From the death of beloved celebrity Leslie Jordan, to the installation of Rishi Sunak as Britain's newest prime minister, here's some of the top news from the last week.
2 men plead not guilty in Lake Erie fishing tournament scandal
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men accused of stuffing five walleye with lead weights and fish fillets during a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie pleaded not guilty to cheating and other charges on Wednesday.
Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, made no comments during their brief court appearances in Cleveland. Their attorneys declined to comment about the case after the hearing.
Jacob Runyan, left, and Chase Cominsky sit in court as they are arraigned Wednesday in Cleveland.
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Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor James Gutierrez also declined to comment, referring questions to a spokesperson.
The cheating allegations surfaced Sept. 30 when Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament director Jason Fischer became suspicious because Runyan and Cominsky's fish were significantly heavier than walleye of that length typically are. An angry crowd at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched Fischer cut the walleye open and announce there were weights and fish fillets stuffed inside them.
An officer from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confiscated the fish as evidence.
Runyan and Cominsky were indicted earlier this month on felony charges of cheating, attempted grand theft, possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor charges of unlawfully owning wild animals.
Both were released Wednesday on personal bonds of $2,500.
The first place prize in the tournament totaled around $28,000.
Photos: Murky waters for global aquarium trade
A starfish crawls along coral reefs, damaged from years of dynamite fishing, in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 11, 2021. Cyanide fishing was also common in the area. There have been efforts to reduce some of the most destructive practices, but the trade is extraordinarily difficult to regulate and track as it stretches from small scale fisherman in tropical seaside villages through local middlemen, export warehouses, international trade hubs and finally to pet stores in the U.S., China, Europe and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Made Partiana uses a net to catch aquarium fish on north coast of Bali, Indonesia, on April 10, 2021. Millions of saltwater fish are caught in Indonesia and other countries every year to fill ever more elaborate aquariums in living rooms, waiting rooms and restaurants around the world with vivid, otherworldly life. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Made Partiana looks at sea urchins in a tank in the LINI center in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 12, 2021. “I hope that [healthier] coral reefs will make it possible for the next generation of children and grandchildren under me,” Partiana says. He wants them to be able to “see what coral looks like and that there can be ornamental fish in the sea.” (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Workers sort fish at a middle man house in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Villagers hang out near boats along the coast in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 9, 2021. The area is commonly used for aquarium fishing. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Dead fish lie in a container at a sorting station in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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A worker checks a sort and order list at middle man area in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Workers sort fish in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 11, 2021, for shipment to Denpasar for export. Nearly 3 million homes in the U.S. keep saltwater fish as pets, according to a 2021-2022 American Pet Products Association survey. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Pak Ketut, who has been selling fish for over a decade sits in aquarium middle man house in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Workers sort aquarium fish caught and delivered to an export warehouse in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on April 12, 2021. Fish from around Indonesia are brought to this facility. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Made Partiana inspects a tank at the LINI center in Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 12, 2021. The Bali-based nonprofit works for the conservation and management of coastal marine resources. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Local villager and fisherman Made Partiana and a local villager search for fish off the coast of Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Made Partiana and another villager sort fish caught during the day on April 11, 2021. “I hope that [healthier] coral reefs will make it possible for the next generation of children and grandchildren under me,” Partiana says. He wants them to be able to “see what coral looks like and that there can be ornamental fish in the sea.” (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Made Partiana walks along beach area at Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 11, 2021, as he prepares to catch aquarium fish. Over the years Partiana began to notice the reef was changing. “I saw the reef dying, turning black,” he says. “You could see there were less fish.” (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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Boats line the coast of Les, Bali, Indonesia, on April 11, 2021. This site is commonly used for aquarium fishing. In the vast archipelago of Indonesia, there are about 34,000 miles (54,720 kilometers) of coastline across some 17,500 islands. That makes monitoring the first step of the tropical fish supply chain a task so gargantuan it is all but ignored. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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The center of Les, Bali, Indonesia is seen on April 11, 2021. The saltwater aquarium fishing town is tucked between the mountains and ocean in northern Bali. (AP Photo/Alex Lindbloom)
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The death of actor Leslie Jordan; multiple dead, injured in a St. Louis school shooting; and more trending news
Here's a look at trending news across the nation for Oct. 24.
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” has died. The Emmy-winner, whose videos turned him into a social media star during the pandemic, was 67.
“The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan. Not only was he a mega talent and joy to work with, but he provided an emotional sanctuary to the nation at one of its most difficult times,” a representative for Jordan said in a statement Monday.
Jordan died Monday in a single car crash in Hollywood, according to reports by celebrity website TMZ and the Los Angeles Times, citing unidentified law enforcement sources.
By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writers
Students stand in a parking lot near the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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St. Louis shooting
At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and seven more were injured after a shooting Monday morning at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis.
A woman died at a hospital, and a teen girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both of gunshot wounds.
The suspect, a male not yet identified but estimated to be in his 20s, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The shooting was reported after 9 a.m. at South Kingshighway and Arsenal Street.
The fallout facing the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has continued to grow as one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies stopped representing him.
CAA ended its relationship with Ye this month following his recent antisemitic outbursts in various interviews, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.
But his airing of antisemitic views in a string of interviews has made it nearly impossible for companies to defend working with him, causing some brands such as Adidas to review their relationship with the rapper. Ye was suspended from Instagram and Twitter earlier this month.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era. The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals.
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as “Physical” and “You’re the One That I Want” and won countless hearts as everyone’s favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of “Grease,” died Aug. 8, 2022. She was 73. From 1973-83, Newton-John was among the world’s most popular entertainers. She had 14 top 10 singles just in the U.S., won four Grammys, starred with John Travolta in “Grease” and with Gene Kelly in “Xanadu.” The fast-stepping Travolta-Newton-John duet, “You’re the One That I Want,” was one of the era’s biggest songs and has sold more than 15 million copies.
AP file, 1982
Bill Russell
Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died July 31, 2022. He was 88. A Hall of Famer, five-time Most Valuable Player and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most prolific winner and an archetype of selflessness who won with defense and rebounding while leaving the scoring to others.
AP file, 1966
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Jan. 6, 2022. He was 94. Poitier won the best actor Oscar in 1964 for “Lilies of the Field.”
AP file, 2008
Naomi Judd
Naomi Judd, whose family harmonies with daughter Wynonna turned them into the Grammy-winning country stars The Judds, died April 30, 2022 at age 76. The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. The red-headed duo combined the traditional Appalachian sounds of bluegrass with polished pop stylings, scoring hit after hit in the 1980s. Wynonna led the duo with her powerful vocals, while Naomi provided harmonies and stylish looks on stage.
AP file, 2012
James Caan
James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” died July 6, 2022. He was 82. After a break from acting in the 1980s, Caan returned to full-fledged stardom opposite Kathy Bates in “Misery” in 1990. He introduced himself to a new generation playing Walter, the workaholic, stone-faced father of Buddy’s Will Ferrell in “Elf.”
AP file, 2016
Bob Saget
Bob Saget, the actor-comedian known for his role as beloved single dad Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” and as the wisecracking host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” died Jan. 9, 2022. He was 65.
AP file, 2019
Anne Heche
Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53. By the late 1990s Heche was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. In 1997 alone, she played opposite Johnny Depp as his wife in “Donnie Brasco” and Tommy Lee Jones in “Volcano” and was part of the ensemble cast in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
AP file, 2017
2022: Meat Loaf
One year ago: Meat Loaf, the rock superstar known for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” died at age 74.
AP file, 1994
Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, died July 30, 2022, at the age of 89. Her role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned Nichols a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies. It also earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes that had limited Black women to acting roles as servants and included an interracial onscreen kiss with co-star William Shatner that was unheard of at the time.
AP file, 2017
Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins, for 25 years the drummer for Foo Fighters and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, died during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50. Hawkins was Alanis Morissette's touring drummer when he joined Foo Fighters in 1997. He played on the band's biggest albums including “One by One” and “In Your Honor,” and on hit singles like “Best of You.”
AP file, 2012
Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast journalist best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad, died Sept. 7, 2022. He was 82. Shaw was at CNN for 20 years and was known for remaining cool under pressure. That was a hallmark of his Baghdad coverage when the U.S. led its invasion of Iraq in 1991 to liberate Kuwait, with CNN airing stunning footage of airstrikes and anti-aircraft fire in the capital city.
AP file, 2001
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration. She had previously been Clinton's ambassador to the United Nations.
AP file, 2016
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Aug. 30, 2022. The last Soviet leader was 91. Though in power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
AP file, 1989
Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, died July 14, 2022. She was 73.
AP file, 2007
Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, died April 12, 2022, at age 67. Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian’s comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes. Gottfried also did voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.”
AP file, 2012
Estelle Harris
Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, died April 2, 2022. She was 93. As middle-class matron Estelle Costanza, Harris put a memorable stamp on her recurring role in the smash 1990s sitcom. With her high-pitched voice and humorously overbearing attitude, she was an archetype of maternal indignation.
AP file, 2010
Liz Sheridan
Liz Sheridan, a veteran stage and screen actress who played Jerry Seinfeld's mother, Helen, on "Seinfeld," died April April 15, 2022, at age 93. Though she had dozens of film credits, she was best known as Seinfeld's doting mother on his titular sitcom, which ran for nine seasons. She also appeared as the snoopy neighbor Mrs. Ochmonek on the alien-led sitcom "ALF."
Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Aug. 2, 2022. He was 94. As the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Scully saw it all and called it all. He began in the 1950s era of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson, on to the 1960s with Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, into the 1970s with Steve Garvey and Don Sutton, and through the 1980s with Orel Hershiser and Fernando Valenzuela. In the 1990s, it was Mike Piazza and Hideo Nomo, followed by Kershaw, Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig in the 21st century.
AP file, 2002
Len Dawson
Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, whose unmistakable swagger in helping the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title earned him the nickname “Lenny the Cool,” died Aug. 24, 2022. He was 87.
AP file, 2017
David McCullough
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, died Aug. 7, 2022. He was 89.
