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US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill

US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government child care assistance for almost 80 years. With President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion social services package, they are as close as they have ever been to winning.
People magazine names Paul Rudd as 2021's Sexiest Man Alive

People magazine names Paul Rudd as 2021's Sexiest Man Alive

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Rudd has been crowned as 2021’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine .
Get ready for more games: 'Squid Game' readies for Season 2

Get ready for more games: 'Squid Game' readies for Season 2

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creator of Netflix's “Squid Game” says the hit TV series will be back for a season two, even though most TV shows in South Korea run for just one season.
Brian Williams says he's leaving NBC News at end of year

Brian Williams says he's leaving NBC News at end of year

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Williams, who remade his career as an MSNBC host after losing his job as NBC “Nightly News” anchor for making false claims about a wartime story, is leaving the network after 28 years.
Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts

Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts

POLACCA, Ariz. (AP) — Candidates for Hopi chairman move easily between the tribe's language and English as they make their case for votes from a high school auditorium.
Marie Antoinette's diamond bracelets fetch $8.3M at auction

Marie Antoinette's diamond bracelets fetch $8.3M at auction

GENEVA (AP) — A pair of diamond bracelets that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the famed wife of French King Louis XVI who met her fate at the revolutionary guillotine, sold for 7.46 million Swiss francs ($8.34 million) on Tuesday.
Florida's largest school district drops all mask mandates

Florida's largest school district drops all mask mandates

MIAMI (AP) — Florida's largest school district is dropping all mask mandates, allowing parents in all grades to decide whether their children should wear a face covering, the superintendent announced Tuesday.
Rapper's rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits

Rapper's rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits

Lawsuits are piling up less than a week after the deadly crowd crush at the Astroworld concert, and legal experts say the risk is mounting that juries could decide against rapper Travis Scott and the companies behind the tragic event in Houston.
Crowd surge wasn't mentioned in Astroworld operational plan

Crowd surge wasn't mentioned in Astroworld operational plan

HOUSTON (AP) — Emergency plans for the Astroworld music festival did not include protocols for dangerous crowd surges like the one that unfolded during a rush to see headliner Travis Scott, which left eight people dead and injured hundreds of others,
Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85

Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85

NEW YORK (AP) — Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series “Quantum Leap” and in a string of indelible performances in film, including David Lynch's “Blue Velvet,” Wim Wenders' “Paris, Texas”
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