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By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A woman who says she was lured from Costa Rica into a Virginia-based sex-trafficking ring says that a former police chief and three other officers were clients of the enterprise and allowed it to operate. A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, began hearing testimony Tuesday in
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– El cardenal George Pell, el funcionario católico de más alto rango en ser condenado por abuso sexual infantil antes de su absolución en 2020, murió, según su secretario. Tenía 81 años. El padre Joseph Hamilton confirmó la muerte de Pell en la noche de este martes, hora local, después de que lo
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The volume of classified documents is different and the circumstances of their discovery worlds apart. But the revelation that lawyers for President Joe Biden located what the White House says is his own “small number” of classified documents in a locked closet is an
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has been awarded the 2029 summer World University Games two months after the state’s bid for the 2027 games finished second to South Korea. The executive committee of the International University Sports Federation selected North Carolina on Tuesday. The panel was meeting in Lake Placid, New York, where winter
Continue Reading By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The revelation that potentially classified materials were discovered at think tank offices formerly used by President Joe Biden has prompted questions on how the circumstance compares to the seizure last year of hundreds of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s residence. A special counsel to Biden says that “a
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By ZEKE MILLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was surprised when informed that government records were found by his attorneys at his former office space in Washington. He was asked about the issue after the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee requested that the U.S. intelligence conduct
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Policía Federal de Brasil detuvo a más de 1.500 personas tras los ataques en las sedes del poder en la capital, Brasilia, según un comunicado emitido este martes. De los detenidos, 527 personas fueron arrestadas por su presunta participación en la invasión del domingo a los edificios federales en la capital
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, Valentina Di Donato and Tara John, CNN Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse before the ruling was overturned in 2020, has died, according to his secretary. He was 81. Father Joseph Hamilton confirmed Pell’s death on Tuesday evening local time after being admitted
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Tashaun Gipson Sr. started his season back home in Dallas with his family not knowing whether his NFL career had come to an end. Then 15 days after getting the rare chance to celebrate a birthday at home instead of at training camp, the San Francisco 49ers called
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lost her legs and a woman whose sister died when they were struck by a truck on the New York City bicycle path five years ago in a terrorist attack have testified at the trial of a man whose lawyers concede he carried
Continue ReadingMengchen Zhang, CNN “My behavior encroached on the physical and mental health of minors,” read a court-ordered apology issued by a tattoo artist in China’s Shaanxi province in September. “I am deeply aware of my mistakes,” he added. The man, who had admitted giving tattoos to 43 minors, became one of the first people charged
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95% the size of our world. The celestial body is the fourth planet to be detected orbiting the small, cool M dwarf star TOI 700.
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday. Millions of residents faced flood warnings, nearly 50,000
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off a second rape conviction, Harvey Weinstein asked New York’s highest court Tuesday to overturn his first one, arguing that the judge in his 2020 case betrayed his right to a fair trial by “succumbing to the pressure” of the #MeToo movement. Weinstein’s lawyers
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — From a budget perspective, the first four years of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s time in office has been a fairy tale: A seemingly endless flow of money that paid to enact some of the country’s most progressive policies while acting as a bulwark against a tide
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — From a budget perspective, the first four years of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s time in office has been a fairy tale: A seemingly endless flow of money that paid to enact some of the country’s most progressive policies while acting as a bulwark against a tide
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Wells Fargo, long one of the biggest players in the mortgage business, is taking a big step back. The scandal-ridden bank announced a significant shift on Tuesday to focus its mortgage business on serving bank customers and minority homebuyers instead of acquiring new customers. Wells Fargo said it will also exit
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A St. Louis man drowned in a hotel in Palm Springs over the weekend. Tommy Seager, 59, was found unresponsive in the spa at the Sonder V Palm Springs on E Palm Canyon Road Sunday morning. Police said Seager was a guest at the hotel. Police said the investigation did not reveal any evidence of
Continue Reading By SONJA CHEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Giants had been on Michael Conforto’s radar for a while prior to his signing a $36 million, two-year deal to play in San Francisco. Conforto, who was born in Seattle, welcomed a return to the West Coast. He grew up admiring several members of the
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged with conspiring to kill her two children and her new husband’s late wife says she has an alibi, and that the kids were killed while they were at her late brother’s apartment. Attorneys for Lori Vallow Daybell made the claim in court documents
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