AP file, 2011
Pat Carroll
Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for “Caesar’s Hour” and the voice Ursula in “The Little Mermaid,” died July 30, 2022. She was 95. Carroll won an Emmy for her work on the sketch comedy series “Caesar’s Hour” in 1956, was a regular on “Make Room for Daddy” with Danny Thomas, a guest star on “The DuPont Show with June Allyson” and a variety show regular stopping by “The Danny Kaye Show,” “The Red Skelton Show” and “The Carol Burnett Show.” A new generation would come to know and love her voice thanks to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which came out in 1989.
AP file, 2008
Tony Dow
Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and 60s, died July 27, 2022. He was 77. Dow's Wally was an often annoyed but essentially loving big brother who was constantly bailing out the title character, Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver, played by Jerry Mathers, on the show that was synonymous with the sometimes hokey, wholesome image of the 1950s American family.
AP file, 2012
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe, a divisive archconservative who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and remained a powerful and influential politician after leaving office, has died after being shot during a campaign speech July 8, 2022. He was 67. Abe, a political blueblood, was perhaps the most polarizing, complex politician in recent Japanese history. At the same time, he revitalized Japan’s economy, led efforts for the nation to take a stronger role in Asia and served as a rare beacon of political stability before stepping down two years ago for health reasons.
AP file, 2014
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” died June 12, 2022. He was 90. In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful, weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. His range was wide, but Hall, who had a natural gravitas, often played men in suits, trench coats and lab coats.
AP file, 2014
Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” died May 25, 2022. He was 67. Liotta’s first big film role was in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” as Melanie Griffith’s character’s hotheaded ex-convict husband Ray. A few years later, he would get the memorable role of the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams.” His most iconic role, as real life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” came shortly after.
AP file, 2018
Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerreta on “Law & Order,” died July 25, 2022. He was 83. In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty’s “Reds,” Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” and mob boss Eddie Valentine in “The Rocketeer.”
AP file, 2018
Tony Sirico
Tony Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in “The Sopranos” and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including “Goodfellas,” died July 8, 2022. He was 79.
AP file, 2006
Fred Ward
Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as “The Right Stuff,” “The Player” and “Tremors,” died May 15, 2022. He was 79. A former boxer, lumberjack in Alaska and short-order cook who served in the U.S. Air Force, Ward was a San Diego native who was part Cherokee. One early big role was alongside Clint Eastwood in 1979’s “Escape From Alcatraz.”
AP file, 2011
Sonny Barger
Sonny Barger, the leather-clad fixture of 1960s counterculture and figurehead of the Hells Angels motorcycle club who was at the notorious Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway, died June 29, 2022. He was 83.
AP file, 1980
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman, best known as the hard-rocking disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," died Jan. 28, 2022. In addition to earning two Emmy nominations for his role on "WKRP," Hesseman also appeared on "Head of the Class" and "One Day at a Time," along with guest appearances on "That 70's Show," among others. The Oregon native also hosted "Saturday Night Live" several times. — CNN
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, 1978
Larry Storch
Larry Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany Cpl. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier TV shows, died July 8, 2022. Storch was 99.
AP file, 1966
Emilio Delgado
Emilio Delgado, who spent more than 40 years entertaining generations of children playing the Fix-It Shop owner Luis on "Sesame Street," died March 10, 2022. He was 81. Delgado had cited the PBS show's importance as a cultural touchstone in the way people of color were depicted on TV. — CNN
Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Jan. 21, 2022. He was 68. In 2016, Anderson won a best supporting actor Emmy for his portrayal of Christine Baskets, mother to twins, in the FX series “Baskets.” He was a familiar face elsewhere on TV, including as host of a revival of the game show “Family Feud” from 1999 to 2002.
AP file, 2017
Orrin Hatch
Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died April 23, 2022, at age 88. A staunch conservative on most economic and social issues, he also teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem cell research to rights for people with disabilities to expanding children’s health insurance.
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Bob Lanier
Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died May 10, 2022. He was 73. Lanier played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks and averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds for his career. He is third on the Pistons’ career list in both points and rebounds. Detroit drafted Lanier with the No. 1 overall pick in 1970 after he led St. Bonaventure to the Final Four.
AP file, 1977
Mickey Gilley
Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, died May 7, 2022. He was 86. Overall, Gilley had 39 Top 10 country hits and 17 No. 1 songs. He received six Academy of Country Music Awards, and also worked on occasion as an actor, with appearances on “Murder She Wrote,” “The Fall Guy,” “Fantasy Island” and “The Dukes of Hazzard.”
AP file, 1999
Ronnie Spector
Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group The Ronettes, died Jan. 12, 2022. She was 78.
AP file, 2010
Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died April 5, 2022, at age 79. Between 1959 and 1964, Rydell had nearly three dozen Top 40 singles including “Wild One,” “Volare,” “Wildwood Days,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha” and “Forget Him." He had recurring roles on “The Red Skelton Show” and other television programs, and 1963's “Bye Bye Birdie” was rewritten to give Rydell a major part as the boyfriend of Ann-Margret.
AP file, 1962
William Hurt
William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s foremost leading men in movies such as “Broadcast News," “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” died March 13, 2022. He was 71. In a long-running career, Hurt was four times nominated for an Academy Award, winning for 1985's “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” After his breakthrough in 1980’s Paddy Chayefsky-scripted “Altered States” as a psychopathologist studying schizophrenia and experimenting with sensory deprivation, Hurt quickly emerged as a mainstay of the '80s.
AP file, 1986
Claes Oldenburg
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, died July 18, 2022, at age 93.
AP file, 2011
Tony Siragusa
Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who was part of one of the most celebrated defenses in NFL history with the Baltimore Ravens, died June 22, 2022. He was 55. Siragusa, known as “Goose,” played seven seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and five with the Ravens. Baltimore’s 2000 team won the Super Bowl behind a stout defense that included Siragusa, Ray Lewis and Sam Adams. Siragusa was popular with fans because of his fun-loving attitude, which also helped him transition quickly to broadcasting after his playing career.
AP file, 2009
Scott Hall
Scott Hall, professional wrestling’s “Bad Guy” who revolutionized the industry as a founding member of the New World Order faction, died March 14, 2022. He was 63. Hall, who also wrestled for WWE as Razor Ramon, was a two-time inductee into the company’s Hall of Fame.
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Mike Bossy
Mike Bossy, one of hockey’s most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s Stanley Cup dynasty, died April 14, 2022, after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65. Bossy helped the Islanders win the Stanley Cup four straight years from 1980-83, earning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1982. He scored the Cup-winning goal in 1982 and ’83.
AP file, 1982
Guy Lafleur
Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, died at age 70. One of the greatest players of his generation, Lafleur, nicknamed "The Flower," registered 518 goals and 728 assists in 14 seasons with Montreal.
AP file, 1983
André Leon Talley
André Leon Talley, a towering figure who made fashion history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, died Jan. 18, 2022. He was 73. Talley was the former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine. Often dressed in sweeping capes, he was a highly visible regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe for decades.
AP file, 2016
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich, the ascot-wearing cinephile and director of 1970s black-and-white classics like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” died Jan. 6, 2022. He was 82. Bogdanovich was heralded as an auteur from the start, with the chilling lone shooter film “Targets” and soon after “The Last Picture Show,” from 1971, his evocative portrait of a small, dying town that earned eight Oscar nominations and catapulted him to stardom.
AP file, 2005
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind many of the most beloved comedies of the late 20th century, from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” died Feb. 12, 2022. He was 75. Known for bawdy comedies that caught the spirit of their time, Reitman’s big break came with the raucous, college fraternity sendup “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” which he produced. He directed Bill Murray in his first starring role in the summer camp flick “Meatballs," and then again in 1981's “Stripes,” but his most significant success came with 1984’s “Ghostbusters.”
AP file, 2009
Vangelis
Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, died May 17, 2022, at age 79.
AP file, 2001
John Clayton
Longtime NFL journalist John Clayton, nicknamed "The Professor," died March 25, 2022, following a short illness. He was 67. Clayton spent more than two decades covering the Pittsburgh Steelers for the The Pittsburgh Press and the Seattle Seahawks for The News Tribune in Tacoma. Clayton moved to ESPN in 1995, becoming one of the lead NFL writers for the company. Clayton appeared on TV and radio for ESPN and worked at the company for more than 20 years.
AP file, 2016
Bobbie Nelson
Bobbie Nelson, the older sister of country music legend Willie Nelson and longtime pianist in his band, died March 10, 2022. She was 91. An original member of the Willie Nelson and Family Band, Bobbie Nelson played piano for more than 50 years with her brother.
AP file, 2015
Sally Kellerman
Sally Kellerman, the Oscar and Emmy nominated actor who played Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in director Robert Altman's 1970 film “MASH," died Feb. 24, 2022, at age 84. Kellerman had a career of more than 60 years in film and television. She played a college professor who was returning student Rodney Dangerfield's love interest in the 1986 comedy “Back to School.” But she would always be best known for playing Major Houlihan, a straitlaced, by-the-book Army nurse who is tormented by rowdy doctors during the Korean War in the army comedy “MASH."
AP file, 2015
Marilyn Bergman
Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with husband Alan Bergman on “The Way We Were,” “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” and hundreds of other songs, died Jan. 8, 2022. She was 93.
AP file, 1980
Manfred Thierry Mugler
French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, died Jan. 23, 2022. He was 73. Mugler, who launched his brand in 1973, became known for his architectural style, defined by broad shoulders and a tiny waist. The use of plastic-like futuristic fabric in his sculpted clothing became a trademark.
AP file, 2001
Gaspard Ulliel
French actor Gaspard Ulliel, known for appearing in Chanel perfume ads as well as film and television roles, died Jan. 19, 2022, after a skiing accident in the Alps. He was 37. Ulliel portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in 2007's “Hannibal Rising” and fashion mogul Yves Saint Laurent in the 2014 biopic “Saint Laurent.” He is also in the Marvel series “Moon Knight."
AP file, 2015
Dan Reeves
Dan Reeves, who won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons, all losses, died Jan. 1, 2022. He was 77.
