By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former college track and field coach has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick women into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of themselves. Thirty-one-year-old Steve Waithe, of Chicago, pleaded guilty last
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dean Phillips is ending his long-shot Democratic primary challenge of President Joe Biden after failing to win a primary contest. The Democratic congressman from Minnesota built his White House bid around calls for a new generation of party leadership. Phillips spent freely
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in central Kentucky has been convicted in federal court of violating the civil rights of people he arrested by using unnecessary force and obstructing justice by trying to cover up his actions, the Justice Department said. A jury in Lexington handed down the verdict for Tanner Abbott,
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver his third State of the Union on Thursday night. It’s one of the year’s biggest pieces of political theater, and it will be carefully scrutinized as he runs for reelection. The speech starts at 9 p.m. ET and will be carried live
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered his country’s main international airport and freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days. Henry remained in Puerto Rico as of midday Wednesday. He landed in the U.S.
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The US government is spending nearly $1 million a month to maintain a luxury superyacht seized from a sanctioned Russian oligarch as part of the Justice Department’s effort to put pressure on the Kremlin. The 348-foot Amadea was one of the first trophies prosecutors claimed as part of a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, respondió este martes a las críticas de su par de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro, quien lo acusó el domingo de “ser cómplice” en el conflicto entre Israel y Hamas. “Institucionalmente, estar en la vereda de enfrente de Maduro y de la señora (Delcy) Rodríguez
Continue Reading By Alison Main and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips announced Wednesday that he was dropping out of the 2024 Democratic presidential primary, ending a long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden. Phillips’ announcement comes as Biden has dominated the contests on the Democratic primary calendar this year, from the South Carolina primary on February 3 through Super Tuesday, as he marches toward the
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Bettin Click here for updates on this story BURNSVILLE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A public memorial for three slain Burnsville first responders will be removed Sunday, three weeks after they were killed in a shooting during a standoff, officials said. City officials in Burnsville said they will “begin decommissioning the memorial outside City Hall
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Diosdado Cabello, primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), anunció este miércoles que la formación política oficialista realizará su congreso el próximo 15 de marzo para “ratificar las propuestas que hagan las bases del partido” y así definir a su candidato rumbo a las elecciones presidenciales pautadas
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By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Boeing has not turned over important records to investigators probing the door plug blowout on a 737 Max earlier this year, investigators say. That, Boeing signaled Wednesday afternoon, is because there are no records. The records in question are documentation of steps on the assembly line
Continue ReadingBy S.E. Jenkins Click here for updates on this story HEMPHILL COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A new lawsuit claims a falling utility pole caused the tragic 1 million-acre Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle. A system of different wildfires has torn through the Panhandle scorching over 1.2 million acres over the past week. A
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Regulators on Wednesday passed a rule requiring companies to share how much they pollute. But, after two years of backlash, the final rule was significantly watered down from its original version. Some business leaders and lawmakers said the rule overstepped; climate activists argued it didn’t do enough. The version
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. Lawmakers are negotiating a second
Continue ReadingCOLDSPRING, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff whose office drew national scrutiny and an FBI investigation following a shooting last year in which a man is accused of killing five of his neighbors has lost his reelection bid. Greg Capers had sought a fourth term as sheriff in San Jacinto County, which is about 60
Continue ReadingBy Mike Hellgren Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City leaders are at odds over a new policy to tackle the vacant homes crisis. Thousands of vacant properties are crumbling and pose safety risks, and some believe a proposal to sell them for just $1 may not be the best
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Kristin Wilson and Jeremy Herb, CNN Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake says she will court voters who backed GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley – and those who would have voted for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema – even as she criticized Haley’s campaign as a “vanity project” in an interview with CNN Wednesday. Lake,
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that authorizes spending nearly $700 million on Universities of Wisconsin construction projects, including a new engineering building at UW-Madison. The governor signed the bill privately on Wednesday morning. The measure is part of a deal Republican lawmakers cut with UW regents in December
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy’s face while boxing. The man is the third person associated with the same school to be charged this month. Twenty-two-year-old Caleb Sandoval was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child. A probable cause statement
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy’s face while boxing. The man is the third person associated with the same school to be charged this month. Twenty-two-year-old Caleb Sandoval was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child. A probable cause statement
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