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Jury selection begins in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried 10/03/2023 05:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jury selection began Tuesday in the fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried after a prosecutor revealed that no discussions about a potential plea agreement took place in the nearly 10 months since the cryptocurrency executive was arrested and brought to the United States. Onc Movie Review: Her voice is lower, but Joan Baez has songs to sing and secrets to tell in new doc 10/03/2023 05:08pm • Bob Dylan called it her ���heart-stopping soprano,��� and it���s true that when Joan Baez unleashed that pure, angelic voice on the protest song ���We Shall Overcome,��� you could believe we would, indeed, overcome. The celebrated folk singer and activist was singing about civil rights, of course. B Butler sworn in as third Black female senator in US history, replaces late California Sen. Feinstein 10/03/2023 04:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history. Butler was appointed by California Gov. G Adoptive parents charged with felony neglect after 3 children found alone in dangerous conditions 10/03/2023 03:12pm • Two adoptive parents in West Virginia were charged with felony neglect after two children were found locked inside a small barn and a third child was located in an unprotected loft inside an adjacent home, police said Tuesday. The parents were arraigned Tuesday on charges of gross child neglect crea Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/03/2023 01:45pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman wows some Conservatives and alarms others with hard-line stance 10/03/2023 01:36pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman railed against unauthorized migrants, human rights laws and "woke" critics of her hard-line policies Tuesday, as she tried to secure her place as the flag-bearer of the Conservative Party���s authoritarian law-and-order wing. In her k Michigan school shooter's parents cleared to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges 10/03/2023 01:14pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Michigan's Oxford High School lost an appeal Tuesday and will face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, a rare case of prosecutors attempting to pin some responsibility for a school shooting on the perpetrator's family. Jam Judge blocks Wisconsin school district policy allowing students to choose their pronouns 10/03/2023 01:08pm • WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) ��� A judge on Tuesday blocked a southeastern Wisconsin school district���s policy of allowing students to change their names and gender pronouns without parental consent. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Maxwell ruled that the Kettle Moraine School District���s policy viola A conversation with Chappell Roan, the yodeling, queer pop icon of tomorrow 10/03/2023 12:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� In the first few minutes on the phone with The Associated Press, Chappell Roan shared a revealing fact about herself. ���I have a ���princess��� tramp stamp, that was my first tattoo,��� the 25-year-old pop singer laughed. ���And it was kind of a ���f���- you��� to my upbringin After fiery meeting, Prince George's Co. board moves forward with school construction plans 10/03/2023 08:51am • The Prince George���s County Board of Education has been marred by infighting, accusations and a lack of trust and goodwill as it has tried to lead its way through a litany of struggles and financial difficulties. And it was all on display at a board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 28. Board members f Michigan Supreme Court clears way for parents of teenager who killed 4 students at high school to face trial 10/03/2023 08:17am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� Michigan Supreme Court clears way for parents of teenager who killed 4 students at high school to face trial. Which students get into advanced math? Texas is using test scores to limit bias 10/03/2023 12:08am • DALLAS (AP) ��� When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. ���I didn���t know ���honors��� even existed,��� he said. Tha was little when his family immigrated from Myanmar and, for much of his time in Dallas s 9-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe and man linked to ransom note arrested 10/02/2023 11:48pm • MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) ��� A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York was ���safe and in good health��� Monday after a massive two-day search ended with her rescue and the arrest of a person suspected in her abduction, police said. Charlotte Sena disappeared while rid California governor chooses labor leader and Democratic insider to fill Feinstein's Senate seat 10/02/2023 10:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� When California Gov. Gavin Newsom needed to fill the U.S. Senate seat of his late mentor Dianne Feinstein, he could have turned to a big-city mayor, a member of Congress or a powerful legislator. Instead, he chose Laphonza Butler, a former union leader and Democratic insider who Alok is among the most famous DJs in the world, and he wants to make it a better place 10/02/2023 09:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Alok is one of the biggest DJs on the planet, but at just 32 years old, he���s learned that fortune and fame don���t equal happiness. ���I was 24. I was the No. 1 DJ in Brazil. I had financial success, popularity. And I was feeling a huge emptiness because I said if this is the mea