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Don Maynard
Don Maynard, a Hall of Fame receiver who made his biggest impact catching passes from Joe Namath in the wide-open AFL, died Jan. 10, 2022. He was 86. When Maynard retired in 1973, he was pro football’s career receiving leader with 633 catches for 11,834 yards and 88 touchdowns. The Jets retired his No. 13 jersey.
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Don Young
Alaska Rep. Don Young, who was the longest-serving Republican in the history of the U.S. House, died March 25, 2033. He was 88. Young, who was first elected to the U.S. House in 1973, was known for his brusque style. In his later years in office, his off-color comments and gaffes sometimes overshadowed his work.
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Michael Lang
Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, died Jan. 8, 2022. He was 77.
AP file, 2009
Lawrence N. Brooks
Lawrence N. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S. — and believed to be the oldest man in the country — died Jan. 5, 2022, at the age of 112.
AP file, 2019
Charles McGee
Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had battled racism at home to fight for freedom abroad, died Jan. 16, 2022. He was 102.
AP file, 2019
Tom Parker
Tom Parker, a member of British-Irish boy band The Wanted, died March 30, 2022, after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He was 33. Formed in 2009, The Wanted had a string of hit singles including U.K. No. 1s “All Time Low” and "Glad You Came.”
AP file, 2012
Shirley Spork
Shirley Spork, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour who learned two weeks ago she would be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, died April 12, 2022. at age 94. While she never won on the LPGA Tour — her best finish was runner-up in the 1962 LPGA Championship at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas — Spork's impact stretched across seven decades of starting the tour and teaching the game.
AP file, 1946
Rayfield Wright
Rayfield Wright, the Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle nicknamed “Big Cat” who went to five Super Bowls in his 13 NFL seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, died April 7, 2022. He was 76.
AP file, 1975
Charley Taylor
Charley Taylor, the Hall of Fame receiver who ended his 13-season career with Washington as the NFL's career receptions leader, died Feb. 19, 2022. He was 80. Taylor was the 1964 NFL rookie of the year and was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's All-1960s Team. The eight-time Pro Bowl selection was a first-team all-NFL pick in 1967.
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Tommy Davis
Tommy Davis, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, died April 3, 2022. He was 83. Recruited to play for the Dodgers by Jackie Robinson, Davis batted .357 with 17 home runs, 104 RBI and 68 stolen bases in 127 games in that first season with the team. He won consecutive titles in 1962, when he hit .346 and led the NL in hits and RBI, and 1963, when he hit .326.
AP file, 1964
Bill Fitch
Bill Fitch, who guided the Boston Celtics to one of their championships during a Hall of Fame coaching career spanning three decades, died Feb. 2, 2022. He was 89. A two-time NBA coach of the year, Fitch coached for 25 seasons in the NBA, starting with the expansion Cleveland Cavaliers in 1970. He was Larry Bird's first pro coach with Boston in 1979, won a title with the Celtics in 1981 and spent time with Houston, New Jersey and the Los Angeles Clippers.
AP file, 1981
Robert Morse
Robert Morse, who won a Tony Award as a hilariously brash corporate climber in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and a second one a generation later as the brilliant, troubled Truman Capote in “Tru,” died April 20, 2022. He was 90.
AP file, 2010
Dede Robertson
Dede Robertson, the wife of religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and a founding board member of the Christian Broadcasting Network, died April 19, 2022. She was 94.
AP file, 1988
Robert Krueger
Robert C. Krueger, who followed two U.S. House terms with a brief interim appointment to the Senate before launching a sometimes-hazardous diplomatic career, died April 30, 2022, at age 86.
AP file, 2004
Johnnie A. Jones Sr.
Johnnie A. Jones Sr., a Louisiana civil rights attorney and World War II veteran who was wounded during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, died April 23, 2022. He was 102 years old.
AP file, 2019
Gary Brooker
Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the 1960s' most enduring hits, “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died Feb. 19, 2022. He was 76. Brooker was singer and keyboard player with the band, which had a huge hit with its first single, “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” With its Baroque-flavored organ solo and mysterious opening line - “We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels cross the floor" — the song became one of the signature tunes of the 1967 “Summer of Love.”
AP file, 2006
Brent Renaud
Brent Renaud, an acclaimed filmmaker who traveled to some of the darkest and most dangerous corners of the world for documentaries that transported audiences to little-known places of suffering, died March 13, 2022, after Russian forces opened fire on his vehicle in Ukraine.
AP file, 2015
Ronnie Hawkins
Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, died May 29, 2022. He was 87.
AP file, 2019
Andy Fletcher
Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who for more than 40 years added his synth sounds to Depeche Mode hits like “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Personal Jesus,” died May 26, 2022, at age 60.
AP file, 2017
Ann Turner Cook
Ann Turner Cook, whose cherubic baby face was known the world over as the original Gerber baby, has died. She was 95. Cook was 5 months old when a neighbor, artist Dorothy Hope Smith, drew a charcoal sketch of her that was later submitted for a contest Gerber was holding for a national marketing campaign for baby food. The image was a hit, so much so that it became the company's trademark in 1931 and has been used in all packaging and advertising since.
AP file, 2004
Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Hickman, the actor and network TV executive who despite numerous achievements throughout his life would always be remembered fondly by a generation of baby boomers for his role as Dobie Gillis, died Jan. 9, 2022. He was 87.
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Mark Shields
Political commentator and columnist Mark Shields, who shared his insight into American politics and wit on “PBS NewsHour” for decades, died June 18, 2022. He was 85.
AP file, 2006
James Rado
James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, died June 21, 2022. He was 90. “Hair,” which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.
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Bruton Smith
O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners and most successful promoters in the history of auto racing, died June 22, 2022. He was 95.
AP file, 2009
Marlin Briscoe
Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, died June 27, 2022. He was 76.
AP file, 1975
Vernon Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey’s father, Vernon Winfrey, died July 8, 2022, at the age of 89. Vernon served as a member of Nashville's Metro City Council for 16 years and was a trustee for the Tennessee State University. Oprah spent her early childhood at her father's hometown of Kosciusko, Mississippi, and in Milwaukee with her mother, Vernita Lee, who died in 2018.
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William “Poogie” Hart
William “Poogie” Hart (center), a founder of the Grammy-winning trio the Delfonics who helped write and sang a soft lead tenor on such classic “Sound of Philadelphia” ballads as “La-La (Means I Love You)” and “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” died July 14, 2022, at age 77.
AP file, 2006
David Warner
David Warner, a versatile British actor whose roles ranged from Shakespearean tragedies to sci-fi cult classics, died July 24, 2022. He was 80. Often cast as a villain, Warner had roles in the 1971 psychological thriller “Straw Dogs,” the 1976 horror classic “The Omen,” the 1979 time-travel adventure “Time After Time” — he was Jack the Ripper — and the 1997 blockbuster “Titanic,” where he played the malicious valet Spicer Lovejoy.
AP file, 1967
Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan’s biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ black turtlenecks, died Aug. 5, 2022. He was 84.
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Bert Fields
Bert Fields, for decades the go-to lawyer for Hollywood A-listers including Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson, George Lucas and the Beatles, and a character as colorful as many of his clients, died Aug. 7, 2022, at age 93.
AP file, 2014
Melissa Bank
Melissa Bank, whose 1999 bestseller “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" was a series of interconnected stories widely praised for its wit and precise language and embraced by young readers, died Aug. 2, 2022, at age 61.
AP file, 2005
Albert Woodfox
Albert Woodfox, a former inmate who spent decades in isolation at a Louisiana prison and then became an advocate for prison reforms after he was released, died Aug. 4, 2022, of complications from COVID-19. He was 75.
AP file, 2016
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich, the author, activist and self-described “myth buster” who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch" challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the very idea of an American dream, died Sept. 1, 2022, at age 81.
AP file, 2005
Coolio
Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Sept. 28, 2022. Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for “Gangsta's Paradise,” the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film “Dangerous Minds” that sampled Stevie Wonder's 1976 song “Pastime Paradise" and was played constantly on MTV.
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Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, died Oct. 4, 2022. She was 90. As a songwriter, Lynn crafted a persona of a defiantly tough woman. The Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control and sometimes got in trouble with radio programmers for material from which even rock performers once shied away.
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Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury, the big-eyed, scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” died Oct. 11, 2022. She was 96. Lansbury won five Tony Awards for her Broadway performances and a lifetime achievement award. She earned Academy Award nominations as supporting actress for two of her first three films, “Gaslight” (1945) and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1946), and was nominated again in 1962 for “The Manchurian Candidate” and her deadly portrayal of a Communist agent and the title character’s mother.
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Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, died Sept. 23, 2022, at age 88.
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Sacheen Littlefeather
Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans, died Oct. 2, 2022. She was 75. Littlefeather’s appearance at the 1973 Oscars would become one of the award show's most famous moments. Clad in buckskin dress and moccasins, Littlefeather took the stage when presenter Roger Moore read Brando's name as the winner for best actor.
AP file, 2010
Eileen Ryan
Eileen Ryan, an actor who appeared on TV, in films and on Broadway and the matriarch of the steeped-in-the-arts Penn family, died Oct. 9, 2022. She was 94. Her TV credits include appearances on “The Twilight Zone,” “Bonanza,” “The Detectives,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Arli$$,” “Ally McBeal,” “NYPD Blue,” “ER,” “CSI,” “Men of a Certain Age” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Her film roles included “Parenthood,” “At Close Range” and “Benny & Joon.”
AP file, 2008
Ken Starr
Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment and put Starr at the center of one of the country’s most polarizing debates of the 1990s, died Sept. 13, 2022, at age 76.
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Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first feature, “Breathless,” and stood for years among the film world's most influential directors, died Sept. 13, 2022. He was 91. Over a long career that began in the 1950s as a film critic, Godard was perhaps the most boundary-breaking director among New Wave filmmakers who rewrote the rules for camera, sound and narrative — rebelling against an earlier tradition of more formulaic storytelling.
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Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, died Sept. 22, 2022. She was 70. Mantel is credited with reenergizing historical fiction with “Wolf Hall” and two sequels about the 16th-century English powerbroker Thomas Cromwell, right-hand man to King Henry VIII — and in Mantel’s hands, the charismatic antihero of a bloody, high-stakes political drama.
