By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, pleaded not guilty Friday in Alabama to charges he tried to extort money from the missing teen’s mother in exchange for revealing where to find her daughter’s remains. Although he’s not on trial for
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer American Airlines and JetBlue said Friday they should be allowed to keep selling tickets on each other’s flights in the Northeast and link their frequent-flyer programs despite losing an antitrust trial over their partnership. The Justice Department said if the airlines get their wish, travelers would miss out on
Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has settled with Walgreens for $500 million over the pharmacy chain’s role in distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers. The agreement was signed in March, and state officials confirmed that a confidentiality provision on the agreement was lifted Friday. The settlement is in addition to $274 million in settlements
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A high school in Vermont is working with police to investigate after a swastika was painted with feces in a gender-neutral bathroom, according to the school’s principal. The symbol was reported at Montpelier High School on June 2, the second day of Pride Month, according to
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021, and then scheming and lying to thwart government efforts to recover them. Justice Department prosecutors brought 37 felony counts against
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By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced plans to deploy a floating marine barrier along the Rio Grande to deter illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. The announcement came during a bill signing in Austin, Texas. Abbott, a longtime critic of the Biden administration’s border policies, said he intends
Continue Reading PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A police officer who rushed into a high school building during the 2018 Parkland shooting testified Friday that a sheriff’s deputy outside confirmed that the shooter was upstairs. The former Broward County deputy, Scot Peterson, is on trial for failing to confront the shooter who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department detailed stunning allegations against former President Donald Trump in a criminal indictment unsealed Friday, including allegations he stored classified documents in a bathroom and shower at his Florida club, flaunted the documents to people without security clearances and at times tried to conceal
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — The names of individual customers of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading can be permanently shielded from public disclosure, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Friday. Following a two-day hearing, Judge John Dorsey rejected arguments from lawyers for several media outlets and for the U.S. bankruptcy trustee,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her five children. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1964 Birth place: Houston, Texas Birth name: Andrea Pia Kennedy Father: Andrew Kennedy Mother: Jutta Karin (Koehler) Kennedy Marriage: Russell
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order aiming to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved ones’ deployments. Biden used a visit to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina to highlight the order. The
Continue Reading By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is making it easier for gay couples to marry and moving toward gender-inclusive language in laws affecting LGBTQ+ youth in foster care through two new laws signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. They will become effective on Jan. 1, 2024 and on Aug. 8,
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map, according
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By Jennifer Henderson and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor during a dispute over kids playing outside admitted hurling racial slurs at the children and told detectives the victim threatened to kill her, according to an arrest affidavit. The affidavit was released before bond for Susan Louise
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MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) — Health officials have announced that a man has died after eating raw oysters from a suburban St. Louis seafood stand. St. Louis County Public Health on Friday urged the public to dispose of any oysters purchased recently from the business in Manchester. The culprit in the death of the 54-year-old is
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By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Robert Beaser, the former chair of The Juilliard School’s composition department, was fired after an independent investigation found Beaser had “engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals’ academic work and was inconsistent with Juilliard’s commitment to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for its students” and had an
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge their EVs at many of Tesla’s charging stations, the largest such network in the country. As part of their move, both Detroit-area automakers have decided to adopt Tesla’s
Continue Reading By ILLIA NOVIKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of people are believed to be trapped by floodwaters across a swath of Ukraine after a catastrophic dam collapse. Officials say that more than 6,000 people have been evacuated from dozens of inundated cities, towns and villages on both sides
Continue Reading EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University says it will use $300,000 in donations to create a memorial to honor students who were killed or wounded in a mass shooting in February. The memorial was disclosed Friday as the university announced what it will do with $2 million given to the Spartan Strong Fund.
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has dismissed a billionaire’s defamation lawsuit against Democrat Beto O’Rouke that was brought over his criticism of a $1 million campaign contribution to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The ruling Friday by the Third Court of Appeals in Austin comes more than a year after O’Rourke repeatedly made
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