By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez accepted race car tickets and other gifts from Qatar as part of a yearslong corruption scheme, with the Gulf nation joining Egypt as another foreign country the New Jersey Democrat is accused of helping while in office. Prosecutors allege in the superseding indictment
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four-team playoff changed college football. Not just the postseason and crowning of a national champion that finally could be called undisputed. College Football Playoff 1.0, which wraps up a 10-year run Monday night when No. 1 Michigan (14-0) faces No. 2 Washington
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The United States has quietly reached an agreement that extends its military presence at a sprawling base in Qatar for another 10 years, three US defense officials and another official familiar with the agreement told CNN. The deal, which has not been announced publicly, highlights Washington’s reliance on the tiny Gulf country that has
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By Cecil Hannibal Click here for updates on this story RANKIN COUNTY, Mississippi (WAPT) — The Allen house is full — full of music, full of memories and full of children. “I really didn’t think about children at all, so this has surprised me; what God has written for our lives,” said Aprille Allen. When
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CNN By Jay Croft, Sarah Engel and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Utah police say they found a teenage Chinese exchange student alone and cold in a tent after he was a victim of what they’re calling a “cyber-kidnapping.” The Riverdale Police Department said Kai Zhuang, 17, was reported missing Thursday by his high school.
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Colorado’s ban on so-called ghost guns. Those are firearms without serial numbers that are difficult for law enforcement to trace and allow people to circumvent background checks. The challenge filed Monday is the latest of several
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has asked a Maine court to overturn the secretary of state’s decision to remove him from the 2024 primary ballot there because of his role in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, announced her decision last week, saying
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By Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story PICKENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — More than 85 pounds of methamphetamine were found in a storage unit in Pickens County, South Carolina, as part of a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional, year-long drug investigation, according to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation was conducted over the
Continue ReadingBy Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — Police in West Palm Beach say celebratory gunfire left a 17-year-old male injured and several properties damaged during the early morning hours on New Year’s Day. Officers responded to the Presidential Golfview Condominium complex on North Congress Avenue and
Continue ReadingBy Marlei Martinez Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — For over a decade, Timothy Lemire Jr. has been living in limbo not knowing what happened to his mother Sandra Lemire, who suddenly disappeared in May 2012. “He went through hell over this,” said his father Timothy Lemire. Sandra Lemire went
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La presidenta de Harvard, Claudine Gay, anunció este martes su renuncia tras solo seis meses en el cargo, en medio de una tormenta de controversias en la universidad. “Con el corazón encogido, pero con un profundo amor por Harvard, les escribo para comunicarles que voy a renunciar a mi cargo de presidenta”,
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By DeNeeka Hill Click here for updates on this story BANNON CREEK, California (KCRA) — A group of women are searching for a rescue facility to foster a dog that helped lead them to his owner’s body. Catherine Defazio says she saw posts online about a German shepherd running around her neighborhood and spotted him
Continue ReadingBy JOSH ELLIS Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — A 30-year-old man was found dead inside an airplane’s engine Monday night at the Salt Lake City International Airport after police say he was able to make his way onto the tarmac. The investigation began when a store manager
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii say a man shot and wounded a woman, stole a car at gunpoint and was later killed in a shootout with police that left two officers wounded. Honolulu Police Chief Arthur “Joe” Logan told a news conference Monday that the suspect led police on a daylong chase across the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is suing a police investigator and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, more than five years after his murder conviction was overturned. Skakel was found guilty in 2002 of the killing of Martha Moxley in their Greenwich neighborhood in 1975 when they were
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration can’t enforce guidance meant to protect abortion access in life-threatening or health-saving situations even where abortion is banned. The guidance from the US Department of Health and Human Services says that medical providers who are required to provide emergency care to pregnant patients regardless of their
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was arrested early Monday after he was accused of shooting a gun at three youth that were in his yard late Sunday. Mark A. Turner, 49, of Jefferson City, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and three counts second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Food and football are strong allies, but this year’s slate of college football bowl games took snacking to a horrifying new level with eucharistic self-sacrifice and showers of milky goo. It got especially weird at the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando. After the Kansas State Wildcats beat the North Carolina
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Continue ReadingBy REG CHAPMAN Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The family of an eleven-year-old girl believes someone celebrating the New Year by firing a gun in the air is responsible for a bullet hitting the child in the face. Laneria Wilson was in her bedroom when the bullet came flying through
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