AP file, 2009
Art Laboe
Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ who read heartfelt song dedications to generations of loyal listeners and was credited with helping end segregation in Southern California during an eight-decade broadcast career, died Oct. 7, 2022. He was 97. Laboe is also credited with popularizing the phrase “oldies, but goodies.”
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Judy Tenuta
Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the “Love Goddess” and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Oct. 6, 2022. She was 72.
AP file, 2009
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, died Sept. 24, 2022. He was 81. Sanders launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s.
AP file, 2014
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan, the Emmy-winning actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” has died. He was 67. The Tennessee native, who won an on outstanding guest actor Emmy in 2005 for “Will & Grace,” appeared recently on the Mayim Bialik comedy “Call me Kat” and co-starred on the sitcom “The Cool Kids.”
AP file, 2021
James A. McDivitt
James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, died Oct. 13, 2022. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His photographs of White during the spacewalk became iconic images.
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Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series “Cracker” and the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, died Oct. 14, 2022. He was 72.
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Oct. 28, 2022, at age 87. Lewis was the last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers that included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.
AP file, 2006
Orionid meteor shower from Halley's Comet to light up sky: How to watch
The night of Oct. 20-21 will feature the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, one of the best celestial events the fall season has to offer.
One of nature's most anticipated light shows is set to climax this week as space debris and dust trails from the famous Halley's Comet scatter across the night sky.
The Orionids meteor shower is expected to peak at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 21, but will be best observed earlier in that time zone, between the hours of midnight and dawn. If viewing properly, away from any bright lights and light-polluted areas, viewers can expect to see around 10 to 20 meteors per hour during this time, according to EarthSky.
As the meteor shower peaks, the moon will be approaching a slim waning crescent and will no longer be bright enough to obscure the view of the meteors. However, NASA Meteoroid Environment Office lead Bill Cooke suggests looking anywhere in the night sky that is away from the moon to best observe the fireballs.
"It takes about 45 minutes for your eyes to adapt to the dark, so they can be more sensitive and see finer. If you look at your bright phone, a streetlight or the moon, you're going to ruin that night vision," Cooke said.
The Orionids meteor shower is seen in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, China, on Oct. 22, 2020.
"Meteor shower observing is something that takes time. You should plan on spending two hours or so outside — it's not a 15-minute adventure," Cooke added.
The meteor shower officially began on Sept. 26 and will last until around Nov. 22, so skywatchers will still have a chance to see the Orionids after the peak.
The Orionids radiate outward from the constellation Orion the Hunter — specifically a point near Orion's sword, close to the large red star, Betelgeuse — but you don't need to know that point's location to see the meteors. They will appear in all parts of the sky.
No special equipment is needed to observe meteor showers, and the Orionids are visible from every region in the world, weather permitting.
This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus.
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This combo of images provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows a side-by-side comparison of observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and mid-infrared light, at right, from the Webb Telescope.
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This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the bright star at the center of NGC 3132 for the first time in near-infrared light.
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This image provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies, as observed from the Webb Telescope. This mosaic was constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files, according to NASA.
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This image provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies captured by the Webb Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).
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This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth, according to NASA.
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This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, combined the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope's two cameras to create a never-before-seen view of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), this combined image reveals previously invisible areas of star birth.
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Update: 3 dead, including suspect in shooting at St. Louis high school
ST. LOUIS — At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and seven more were injured after a shooting Monday morning at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis.
A woman died at a hospital, and a teen girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both of gunshot wounds.
The suspect, a male not yet identified but estimated to be in his 20s, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Taniya Lumpkin, and Taniya Gholston students at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, and Takisha Duncan, a student's parent, react to the school shooting that happened on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022.
The shooting was reported after 9 a.m. at South Kingshighway and Arsenal Street.
David Williams, a math teacher at the school, said the school principal came over the loudspeaker around 9 a.m. and said the code word that indicates a school shooter in the building. Williams heard multiple shots outside his classroom, and one of the windows on the classroom door was shot out. He then heard a man say, "You are all going to (expletive) die."
Raymond J. Parks, a dance teacher at the school, said he was about to teach a ballet class when he saw a man wearing all black with a long gun out of the corner of his eye. Parks said the man pointed the gun at him but did not fire for some reason.
Nylah Jones, a ninth grader at the school, said she was in math class and the shooter fired into the room from the hallway but could not get into the classroom. Students piled into the corner of the room and tried not to move as the shooter banged on the door, she said.
Scene of a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
Ryane Owens, 18, a senior at CVPA, said students "thought it was a drill at first. Then we heard noises."
"Once you heard the boom," said teacher Michael De Filippo, "all the chuckling and laughing in the back of the room stopped."
Taniya Lumpkin was in speech and debate class at the time. She said a staff member told them to close and lock the door as they do for an intruder drill, but they "didn't know if it was real or not."
“Next thing you know, we just heard gunshots,” Nylah said. First single shots rang out, then multiple, then single again, she said.
Taniya Gholston, 16, another student at CVPA, said the shooter's gun eventually jammed and that she did not recognize him. She said she heard him say something about being "sick of this (expletive) school."
Ja'miah Hampton, 16, was in vocal class on the fourth floor of the building when she heard gunshots on the third floor. "I heard one big one, and then there were so many I stopped counting," she said. "I'm confused why people are so cruel."
Dakota Willard, 14, who attends Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience — also housed in the CVPA building — said he saw what looked like one person, a girl, down at the end of the hallway that joins the two schools.
He said it looked like she was trying to run away by the way she was lying on the floor.
“What I saw was traumatizing,” Willard said. “I’m OK. I don’t need any special help.”
Tonya Neal, a certified nursing assistant at SLU Hospital, said she has a daughter and a niece who attend school there. At 9:19 a.m., she received a text from her daughter that read, “Mom, I love you.”
She didn't realize until later that there was an active shooter at the school. She said her daughter and niece are safe.
By 9:30 a.m., the entire area was blocked off by police, ambulances and a SWAT van.
Students and staff streamed from the school with hands in the air, filing up Hereford Street toward the Schnucks on Arsenal, where hundreds of evacuees gathered.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Schnucks parking lot, where students and their parents were hugging each other.
Police cars at Kingshighway and Arsenal, outside an entrance to Collegiate and CVPA high schools.
One boy was consoling his mother. “I’m glad it’s over. My friends are alive. It’s OK, Mom, it’s OK, I’m here,” he said.
Keisha Acres, mother of sophomore Alexandria Bell, said she was still looking for her daughter at 10:30 a.m.
CVPA was Southwest High School for decades until 1992. At least one main entrance to the building has metal detectors.
Several parents commended police response to the incident.
Photos: 3 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school
High School students were evactuated to the Schnucks parking lot from the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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People gather in a safe area after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by Jordan Opp, jopp@post-dispatch.com
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Police cars assemble at Arsenal and Kingshighway on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, at the scene of a shooting at CVPA and Collegiate high schools. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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People gather in a safe area after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by Jordan Opp, jopp@post-dispatch.com
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A parent embraces his child at the evacuation point for students who were at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a shooting at the school in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Takisha Duncan (left) embraces her child Taniya Lumpkin, a senior at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, at the evacuation point on the Schnucks parking lot after a shooting at the school in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Takisha Duncan
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High School students were evacuated to the Schnucks parking lot from the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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A look at some of America's deadliest school shootings
Intro
Until the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead in U.S. school shootings tended to be in the single digits. Since then, the number of shootings that included schools and killed 10 or more people has mounted. The most recent two were both in Texas. In May 2022, an 18-year-old attacker killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In May 2018, a 17-year-old killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School near Houston. Most of the victims were students.
Columbine High School, April 1999
COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL, April 1999: Two students killed 12 of their peers and one teacher at the school in Littleton, Colorado, and injured many others before killing themselves.
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Red Lake High School, March 2005
RED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, March 2005: A 16-year-old student killed his grandfather and the man's companion at their Minnesota home, then went to nearby Red Lake High School, where he killed five students, a teacher and a security guard before shooting himself.
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Virginia Tech, April 2007
VIRGINIA TECH, April 2007: A 23-year-old student killed 32 people on the campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, in April 2007; more than two dozen others were wounded. The gunman then killed himself.
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Sandy Hook Elementary School, December 2012
SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, December 2012: A 19-year-old man killed his mother at their home in Newtown, Connecticut, then went to the nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first graders and six educators. He took his own life.
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Umpqua Community College, October 2015
UMPQUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, October 2015: A man killed nine people at the school in Roseburg, Oregon, and wounded nine others, then killed himself.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, February 2018
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL, February 2018: An attack left 14 students and three staff members dead at the school in Parkland, Florida, and injured many others. The 20-year-old suspect was charged with murder.
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Santa Fe High School, May 2018
SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL, May 2018: A 17-year-old opened fire at a Houston-area high school, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. The suspect has been charged with murder.
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Robb Elementary School, May 2022
ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, May 2022: An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults, officials said. The 18-year-old attacker was killed by law enforcement.
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Jury finds that Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury concluded Tuesday that Kevin Spacey didn’t molest fellow actor Anthony Rapp in the 1980s, bringing to a conclusion a trial that was an outgrowth of the #MeToo movement.
The verdict in the Manhattan federal court civil trial came after jurors considered whether to believe Rapp’s claims that he was psychologically damaged after Spacey made a sexual advance on him in 1986. Both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays.
Spacey testified that the encounter never happened, and said he was sure of it.
The 2017 claims by Rapp and others brought an abrupt halt to two-time Academy Award winner Spacey’s career.
This is a breaking news update. AP's earlier story is below.
Big moments of the #MeToo movement
Women march again
In January 2018, millions of women participated in more than 600 protests and events around the world as part of the second annual Women's March. The inaugural Women's March on Washington in 2017 kicked off a trend of protests, with Americans protesting en masse at thousands of events in 2017, a trend that has continued in 2018. #MeToo, #TimesUp and other women's movements are persisting and inspiring other groups and movements to use their right to protest.
