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By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in the couple’s home, authorities said Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was arrested late Thursday after police received reports of a shooting at the home and found the judge’s
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in the couple’s home, authorities said Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was arrested late Thursday after police received reports of a shooting at the home and found the judge’s
Continue ReadingBy Kennedi Cooper Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — After five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to the brutal assault of two Black men, Sheriff Bryan Bailey apologized to the victims. “I am sick to my stomach. I have 120 other deputies. I have
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina congresswoman injured in a serious automobile accident this week is recovering at home from a broken sternum and bone in her foot, her office said Friday. Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning and a staff member who was driving her Thursday morning to an event in her district in
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A public school parent spoke out against the plans for a new virtual Catholic charter school in Oklahoma City. She joined a lawsuit against St. Isidore of Seville because of her belief that public schools shouldn’t have to share funding
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The James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center has provided school supplies and backpacks to the community for over ten years! Locals that grew up in the neighborhood say they are honored to continue the legacy and resources the center has dedicated to continue all these years. Palm Springs Parks and Recreation Presents Back to
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan must return or destroy dried blood samples from nine newborns or get approval from parents to keep them, according to the latest scathing opinion from a federal judge who found parts of a routine testing program unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington is
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A tourist who was CEO of the American arm of the British publisher that launched Harry Potter in the UK was killed off Italy’s Amalfi Coast after the “gommone” or motorboat she was riding on with her family collided with a sailing vessel rented for special events, according
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big Ten has cleared the way for Oregon and Washington to apply for membership and join the conference, four people with familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the conference and schools
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have denied a siting permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline through five states. The North Dakota Public Service Commission denied the permit Friday for the Summit Carbon Solutions Midwest Carbon Express Pipeline. Summit planned a 320-mile route to capture carbon dioxide from
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill several Republican politicians, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Court records show 37-year-old Tyler Jay Marshall of Enid pleaded guilty Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations. The suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, asks for at least $360,000 in damages for lost performance and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Officials increased the size of Friday night’s Mega Million jackpot to an estimated $1.35 billion, making it tied for the fourth-largest lottery prize in U.S history. There have been 30 straight drawings since the last time someone won the game’s jackpot on April 18. The prize has steadily grown to tie
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The woman who was overseeing the use of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer agreed Friday to forgo a preliminary hearing that would have provided court testimony from dozens of people, including eyewitnesses to the shooting. Arizona-based armorer Hannah
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio, Laura Paddison and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Thursday. Nearly 500 square kilometers
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three years have passed since hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion was shot multiple times by rapper Tory Lanez in Los Angeles following a pool party at the home of Kylie Jenner. On Monday, Lanez is scheduled to be sentenced, following his December conviction on three
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big Ten has cleared the way for Oregon and Washington to apply for membership and join the conference, four people with familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the conference and schools
Continue ReadingBy MATTHIAS SCHRADER and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Tiny bark beetles have been causing havoc in Germany’s Harz mountains, eating away at trees and killing off swaths of the spruce population by hampering their ability to take in nutrients. Drought — made longer and more intense by climate change — is
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A U.S. publishing executive has died in a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. identified her as 45-year-old Adrienne Vaughan, who was president of the company’s U.S. operations headquartered in New York. Italian state TV reported that the rented motorboat she and her family were on during a vacation
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are struggling with deep food insecurity two months after being cut from the United Nations’ main food assistance program. The World Food Program suspended all food aid to 60% of its beneficiaries in Gaza and
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