HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information, according to a report by independent investigators released Thursday. While investigators referred seven officers with discrepancies in their data to state police internal …
Read More »Anthony leads St. Thomas against Omaha after 32-point showing
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Saint Thomas Tommies (14-8, 4-3 Summit League) at Omaha Mavericks (11-12, 4-4 Summit League) Omaha, Nebraska; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tommies -2; over/under is 141.5 …
Read More »Cornell plays Dartmouth following Williams’ 20-point performance
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Cornell Big Red (15-3, 4-0 Ivy League) at Dartmouth Big Green (5-12, 1-3 Ivy League) Hanover, New Hampshire; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cornell visits the Dartmouth …
Read More »Georgia restricts Fulton County’s access to voter registration system after cyber intrusion
ATLANTA (AP) — An apparent cyberattack that affected government operations in Georgia’s most populous county is creating challenges for its election office as it prepares for the state’s March 12 presidential primary. Robert Sinners, spokesman for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, said Thursday that Fulton County’s access to the state voter registration system had been restricted as a precaution. …
Read More »Musk wants Tesla investors to vote on switching the carmaker’s corporate registration to Texas
Elon Musk wants Tesla investors to decide on moving the company’s corporate listing to Texas after a Delaware court decided he shouldn’t get a multibillion-dollar pay package. The electric car company’s CEO said early Thursday that Tesla would get shareholders to vote on whether to switch its corporate registration to Texas, where its physical headquarters is located. “Tesla will move …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen’s mother Adele Springsteen, a fan favorite who danced at his shows, dies at 98
NEW YORK (AP) — Adele Zerilli Springsteen, the longtime legal secretary, musical muse and concert dance partner who captured countless hearts in her son Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Nation and beyond, has died at 98. Bruce Springsteen announced in an Instagram post that his mother died Wednesday. He shared a video of the two of them dancing to the Glenn …
Read More »Authorities locate a missing Roman Catholic cardinal in Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Authorities have found alive a Roman Catholic cardinal who disappeared this week in western Panama near the border with Costa Rica, church officials said Thursday, hours after confirming the cleric’s disappearance. Panama’s Episcopal Conference said in a statement Thursday afternoon that Spanish Cardinal José Luis Lacunza had been found after last being seen Tuesday. They did …
Read More »Princeton visits Mahoney and Yale
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Princeton Tigers (15-2, 3-1 Ivy League) at Yale Bulldogs (13-6, 4-0 Ivy League) New Haven, Connecticut; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Yale plays the Princeton Tigers after …
Read More »A woman and her 2 young daughters are in a hospital after a ‘corrosive substance’ attack in London
LONDON (AP) — A woman and her two young daughters had a corrosive substance thrown on them in London, where they were receiving treatment at a hospital Thursday, police said. The city’s Metropolitan Police force said officers received reports that a man pushed a 3-year-old girl to the ground and threw an alkaline substance at her, her 8-year-old sister and …
Read More »Guatemala’s new president appeals for society’s help to overcome entrenched powers
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Bernardo Arévalo said Thursday that with his political party suspended, little support in congress and an attorney general in hot pursuit, he will appeal to the Guatemalan people to help him overcome the entrenched old guard and achieve the change he campaigned on. “We are clear that in the current context, we depend on society …
Read More »Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it’s becoming inevitable
BEIRUT (AP) — The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. Such a war could be the most destructive either side has ever experienced. Israel and Hezbollah each have lessons from their …
Read More »Georgia restricts Fulton County’s access to voter registration system after cyber intrusion
ATLANTA (AP) — An apparent cyberattack that affected government operations in Georgia’s most populous county is creating challenges for its election office as it prepares for the state’s March 12 presidential primary. Robert Sinners, spokesman for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, said Thursday that Fulton County’s access to the state voter registration system had been restricted as a precaution. …
Read More »Apple ends yearlong sales slump with slight revenue rise in holiday-season period but stock slips
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple snapped out of a yearlong sales funk during its holiday-season quarter, propelled by solid demand for the latest model of its iPhone and still-robust growth in a services division facing legal threats that could undermine its prospects. The modest revenue growth announced Thursday as part of Apple’s October-December results ended four consecutive quarters of year-over-year …
Read More »The failed political operation to make DeSantis the GOP presidential nominee cost $168 million
The failed campaign and expansive political operation aiming to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the Republican nominee for the White House cost $168 million, according to filings reported to the Federal Election Commission late Wednesday. The pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down reported payments of more than $130.6 million in 2023 while a newer super PAC Fight Right reported $9.6 …
Read More »Navalny insta a protestar contra Putin el día de la elección votando a una hora específica
El líder encarcelado líder opositor ruso Alexei Navalny instó el jueves a los ciudadanos a protestar contra el presidente Vladímir Putin en los comicios presidenciales del mes próximo votando a una hora específica el día de la elección. En una declaración hecha en redes sociales desde la colonia penitenciaria del Ártico donde está preso, Navalny afirmó que, al formar largas …
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