Civil rights leaders demand meeting with Elon Musk

CONSTANZA HEVIA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The top executives of three civil rights groups are demanding a meeting with new Twitter owner Elon Musk following what they say has been a rise in racial and

US women's gymnastics clinches gold at world championships

Naomi Baker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. gymnastics fans can now officially book their trips to the Paris Olympics. The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won gold at the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tuesday in Liverpool, England,

Scoreboard roundup — 11/2/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Houston 5, Philadelphia 0 (Series tied 2-2) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Washington 121, Philadelphia 111 Atlanta 112, New York 99 Miami 110,

Oregon mayor arrested in road rage incident

RUFUS, Ore. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say the mayor of a rural town in Oregon is facing accusations of attempted murder following a road rage incident Monday night. The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says Mayor Dowen

Two convicted in ivory smuggling case

SEATTLE (AP) — Two foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo who pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to participating in a smuggling ring that brought illegal ivory, rhinoceros horn and pangolin scales into the

Convicted bank robber gets reduced sentence

Seattle – The leader of a military-style bank robbery, who later assaulted a co-defendant and tried to hire someone to kill a federal prosecutor, was resentenced today to 31 years in prison for his crimes. 36-year-old Luke