WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term, lashing out Tuesday following a new report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established findings about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election. 鈥淚t鈥檚 time to go after people,鈥� Trump said from the […]
Prominent Miami defense lawyer Roy Black, who gained national attention by winning an acquittal in the 1991 William Kennedy Smith rape trial and was involved in scores of other high-profile cases, has died at the age of 80, his law partner said Tuesday. Black represented clients ranging from pop star Justin Bieber to race car […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military, according to new rules issued by the Pentagon on Tuesday. The guidance signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth updates a list […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A U.S. government employee has been banned from leaving China after traveling there in a personal capacity, the State Department said Tuesday, marking the latest case where Beijing has stopped U.S. nationals from departing the country. The State Department did not reveal the identity of the employee at the U.S. Patent and […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Gov. Ron DeSantis 鈥� administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz,” according to a public database. The amount 鈥� to be fronted by Florida taxpayers 鈥� is in line with […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) 鈥� The Kansas City Chiefs are making progress in stadium negotiations with lawmakers on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line, thought it remains unclear whether the team will stay at Arrowhead Stadium or ultimately move elsewhere. The Chiefs recently were granted an extension to an end-of-June deadline for a financing […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� New York will soon make phone calls free in its state prisons, officials said Tuesday. People who are incarcerated in the state’s prisons currently receive three free, 15-minute phone calls a week. After that, the calls cost $.024 per minute. The state corrections department will begin to lift that charge starting […]
Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status. A three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia said in a ruling late Monday there was 鈥渋nsufficient evidence to warrant the […]
A federal judge in Vermont has refused to delay a decision on whether a woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent will face the death penalty. In an order made public Monday, Chief Judge Christina Reiss denied a motion from Teresa Youngblut, 21, who is accused of opening fire on agent […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) 鈥� For many University of Idaho students, a 鈥渟helter in place鈥� text message from the school was the first indication that something had gone horribly wrong at the rental house near campus on Nov. 13, 2022. Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin were found stabbed to death in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote. Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said Tuesday morning that he […]
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Florida’s statewide prosecutor has subpoenaed records of a popular restaurant after it hosted an LGBTQ Pride event last month that the prosecutor’s office says was open to all ages, even though a recent state law that restricts venues from admitting children to 鈥渁dult鈥� performances has been blocked by courts. Florida […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) 鈥� Alina Habba 鈥� who served as President Donald Trump’s defense lawyer and a White House counselor and has become one of the most high-profile U.S. attorneys in the country 鈥� could see her 120-day interim term as New Jersey鈥檚 top federal prosecutor expire Tuesday. Habba, 41, could stay on in the […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥� Authorities in Bermuda said Tuesday that they arrested four U.S. cruise ship passengers accused of drug possession. Police said in a statement that the suspects had a 鈥渟ignificant quantity of illegal drugs鈥� including cannabis and carfentanyl, which experts say is 100 times more potent than fentanyl and is used […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A Tennessee judge on Tuesday set a February trial date for a man who faces the death penalty if convicted on charges of killing three people and wounding three others in a daylong series of shootings in Memphis that was livestreamed on social media. Shelby County Judge James Jones Jr. scheduled […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Georgia’s State Ethics Commission on Monday declined to investigate whether Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones broke state law when he loaned $10 million to a campaign committee after showing far less cash on an earlier financial disclosure. However, a request for a legal opinion on whether such loans are legal is still […]
A video showing Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car during a traffic stop has sparked nationwide outrage, with civil rights lawyers accusing authorities of fabricating their arrest report. William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver’s seat, asking to speak to the Jacksonville deputies’ supervisor, when authorities broke his […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) 鈥� Two men accused of homicide and facing a potential death sentence if convicted asked Pennsylvania’s highest court Tuesday to restrict a county prosecutor’s pursuit of the death penalty, accusing him of misusing it to pressure defendants into guilty pleas or get them to turn state’s evidence. The two defendants filed a […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) 鈥� Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was among those questioned under oath this month after release of a new documentary about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor, according to a court filing. Jordan’s deposition Friday came in a federal lawsuit brought by former student […]
Stephen Colbert returned for his first full program after last week’s announcement that CBS was canceling his 鈥淟ate Show鈥� with some supportive late-night guests, a joke about cancel culture and an extremely pointed remark directed at President Donald Trump. 鈥淚’m going to go ahead and say it: Cancel culture’s gone way too far,鈥� Colbert said […]
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) 鈥� Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is slated to meet with city officials and update the public Tuesday about the response to a fire at an assisted-living facility in Fall River that killed 10 people. The July 13 fire at Gabriel House in the city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter isn’t hiding his feelings about actor and Democratic Party donor George Clooney’s decision to call on the elder Biden to abandon his 2024 reelection bid. In a rare online interview, Hunter Biden used a string of expletives to describe Clooney when discussing the actor with Andrew […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The global switch to renewable energy has passed a 鈥減ositive tipping point鈥� where solar and wind power will become even cheaper and more widespread, according to two United Nations reports released Tuesday, describing a bright spot amid otherwise gloomy progress to curb climate change. Last year, 74% of the growth in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 former girlfriend, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence, a senior official said Tuesday. If Ghislaine Maxwell 鈥渉as information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the […]
