Alabama has executed man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998...
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m....
View ArticleOn final night of RNC, Donald Trump ascends the Republican throne once more
MILWAUKEE (CN) — With the Republican party solidly behind him, former President Donald Trump finalized his status as the GOP’s presidential nominee on the final night of the Republican National...
View ArticleAt Sixth Circuit, Tennessee fights for Title X funds sans abortion info...
(CN) — Tennessee and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services clashed at the Sixth Circuit on Thursday in a dispute over state abortion restrictions and potentially millions in Title X funds....
View ArticleMexico’s president-elect names final cabinet members until September
MEXICO CITY (CN) — Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday announced three new secretaries — tourism, culture and labor — nearly completing her executive cabinet for her presidential...
View ArticleJudge says disgruntled Tenderloin residents must improve claims that San...
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — San Francisco officials won the first round in court Thursday in a battle over how the city manages conditions in a neighborhood long known for issues with homeless residents...
View ArticleHunter Biden cites Trump ruling in attempt to dismiss gun and tax charges
(CN) — In a twist of fate, Hunter Biden requested Thursday to dismiss both federal tax and gun cases against him based on successful legal arguments made recently by one of his most prominent...
View ArticleHonolulu businessman convicted in major racketeering and murder-for-hire case
HONOLULU (CN) — A federal jury delivered a verdict Thursday in one of Hawaii’s larges organized crime trials in recent years, finding Michael J. Miske Jr. guilty on over a dozen count of a sweeping...
View Article1918 virus used to develop promising universal flu vaccine
(CN) — Scientists are on the way to developing a vaccine that will deliver lifetime immunity against influenza. According to a study published Friday in Nature Communications, flu viruses are...
View ArticleCalling wire fraud charges against her ‘repugnant,’ Nevada politician demands...
LAS VEGAS (CN) — Nevada politician Michelle Fiore on Friday faced a judge at the Lloyd D. George federal courthouse in Las Vegas after the Justice Department accused her of pocketing funds intended...
View ArticleTen Commandments won’t go in Louisiana classrooms until at least November as...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana won’t take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms until at least November as a...
View ArticleEx-Marine who made Nazi salute at Capitol riot sentenced to 5 years in prison
WASHINGTON (CN) — A Capitol rioter who performed a Nazi salute while attempting to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Friday. Tyler Dykes, 26, an...
View ArticleOn appeal, Chinese developer argues Las Vegas trips for LA councilman were...
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — A billionaire Chinese real-estate developer acknowledged he provided an Los Angeles city councilman with multiple free trips to Las Vegas, including complimentary gambling and...
View ArticleCalifornia unemployment rate holds at 5.2% for June
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California’s unemployment rate held steady in June at 5.2%, the second month in a row it’s remained unchanged. The 5.2% rate is a slight improvement from what the state has...
View ArticleNurse practitioner dismissed from San Diego jail wrongful death case
SAN DIEGO (CN) — A San Diego nurse practitioner was dismissed Friday from a wrongful death case brought by the family of a 22-year-old that died in a San Diego County jail in 2022, but his employer,...
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Earhart disappearance stirs debate in Kansas hometown panel
ATCHISON, Kan. (CN) — The project that may have found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean began with a father and son magnet fishing off a dock in Charleston, South...
View ArticleProposed $4 billion Maui wildfire settlement hits mainland snag
(CN) — A proposed $4 billion settlement that would resolve more than 450 lawsuits over the 2023 Maui wildfires hit a snag on Friday, when Hawaii Governor Josh Green said he was unhappy with the deal....
View ArticleThree South LA gang members sentenced to up to 50 years in killing of...
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Three members of the South Los Angeles street gang Florencia 13 received sentences of as long as 50 years in federal prison for the killing of off-duty LA Police Officer Fernando...
View ArticleOops, wrong person!
SAN FRANCISCO — A former victim witness advocate with the San Francisco District Attorney department — who mistakenly sent a email meant for a friend that said "what color are your panties?" to the...
View ArticleHarris launches presidential campaign with Democratic Party’s blessing
(CN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has already begun her presidential campaign in earnest, after President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he would not seek reelection. Biden named Harris as his...
View ArticleWest broiling, burning despite drought relief
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — While California and Nevada remain virtually drought-free, climate experts say extreme heat and wildfire risk may continue plaguing the West for months. Scientists with the...
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