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Month: October 2023

What’s changed — and what hasn’t — a year after Mississippi capital’s water crisis?

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge turned to Ted Henifin after infrastructure breakdowns in Mississippi’s capital city caused residents to go days and weeks without safe water last year. In an interview with The Associated Press earlier this month, he offered an insider’s look at efforts to

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Email claims prison official warned Danelo Cavalcante was ‘planning an escape’

By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — About eight hours after convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante crab-walked out of a Chester County prison in August, a prison official sent the acting warden a message: Cavalcante had been “planning an escape” for months. Chester County Prison Sergeant Jerry Beavers emailed Cpt. Harry Griswold about information he’d received

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DOJ and New Jersey US Attorney’s office open investigation into the City of Trenton and its police department focusing on use of excessive force

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey have opened an investigation into the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton that will focus on the use of excessive force and unlawful stops, searches and arrests, officials announced Tuesday. The pattern-or-practice investigation

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Maren Morris files for divorce from Ryan Hurd, citing music couple’s ‘irreconcilable differences’

By JONATHAN MATTISE and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Maren Morris has filed for divorce from her husband Ryan Hurd, citing the prominent country music couple’s “irreconcilable differences” after five years of marriage. Morris filed the divorce complaint in Nashville circuit court on Oct. 2, writing that the couple have been separated

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Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot, signaling more turmoil ahead

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling more turmoil ahead, Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as a surprising 20 holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel. Additional voting was postponed as

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