By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she says is a vague bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has refused to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s ruling increases the
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — The mother of a Nevada prisoner who died in custody has filed a wrongful death lawsuit calling into question the coroner’s narrative that her son died of heart problems. The lawsuit filed late Thursday in Clark County District Court says Christian
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens with jury selection. The case, starting Monday, will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the health of the state’s senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The GOP supermajority Legislature easily overrode
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By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Donald Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order Friday denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial due to excessive pretrial publicity.
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KPRC, CNN By Andy Rose and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to local officials. The driver of the stolen 18-wheeler was identified as Clenard Parker, 42, from Chappell Hill, law enforcement officials
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The City of Columbia is continuing to look into how it can turn vacant properties into affordable housing, five months after city and community leaders attended a Vacant Property Leadership Institute in Texas.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Se ha establecido un consejo de transición responsable de elegir al próximo liderazgo de Haití, según informó un decreto publicado en el diario oficial del país, Le Moniteur. La medida se concreta un mes después de que el primer ministro de Haití, Ariel Henry, anunciara que dejaría el cargo cuando el consejo
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador incluyó entre los 100 compromisos de su gobierno establecer un sistema de salud de primer nivel, universal, gratuito y de calidad, con atención médica y medicamentos gratuitos, con médicos generales y especialistas suficientes, con estudios diagnósticos en los centros de salud y equipos completos
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By Michael Rios and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — A transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leadership has been established after weeks of uncertainty, according to a decree published in Haiti’s official state journal. The move comes a month after Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down once the council is
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. But jurors on Friday also acquitted Joseph Bongiovanni of a charge he improperly wiped his DEA cellphone. And the jury failed to
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to 40 years to life for the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back of his mother’s car on the freeway. Orange County prosecutors say Marcus Eriz was sentenced Friday after he was convicted in January of the May
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Dallas anesthesiologist has been convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients. A jury convicted 60-year-old Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr.
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Zeena Saifi and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of armed Israeli settlers stormed a village in the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting fire to several homes and cars in one of the largest attacks by settlers this year, according to Palestinian officials. At least one Palestinian man was killed by gunfire in the
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Varios periodistas, entre ellos un colaborador de CNN, resultaron heridos en un ataque contra un campo de refugiados en el centro de Gaza, en medio de la creciente preocupación por los trabajadores de medios de comunicación que han resultado muertos o heridos mientras cubrían la campaña militar de Israel. Los tanques
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google is removing California news websites from some users’ search results. The move is widely seen as a protest over pending legislation requiring the search giant and other tech companies to pay news organizations for linking to their content. Google calls it a
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE and LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writers Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford,
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An evacuation notice has been lifted for the southern Utah town just downstream from a fissured dam after public safety officials said they were able to release enough water to prevent a total breach. Nearly 1,800 residents of Panguitch had been on high alert in
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — Héctor Barros, fiscal a cargo del caso que investiga el asesinato del exmilitar venezolano Ronald Ojeda en Chile, afirmó en una entrevista a Chilevisión difundida este viernes que, de acuerdo con las indagaciones, el crimen “se organizó y se solicitó desde Venezuela”. Consultado por la periodista de Chilevisión sobre la posibilidad
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