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By TARA COPP Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — The top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa says the U.S. military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of Niger air bases more than a month after a coup temporarily halted all those activities there. Since the July
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified that he
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified that he
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — American Eagle filed a lawsuit against shopping mall owner Westfield, accusing the company of allowing its San Francisco Centre mall to “deteriorate into disarray.” American Eagle, which has a shop in the mall, said that Westfield breached its lease agreement and its neglect of common areas in
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Capitol Hill, House Republicans were all-in Wednesday on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Down Pennsylvania Avenue, the president was holding forth at the White House on the importance of bipartisanship in fighting cancer — and ignoring shouted questions
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man who wrote on social media about wanting to “take over the Capitol building” before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he threw a flagpole at a police officer’s head, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison. Joseph Padilla, of Cleveland, Tennessee, was
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop nine months ago. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley Desmond Mills and Justin Smith were led by U.S. Marshals into a
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Kristen Welker will face a big first test as moderator of “Meet the Press” on her debut episode this Sunday. Welker is set to begin her time in the anchor chair with a sit-down interview with former President Donald Trump, CNN first reported and was later
Continue ReadingBy Kara Kenney Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — An Indianapolis consultant will spend the next 10 months examining the city’s animal welfare crisis. Shelters are beyond full with dogs and cats, shelter volunteers and workers are burned out, and too many animals are being born every day in Central Indiana.
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By Taj Simmons Click here for updates on this story FISHERS, Indiana (WRTV) — Law enforcement officers are supposed to serve and protect, but a Fishers woman said a phone caller impersonating an officer tried to scam and exploit her instead. Barb Kiefer said a man pretending to be a Marion County Sheriff’s Officer recited
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By Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story ABBEVILLE COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A former Greenville, South Carolina, sheriff’s deputy, who also previously worked for the South Carolina Highway Patrol, faces charges for what he did in front of a child, officials say. Renée Wunderlich, with the State Law Enforcement Division, said
Continue ReadingBy Adam Roberts, DMM Click here for updates on this story CRAWFORD COUNTY, Arkansas (KHBS) — A jury handed a 100-year sentence to a man who pleaded guilty in a wreck that killed three people on motorcycles on Interstate 40 in Arkansas. Ivan Santos, 30, of Norman, Oklahoma, was drunk when he drove his pickup
Continue ReadingBy Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story MARSHALL COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — Content warning: some content in this article may be disturbing to readers. Two of the men convicted in the 1994 killing of Iowa mother Rebecca Hauser could get out of prison. Derek Smith and Burt Smith were 15 years old
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– Al expresidente Donald Trump se le restringirán el acceso a información clasificada y la posibilidad de hablar de ella, según determinó una jueza este miércoles luego de una audiencia a puertas cerradas celebrada el día anterior. Exclusiva: CNN obtiene la grabación en la que Trump habla de documentos clasificados en 2021 La
Continue ReadingBy Crystal Tisme Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A Jackson restaurant staple that has been handed down for generations is closing at the end of the week. Beatty Street Grocery has been a family business for 83 years, first selling groceries and now serving as a restaurant. “They got
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons was scolded Wednesday by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who say her lack of transparency is hampering their ability to help fix the agency, which has long been plagued by staffing shortages, chronic violence and other problems. Senators complained that
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail outside Philadelphia has come to an end after nearly two weeks, with authorities confirming Wednesday morning that Danilo Cavalcante was in custody. Hundreds of law enforcement officers were searching for Cavalcante, 34, who escaped August 31 from
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge overseeing the case involving Atlanta activists’ referendum effort against a police and firefighter training facility has accused city officials of moving the goalposts on the signature-gathering campaign. U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen on Wednesday ruled that he does not have the authority to force
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Originally Published: 13 SEP 23 12:12 ET Updated: 13 SEP 23 17:40 ET By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Drug overdose deaths reached another record level in the United States this spring, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, as 2023 is on track to be another devastating year amid
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott wants the Republican National Committee to change specifications for this month’s presidential debate, suggestions that could put the South Carolina Republican in a better onstage position. In a letter shared Wednesday with The Associated Press, Scott’s campaign manager Jennifer DeCasper wrote to RNC
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