WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries.

2. Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy - Friday, November 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.

3. Trump vows tariffs over immigration. What the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime - Friday, November 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a Monday evening announcement, President-elect Donald Trump railed against Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing thousands of people to enter the U.S.

Hitting a familiar theme from the campaign trail and his first term in office, Trump portrayed the country's borders as insecure and immigrants as contributing to crime and the fentanyl crisis. In an announcement that could have stark repercussions, he threatened to impose 25% tariffs on everything coming into the country from those two countries.

4. Impossible to measure the void left behind by Freeman - Friday, November 29, 2024

There is no individual in the history of Nashville to have accomplished more in the world of real estate, philanthropy and leadership than the late Bill Freeman, co-founder of Freeman Webb company.

5. What Black Friday's history tells us about holiday shopping in 2024 - Friday, November 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush later this week.

The annual sales event no longer creates the midnight mall crowds or doorbuster mayhem of recent decades, in large part due to the ease of online shopping and habits forged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

6. Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office - Friday, November 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. He said he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China, as one of his first executive orders.

7. Workers at Charlotte airport, an American Airlines hub, go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week - Friday, November 22, 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte's airport, one of the nation's busiest, went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to demand higher wages.

8. Trump's incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She'll face a raft of special interests - Friday, November 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — As incoming White House chief of staff, one of Susie Wiles' vexing challenges will be policing the buffet line of powerful interests who want something from Donald Trump.

It's a world she knows well. During Trump's first presidency, she lobbied for many of them.

9. OHS, Rescue Mission team for new data sharing - Friday, November 22, 2024

To better understand how to connect people experiencing homelessness in Nashville to the housing and services they need, Metro Nashville’s Office of Homeless Services is integrating their data collection system with Nashville’s largest shelter provider, the Nashville Rescue Mission.

10. ‘New normal’ seems to bypass Midstate luxury - Friday, November 22, 2024

While the National Association of Realtors might be better known for its attorneys than any other professional group in its midst, it also has a chief economist, though he has stayed out of the headlines for the most part.

11. Tax credits, grants, other funding exists for preservationist efforts - Friday, November 22, 2024

Looking to tap into tax credits, grants and other tools created for historic preservation and site sustainability? Here are some options at the local, state and federal level.

Knoxville

The city of Knoxville’s Dept. of Urban Design & Development operates the Historic Preservation Fund program. The program was established in 2014 and has contributed more than $2.7 million to projects that improve historic buildings. A list of sites funded from 2014 to 2020 can be found on the city website: Knoxvilletn.gov

12. The 2024 Nashville Nine: Can they be saved? - Friday, November 22, 2024

Historic Nashville announced its 2024 Nashville Nine, a closely watched, annual list of neglected and endangered historic properties, Nov. 18. Since 2009 the list has included various landmarks, bridges, signs and neighborhoods in Nashville and Davidson County. Past preservation successes include “unmistakably Nashville” landmarks such as the Ryman Auditorium, Union Station, and the Hermitage Hotel, according to the organization. This year’s list also included 15 success stories from previous lists.

13. Helping history find a future - Friday, November 22, 2024

One person’s ugly brick building is another’s portal to history. That empty lot? Sure, maybe something happened there 50 years ago, but now it could hold a condo complex or three.

These are some of the conversations as Tennessee cities tackle an increasingly dire housing shortage. Denser infill is seen as a way to help solve the problem because in-town, bigger lots, sometimes empty or with only one dwelling or structure, are natural targets.

14. What to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump's pick for commerce secretary - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary.

15. Most affordable cities for hopeful homebuyers - Friday, November 15, 2024

Buyers and renters seeking inexpensive housing may want to head to the Midwest. A new Clever Real Estate study names Ohio the nation’s most affordable state. Of 100 U.S. cities analyzed, Toledo ranks the least expensive overall, with Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus all appearing in the top 30.

