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WASHINGTON (AP) — The bright-eyed class of incoming members of Congress descended on Washington Tuesday for schooling on the nuts and bolts underpinning a job like none other. But even as they chose curtain colors and sorted party invitations, the freshmen who vowed to change Washington were getting an old-school education on political pressure from the veteran lawmakers who want to lead them. "I'm just trying to figure out what's going on," said Rep.-elect Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a former member of the state legislature. Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A consulting firm says the pension system for Kentucky's teachers has more money and less unfunded debt after the legislature decided to fully pay its annual funding request. The system is about $14.3 billion short of the money it needs to pay retirement benefits over the next three decades. But it now has 57.7 percent of the money needed to pay that debt. Last year, the system had 56.4 percent of the money required to meet its obligations. A report from Cavanaugh Macdonald... Читать дальше...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the Florida recount of its Senate and governor elections (all times local): 3:40 p.m. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump and Gov. Rick Scott are attempting to bully Florida election officials out of doing their jobs. Schumer and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, both Democrats, spoke with reporters Tuesday in Washington. Scott, a Republican, is challenging Nelson for his Senate seat. Scott's slight lead over Nelson following last week's election prompted an automatic recount. Читать дальше...

Welcome to the Lyons den, Jeff Kingsley. Following last week’s drama, “Empire” returns with a new Season 5 episode tomorrow. And if the clip above, which is exclusive to TheWrap, is any indication, it’s going to be a really awkward night, as Lucious, Cookie and their boys, welcome Empire Record’s new data-driven exec into their home to break bread. Read the full article on The Wrap

BOSTON (AP) — A Nigerian internet service provider said Tuesday that a configuration error it made during a network upgrade caused a disruption of key Google services, routing traffic to China and Russia. Prior to MainOne's explanation Tuesday, there was speculation that Monday's 74-minute data hijacking might have been intentional. Google's search, cloud hosting and collaborative business tools were among services disrupted. "Everyone is pretty confident that nothing untoward took place," MainOne spokeman Tayo Ashiru said. Читать дальше...

Helios & Matheson, the parent company of MoviePass, announced in a public filing on Tuesday that it is canceling a shareholder vote for a second stock split, warning that it faces delisting from Nasdaq if its stock value remains below one dollar. In the filing, Helios said that the company “does not expect to have the requisite stockholder votes” to approve a reverse stock split, which would have been set at a range between 1-for-2 shares and 1-for-500 shares. Helios shareholders had previously approved a reverse split in July... Читать дальше...

With over 30 years of theatrically released Marvel movies, it’s always a good a time to rank ‘em all, from “Howard the Duck” to this year’s “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Deadpool 2,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and “Venom” 53. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” Read the full article on The Wrap

MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Parents rallied in support of a suspended principal at a school board meeting held by a district where 14 staffers were placed on administrative leave after donning costumes depicting racial stereotypes and a "border wall." The Middleton School Board meeting on Monday was the first one since the teachers and staffers at Middleton Heights Elementary School were placed on leave two weeks ago for the inappropriate costumes, worn as part of what officials said was a team-building exercise held after classes were dismissed. Читать дальше...

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local): 12:15 p.m. The son of a man who died in the Northern California wildfire says his father will be buried next to his wife in a cemetery in the small town where he died. The Butte County sheriff's office identified 77-year-old Carl Wiley of Magalia as one of at least 42 who died in the fire. Magalia and the neighboring town of Paradise were devastated by the fire. James Wiley says his father was a tire recapper for Michelin and described him as a stoic figure. Читать дальше...

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Cooper University Health Care says it will begin paying a $15 minimum wage at the start of next year. George Norcross, the Camden-based health system's chairman, said in a statement Tuesday the change would affect roughly 10 percent of the organization's 7,500 employees. The decision comes as Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and the Democrat-controlled Legislature are considering a statewide minimum wage hike to $15 an hour. Murphy on Tuesday praised Cooper's decision in a statement. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: 4-5-0 (four, five, zero)

LONG BEACH, Miss. (AP) — Police continue to investigate the death of two Mississippi Gulf Coast pedestrians hit and killed Sunday by a driver. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove tells local news outlets Tuesday that the victims are 49-year-old Melissa Blanco of Gulfport and 61-year-old Robert Gales of Long Beach. Hargrove says both died from blunt force trauma before they could be taken to a hospital. Long Beach police say the two were walking alongside a road that doesn't have a sidewalk when they were hit after sundown on Sunday. Читать дальше...

