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By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel. The outcome left
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Mallory Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — We’re now hearing from the man in charge of Mobile police officers, after two videos went viral showing them in physical altercations. Both videos have gotten a lot of play, and reaction on social media. The first involving an MPD officer
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits to manufacture tests for COVID-19, pregnancy and HIV, and mislabeling some of the kits. Jia Bei Zhu, 62, was arrested Thursday after
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Protests erupted around the Arab world on Friday as the Gaza war raged and an Israeli ground operation with the potential to displace millions of Palestinians loomed. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and the West Bank after Islamic Friday prayers to
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 by a New York judge on Friday for violating a gag order not to speak about any members of the court staff – and was warned twice about possible imprisonment. “Donald Trump has received ample warning from this Court
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website for weeks after the judge ordered it deleted. Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The U.S. is warning other democracies that Russia appears to be opening up a new front in its covert campaign against democracy by sowing doubts about the reliability of elections in general. Encouraged by its success amplifying doubts about election procedures like mail balloting used in the 2020 U.S. presidential
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a “monumental error” after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said
Continue ReadingBy Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — An unselfish act leads to a must-see touchdown. In Thursday night’s 56-0 win over Lincoln Northeast, Omaha Westside’s Caleb Benning fielded a pooch punt and broke into the clear. Instead of scoring the touchdown himself, Benning — son of Husker great
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is closing out its worst week in a month with more losses on Friday. The S&P 500 was 0.9% lower in late trading and on track for a fourth straight drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 188 points, or 0.6%, as
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A Florida man has been convicted in federal court of stealing tuition and other monies from hundreds of families and spending the money on plastic surgery, vacations and gambling. Fifty-three-year-old Mehdi Belhassan, of Tampa, Florida, was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud Thursday and will be sentenced Jan. 11. Belhassan
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick could play on Sunday, less than a week after he was arrested and charged with two gun offenses. Kendrick returned to practice Friday, and coach Sean McVay described the second-year pro as “remorseful and regretful” for the disturbance
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Baileys Click here for updates on this story CRESTWOOD, Kentucky (WLKY) — Adopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue in Crestwood is partnering with Hopewell Animal Hospital in Louisville to save a 5-year-old German Shepherd found starved, injured and near death in eastern Kentucky. Like many pet rescues, they are stretched thin and can’t do
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US warship that intercepted drones and missiles near the coast of Yemen on Thursday encountered a larger and more sustained barrage than was previously known, shooting down 4 cruise missiles and 15 drones over a period of 9 hours, according to a US official familiar with the situation.
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is expected to testify before a Congressional committee behind closed doors as a GOP probe into the Justice Department’s handling of the case continues to unfold. In a rare step, David Weiss is set to appear
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates are nearing 8%. Prices have climbed for the past three months straight. And there were fewer homes on the market in September than any September ever. No wonder home sales just hit a 13-year low. It is a crummy time to try to buy a
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. district judge in New Mexico has unsealed a plea agreement for one of the key defendants in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that stemmed from the search for a toddler who went missing from Georgia in 2017. The documents were made public
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter who had been held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the roughly 200 people the militant group abducted from Israel during its Oct.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Nick Valencia, Maxime Tamsett and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case to being part of a conspiracy alongside former President Donald Trump and others. The plea deal is another
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Ya están en la cárcel de Indio tres individuos acusados de asaltar una joyería ubicada en la zona comercial El Paseo en Palm Desert el pasado 5 de octubre cuando varios sujetos enmascarados armados con martillos entraron al comercio, rompieron las vitrinas y se robaron varias prendas de oro. Durante la investigación hicieron varios cateos
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