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CNN, WCBS By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A flashy Brooklyn pastor known for wearing designer outfits and extravagant jewelry says he was robbed along with his wife of more than $1 million while he was preaching at church Sunday. Police say they received a report that three people entered the Leaders of Tomorrow church Sunday with
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to attacking police officers and an Associated Press photographer during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol. In a deal with prosecutors, Alan Byerly admitted Monday to wielding a stun gun while confronting officers who were trying to protect the Capitol
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The Associated Press Stocks closed mixed Monday, as investors brace for a two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve this week. The nation’s central bank is expected to raise interest rates sharply to combat inflation. The S&P 500 index and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose slightly, led by energy, utilities and financial shares. The technology-heavy Nasdaq
Continue Reading JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi state agency has dropped its attorney investigating millions in misspent welfare dollars. The state Department of Human Services will find a new lawyer to replace former federal prosecutor Brad Pigott. The agency hired Pigott roughly a year ago to help recoup $77 million in misspent welfare funding identified by
Continue ReadingCNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Americans grew even more pessimistic about the US economy over the past month, according to the latest survey on consumer attitudes, intentions and expectations from The Conference Board. The consumer confidence index for July slipped to 95.7 from June’s revised reading of 98.4, which was adjusted downward by 0.3
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Diapers are a notoriously large expense for caregivers of newborns, toddlers and adults suffering from incontinence. Infants require up to 12 diapers per day, at a cost of $70 to $80 per month per child. That’s roughly $930 per year, according to the National Diaper Bank Network, a non-profit working
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Claudia Dominguez, Chuck Johnston and Amanda Musa, CNN A man charged with raping a 10-year-old Ohio girl who later traveled to Indiana seeking an abortion pleaded not guilty Monday to felony rape charges. Gerson Fuentes, 27, was charged last week with two counts of felony rape, according to an indictment by a
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor who’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia cannot question a lawmaker who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump won the state, a judge ruled Monday. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney agreed
Continue Reading By GRETCHEN EHLKE Associated Press Tim Giago, the founder of the first independently owned Native American newspaper in the United States, has died at age 88, his former wife said. Giago, who died at Monument Health in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Sunday, created an enduring legacy during his more than four decades of work
Continue Reading By RYAN J. FOLEY and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The question at the center of an investigation into the killings of three family members — including a 6-year-old girl — at an eastern Iowa state park by a shooter who later killed himself is: Why? Investigators have said the shooter was a 23-year-old man
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The attorney general of Kansas is trying to get ahead of arguments that an anti-abortion measure up for a statewide vote next week would hinder medical care for patients with life-threatening pregnancies. Attorney General Derek Schmidt argues in a legal opinion filed Friday that ending
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The city of Palm Springs is calling on the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the California Department of Public Health to quickly shift their strategy in the acquisition and distribution of the Monkeypox vaccine in order to better meet demand. Palm Springs Mayor Lisa Middleton sent a letter to CDPH director Thomas Aragon
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun, Lindsay Isaac and Paula Newton Victoria McIntosh unfurls a little girl’s white winter coat from her handbag and smooths it out on the table. Her grandmother sewed it for her when she was four years old, she says, before she was sent to Fort Alexander residential school in the 1960s. But a
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Center Isac Lundeström has agreed to a two-year, $3.6 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks. Lundeström and the Ducks avoided arbitration with the deal announced Monday. Anaheim general manager Pat Verbeek has re-signed all of the club’s restricted free agents. The 22-year-old Lundeström had 16 goals and 19 assists last year
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is working on naming a monkeypox coordinator as they prepare for the possibility of more cases emerging within the United States. Two sources familiar with the internal discussions told CNN that Biden officials are working on naming a coordinator, but they have not yet settled
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Wall Street capped a choppy day of trading with a mixed finish for stock indexes Monday, as investors brace for another sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this week as the central bank combats inflation. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% after fluctuating between gains and losses.
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., up $5.59 to $71.81. World Wrestling Entertainment jumped 9.5% after CEO Vince McMahon retired Friday amid an investigation into alleged misconduct. Weber Inc., down 95 cents to $6.56. The outdoor grill maker announced the departure of CEO Chris Scherzinger, pulled its
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN British supermodel Kate Moss has revealed some past pitfalls from her modeling career in a rare interview with BBC podcast series Desert Island Discs. Moss, who told T magazine in 2010 that she “just hate(s)” talking with the media — and that as a young model she “used to get very ill
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Peers, CNN Business Be careful what you sign — and read the fine print. That’s just one of the lessons from a convoluted lawsuit involving Sotheby’s and 45 yellow diamonds. Sotheby’s may be liable for $4 million of disappeared diamonds, a state appellate court ruled this month, after the auction house allegedly released
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