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Virginia Daybook 11/04/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Saturday, Nov. 04. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other St Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan make the crowd go wild at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 11/04/2023 03:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sheryl Crow and Olivia Rodrigo kicked off the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night and Missy Elliott closed the show more than four hours later with a roof-shaking set, as the hall celebrated a strong representation of women and Black artists. Chaka Kha Her daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting. Now she's running for mayor of Uvalde 11/04/2023 01:23pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) ��� On a sticky Texas morning, Kimberly Mata-Rubio is lacing up her running shoes ahead of two races she is running in Uvalde in tribute to her daughter Lexi, who was killed in the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting. First up is a charity run honoring Lexi's life. Then it's back Supporters celebrate opening of Gay Games in Hong Kong, first in Asia, despite lawmakers' opposition 11/04/2023 10:42am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting event to be held in Asia. Nearly 2,400 participants from about 45 territories, including Britain, th Haley and Ramaswamy show the rising political power of Indian Americans even as they feud in debates 11/04/2023 10:05am • The tension between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy was hard to miss when they last met on a debate stage. ���Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say,��� Haley told Ramaswamy. Responding to the broadside, Ramaswamy argued ���we will be better served as a Republican Party i Why native Hawaiians are being 'pushed out of paradise' in their homeland 11/04/2023 09:40am • ▶ Watch Video: Native Hawaiians fear they will be priced out of the state after Maui fires Doreen Hall is among the thousands of native Hawaiians who decided to leave the state with her family because of rising prices in the area. Each year, 15,000 native Hawaiians leave the state for Kevin Harvick heads into final race of NASCAR career looking toward next phases of racing life 11/04/2023 06:00am • AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� The plans to retire at the end of this year had been in place so long that every race weekend of Kevin Harvick's 23rd season felt fairly routine. Until it came time for the last one. As Harvick readied to return to Phoenix Raceway ��� a track where he was once practically 3 Northern Va. teams win Baltimore Ravens flag football tournaments, heading to Pro Bowl 11/03/2023 11:00pm • We're still several weeks away from finding out if anyone from the Washington Commanders will be going to the NFL Pro Bowl. But even if they're shut out, the D.C. region will still be well represented there. Last month, three Northern Virginia teams won their divisions in the Baltimore Ravens fla Milk carton shortage hits school lunchrooms in New York, California and other states, USDA says 11/03/2023 08:20pm • The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the country scrambling to find alternatives. The problem is not a shortage of milk itself, but the cardboard cartons used to package and serve it, accord Toddler critically injured in accidental shooting after suspect discards gun on day care playground 11/03/2023 07:54pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A toddler in Las Vegas was hospitalized in critical condition after finding a gun on a day care playground that had been discarded by a teenager who was fleeing after opening fire on a city bus, authorities announced Friday. Deputy Police Chief Reggie Rader said the toddler, who i Prosecutor questions Florida dentist's claim he was extorted, not a murder-for-hire mastermind 11/03/2023 03:54pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida dentist on trial in his ex-brother-in-law's slaying testified Friday that he never explained to authorities that he was a victim of extortion ��� and not the mastermind behind a 2014 murder-for-hire plot ��� because no one asked him to reveal the truth. Prosecuto Retired businessman will lead Boy Scouts of America as it emerges from scandal-driven bankruptcy 11/03/2023 03:22pm • The new president of the Boy Scouts of America plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve safety programs as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a sexual abuse scandal. Roger Krone, a retired businessman and Eagle Scout, was named Friday as the new chief executive Santa Fe considers tax on mansions as housing prices soar 11/03/2023 02:23pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Voters are deciding whether to tax mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in a state capital city prized for its desert-mountain vistas, vibrant arts scene and stucco architecture rooted in Native American and Spanish-colonial tradition. The tax on homes sold for Jeff Bezos, after founding Amazon in a Seattle garage three decades ago, packs his bags for Miami 11/03/2023 10:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle, where the billionaire founded Amazon out of a garage nearly three decades ago. In a Thursday night Instagram post, the 59-year-old Bezos announced plans to return to Miami ��� where he spent his high school years ��� to be closer to his parents and hi Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to leave Seattle for Miami 11/03/2023 10:36am • Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos is leaving the Seattle area, almost 30 years after moving to the region and starting what is now one of the most valuable companies in the world out of his garage. "I've lived in Seattle longer than I've lived anywhere else and have s