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Stars declare 'Time's Up' at awards shows
In response to #MeToo, Hollywood celebrities banded together to start the #TimesUp movement against sexual assault and harassment, announced on Jan. 1, 2018. The movement called on stars to wear all black as part of a solidarity "blackout" at the Golden Globes. During her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award, Oprah Winfrey said, "For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up." Harvey Weinstein accusers Annabella Sciorra, Ashley Judd and Salma Hayek took the stage at the Oscars to also talk about the movement.
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Larry Nassar's victims speak out
More than 150 victims of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar confronted him in court about the sexual abuse he subjected them under the guide of treatment. After he was convicted of sexually abusing gymnasts and other female athletes, the women and girls read victim impact statements during his sentencing, coming face to face with their abuser and being lauded for their bravery. In January 2018 Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse.
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USA Gymnastics puts off its reckoning
For its mishandling of the scandal and its institutional and individual failures to protect gymnasts from decades of abuse, USA Gymnastics also faced consequences. In November 2018 the U.S. Olympic Committee announced it will revoke USA Gymnastics' status as the sport’s national governing body. Facing 100 lawsuits, the organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which stops its decertification and all legal proceedings in civil court. This move has been criticized as a way to avoid justice.
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Bill Cosby found guilty
Bill Cosby was sentenced to 3-10 years in prison after being found guilty in April 2018 on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand. Constand was among 60 women who accused the actor and comedian of sexual assault. Cosby's conviction came four years after a viral clip of stand-up comic Hannibal Buress discussing the Cosby allegations brought them to new light. Before that, the complaints against Cosby were an open secret.
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#MeToo sinks 25 candidates
During the 2018 election cycle, 25 candidates from both ends of the political spectrum have been ousted or had their campaigns derailed by sexual misconduct allegations, according to The Atlantic's calculations. There were 12 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with eight of those being federal-level campaigns. Former Sen. Al Franken left office in January, and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned in May. Other non-elected officials have been called out as well, including Donald Trump's staff secretary Rob Porter, who resigned in February.
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Pulitzer for pieces that took down Harvey Weinstein
In April 2018, Jodi Cantor and Megan Twohey of the New York Times and Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service. Their respective pieces on Harvey Weinstein's decades of alleged sexual harassment and assault led to criminal charges against Weinstein as well as the outing of other predatory men who abused their positions, wealth and power in what the Pulitzer Prize organization called "a worldwide reckoning."
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Harvey Weinstein turns himself in
In May 2018, Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York authorities on charges of sexual assault against two women, one in 2006 and the other in 2013. The charges include two counts of predatory sexual assault, with a potential sentence of life in prison.
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Nobel Peace Prize winners reflect #MeToo
The honorees of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize reflected the world's focus on #MeToo and preventing sexual violence. Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi activist Nadia Murad were jointly awarded the prize in December 2018 "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict." Mukwege has spent 20 years treating and counseling women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, earning him the nickname "the man who mends women." Murad was kidnapped, raped and tortured by Islamic State militants. After escaping, she became a human rights activist against genocide and wartime sexual violence.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's rape case in spotlight
While Hollywood is where stories first broke, the domino effect of #MeToo has affected tech, business and the world of sports. Perhaps the biggest sports star to face scrutiny is one of the highest-paid soccer players in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese Juventus player was accused of rape in 2009. The ensuing case and settlement received little attention, and German newspaper Der Spiegel was the only major outlet to report on it with a story in 2017. But with the cultural shift of #MeToo, the victim was inspired to come forward with her story again and filed a suit to reopen the case in 2018. This time, her accusations made waves and international headlines.
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Top executives ousted
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. Lululemon CEO Laurent Potdevin. CBS CEO Les Moonves. Metropolitan Opera Director James Levine. Pixar and Walt Disney Animation CCO John Lasseter. These are just a few of the men across the industries of tech, fashion, media, the arts and more who were fired or resigned in 2018 over accusations of sexual misconduct. According to a New York-based crisis consulting firm, more than 400 high-profile executives and employees were outed by the #MeToo Movement through June 2018.
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CBS' Les Moonves resigns
One of the year's biggest resignations was that of CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves. Following his Harvey Weinstein piece, Ronan Farrow published a story that detailed six allegations of sexual misconduct against Moonves. Six more women came forward with allegations of harassment and assault. Moonves was forced to step down, and CBS announced he would not get his $120 million severance payment.
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#MeToo mutes R. Kelly
Throughout his career, singer R. Kelly has faced allegations of sexual misconduct. Since he illegally married a 15-year-old Aaliyah in 1994, Kelly has been accused of predatory behavior toward underage girls. He's been sued multiple times in civil court, accused of running a "sex cult," indicted on 21 felony counts of child pornography and arrested for possession of child pornography. Even more allegations came to light in 2018, leading activists to launch a #MuteRKelly protest campaign calling on companies to cut ties with Kelly. Celebrities such as John Legend, Ava DuVernay and Viola Davis supported the campaign. Some streaming services stopped promoting his music in playlists, and a Chicago performance was canceled. R. Kelly denies all the accusations and remains defiant.
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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies
After accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a high school party in 1982, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September. More than 20 million people around the world tuned in to the hearing, in which Ford and Kavanaugh both testified. Despite not stopping his confirmation, Ford did force a delay on the vote for a brief FBI investigation.
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#MeToo hits McDonald's
The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements helped motivate employees to demand better workplace protections, including workers at McDonald's. In September 2018, hundreds of McDonald's employees staged a nationwide protest aimed at pressuring the company to implement stronger policies to protect workers from sexual harassment. According to organizers, it was the first strike in more than 100 years to protest sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Google employees stage walkout
In November, thousands of Google employees and contract workers around the world walked out in protest of the company's alleged workplace inequality and in response to alleged sexual harassment. The week before, the New York Times revealed that the company gave a senior vice president, Andy Rubin, a $90 million exit package in 2014 after he was accused of sexual harassment. Organizers aimed to push the tech giant to set a new standard for accountability and transparency regarding the equality and safety of employees from underrepresented groups.
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#MeToo inspires television
In 2018 the ripple of #MeToo finally made it into scripted media, especially television. Shows such as "The Good Fight," "13 Reasons Why," "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Younger" and "Will & Grace" all tackled storylines involving consent, boundaries or sexual harassment and assault. The trend doesn't seem to be slowing either, TV show runner Ryan Murphy has said he wants to develop an anthology series called "Consent" that would be a spin on the Hollywood scandals of people like Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.
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The movement heads to #ChurchToo
A spinoff of the #MeToo movement, #ChurchToo gained traction at the end of 2017. The hashtag opened up the conversation about abuse of power in religious settings. Many shared stories of sexual abuse in church settings, including Jules Woodson. Inspired by #MeToo, she wrote a blog post in January 2018 detailing abuse of power and sexual assault by prominent pastor Andy Savage. Savage, who at the time was Woodson's youth pastor, admitted to the encounter and ultimately resigned, and the publication of his upcoming book was canceled. Bill Hybels, head pastor of evangelical megachurch Willow Creek in Illinois, and the entire board of elders resigned in August after multiple allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against Hybels came to light.
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UK's Truss quits after turmoil obliterated her authority. Live updates and video of her speech
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority.
She said “I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected.”
Keep scrolling for photos from Truss' short stint as prime minister
Just a day earlier Truss had vowed to stay in power, saying she was “a fighter and not a quitter.” But Truss couldn't hold on any longer after a senior minister quit her government with a barrage of criticism and a vote in the House of Commons descended into chaos and acrimony just days after she was forced to abandon many of her economic policies.
Her departure leaves a divided Conservative Party seeking a leader who can unify its warring factions.
A growing number of lawmakers had called for Truss to resign after weeks of turmoil sparked by her economic plan. The plan unveiled by the government last month triggered financial turmoil and a political crisis that has seen the replacement of Truss’ Treasury chief, multiple policy U-turns and a breakdown of discipline in the governing Conservative Party.
Earlier, Conservative lawmaker Simon Hoare said the government was in disarray.
“Nobody has a route plan. It’s all sort of hand-to-hand fighting on a day-to-day basis,” he told the BBC on Thursday. He said Truss had “about 12 hours” to turn the situation around.
Truss had held a hastily arranged meeting in her 10 Downing Street office with Graham Brady, a senior Conservative lawmaker who oversees leadership challenges. Brady was tasked with assessing whether the prime minister still has the support of Tory members of Parliament — and it seemed she did not. Read the full story here:
Photos from Liz Truss' short stint as British prime minister
FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets supporters as she arrives to attend a Conservative leadership election hustings at the NEC, Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 before becoming Britain's new Prime Minister in Sept. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)
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FILE - Newspapers with pictures of new Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss are seen outside a newsagent in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Jon Super, FIle)
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FILE - Liz Truss addresses Conservative Party members during a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 before becoming Britain's new Prime Minister in Sept. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend her first Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
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FILE - Britain's King Charles III during his first audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace, London, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Yui Mok/Pool photo via AP, FIle)
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FILE - Liz Truss, right, waves, and Rishi Sunak stands next to her on stage after a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 before becoming Britain's new Prime Minister in Sept. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - New British Prime Minister Liz Truss makes an address outside Downing Street in London Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 after returning from Balmoral in Scotland where she was formally appointed by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss waits for the arrival of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, at the Royal Air Force Northolt, London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
Kirsty Wigglesworth
FILE - British Prime Minister Liz Truss, center left, holds her first cabinet meeting inside 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 the day after being installed as Prime Minister. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)
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FILE - British Prime Minister Liz Truss takes her seat for the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in central London, Monday Sept. 19, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP, FIle)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss makes a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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FILE - From left, British Prime Minister Liz Truss, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at a group photo during a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss holds a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Daniel Leal
FILE - British Prime Minister Liz Truss, right, holds a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during her visit to the US to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tuesday Sept. 20, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE - President Joe Biden meets with British Prime Minister Liz Truss during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss waves along with her husband Hugh O'Leary after making a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE -Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, centre right, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, react during a visit to a construction site for a medical innovation campus, on day three of the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss smiles before making a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - British Prime Minister Liz Truss address the 77th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday Sept. 21, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE British Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.
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Lawsuit stalls student debt relief: What now?
