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Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko's bid 11/19/2023 05:11pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� The party of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Sunday it was sponsoring another candidate for the February presidential election, just days after Senegal's Supreme Court effectively blocked Sonko's own bid. Election authorities have refused to provide Sonko with the Hollywood���s feast and famine before Thanksgiving, as ���Hunger Games��� prequel tops box office 11/19/2023 04:48pm • ���The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes��� topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a busy weekend at the multiplex, leading into the often lucrative Thanksgiving corridor GOP secures all elected statewide offices in Louisiana, after Republican victories Saturday 11/19/2023 12:28am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Come January, the GOP will control every elected statewide office in Louisiana after Republicans swept three runoff races for attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer Saturday night. The GOP success, in a state that has had a Democrat in the governor���s office fo Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis 11/19/2023 12:07am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon's first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favor of an emphasis on addiction treatment is facing strong headwinds in the progressive state after an explosion of public drug use fueled by t New Orleans civil rights activist's family home listed on National Register of Historic Places 11/18/2023 10:43am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana's civil rights movement in the 1960s has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Treme neighborhood Craftsman-style home at 917-919 N. Tonti St UK Treasury chief signals tax cuts and a squeeze on welfare benefits are on the way 11/18/2023 07:52am • LONDON (AP) ��� U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt says the government can afford to lower some taxes now that inflation is falling, but that any cuts will come along with a squeeze on welfare benefits. British media have reported that there will be relief for businesses and wealthy property-owners in Las Vegas Grand Prix offer of a $200 discount doesn't go far 11/18/2023 05:41am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Las Vegas Grand Prix officials took steps to mend relations with Formula One fans who were angered or disappointed about not getting what they paid for Thursday night by offering those with single-event tickets a $200 discount at the official gift shop. Two problems. The offer doe Moms for Liberty reports over $2 million in revenue, with bulk of contributions from two donors 11/17/2023 09:46pm • The Moms for Liberty ���parental rights��� nonprofit reported $2.1 million in total revenue in 2022, a big leap from the previous year that was made possible primarily through contributions from two anonymous megadonors, according to a tax filing provided to The Associated Press on Friday. The drama Virginia state senator who recently won reelection faces lawsuit over residency requirement 11/17/2023 06:55pm • CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) ��� A Virginia state senator who recently won reelection is facing a call for an investigation from her opponent and a lawsuit from several of her neighbors over whether she actually lives in the new district she represents. Democratic Sen. Ghazala Hashmi defeated Republican c Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes in a deal that gives him more prison time 11/17/2023 05:43pm • BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) ��� Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Friday to stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable legal clients in schemes lasting over a decade under an agreement that all but ensures more prison time for the longtime lawyer who was convicted of killing his wife and younger son. Murdaugh Md. immigrant rights group issues long-awaited apology for prior statements on Gaza conflict 11/17/2023 11:30am • Almost two weeks after coming under fire for issuing statements on the war in Gaza that some critics characterized as antisemitic, CASA, the Maryland-based immigrants' rights organization, released a public apology Thursday, expressing regret for causing "dear friends and partners pain" and vowing t Acapulco races to restart its tourism engine after Hurricane Otis devastates its hotels, restaurants 11/17/2023 10:17am • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) ��� The keyboard and drums from a musical show thump just yards from a mountain of storm debris and fractured hotels left by Hurricane Otis three weeks ago. On the northern end of Acapulco Bay, hairdressers and masseuses sweep branches from a beach. Across the Pacific resort of Argentina's Peronist machine is in high gear to shore up shaky votes before the presidential runoff 11/17/2023 12:22am • CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina (AP) ��� As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism is on shaky ground, its candidate having lost some traction even among longtime loyalists living in a suburb of the capital that is its literal and fi New Va. Senate majority leader Scott Surovell says constitutional amendment on abortion is possible 11/16/2023 11:15pm • After Democrats took control of Virginia's General Assembly in last week's election, Sen. Scott Surovell, who represents Fairfax County, was elected by members of his party to be the Senate's new majority leader. The previous Democratic leader in the upper chamber, Sen. Dick Saslaw, is retiring. Prince George���s Co. Council passes flurry of bills as 2023 winds down 11/16/2023 11:11pm • A new council that began the year with ambition and promises to do big things started winding down 2023 by passing a flurry of legislation this week in Prince George���s County, Maryland. Much of the legislation passed unanimously, as the county council spent months amending and improving bills b