NEW DEHI (AP) 鈥� Authorities began investigating one of India鈥檚 worst aviation disasters after an Air India plane crashed a day earlier that killed all but one of the 242 passengers and crew onboard, officials said Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site. The Indian government has launched an investigation into the […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A Tennessee judge is scheduled to hear arguments Friday about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail pending the outcome of a trial on human smuggling charges. In a motion asking U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes to order Abrego Garcia detained, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of […]
Lawyers in the murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution鈥檚 theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim that a cast of tight-knit Boston area law enforcement killed a fellow police officer. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Eight years after President Donald Trump was dazzled by a grand military parade down the Champs-脡lys茅es in Paris, he is finally getting a chance to try to top the spectacle. His long-delayed dream is expected to be realized Saturday with an extravaganza of American military might featuring tanks and other armored vehicles […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) 鈥� Michael Madigan鈥檚 stunning political collapse is expected to culminate Friday when the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history is sentenced on federal bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud convictions tied to a scheme to push legislation in exchange for jobs and contracts for his associates. The former Illinois House speaker was convicted […]
More than 75 years after Flag Day became U.S. law, the stars and stripes grab our gaze these days in constant portraits of how Americans see their country’s promise 鈥� sometimes dotted along historic graves of military veterans, draped upside down over a protester, or painted on a barn. Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval […]
Zohran Mamdani has rocketed from relative obscurity to become one of the top contenders in the New York City mayor’s race. In a debate Thursday, he started catching heat for his place among the top of the heap. Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, found himself the target of jabs from the crowded field of Democratic […]
Meta said Thursday it is making a large investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing 鈥渟uperintelligence鈥� at the tech giant. The move reflects a push by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to revive AI efforts at the parent company of Facebook and Instagram as it faces […]
Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have spread across the country. The Trump administration said it would continue the raids and deportations despite the protests. More demonstrations are planned throughout the U.S. on Saturday to coincide with Trump鈥檚 planned military parade in Washington. ___ This is a photo gallery curated […]
The notion that only one person survived the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people on board Thursday is sparking interest on social media about how that could happen and if such a thing has happened before. A medic has said Vishwashkumar Ramesh was thrown out of the plane and walked to a nearby […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo unexpectedly vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls 鈥� a conservative priority across the country and something that has long been on the governor鈥檚 legislative wish list. The move brings a […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� The two people killed in a shooting over the weekend on the Las Vegas Strip captured it on video while livestreaming to their shared YouTube channel, according to a police report. The married victims were identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Tanisha Finley, 43, and Rodney Finley, 44. Both […]
Israel attacked Iran鈥檚 capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran. The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran鈥檚 rapidly advancing nuclear program. The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time in 20 years on Thursday censured Iran over it not working with its inspectors. Iran […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates 鈥� (AP) 鈥� Explosions rang out across Iran鈥檚 capital as Israel claimed it was attacking the country. People in Tehran, Iran, awoke to the sound of the blast. State television acknowledged the blast. Israel鈥檚 Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a 鈥渟pecial situation鈥� in Israel over Israel attacking Iran. He said schools […]
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) 鈥� Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Thursday she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used customers’ personal information to send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state law. Murrill also said she plans to issue a cease-and-desist letter to the company to stop the messages. As lawmakers debated […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government agencies to consolidate their wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes. The order aims to centralize firefighting efforts now split among five agencies and two Cabinet departments. […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� A jury in federal court ruled that a New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy had violated its owners’ constitutional rights but was shielded from punishment under qualified immunity because of his government role, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney William Most. The jury awarded $10,000 in damages for […]
PHOENIX (AP) 鈥� A jury in Phoenix has convicted Lori Vallow Daybell of conspiring to kill her niece鈥檚 ex-husband in 2019, marking her second murder conspiracy conviction in Arizona in less than two months. Daybell was convicted Thursday on a charge of conspiring to murder Brandon Boudreaux, who was once married to Daybell鈥檚 niece, outside […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 鈥� Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if immediate steps are not taken to reduce demand. But the officials declined to explain what they believe has […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� When videos first rocketed around the Internet Thursday afternoon showing security officers forcibly removing Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in California, senators in both parties were already gathered together for a long series of votes. There are strict rules against using cellphones on […]
MIAMI (AP) 鈥� The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it has begun notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and that they should leave the country. The termination notices are being sent by email to […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) 鈥� The high-level negotiations over China’s export controls of rare earths is giving U.S. businesses some relief, even though it may be only for now. China has approved 鈥渁 certain number鈥� of export permits for rare earth elements and related items, its commerce ministry said on Thursday, one day after U.S. President […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Republican tax bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually, according to a new analysis released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office. Middle-income households would see a boost […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A lawyer for Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs protested the rising tide of secrecy at the hip-hop icon鈥檚 federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Thursday after Combs and the public were excluded from lengthy arguments over whether another famous rapper’s name could be disclosed. Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo complained to Judge Arun […]
