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Month: July 2024

Retired San Juan County sheriff’s deputy accused of child sex abuse dating back 20 years

By Sicily Stanton Click here for updates on this story     MONTICELLO, Utah (KSL) — An arrest warrant was issued Sunday for a retired San Juan County sheriff’s deputy who is under investigation for “recently disclosed criminal behavior going back at least two decades,” the sheriff’s office said. The allegations against 74-year-old Grayson Redd include rape

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US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip to the troubled Caribbean country. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also says the U.S. Department of Defense would provide a “significant number” of mine-resistant vehicles to a U,N.-backed, multinational security mission led by

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Pakistan police raid former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party office and arrest its spokesman

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Interior Ministry says police have raided the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party office in Islamabad and arrested its spokesman for carrying out anti-state propaganda. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said officers also arrested Ahmad Janjua, a media coordinator for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI party. Janjua

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Harris picks up enough delegate support to win nomination on first full day of her campaign

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — After potential rivals, lawmakers, governors and influential labor and advocacy groups all lined up behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening pushed her over the threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination. She’s been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates

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Willis Tower Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, located in Chicago. Facts The Sears Tower was the world’s tallest building until 1996, when it was surpassed by the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With clear weather, four states are viewable up to 50 miles away:

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Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says ‘we failed’

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded during a highly contentious congressional hearing that she resign over security failures that allowed a gunman to scale a roof and open

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Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling industry employing thousands

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate ban on the mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations in the country. He accused them of venturing into crimes, including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnapping and murder. Marcos also said in his state-of-the-nation address Monday that the Philippines would work

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