16. Weber, Poile enshrined as part of Hockey Hall of Fame's 2024 class - Friday, November 8, 2024

TORONTO (AP) — Shea Weber and David Poile's stories have been intertwined for more than two decades.

Poile drafted Weber when he was general manager of the Nashville Predators and eventually handed him the captaincy.

17. Biden's White House invitation to Trump continues a tradition Trump shunned in 2020 - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of Democratic President Joe Biden, who had hoped to defeat his Republican predecessor a second time and reside there for four more years.

18. Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said he wouldn't be a dictator — "except for Day 1." According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in the White House.

His list includes starting up the mass deportation of migrants, rolling back Biden administration policies on education, reshaping the federal government by firing potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him, and pardoning people who were arrested for their role in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

19. Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence - Friday, November 8, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama will decide for the third time in three years whether to unionize after a federal judge ruled that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote in which employees rejected a union.

20. Republican supermajority unchanged in Tennessee Statehouse but Democrats don't give up ground - Friday, November 1, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee's Republican legislative supermajority will remain unchanged after Democrats failed to flip seats in a handful of competitive races, but the minority party didn't give up any ground, either.

21. Russian Bomb threats in swing states disrupt a mostly smooth Election Day - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of bomb threats across multiple battleground states and baseless claims of wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump disrupted an otherwise smooth Election Day that capped a tumultuous presidential campaign.

22. Here's what to watch on Election Day in the US - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is here. Polls opened Tuesday across the nation and Americans cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election. In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

23. Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely - Friday, November 1, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday, well before all the votes are counted.

Trump set the pattern in 2020, when he declared that he had won during the early morning hours after Election Day. That led his allies to demand that officials "stop the count!" He and many other conservatives have spent the past four years falsely claiming that fraud cost him that election and bemoaning how long it takes to count ballots in the U.S.

24. Empty seats become a more common sight at Trump's final rallies - Friday, November 1, 2024

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade bragging about his crowds. Lately, he's been making the same boasts to swaths of empty seats.

In his third presidential bid, Trump for the first time is facing an opponent who stages her own massive rallies, calling further attention to the fact that his crowds, however enthusiastic they are, sometimes have failed to fill large venues and often thinned out as he spoke.

25. Musk lawyer tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance - Friday, November 1, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for Elon Musk 's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that the so-called winners of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states haven't won by chance but instead were selected to be paid "spokespeople" for the group.

26. Here's what to watch as Election Day approaches in the U.S. - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.

In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

27. Trump and Harris will both visit the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin - Friday, November 1, 2024

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will host dueling rallies within seven miles of one another on Friday night in the Milwaukee area as part of a final push for votes in swing-state Wisconsin's largest county.

28. Donald Trump gambles with late-stage trips to Democratic New Mexico and Virginia - Friday, November 1, 2024

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign's final days, taking a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades.

29. Ballot drop box fires highlight concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target - Friday, October 25, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington.

30. Election threats persist four years after far-right extremists stormed the US Capitol - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — After the 2020 presidential election, thousands of Donald Trump's most fervent supporters heeded his call to join a "wild" protest of his defeat. Following Trump's lies about a stolen election, hundreds of them stormed the U.S. Capitol under the banners of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other extremist groups and movements.

31. Treasury issues rule to block US investors from helping China develop advanced military technology - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department, seeking to keep the Chinese military from gaining an edge in advanced technologies, issued a rule Monday to restrict and monitor American investments in China in artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing.

32. Harris rallies Philadelphia voters at church, barbershop, bookstore, restaurant and basketball court - Friday, October 25, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris said Sunday that "no one can sit on the sidelines" in this year's presidential election, capping a day of campaigning across the largest city in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania.

33. Here's what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign - Friday, October 25, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a fiercely competitive presidential contest. What happens in the coming days will be pivotal in deciding the winner.