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an emergency stay pending the appeal of a lawsuit seeking to delay the scheduled rollout of the Biden administration’s promised student debt relief.
In other words, borrowers hoping to see $10,000 or $20,000 wiped from their debts will have to wait while this lawsuit proceeds; hearings are already scheduled for next week. There are also four other lawsuits pending appeal or awaiting hearing.
The stay is no reason to panic, says Mike Pierce, director and co-founder of the Student Borrower Protection Center. It’s procedural. The court cannot make a ruling, says Pierce, when it hasn’t been fully briefed. The stay calls for a response from the Justice Department by Tuesday afternoon.
“There’s not really anything to see here,” says Pierce.
The temporary halt came just days before the first borrowers were expected to see their balances reduced. The White House said earlier this month it would not deliver relief prior to Oct. 23.
On Oct. 21, Biden said 22 million borrowers had already submitted their applications since the form first went live in beta form a week prior. The White House has stated an estimated 40 million borrowers would be eligible for cancellation. The debt relief application is still open.
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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What does the lawsuit claim?
Six states (Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina) jointly claim Biden’s debt relief would harm tax revenue in their states and the finances of state-based loan agencies. All six of the states are Republican-led.
These student loan servicers and companies manage commercially held FFELP loans, an older type of federal student loan originally funded by private companies. They claim that letting FFELP borrowers consolidate their loans to be eligible for cancellation would hurt their bottom lines because it would eliminate or reduce anticipated interest payments.
In response, the Biden administration in late September reversed cancellation eligibility for borrowers with commercially held FFELP loans.
A federal district judge dismissed the case on Oct. 20; the plaintiffs immediately filed an emergency motion with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an administrative stay. They asked the court to pause the scheduled rollout of debt cancellation by 9 a.m. CST Saturday, Oct. 22.
The court didn’t wait that long; it approved the administrative stay on Friday.
Where does this leave borrowers?
Borrowers who applied or were waiting for automatic relief are now in limbo. And federal student loan payments are expected to restart in January 2023 after a nearly three-year pause due to the pandemic, unless the pause is extended again.
No additional extension has yet been announced. It’s wisest to proceed as if payments will resume as scheduled on Jan. 1.
If you qualify for debt relief and haven't applied, do so. It can't hurt, and you'll secure your spot in line if legal obstacles are cleared.
If you planned to seek a refund of payments made during the pause, reconsider. You are still able to ask for a refund, but as before, the amount refunded will be added to your loan balance.
If you already received a refund on payments made during the pause, don’t spend it. If one of the lawsuits succeeds, you may want to put it back toward your loan balance.
Car found buried in pricy California home's yard with possible human remains, cops say
ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) — Police are digging into why someone buried a car in the yard of a multi-million-dollar Northern California home in the 1990s and left unused bags of concrete inside.
The car was discovered Thursday morning by landscapers in the affluent town of Atherton in Silicon Valley, police said in a news release.
Cadaver dogs alerted to possible human remains, but none had been found more than 12 hours after the car was recovered, according to Atherton Police Cmdr. Daniel Larsen.
Police believe the car was buried 4 to 5 feet deep in the 1990s — before the current owners bought the home — but Larsen would not say what led detectives to that conclusion. The unused bags of concrete were placed throughout the vehicle, though it was blanketed by dirt over the roof, he said.
The sprawling home and property are valued at $15 million, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Larsen said the current homeowners were not under investigation.
Atherton is one of the wealthiest towns in the U.S., with about 7,000 residents within its nearly 5 square miles.
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Thomas temporarily blocks Graham testimony in Georgia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday temporarily blocked Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony to a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state.
Thomas' order is intended to prevent Fani Willis, Fulton County district attorney, from compelling Graham to testify while the Supreme Court weighs the senator's request for a lengthier halt to the proceedings.
Willis has a deadline Thursday to tell the high court why Graham should have to answer the grand jury's questions. Lower courts have ruled that his testimony can take place.
Thomas acted on his own, as the justice who handles emergency appeals from Georgia.
Graham's office described the South Carolina Republican's filing as an attempt “to defend the Constitution and the institutional interest of the Senate.” The lower court's ruling, Graham's office said, “would significantly impact the ability of senators to gather information in connection with doing their job.”
The legal move was the latest in Graham's ongoing fight to prevent his testimony in a case that has ensnared allies and associates of the former president. Some have already made their appearances before the special grand jury, including former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani — who’s been told he could face criminal charges in the probe — attorneys John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, and former White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
Paperwork has been filed seeking testimony from others, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Graham, a four-term senator who last won reelection in 2020, was first subpoenaed in July by Willis, who opened her investigation shortly after a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public. In that call, Trump suggested Raffensperger could “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Willis wants to question Graham about two phone calls he made to Raffensperger and his staff in the weeks after the election.
During those calls, Graham asked about “reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a petition seeking to compel his testimony.
Graham also “made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign,” she wrote. She said in a hearing last month that Graham may be able to provide insight into the extent of any coordinated efforts to influence the results.
Raffensperger said he took Graham’s question about absentee ballots as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes. Graham has dismissed that interpretation as “ridiculous.” Graham has also argued that the call was protected because he was asking questions to inform his decisions on voting to certify the 2020 election and future legislation.
Graham challenged his subpoena in federal court, but a judge refused to toss it out. Graham then appealed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and a three-judge panel ruled Thursday in favor of Willis. Graham can appeal to the full court.
Graham’s lawyers argued that the Constitution’s speech or debate clause, which protects members of Congress from having to answer questions about legislative activity, shields him from having to testify.
Graham is represented by former White House counsel Don McGahn, who was involved in a lengthy court fight over a congressional subpoena for his own testimony related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. After years of back-and-forth, the two sides reached an agreement and McGahn answered investigators' questions in a private session.
The 9 current justices of the US Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts
Chief Justice John Roberts
Nominated to serve as chief justice by President George W. Bush
Took seat Sept. 29, 2005
Born Jan. 27, 1955, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Justice Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President George H.W. Bush
Took seat Oct. 23, 1991
Born June 23, 1948, near Savannah, Georgia
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Justice Samuel Alito
Associate Justice Samuel Alito
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President George W. Bush
Took seat Jan. 31, 2006
Born April 1, 1950, in Trenton, New Jersey
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President Barack Obama
Took seat Aug. 8, 2009
Born June 25, 1954, in Bronx, New York
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Justice Elena Kagan
Associate Justice Elena Kagan
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President Barack Obama
Took seat Aug. 7, 2010
Born April 28, 1960, in New York City
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Justice Neil Gorsuch
Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President Donald Trump
Took seat April 10, 2017
Born Aug. 29, 1967, in Denver, Colorado
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President Donald Trump
Took seat Oct. 6, 2018
Born Feb. 12, 1965, in Washington D.C.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President Donald Trump
Took seat Oct. 27, 2020
Born January 28, 1972
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Nominated to serve as associate justice by President Joe Biden
Took seat June 30, 2022
Born September 14, 1970
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Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall and was excited to join the wave of drivers adopting electric vehicles to save on gas money and reduce her carbon footprint.
But Terrell quickly encountered a bump in the road on her journey to clean driving: As a renter, she doesn't have a private garage where she can power up overnight, and the public charging stations near her are often in use, with long wait times. On a recent day, the 23-year-old nearly ran out of power on the freeway because a public charging station she was counting on was busy.
"It was really scary and I was really worried I wasn't going to make it, but luckily I made it here. Now I have to wait a couple hours to even use it because I can't go any further," she said while waiting at another station where a half-dozen EV drivers circled the parking lot, waiting their turn. "I feel better about it than buying gas, but there are problems I didn't really anticipate."
The great transition to electric is well underway for single-family homeowners who can charge their cars at home overnight, but for millions of renters like Terrell, access to charging remains a significant barrier to owning a zero-emissions vehicle.
The great transition to electric vehicles is underway for single-family homeowners who can charge their cars at home, but for millions of renters like Terrell, access to charging remains a significant barrier. People who rent are also more likely to buy used EVs that have a lower range than the latest models, making reliable public charging even more critical for them.
Now, cities from Portland to Los Angeles to New York City are trying to come up with innovative public charging solutions as drivers string power cords across sidewalks, stand up their own private charging stations on city right-of-ways and line up at public facilities.
The Biden administration last month approved plans from all 50 states to roll out a network of high-speed chargers along interstate highways coast-to-coast using $5 billion in federal funding over the next five years. But states must wait to apply for an additional $2.5 billion in local grants to fill in charging gaps, including in low- and moderate-income areas of cities and in neighborhoods with limited private parking.
"We have a really large challenge right now with making it easy for people to charge who live in apartments," said Jeff Allen, executive director of Forth, a nonprofit that advocates for equity in electric vehicle ownership and charging access.
"There's a mental shift that cities have to make to understand that promoting electric cars is also part of their sustainable transportation strategy. Once they make that mental shift, there's a whole bunch of very tangible things they can — and should — be doing."
A do-it-yourself electric vehicle charging station for an electric mini-van is seen in the grassy median of this residential street in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 30, 2022 photo.
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The quickest place to charge is a fast charger, also known as DC Fast. Those charge a car in 20 to 45 minutes. But slower chargers which take several hours, known as Level 2, still outnumber DC fast chargers by nearly four to one, although their numbers are growing. Charging an electric vehicle on a standard residential outlet, or Level 1 charger, isn't practical unless you drive little or can leave the car plugged in overnight, as many homeowners can.
Nationwide, there are about 120,000 public charging ports featuring Level 2 charging or above, and nearly 1.5 million electric vehicles registered in the U.S. — a ratio of just over one charger per 12 cars nationally, according to the latest U.S. Department of Transportation data from December 2021. But those chargers are not spread out evenly: In Arizona, for example, the ratio of electric vehicles to charging ports is 18 to one and in California, which has about 39% of the nation's EVs, there are 16 zero-emissions vehicles for every charging port.
A briefing prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy last year by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory forecasts a total of just under 19 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, with a projected need for an extra 9.6 million charging stations to meet that demand.