Way to get hopping on the most recent criticism of the Trump administration, Jim Carrey. Actor/artist Carrey pounced on acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker on Tuesday with his latest artwork, calling Whitaker a “kangaroo attorney general” who’s “happy to hop for our Baby-in-Chief.” Read the full article on The Wrap

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit challenging Maine's voting system (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin says he won re-election "fair and square" and says he has a duty to fight Maine's new voting system that he says is unconstitutional. Poliquin spoke to reporters Tuesday in Augusta after joining a lawsuit that seeks to overturn Maine's ranked-choice voting system, used for the first time last week in U.S. House and Senate elections. The congressman told... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an air traffic controller who became incapacitated during a solo stint on a night shift last week in the tower at busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas has quit. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said in a statement Tuesday the unidentified controller was no longer employed by the agency. An aide to Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus of Las Vegas says the controller resigned Sunday. Titus is a member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation. Officials... Читать дальше...

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — A North Texas deputy has been released from a hospital as the search continues for a trespasser who shot him in the foot and fled from an illegal deer blind. The Parker County Sheriff's Office says the deputy, whose right foot was broken, was discharged Tuesday . His name wasn't released. Sheriff Larry Fowler says the deputy was shot Monday while investigating a landowner's report that a trespasser set up a deer hunting site on private property 14 miles (22.53 kilometers) west of Fort Worth. Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican elected officials are rallying behind GOP secretary of state candidate Kyle Ardoin in the Dec. 8 runoff. Many top Republican leaders avoided endorsements in this month's primary because six GOP candidates were on the ballot. With the race whittled to Ardoin and Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup, GOP officials announced their backing of Ardoin. Ardoin has been interim secretary of state since his former boss, Tom Schedler, resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Relatives of a Massachusetts inmate who died from cancer say he was exposed to water contaminated with a hazardous chemical before his death. The Boston Globe reports that Sophia Bishop-Rice lead a rally last weekend in Boston to protest the death of her uncle, Roger Herbert. Herbert was an inmate at MCI-Norfolk when he became sick in April. Bishop-Rice says Herbert was later diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer and died in a hospital last month. According to state records, 43 percent... Читать дальше...

The creators of the “Inside Jaws” podcast are turning their attention to Jonathan Demme’s stigma-shattering “Philadelphia” to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tom Hanks-Denzel Washington drama — and raise money to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide. The 1993 film helped put a human face on the virus at a time when patients suffered horrific discrimination and ignorance. That is still true in much of the world, and through an arrangement with Coca-Cola, 100 percent of donations made by listeners of the podcast... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate plans to prioritize passing sexual harassment legislation in the new legislative session. Senate spokesman Greg Pare said Tuesday the chamber will prioritize a bill to improve employee protections in workplaces throughout Rhode Island when the session begins in January. The Senate passed that bill this year. The House didn't. A top Rhode Island House Democrat, Rep. Chris Blazejewski, said Monday he will file legislation to create a formal procedure... Читать дальше...

After 40 years of spreading his home country’s music to the world, Indonesian composer Nyoman Wenten was ready to retire. But one opportunity stopped him from doing just that: He wanted to hit a million views with Judith Hill on Youtube. “This journey is so special to me,” Wenten told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman at a Q&A on Monday following a screening of a documentary on his work “Bali: Beats of Paradise,” also Indonesia’s entry into the Oscar foreign film race. Wenten was joined on the Q&A stage by Hill... Читать дальше...

MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Parents rallied around a suspended principal at a school board meeting held by a district where 14 staffers were placed on administrative leave after donning costumes depicting racial stereotypes and a "border wall." The Middleton School Board meeting on Monday was the first one since the teachers and staffers at Middleton Heights Elementary School were placed on leave two weeks ago for the inappropriate costumes, worn as part of what officials said was a team-building exercise held after classes were dismissed. Читать дальше...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A state scientist says he made recommendations six years ago to his superiors on how to limit exposure in Michigan to contamination from industrial compounds known as PFAS, but received no immediate feedback. Department of Environmental Quality researcher Robert Delaney said Tuesday during a summit of federal, state and local health and environmental officials in Grand Rapids that he sent then-director Dan Wyant a report in 2012. Wyant resigned in late 2015 . Читать дальше...

WOODBRIDGE, Conn. (AP) — Students at a Connecticut high school have called on the local school board to take action following several anti-Semitic incidents. The New Haven Register reports that students at Amity High School in Woodbridge expressed their concerns to the Board of Education on Monday over swastikas found carved into a stall in the boys' locker room and on a desk. They say students have chanted "We are the Nazis" in hallways. Some Jewish families say their houses have even been vandalized. Читать дальше...

USA Network has booked a trip to “Temptation Island.” Original host Mark L. Walberg will return to host the reboot of the Fox dating series, which is set to premiere a 10-episode series on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Read the full article on The Wrap