34. In their own words: What it's like in a 'chaos' Congress and why these lawmakers keep coming back - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Polarizing. Challenging. A lot of wasted time.

That's how six lawmakers described what it is like being in the U.S. House — a particularly tumultuous period in American history that has brought governing to a standstill, placed their lives in danger and raised fundamental questions about what it means to be a representative in a divided democracy.

35. A decade of racial justice activism transformed politics but landmark reforms remain elusive - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cori Bush went from helping to lead an informal movement for racial justice to winning two terms as a congresswoman from Missouri, with an office decorated with photographs of families who lost loved ones to police violence. One picture is of Michael Brown.

36. Trump again denigrates Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of Michigan's largest city - Friday, October 25, 2024

NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan.

"I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation," the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit is "great," but he thinks it "needs help."

37. Trump's Madison Square Garden event features crude, racist insults - Friday, October 25, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York's Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics.

38. Democrats invest $5 million to try to defeat Republican Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats backing Rep. Colin Allred's bid to defeat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are investing $5 million in an ad campaign focused on abortion, making a late-campaign play for what's seen as a safely Republican seat.

39. Both No. 5 Texas and No. 25 Vanderbilt have big SEC stakes and more on line - Friday, October 25, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Texas Longhorns and Vanderbilt Commodores finally are playing each other in football for the first time in nearly a century.

The stakes have never been higher.

The No. 5 Longhorns (6-1, 2-1 SEC) visit Music City on Saturday trying to avoid consecutive losses in their new league. They come in tied with No. 25 Vanderbilt (5-2, 2-1) in the SEC standings and needing a win to keep pace in the chase for a berth in the league title game and the 12-team College Football Playoff.

40. Nigeria releases American crypto executive after dropping money laundering case - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced they were ending his money laundering trial on health and diplomatic grounds.

41. Voters trust Harris on a number of issues. But is that what they'll vote on? - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the presidential election hinged on abortion or climate change, Kamala Harris might be feeling pretty comfortable about her chances on Nov. 5, based on the polls. The Democratic nominee is also competitive on economic issues against Republican Donald Trump.

42. Bradley adds Browder as health care partner - Friday, October 25, 2024

Brian R. Browder has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as a partner in the firm’s health care practice group in Nashville.

For more than 30 years, Browder has served as lead counsel on complex health care mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and private equity investments. He works with a variety of health care service providers and has created joint ventures between tax-exempt and investor-owned companies to combine their services and help deliver better care to their patients.

43. Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including 'lazy,' a racist trope against Black people - Friday, October 18, 2024

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her "lazy" — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina.

44. Trump denigrates Harris as 'lazy,' invoking a racist trope against Black people - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday called his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris "lazy," criticizing the vice president with a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms.

45. Harris raises $633 million in the third quarter but spends heavily in final push - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris ' campaign and affiliated Democratic groups raised about $633 million for the quarter, which ended last month, pushing their total to over $1 billion while maintaining a large financial advantage over Republican candidate Donald Trump in the presidential election's final sprint.

46. Immigrants help power America's economy. Will the election value or imperil them? - Friday, October 18, 2024

BAKER, Nev. (AP) — Few things say America like Janille and Tom Baker's ranch, with its grazing cattle, scrub brush-dotted desert and snow-capped mountains.

47. Burn permits now required for storm debris - Friday, October 18, 2024

A free burn permit from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry is now required before burning leaves or natural vegetation, including debris generated by Hurricane Helene.

“Due to the vast amount of woody debris from Hurricane Helene and other recent storms across the state, we expect more outdoor burning than usual this year,” State Forester Heather Slayton says. “Since escaped debris burns are the leading cause of wildfires, it is important that Tennesseans take fire safety seriously. Burn permits are required by law and the tool by which we help citizens understand when and how to burn.”

48. ‘I’ve been an underdog my whole life’ - Friday, October 18, 2024

If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia in the two weeks since the 4-2 Commodores knocked off then-No. 1 Alabama, an upset that sent shock waves through the college football world, it’s that he thrives on being an underdog and relishes every opportunity to prove skeptics wrong.

