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Florida's convicted killer clown released from prison for the murder of her husband's then-wife

Nov. 02, 2024 15:12 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married was released from prison Saturday, ending a case that has been strange even by Florida standards. Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, was released 18 months...

Bryce Archie helps South Florida pull away for 44-21 victory over Florida Atlantic

Nov. 01, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Bryce Archie threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score in a 24-point third quarter, and South Florida pulled away for a 44-21 victory over Florida Atlantic on Friday night. South Florida (4-4, 2-2 American Athletic Conference) trailed 14-7 at halftime,...

Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department

Nov. 01, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It was the hottest September in more than a century in parts of South Florida, and Dwayne Wilson could hear his 81-year-old fellow inmate gasping for breath and crying out for help at the Dade Correctional Institution, 45 miles southwest of Miami on the edge of the...

Barkov gets 4 points in his hometown, Panthers top Stars 6-4 in Finland

Nov. 01, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night. Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a...

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Nov. 01, 2024 17:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a measure of the influence the world’s richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech and business titan, has spent...

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Nov. 01, 2024 16:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week's presidential election isn't just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It's also a measure of the influence the world's richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech and business titan, has spent at least...

Shootings kill 2 and wound 7 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando

Nov. 01, 2024 16:44 PM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando killed two people and wounded seven others early Friday, authorities said. Officers quickly arrested a 17-year-old male suspect, police...

MLB Calendar

Nov. 01, 2024 14:41 PM EDT

Oct. 31 — Trading resumes, day after World Series. Nov. 1-Dec. 5 — Period for Nippon Professional Baseball clubs to post players for availability to MLB clubs. Nov. 4 — Last day for club to make a qualifying offer to an eligible former player who became a free...

Tipoff: Where the top transfers in college basketball have landed

Nov. 01, 2024 09:09 AM EDT

After Dusty May left Florida Atlantic to take over Michigan’s program, plenty of the top remaining players from the Owls’ 2023 Final Four team departed as well. But they didn’t all follow their former coach to Ann Arbor. They scattered to various programs. ...

Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Nov. 01, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools. “Not only was it recommended for young adults to read,...