In Los Angeles, for example, nearly one-quarter of all new vehicles registered in July were plug-in electric vehicles. The city estimates in the next 20 years, it will have to expand its distribution capacity anywhere from 25% to 50%, with roughly two-thirds of the new power demand coming from electric vehicles, said Yamen Nanne, manager of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's transportation electrification program.
Amid the boom, dense city neighborhoods are rapidly becoming pressure points in the patchy transition to electrification.
In Los Angeles, the city has installed over 500 electric vehicle chargers — 450 on street lights and about 50 of them on power poles — to meet the demand and has a goal of adding 200 EV pole chargers per year, Nanne said. The chargers are strategically installed in areas where there are apartment complexes or near amenities, he said.
An electric vehicle charges on a publicly accessible pole-mounted charger in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2022. Los Angeles is a leader among U.S. cities in installing publicly accessible chargers, including 450 on city street light poles and 50 on power poles.
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The city currently has 18,000 commercial chargers — ones not in private homes — but only about 3,000 are publicly accessible and just 400 of those are DC Fast chargers, Nanne said. Demand is so high that "when we put a charger out there that's publicly accessible, we don't even have to advertise. People just see it and start using it," he said.
"We're doing really good in terms of chargers that are going into workplaces but the publicly accessible ones is where there's a lot of room to make up. Every city is struggling with that."
Similar initiatives to install pole-mounted chargers are in place or being considered in cities from New York City to Charlotte, N.C. to Kansas City, Missouri. The utility Seattle City Light is also in the early stages of a pilot project to install chargers in neighborhoods where people can't charge at home.
Mark Long, who lives in a floating home on Seattle's Portage Bay, has leased or owned an EV since 2015 and charges at public stations — and sometimes charges on an outdoor outlet at a nearby office and pays them back for the cost.
"We have a small loading area but we all just park on the street," said Long, who hopes to get one of the utility's chargers installed for his floating community. "I've certainly been in a few situations where I'm down to 15, 14, 12 miles and ... whatever I had planned, I'm just suddenly focused on getting a charge."
A charging cord for electric vehicles is seen strung across a public sidewalk in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2022.
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Other cities, like Portland, are working to amend building codes for new construction to require electrified parking spaces for new apartment complexes and mixed-use development. A proposal being developed currently would require 50% of parking spaces in most new multi-family dwellings to have an electric conduit that could support future charging stations. In complexes with six spaces or fewer, all parking spaces would need to be pre-wired for EV charging.
Policies that provide equal access to charging are critical because with tax incentives and the emergence of a robust used-EV market, zero-emissions cars are finally within financial reach for lower-income drivers, said Ingrid Fish, who is in charge of Portland's transportation decarbonization program.
"We're hoping if we do our job right, these vehicles are going to become more and more accessible and affordable for people, especially those that have been pushed out of the central city" by rising rents and don't have easy access to public transportation, Fish said.
The initiatives mimic those that have already been deployed in other nations that are much further along in EV adoption.
Worldwide, by 2030, more than 6 million public chargers will be needed to support EV adoption at a rate that keeps international emissions goals within reach, according to a recent study by the International Council on Clean Transportation. As of this year, the Netherlands and Norway have already installed enough public charging to satisfy 45% and 38% of that demand, respectively, while the U.S. has less than 10% of it in place currently, according to the study, which looked at electrification in 17 nations and government entities that account for more than half of the world's car sales.
Some European cities are far ahead of even the most electric-savvy U.S. cities. London, for example, has 4,000 public chargers on street lights. That's much cheaper — just a third the cost of wiring a charging station into the sidewalk, said Vishant Kothari, manager of the electric mobility team at the World Resources Institute.
An electric vehicle charges at a public fast-charging station in London on Oct. 20, 2022. London and some other European cities are far ahead of the U.S. when it comes to making fast-charging accessible for renters who can't plug in their EVs at home in a private garage.
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But London and Los Angeles have an advantage over many U.S. cities: Their street lights operate on 240 volts, better for EV charging. Most American city street lights operate on 120 volts, which takes hours to charge a vehicle, said Kothari, who co-authored a study on the potential for pole-mounted charging in U.S. cities.
That means cities considering pole-mounted charging must also come up with other solutions, from zoning changes to making charging accessible in apartment complex parking lots to policies that encourage workplace fast-charging.
There also "needs to be a will from the city, the utilities — the policies need to be in place for curbside accessibility," he said. "So there is quite a bit of complication."
Changes can't come fast enough for renters who already own electric vehicles and are struggling to charge them.
Rebecca DeWhitt rents a house but isn't allowed to use the garage. For several years, she and her partner strung a standard extension cord 40 feet (12 meters) from an outlet near the home's front door, across their lawn, down a grassy knoll and across a public sidewalk to reach their Nissan Leaf on the street.
Rebecca DeWhitt shows how she connects an extension cord to her electric vehicle's charging cable outside the Portland, Ore., home she rents on Sept. 30, 2022.
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Rebecca DeWhitt charges her electric vehicle in the driveway of the Portland, Ore., home she rents on Sept. 30, 2022. DeWhitt and her partner aren't allowed to use the rental home's garage and so they charge their EV using an extension cord that plugs into a standard electrical outlet outside their front door. The great transition to electric vehicles is underway for homeowners who can charge their cars in a private garage, but for millions of renters like DeWhitt, access to charging remains a significant barrier. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
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They upgraded to a thicker extension cord and began parking in the driveway — also a violation of their rental contract — when their first cord charred under the EV load. They're still using their home outlet and it takes up to two days to fully charge their new Hyundai Kona. As of now, their best alternative for a full charge is a nearby grocery store which can mean a long wait for one of two fast-charging stations to open up.
"It's inconvenient," she said. "And if we didn't value having an electric vehicle so much, we wouldn't put up with the pain of it."
States with the most electric vehicles
the state of electric vehicle adoption across the country
Few announcements have rocked the automotive industry as hard as the one-two punch of General Motors’ notice of intent to exclusively produce electric-powered vehicles by 2035 and the Ford Motor Company’s $30 billion investment in electric vehicle development. The latter has thus far resulted in the release of an all-electric F-150 and Mustang, the automaker’s two top-selling models. Of course, other automakers have taken a dip into the EV pool, among them Chevrolet, Volvo, Porsche, Mazda, and Mercedes Benz, and it would seem that Tesla set a gold standard for the development and marketing of the electric vehicle.
CoPilot ranked each state (and Washington D.C.) by the number of registered EVs as a percentage of total registered private and commercial vehicles to offer a quick look at where the nation stands on electric vehicle adoption, using data from the Department of Energy and Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Ties were broken at the thousandths of a percent level which, for brevity, are not shown. Charging station and charging port data came from an Alternative Fuel Stations report issued by the BTS. The U.S. Department of Energy also maintains a live map of all AFS locations nationwide. It should be noted that the stated number of ports per 100 EVs is not necessarily inversely related to the overall quantity of EVs in a given state, but rather the number of highway miles running through the state or the number of established “alt-fuel corridors.”
While Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar Tesla “experiment” has without question forced the auto industry to rethink the public’s appetite for EVs, it’s the anteing up of the big players that has the potential to permanently change an industry. Just 30 years ago the industry dismissed electric vehicle investment like an allowance given to an unruly child so they won’t ask for something more expensive.
In its December 2021 sales report, Ford showed a 121.1% increase in total EV sales year over year. Not only does this mark the best-ever EV sales for the company, but it also represents 36% faster growth than the entire segment—meaning Ford, the nation’s largest carmaker, has already begun to dominate this sector. The Mustang Mach-E has become second only to Tesla’s Model Y in total EV sales, and the F-150 continues to be the top-selling truck in America (which it has been for more than 40 years running). Orders for the F-150 Lightning EV have vastly exceeded expectations. Ford not only anticipates 40% of its overall sales to be electric by 2030 but has recently invested deeply in both manufacturing and battery production and recycling. It is more than clear that an irreversible revolution in car manufacturing and ownership is now upon us.
On a wider scale, global EV sales reached 6.6 million in 2021, a more than threefold rise over the previous year. This number is impressive in and of itself but becomes staggering when you consider that in 2012 only about 130,000 EVs were sold across the globe. There are now an estimated 16 million EVs on the road, and if sales trends pan out as predicted, that number is going to get a whole lot bigger. When it does, naturally the other side of the equation will be a decrease in gas-powered vehicle sales.
The need for a nationwide network of charging stations to allow cross-country travel has emerged alongside the expansion of electric vehicle ownership. At best, the longest range a current EV can go on a single charge is 520 miles—but the Lucid Air Dream Edition also comes with a $170,000 price tag. The Tesla Model S, one of the most popular EVs on the market, can get 400 miles to a charge, which is no small feat. But without the right kind of charging infrastructure, it still won’t get you from the Rockies to an East Coast vacation spot, to say nothing of making it across a state as expansive as Texas (where, incidentally, the most popular truck is the F-150).
In its December 2021 Action Plan, the Biden-Harris administration outlined its strategy to “put [the country] on the path to a convenient and equitable network of 500,000 chargers and make EVs accessible to all Americans for both local and long-distance trips.” This strategy includes a $5 billion investment in the national EV charging network and a further $2.5 billion to be made available through a grant program to ensure states’ ability to support rural charging and charging access in disadvantaged communities.
Continue reading to find out the state of electric vehicle adoption across the country.