49. Jill Biden is out campaigning again — but not for her husband anymore. She's pumping up Harris - Friday, October 11, 2024

CLAWSON, Mich. (AP) — Jill Biden wasted no time after she stepped up to the microphone at a suburban Detroit restaurant.

"Now some have come to (the) Detroit area recently and thrown around some insults, but from what I've seen this is a vibrant, thriving city," she said. It was a swipe at Republican Donald Trump, who aimed a recent dart at the most populous city in a critical Midwestern battleground state.

50. Supreme Court opens door to Texas online journalist's lawsuit over her 2017 arrest - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates.

51. US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change - Friday, October 11, 2024

BOSTON (AP) — At a sparsely attended meeting last year, the Saugus Public School Committee approved a new admissions policy, it said, to streamline the process of enrolling students.

But critics say the policy — including stringent requests for proof of "legal" residency and "criminal and civil penalties" for violators — has another goal: keeping immigrants out of the small school district outside Boston.

52. Former President Bill Clinton travels to Georgia to rally rural Black voters to the polls - Friday, October 11, 2024

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton urged churchgoers in Albany, Georgia, on Sunday to rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign for the office he once held.

53. Trump calls for adding 10,000 Border Patrol agents after derailing a bipartisan border bill - Friday, October 11, 2024

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday proposed hiring 10,000 additional Border Patrol agents and giving them a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, after he derailed a bipartisan bill earlier this year that included funding for more border personnel.

54. Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil.

55. Things to know about AP's report on the federal criminal cases against former President Trump - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.

56. US House control teeters on the unlikely battleground of heavily Democratic California - Friday, October 11, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's reputation as a hothouse of progressive politics is being tested in a string of U.S. House contests that are again expected to play into which party controls the chamber next year.

57. Trump insults Detroit while campaigning in the city - Friday, October 11, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump criticized Detroit while delivering remarks to an economic group there on Thursday, saying the whole country would end up like the city if his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is elected.

58. Hurricane Milton plows across Florida, pounding cities and whipping up tornadoes. At least 4 dead - Friday, October 11, 2024

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, and whipping up a barrage of tornadoes. It caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit.

59. Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday.

60. Tesla is unveiling its long-awaited robotaxi amid doubts about the technology it runs on - Friday, October 11, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — Expectations are high for the long-awaited unveiling of Tesla's robotaxi at a Hollywood studio Thursday night. Too high for some analysts and investors.

The company, which began selling software it calls "Full Self-Driving" nine years ago that still can't drive itself, is expected to show off the so-called "Cybercab" vehicle, which may not have a steering wheel and pedals.

61. Ratan Tata, an Indian industry legend and business icon dies aged 86 - Friday, October 11, 2024

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ratan Tata, one of India's most influential business leaders, was cremated after a state funeral in the country's financial capital on Thursday. The veteran industrialist, former chairman of a $100 billion conglomerate Tata Group, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night at the age of 86.

62. Social Security's scheduled cost of living increase 'won't make a dent' for some retirees - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she'll receive in January "won't make a dent" in helping her meet her day-to-day expenses.

63. What presidential campaign? The Electoral College puts most American voters on the sidelines - Friday, October 4, 2024

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a postcard-writing pizza party to help turn out voters there. Leaning against the table are homemade Harris-Walz signs.

64. US scrambled to urge Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Woodward book says - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Months into Russia's war in Ukraine, the United States had intelligence pointing to "highly sensitive, credible conversations inside the Kremlin" that President Vladimir Putin was seriously considering using nuclear weapons to avoid major battlefield losses, journalist Bob Woodward reported in his new book, "War."

65. FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.

66. Keith Urban to headline New Year’s Eve Live - Friday, October 11, 2024

The live show for Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park will be headlined and co-hosted by four-time Grammy-winning artist Keith Urban, joining previously announced headliners Kane Brown, an award-winning, multi-Platinum recording star, and Grammy-nominated artist Jelly Roll.

67. PMC promotes Varshal to commercial sales director - Friday, October 11, 2024

Parking Management Company, a national parking services provider based in Nashville, has announced the promotion of Jake Varshal to national commercial sales director.

Varshal joined PMC as the vice president of Operations in the Hospitality division in early 2021 when the company acquired Texas-based parking company Hospitality Parking. In his previous position, he managed hospitality and commercial parking operations during Hospitality Parking’s expansion from Austin into the Houston and San Antonio markets.

68. Trump and Harris mark somber anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel - Friday, October 4, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are marking the first anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust as the presidential candidates approach the final weeks of the campaign during a widening conflict in the Middle East.

69. Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S. - Friday, October 4, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Americans continue to struggle under unrelentingly high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units across the U.S. could disappear in the next five years alone.

It leaves low-income tenants facing protracted eviction battles, scrambling to pay a two-fold rent increase or more, or shunted back into a housing market where costs can easily eat half a paycheck.

70. As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses - Friday, October 4, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf's apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles' Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism.

71. Mixed verdict for 3 Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating - Friday, October 4, 2024

MEMPHIS (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing.

72. Fabulous freshmen in the SEC are delivering the big plays from Alabama to Texas - Friday, October 4, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The kids in the SEC are more than alright.

From quarterbacks to pass catchers and pass rushers, from 17-year-olds to second-year freshmen, the Southeastern Conference has seen an explosion of young talent emerging as the league's top playmakers. Some were pressed into duty because of injuries, while some just could not be kept off the field.

73. The flood of ghost guns is slowing after regulation. It's also being challenged in the Supreme Court - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guy Boyd was hanging out with friends he had known for years in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the night an accidental gunshot tore into his head.

74. Helene dumps 40 trillion gallons of water on South - Friday, October 4, 2024

More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it – an unheard of amount of water that has stunned experts.

75. Vanderbilt’s Terry chosen to lead NFL research - Friday, October 4, 2024

Douglas Terry, Ph.D., a neuropsychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will work with the National Football League as the senior director of research.

The role will concentrate on several initiatives meant to enhance the health and safety of NFL players and is an extension of Terry’s expertise and work on sport-related concussion and cumulative head impacts.

76. Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico - Friday, September 27, 2024

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum took the oath of office Tuesday as Mexico's first female president in more than 200 years of independence, promising to protect an expanded social safety net and other popular policies put in place by her predecessor, but facing pressing problems.

77. Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924 - Friday, September 27, 2024

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.

78. Supplies arrive by plane, mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100 - Friday, September 27, 2024

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130.

79. Trump slams US response to Helene, even as supporters urge cutbacks to federal disaster agencies - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump criticized the Biden administration's response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, even as his supporters call for cuts to federal agencies that warn of weather disasters and deliver relief to hard-hit communities.

80. Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100 - Friday, September 27, 2024

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came into light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll rose to 121.

81. Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Iranian operatives have been charged with hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaig n as part of what the Justice Department says was a sweeping effort to undermine the former president and erode confidence in the U.S. electoral system.

82. Voter registration deadline Oct. 7 - Friday, September 27, 2024

The advent of October brings crucial dates for the upcoming Nov. 5 federal, state and county elections.

Deadline for completing voter registration is Monday, Oct. 7. Online registration for new voters can be completed through the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website.

83. Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals - Friday, September 20, 2024

HONG KONG (AP) — Writing to the Hong Kong court that convicted him of sedition, former Stand News editor Patrick Lam said he regretted missing a chance to tell a police officer about independent journalism.

84. In dueling speeches, Harris is to make her capitalist pitch while Trump pushes deeper into populism - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Derided by Donald Trump as a "communist," Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist.

Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million from his father on a "silver platter," Trump is leaning into his raw populism.

85. Tyreek Hill's traffic stop can be a reminder of drivers' constitutional rights - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — American drivers might universally wince or brace themselves at the sight and sound of flashing red and blue lights and blaring sirens, but all drivers have constitutional rights when pulled over on the road.

86. US-China research has given Beijing's military technology a boost, House GOP says - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes, congressional Republicans asserted in a new report.

87. Britain's Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism after months of gloomy talk - Friday, September 20, 2024

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves promised on Monday not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire state of the U.K.'s national finances, as she tried to inject a dose of optimism after weeks of negative headlines for the country's new Labour Party government.

88. Closing arguments begin in civil trial over 'Trump Train' encounter with Biden-Harris bus in Texas - Friday, September 20, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A civil trial in Texas over a so-called "Trump Train" that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus days before the 2020 election reached closing arguments Friday before a federal jury decides whether the rolling highway encounter amounted to political intimidation.

89. In-person voting begins for the US presidential contest, kicking off the sprint to Election Day - Friday, September 20, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In-person voting for this year's presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil.

Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a dozen more states will follow by mid-October.

90. North Carolina GOP governor nominee vows to keep running after report on racial and sexual comments - Friday, September 20, 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson vowed on Thursday to remain in the race despite a CNN report that he posted strongly worded racial and sexual comments on an online message board, saying he won't be forced out by "salacious tabloid lies."

91. Kamala Harris steps up outreach to Mormon voters in battleground Arizona - Friday, September 20, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is stepping up her efforts to win over voters who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, enlisting prominent members of the faith to make the case in pivotal Arizona that Donald Trump does not align with the church's values.

92. Leaders of Democratic protest of Israel-Hamas war won't endorse Harris but warn against Trump - Friday, September 20, 2024

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Leaders of a Democratic protest vote movement against the Israel-Hamas war said Thursday that they would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris ' presidential bid but strongly urged their supporters to vote against Donald Trump in November.

93. America's political system is under stress as voters and their leaders navigate unfamiliar terrain - Friday, September 20, 2024

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to elections officials in more than a dozen states. State police have begun sweeps of schools in an Ohio community where conspiracy theories have fueled bomb threats. Violent rhetoric is rippling across social media.

94. Voters view Harris more favorably as she settles into role atop Democratic ticket: AP-NORC poll - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Until recently, Lillian Dunsmuir of Bullhead City, Arizona, "didn't really think about" Kamala Harris and had no opinion of the vice president. But now she likes what she's seeing.

95. Treasury rule would expand tax credits for installing electric vehicle chargers - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to clarify how homeowners and businesses can receive lucrative tax credits for installing electric vehicle chargers.

A rule proposed Wednesday by the Treasury Department would make credits worth up to $1,000 for individuals and $100,000 for businesses available for each EV charger that is installed. If finalized, the new rule would be especially valuable to businesses that plan to install multiple chargers and would be eligible for significant credits to offset the expense.

96. Ship owner cut corners on repairs before deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, US says in $100M lawsuit - Friday, September 13, 2024

BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, the Justice Department alleged Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $100 million that the government spent to clear the underwater debris and reopen the city's port.

97. Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric, says voters should make sure he 'can't have that microphone again' - Friday, September 13, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make sure he "can't have that microphone again."

98. Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election - Friday, September 13, 2024

Government scientists and artificial intelligence experts from at least nine countries and the European Union will meet in San Francisco after the U.S. elections to coordinate on safely developing AI technology and averting its dangers.

99. FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to election officials in Tennessee, 14-plus other states - Friday, September 13, 2024

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than 15 states, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or that any of the packages contained hazardous material.

100. Which U.S. cities are better for renting? - Friday, September 20, 2024

Conventional wisdom asserts that buying a home is a better financial decision than renting, but average home prices have increased 39% faster than rent prices since 2019, calling that long-held assumption into question.