While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst’ criminal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of...
View ArticlePug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Lots of hair shedding, tons of fun and a constant invasion of your personal space. That’s what you’re going to get with a pug, according to Cheryl Gaw, who has seen more than a few...
View ArticleJustice Department drops prosecution of former US Congressman Fortenberry
(CN) — The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to throw out the indictment of former U.S. Congressman Jeffrey Fortenberry for lying to the FBI during an investigation of illegal...
View ArticlePapers for prisoners
MILWAUKEE — The Human Rights Defense Center secured a preliminary injunction from a federal court, which ordered Milwaukee County to stop withholding the nonprofit’s publications about prisoners’ civil...
View ArticleJury begins deliberations in Mike Madigan federal corruption trial
CHICAGO (CN) — The jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the federal corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. Before jurors began assessing the 23 racketeering, fraud,...
View ArticleState senator revives election conspiracies in Arizona Senate committee
PHOENIX (CN) — An Arizona Senate committee advanced three bills aimed at election integrity in a meeting rife with unproven conspiracy theories about the 2020 and 2022 elections. In the Senate...
View ArticlePassenger plane collides with military helicopter over Potomac
WASHINGTON (CN) — A helicopter and a small passenger plane carrying more than 60 people collided mid-air near the Reagan National Airport Wednesday night, leading emergency responders to conduct a...
View ArticleItaly blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users’...
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s data protection authority on Thursday blocked access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the...
View ArticleFederal judge will allow environmental group to amend lawsuit against US Navy...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Calling the lawsuit “a mess,” a federal judge on Thursday said he would likely dismiss claims that the U.S. Navy and Environmental Protection Agency mismanaged radioactive waste...
View ArticleBreaking up is hard to do: California secession movement pushes forward on...
(CN) — It’s a long way to 546,651 signatures, but Marcus Ruiz Evans feels good that this time he can do it. Evans, with the Calexit movement, has until July 22 to get those signatures — a requirement...
View ArticleGisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband, imprisoned for raping and drugging her, now...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Dominique Pelicot, the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then-wife so other men could rape her, was questioned Thursday about other cases of rape and murder...
View ArticleFDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and...
View ArticleFifth Circuit declares age restrictions on adult handgun purchases...
(CN) — A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that a decades-old federal law banning handgun purchases by 18 to 20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment. The ruling is an about-face...
View ArticleHospital nurse in Uganda dies in country’s first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. The...
View ArticleNew Orleans officials were aware of the dangers of a truck attack but did not...
NEW ORLEANS (CN) – A lawsuit has been filed against New Orleans officials and contractors alleging their negligence leading up to the New Year’s Day attack that left 14 dead and numerous others...
View ArticleOregon city at center of SCOTUS ruling hit with fresh suit over homeless camp...
(CN) — The city of Grants Pass, Oregon — which lent its name to last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a ban on public sleeping — faces a new lawsuit over the city’s decision to close one...
View ArticleA$AP Rocky accuser spars with attorneys during cross examination
(CN) — The man who accused hip-hop artist A$AP Rocky of firing a gun at him in a 2021 altercation grew agitated under cross-examination on Thursday as the rapper’s attorney pressed him on his attitude...
View ArticleUS colleges returning to campus sexual assault rules created during Trump’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and universities responding to complaints of sexual misconduct must return to policies created during President Donald Trump’s first term, with requirements for live hearings...
View ArticleR. Kelly victims say singer still owes over $9 million from documentary judgment
MANHATTAN (CN) — Six women who appeared in the docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” are trying to retrieve more than $9 million owed to them in a civil judgment against Kelly, who was ruled liable for...
View ArticleFamily says Delaware funeral home swapped father’s corpse, presented him as...
(CN) — Talk about a grave mistake. A Delaware family is claiming in court that a funeral home swapped their deceased family member’s corpse and intentionally portrayed the corpse as another man in an...
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