, international medical specialty groups

Book Review: 'Welcome to The O.C.' serves as a definitive look-back at the 20-year-old Fox drama 11/27/2023 03:20pm • ��California, here we come.�� The refrain from the Phantom Planet tune ��California�� that served as the theme song for ��The O.C.�� welcomed viewers to Fox��s short-lived but much-loved prime-time soap that focused on a group of teenagers and parents navigating the emotional ups and downs of

Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state 11/27/2023 12:51pm • SHENZHEN, China (AP) �� In one painting, a child sits, mouth wide open, as a worker in white medical garb extends a long cotton swab toward her tonsils. In another, a masked officer and medical workers stand guard in front of an apartment cordoned off with ropes and seals reading ��CLOSED,�� as r

Elon Musk visits Israel to meet top leaders as accusations of antisemitism on X grow 11/27/2023 12:41pm • JERUSALEM (AP) �� Elon Musk, who's been under fire for endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory and wider accusations of hatred flourishing on his social media platform X, visited Israel, where he toured a kibbutz attacked by Hamas militants and held talks with top leaders. The billionaire met w

Final trial over Elijah McClain's death in suburban Denver spotlights paramedics' role 11/27/2023 11:36am • DENVER (AP) �� The final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in suburban Denver is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory, with paramedics, not officers, being prosecuted this time. Starting Monday, jurors will be chosen to decide if the para