CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced an Iowa man convicted of killing his parents and sister to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Judge Lars Anderson sentenced Alexander Ken Jackson, 22, after his conviction in January of three counts of first-degree murder in the June 15, 2021, deaths
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced an Iowa man convicted of killing his parents and sister to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Judge Lars Anderson sentenced Alexander Ken Jackson, 22, after his conviction in January of three counts of first-degree murder in the June 15, 2021, deaths
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A New York man pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing a badge and radio from a police officer who was brutally beaten as rioters pulled him into the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol over two years ago, court record show. Thomas Sibick pleaded guilty to assault and theft charges
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By Devan Cole, CNN A coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his administration’s request to public colleges in the state for information about students receiving gender-affirming care, saying it intimidates physicians and could have a chilling effect on students seeking the care. The coalition, led by New York Attorney
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime conspiracy charge in a series of antisemitic assaults in New York City. Twenty-nine-year-old Saadah Masoud of Staten Island was sentenced Friday by Judge Denise Cote. Masoud was arrested last June after authorities said
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. is having the type of senior season at UCLA most players dream about. The 6-foot-7 guard/forward led his team in scoring and rebounding as the fourth-ranked Bruins captured their first outright regular-season Pac-12 title since 2013. What has made the year even
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cornerback DJ Turner II posted an eye-popping 4.26-second 40-yard dash on the second day of workouts at the NFL’s annual scouting combine. It didn’t break the all-time record. John Ross still holds that with a 4.22 in 2017. But it was the fastest of the evening’s
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal jurors in New York are preparing to start deliberations on the fates of two former Fox executives accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to gain broadcasting rights to soccer’s biggest matches, including the World Cup. From the start, U.S. prosecutors depicted the
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal jurors in New York are preparing to start deliberations on the fates of two former Fox executives accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to gain broadcasting rights to soccer’s biggest matches, including the World Cup. From the start, U.S. prosecutors depicted the
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By Jeremy Harlan and Gregory Krieg, CNN Tina Peters — the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and her state’s most prominent 2020 election denier — was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor obstruction of a government operation, according to Mesa County’s court clerk. Peters was acquitted of obstructing a peace officer, Mesa County Court Clerk
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Cronobacter sakazakii, the bacteria that contaminated a major infant formula manufacturing plant and led to a nationwide shortage, is a common natural pathogen. It’s harmless for most people, but it can be life threatening for infants, especially those who are born prematurely or with weakened immune systems. Infections caused by the
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By Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Betsy Klein, CNN After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up. But then-Capt. Paris Davis wasn’t most people — he was willing to risk his own life to protect his fellow soldiers during an attack
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Ocurre en nuestras relaciones más intensas: la necesidad de dar un paso atrás y susurrar las palabras: “Necesito más espacio”. A veces se lo decimos a nuestra pareja, a veces a un amigo, y otras, el sentimiento va dirigido a nuestro teléfono inteligente. A medida que gran parte de nuestras transacciones e
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No todos los dÃas se descubren compuestos eficaces para matar los hongos, asà que un grupo de investigadores alemanes sabÃa que su reciente hallazgo necesitaba un nombre especial. Tras identificar y poner a prueba tres compuestos naturales letales para los hongos, quedaron tan impresionados que los llamaron en honor al actor
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A lawsuit filed by a Muslim advocacy group alleges that corrections officers at a Missouri prison used pepper spray on Muslims while they were praying and then retaliated when they complained. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Missouri and the CAIR Legal Fund. It alleges that
Continue Reading By KEN MILLER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press A large storm system spouting heavy winds and possible tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Kentucky damaged homes and buildings, downed trees, left thousands without power and was blamed for the deaths of five people Friday as it marched eastward, threatening heavy snow in the Midwest and
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A New York man pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing a badge and radio from a police officer who was brutally beaten as rioters pulled him into the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol over two years ago, court record show. Thomas Sibick pleaded guilty to assault and theft charges
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Steve Contorno, CNN An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board in control of Disney’s special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay. On Monday, the Republican governor appointed Ron Peri, an
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN This had been a quiet little town of about 4,700 people nestled in the rolling hills of Northeast Ohio. A sign posted on State Road 14 welcomes visitors to East Palestine, “the place to be.” But for the past month, ever since a freight train derailed and caught fire, the town
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN This had been a quiet little town of about 4,700 people nestled in the rolling hills of Northeast Ohio. A sign posted on State Road 14 welcomes visitors to East Palestine, “the place to be.” But for the past month, ever since a freight train derailed and caught fire, the town
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