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Illinois lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data 11/06/2023 05:55pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Critics of an Illinois program providing private school scholarships say there's no proof it improves academic achievement. But state education officials, delayed by COVID-19's school disruptions, have never reported the academic performance of participating students as re Today in Sports - Magic Johnson announces he has tested positive for the AIDS virus and is retiring 11/06/2023 10:00am • Nov. 7 1943 — The Detroit Lions and New York Giants play the last scoreless tie in the NFL. 1968 — Red Berenson scores six goals, including four in the second period, to lead the St. Louis Blues to an 8-0 victory over Philadelphia. 1974 — South Africa is awarded the Davis Cup against India. In Australian and Chinese leaders talk pandas and wine as ties improve despite disagreements 11/06/2023 09:14am • BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Australia and China joked about the relative cuteness of pandas and Tasmanian devils on Monday in a largely symbolic meeting that reflected the ongoing upswing in relations between the two countries after several years of acrimony and division. Prime Minister Anthony Untouchable Djokovic downs Dimitrov in straight sets for record-extending 7th title at Paris Masters 11/05/2023 11:43am • PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic will head to the ATP Finals oozing with confidence. The top-ranked Serb will take on his rivals at the year-end event starting next weekend on an 18-match winning streak, fresh from a 40th Masters 1000 tournament win. Djokovic, who has not lost a match since his defeat Djokovic wins a 3-set battle with Rublev to set up Paris Masters final against Dimitrov 11/04/2023 04:40pm • PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic was made to fight for more than three hours by Andrey Rublev in their semifinal match on Saturday before earning the right to play for a record-extending seventh title at the Paris Masters. Djokovic overcame a slow start to rally past his Russian opponent 5- Today in History: November 4, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated 11/04/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2023. There are 57 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 4, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a peace rally. On this date: In 1842, Prince George's Co. animal shelter experiencing outbreak of feline distemper 11/03/2023 06:18am • The Prince George’s County Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, said it is experiencing an outbreak of feline panleukopenia, also known as feline distemper. It's a highly contagious viral disease that infects cats, especially kittens, in their bone marrow an California officials confirm 2 cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness rarely transmitted in US 11/02/2023 09:00pm • LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two people in Southern California have come down with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, where the mosquito-borne illness is rare, health officials said. A Pasadena resident was confirmed to have dengue last month but is recovering, officials said. A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain is an Air Force Reserve officer 11/02/2023 07:15pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain if they diverted their flight to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who was relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Jonathan J. Dunn's military servi Today in Sports - Week Ahead, November 3 - 9 11/02/2023 10:00am • Nov. 7 1943 — The Detroit Lions and New York Giants play the last scoreless tie in the NFL. 1968 — Red Berenson scores six goals, including four in the second period, to lead the St. Louis Blues to an 8-0 victory over Philadelphia. 1974 — South Africa is awarded the Davis Cup against India. In Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says 10/31/2023 07:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he rec Cameron tries to energize growing GOP base in challenging Democratic incumbent in Kentucky 10/31/2023 04:56pm • LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Looking to energize his party's growing base, Republican Daniel Cameron picked apart Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's record Tuesday in Kentucky's hotly contested gubernatorial campaign. Cameron took aim at the incumbent's veto of transgender bills and handling of the pandemic whi Boris Johnson's former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry 10/31/2023 03:30pm • LONDON (AP) — The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in the U.K. government during the coronavirus pandemic. In keenly awaited testimony to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominic C Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/31/2023 01:22pm • 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 Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions 10/30/2023 04:45pm • Drugstore workers around the country started calling in sick Monday to highlight a lack of support from their employers, protest organizers said. The extent and impact of the demonstration, which is planned until Wednesday, were not clear as of Monday afternoon. Pharmacists and technicians for doze