By ROXANA HEGEMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and federal public defenders have urged the White House to intervene to ensure that a privately run federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, shuts down when its contract expires at the end of this year. The letter emailed Thursday to
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By ROXANA HEGEMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and federal public defenders have urged the White House to intervene to ensure that a privately run federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, shuts down when its contract expires at the end of this year. The letter emailed Thursday to
Continue Reading By ROXANA HEGEMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and federal public defenders have urged the White House to intervene to ensure that a privately run federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, shuts down when its contract expires at the end of this year. The letter emailed Thursday to
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By ED WHITE and TOM KRISHER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Detroit put a herd of UAW officials in prison. Now they’re sharing additional evidence with a court-appointed watchdog who has authority to pursue other misconduct at the union. The independent monitor, Neil Barofsky, can investigate and bring disciplinary charges inside the
Continue ReadingBy KABCStaff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A person who identifies as a transgender female who is at the center of a controversial incident at a Los Angeles spa has been charged with multiple counts of indecent exposure. Darren Merager, 52, of Riverside County, has been charged with five
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says a former student accused of murdering 17 people at a Florida high school cannot be called “animal” or “that thing” during his upcoming trial. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer ruled Friday that it’s impossible to create a complete list of words prosecutors and
Continue ReadingBy Sid Garcia Click here for updates on this story GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) — Gardena police early Thursday raided a building they said was serving illegally as an underground casino. More than a dozen people were seen being detained after the raid, sitting on the curb with hands cuffed behind their backs. Please note: This
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN County administrators in Colorado have opened an investigation into an election official after employees complained she was pressuring them not to cooperate with a joint local, state and federal criminal investigation into an election system security breach discovered last month, a source told CNN. Deputy clerk Belinda Knisley of the
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By Matias Grez, CNN Some of England’s players were reportedly racially abused by Hungary fans during the team’s 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Hungary. ITV reporter Gabriel Clarke, who was at the stadium, says he heard monkey chants directed at Raheem Sterling, as well as at substitute Jude Bellingham as he was preparing to
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has blocked an order that had allowed well over 50,000 felony offenders who aren’t serving prison or jail time to immediately register to vote and cast ballots. The state Court of Appeals agreed on Friday to halt last week’s decision
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Alaska Airlines is handing out a $200 incentive to employees who can prove that they’ve been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. In an online statement published this week, the Seattle-based carrier announced that it would be rewarding staff who submit proof by October 15 with a bonus in a bid to encourage more
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Salt Lake police announced Thursday that they have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a fatal shooting a graduation party in June. On June 6, Sean Amone, 20, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting about 1:40 a.m.
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By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer have tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesman for the team says Ross and Hoyer are feeling fine and isolating. Both of them are vaccinated. Bench coach Andy Green will run the team while Ross
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By Angus Watson and Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand police have shot and killed an ISIS supporter who injured at least six people in a supermarket “terrorist attack” in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday, authorities say. “This afternoon at approximately 2:40 p.m., a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack,” said Prime Minister
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By Angus Watson and Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand police have shot and killed an ISIS supporter who injured at least six people in a supermarket “terrorist attack” in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday, authorities say. “This afternoon at approximately 2:40 p.m., a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack,” said Prime Minister
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Kraft Heinz Co. is agreeing to pay $62 million to settle charges of improper accounting of what it once claimed were cost savings. Two former senior executives have agreed to pay civil penalties. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that from late 2015 through 2018, Kraft boasted about cost savings that
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An Emmett Till historical marker in Mississippi will be repaired after being knocked off the pole that supports it. That’s according to Allan Hammons, president of an advertising agency that made the sign. A previous version of this metal sign was vandalized and another Till
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills stormed to the top of the AFC East and kept going last season. Nearly all the way to the Super Bowl. Now comes the encore, and the expectations remain just as lofty. The first step in that
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy is “almost un-American,” pointing specifically to a provision allowing individuals to take civil action against people who help a woman get an abortion. Biden told reporters at the White House he has asked the
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy is “almost un-American,” pointing specifically to a provision allowing individuals to take civil action against people who help a woman get an abortion. Biden told reporters at the White House he has asked the
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