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#51. North Dakota
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.02%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 220 (#51 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 61 (#49 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 63.2 (#1 overall)
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#50. South Dakota
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.03%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 410 (#49 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 57 (#50 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 38.0 (#7 overall)
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#49. West Virginia
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.04%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 600 (#48 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 111 (#46 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 51.2 (#4 overall)
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#48. Mississippi
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.04%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 780 (#47 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 112 (#45 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 55.5 (#3 overall)
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#47. Wyoming
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.04%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 330 (#50 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 70 (#48 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 55.8 (#2 overall)
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#46. Arkansas
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.05%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 1,330 (#44 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 160 (#41 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 34.1 (#9 overall)
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#45. Montana
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.05%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 940 (#45 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 75 (#47 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 22.6 (#18 overall)
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#44. Louisiana
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.05%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 1,950 (#39 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 159 (#42 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 19.7 (#22 overall)
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#43. Alabama
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.06%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,890 (#31 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 276 (#35 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 23.5 (#15 overall)
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#42. Iowa
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.06%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,260 (#37 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 280 (#34 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 25.8 (#14 overall)
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#41. Kentucky
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.06%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,650 (#33 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 222 (#37 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 19.9 (#21 overall)
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#40. Oklahoma
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.09%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 3,410 (#29 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 313 (#31 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 31.9 (#13 overall)
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#39. Nebraska
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.10%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 1,810 (#42 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 182 (#39 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 20.8 (#20 overall)
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#38. South Carolina
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.10%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 4,390 (#28 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 384 (#28 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 19.6 (#23 overall)
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#37. Indiana
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.11%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 6,990 (#25 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 354 (#29 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 13.6 (#38 overall)
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#36. Wisconsin
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.11%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 6,310 (#27 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 474 (#25 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 15.0 (#36 overall)
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#35. Idaho
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.12%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,300 (#36 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 139 (#43 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 15.0 (#37 overall)
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#34. Kansas
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.12%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 3,130 (#30 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 493 (#24 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 32.5 (#12 overall)
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#33. Alaska
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.12%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 940 (#46 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 52 (#51 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 10.0 (#46 overall)
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#32. Missouri
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.12%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 6,740 (#26 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,053 (#14 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 32.6 (#11 overall)
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#31. Michigan
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.13%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 10,620 (#21 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 834 (#19 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 17.3 (#27 overall)
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#30. Tennessee
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.14%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 7,810 (#24 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 691 (#21 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 21.1 (#19 overall)
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#29. Ohio
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.14%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 14,530 (#17 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 959 (#16 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 15.2 (#35 overall)
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#28. New Mexico
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.15%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,620 (#34 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 187 (#38 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 17.4 (#26 overall)
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#27. Pennsylvania
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.17%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 17,530 (#15 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,143 (#10 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 15.2 (#34 overall)
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#26. Maine
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.17%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 1,920 (#41 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 295 (#32 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 32.8 (#10 overall)
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#25. Minnesota
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.18%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 10,380 (#22 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 589 (#22 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 13.4 (#39 overall)
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#24. Rhode Island
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.19%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 1,580 (#43 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 255 (#36 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 39.7 (#5 overall)
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#23. North Carolina
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.19%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 16,190 (#16 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,117 (#12 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 17.2 (#28 overall)
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#22. Delaware
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.19%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 1,950 (#40 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 134 (#44 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 16.1 (#31 overall)
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#21. New Hampshire
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.20%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,690 (#32 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 164 (#40 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 13.0 (#40 overall)
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#20. Texas
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.24%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 52,190 (#3 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 2,316 (#4 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 10.5 (#45 overall)
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#19. Illinois
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.25%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 26,000 (#8 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,077 (#13 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 10.6 (#44 overall)
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#18. Georgia
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.27%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 23,530 (#10 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,579 (#8 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 16.7 (#29 overall)
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#17. Virginia
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.27%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 20,510 (#13 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,139 (#11 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 16.1 (#32 overall)
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#16. New York
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.29%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 32,590 (#5 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 2,974 (#2 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 23.4 (#16 overall)
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#15. Connecticut
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.32%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 9,040 (#23 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 533 (#23 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 15.8 (#33 overall)
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#14. Florida
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.32%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 58,160 (#2 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 2,624 (#3 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 11.6 (#42 overall)
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#13. Vermont
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.37%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,230 (#38 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 328 (#30 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 39.1 (#6 overall)
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#12. Massachusetts
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.42%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 21,010 (#12 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 2,175 (#5 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 23.2 (#17 overall)
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#11. Maryland
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.43%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 17,970 (#14 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,250 (#9 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 19.0 (#24 overall)
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#10. Nevada
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.44%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 11,040 (#19 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 447 (#26 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 12.3 (#41 overall)
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#9. Utah
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.46%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 11,230 (#18 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 908 (#17 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 17.6 (#25 overall)
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#8. Colorado
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.47%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 24,670 (#9 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,614 (#7 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 16.1 (#30 overall)
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#7. Arizona
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.48%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 28,770 (#7 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 890 (#18 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 7.8 (#49 overall)
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#6. New Jersey
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.51%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 30,420 (#6 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 745 (#20 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 6.6 (#51 overall)
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#5. Oregon
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.57%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 22,850 (#11 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 995 (#15 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 10.7 (#43 overall)
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#4. Washington
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.71%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 50,520 (#4 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 1,775 (#6 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 8.6 (#48 overall)
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#3. Washington, D.C.
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.74%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 2,360 (#35 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 289 (#33 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 34.8 (#8 overall)
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#2. Hawaii
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 0.86%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 10,670 (#20 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 385 (#27 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 7.8 (#50 overall)
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#1. California
- Percentage of registered vehicles that are electric: 1.43%
- Total registered electric vehicles: 425,300 (#1 overall)
- Number of statewide charging stations: 14,616 (#1 overall)
- Number of charging ports per 100 EVs: 9.7 (#47 overall)
This story originally appeared on CoPilot and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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Rishi Sunak to become Britain's next prime minister
LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party on Monday and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year.
The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.
His only rival, Penny Mordaunt, conceded and withdrew.
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As leader of the governing party, he will take over as prime minister from Liz Truss, who quit last week after 45 tumultuous days in office.
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Sunak had been the strong favorite as the governing Conservative Party sought stability at a time of immense economic challenges and after months of chaos that consumed the past two leaders.
Sunak’s position strengthened after former leader Boris Johnson dropped out of the Conservative Party leadership contest. The party is choosing Britain’s third prime minister this year following Liz Truss' resignation after a turbulent 45-day term.
Sunak lost out to Truss in the last Conservative election, but his party and the country now appear eager for a safe pair of hands to tackle soaring energy and food prices and a looming recession. The politician steered the economy through the coronavirus pandemic, winning praise for his financial support for laid-off workers and shuttered businesses.
He has promised “integrity, professionalism and accountability” if he forms a government — a nod to the growing to desire for a leader who can tackle the country's problems.
Earlier in the day, the 42-year-old was the only candidate with confirmed support from more than 100 lawmakers, the number needed to run in the election, with his backers claiming he has been endorsed by more than half the 357 Conservative lawmakers in Parliament. Mordaunt had hoped to reach the threshold by the time nominations closed — but she backed out.
That means Sunak is now the Conservative Party leader and will be asked by King Charles III to form a government. He will become the prime minister in a handover of power from Truss later Monday or on Tuesday.
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British lawmaker Rishi Sunak, the newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer arrives at 10 Downing Street, where he was given the job as the former Chancellor Sajid Javid, resigned, in London, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shook up his government on Thursday, firing and appointing ministers to key Cabinet posts. Johnson was aiming to tighten his grip on government after winning a big parliamentary majority in December's election. That victory allowed Johnson to take Britain out of the European Union in January. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during his first Cabinet meeting flanked by his new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, after a reshuffle the day before, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tightened his grip on the government Thursday with a Cabinet shake-up that triggered the unexpected resignation of his Treasury chief, the second-most powerful figure in the administration. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak stands outside No 11 Downing Street and holds up the traditional red box that contains the budget speech for the media, he will then leave to make budget speech to House of Commons, London, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will announce the first budget since Britain left the European Union. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Britain's Chancellor Rishi Sunak looks on, during a visit to Leeds Station to highlight the record infrastructure spend after Wednesday's budget, in Leeds, England, Thursday March 12, 2020. (Danny Lawson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, left, greets an employee during a visit to Worcester Bosch factory to promote the initiative, Plan for Jobs, in Worcester, England, Thursday July 9, 2020. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP)
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Britain's Chancellor Rishi Sunak learns the art of handling clay to make plates with Wayne Swindaill, during a visit to the Emma Bridgewater pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Employees at the factory are now back at work after being furloughed due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Andrew Fox/Pool Photo via AP)
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Britian's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gestures during a visit to Imperial Clinic Research Facility at Hammersmith Hospital, where he met staff and was instructed on research techniques, to mark the announcement of his Spending Review, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (Jack Hill/Pool Photo via AP)
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, right, welcomes USA's finance minister Janet Yellen, ahead of the G7 finance ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London, Friday June 4, 2021. (Steve Reigate/Pool via AP)
Steve Reigate
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak holds up a Green briefcase as he arrives for a speech at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. The British government plans to make the U.K. "the world's first net-zero aligned financial center" as companies and investors seek to profit from the drive to build a low-carbon economy. Sunak will lay out the government's plans during a speech Wednesday as top financial officials from around the world meet at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Alberto Pezzali
Britain's Prince Charles and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, third right, leave after visiting a JD Sports store in London, Wednesday May 11, 2022, to meet young people supported by The Prince's Trust through the UK Government's Kickstart Scheme. (Paul Grover/Pool via AP)
Paul Grover
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak arrives for a regional cabinet meeting at Middleport Pottery in Stoke on Trent, England, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Oli Scarff/Pool Photo via AP)
Oli Scarff
British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were racing Tuesday to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Alberto Pezzali
FILE - Liz Truss, right, and Rishi Sunak on stage after a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. After weeks of waiting, Britain will finally learn who will be its new prime minister. The governing Conservative Party will announce Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 whether Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak won the most votes from party members to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Kirsty Wigglesworth
FILE - Liz Truss, right, looks across with Rishi Sunak at left, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Monday Sept. 5, 2022. Sunak ran for Britain’s top job and lost. Now he’s back with a second chance to become prime minister. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Stefan Rousseau
FILE- Priti Patel, Britain's Home Secretary, right with Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, centre and Oliver Dowden Minister without Portfolio listen to Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson making his keynote speech at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Sunak ran for Britain’s top job and lost. Now he’s back with a second chance to become prime minister. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
Jon Super
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves his campaign office, in London, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is frontrunner in the Conservative Party's race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Alberto Pezzali
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves the campaign office in London, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is frontrunner in the Conservative Party's race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)
Aberto Pezzali
King Charles III welcomes Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, where he invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Aaron Chown/Pool photo via AP)
