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By Arlette Saenz and Ebony Davis, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday visited Columbia, South Carolina to file President Joe Biden’s paperwork to appear on the ballot in the state’s Democratic primary, using the moment to appeal to a key group of voters. South Carolina is the state that turned around
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A noted Belarusian dissident author says his father has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for reposting an article from an opposition website. Sasha Filipenko said on Facebook that his father was seized by police Thursday in a raid on his apartment and later “given 13 days for reposting some
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell often tells the story of a letter that his father, a foot soldier in World War II, wrote to his mother while he was stationed in Eastern Europe in 1945, as the United States was liberating the region from Nazi rule.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are playing a home game in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament for the first time on Friday night. But they will do so on their regular court — not the special-edition tournament court. The NBA said “a manufacturing issue” kept the Mavericks from having a ready-for-tournament-play court delivered in time
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are playing a home game in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament for the first time on Friday night. But they will do so on their regular court — not the special-edition tournament court. The NBA said “a manufacturing issue” kept the Mavericks from having a ready-for-tournament-play court delivered in time
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — He was a giant of 20th-century art, but that doesn’t mean Pablo Picasso needed a big canvas. Matchbook covers, postcards, restaurant napkins — they all served as makeshift sketchpads for the artist at moments of inspiration. And so it should perhaps not be surprising that
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLE RADIN Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL) — A 68-year-old man was ambushed by a gunman and shot to death while watering his front lawn in Riverside. Michael Rangel was a U.S. Army veteran, electronics engineer, and father of four, married to his wife for forty-five years. His family
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — How much should you tip? It’s one of life’s great mysteries. But the majority of Americans say they tip 15% or less for a typical meal at a sit-down restaurant, according to a wide-ranging new poll on tipping attitudes from Pew Research Center. The poll surveyed nearly 12,000
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TARZANA, California (KCAL) — A woman has been arrested on hate crime charges after allegedly ramming her vehicle, two times, into the gates of a Tarzana synagogue just after midnight Thursday. Los Angeles Police Department officers arrested Tikvah Mottahedeh, 54, for vandalism hate crime on
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she pushed back other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A community leader in central Mali says that suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men hostage after an attack on several buses earlier this week. Bocar Guindo says that armed men initially kidnapped about 40 members of the ethnic Dogon community who had been traveling
Continue ReadingBy NEAL RILEY Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Workers at a Rochester trash facility found the remains of a newborn baby among items that were being processed for recycling on Thursday. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said there was a 911 call made at about 10:40 a.m. from
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York state’s honorary ambassador to loneliness, a role that’s the first of its kind in the nation. Appointed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday, Westheimer is aiming to help New Yorkers with social isolation,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SULLIVAN Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A server at a Plymouth restaurant is giving back to veterans this Saturday by picking up the tab for every veteran he serves. Corey Dries wanted to join the military when he was younger, but due to a series of mental
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan preacher of a doomsday cult who was arrested after more than 400 bodies were found in mass graves on his property has been convicted of operating a studio and distributing films without a license. Paul Mackenzie has been held in custody since he was
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — The new creative director of Moschino, Davide Renne, has died of a sudden illness at the age of 46. The owner of the Milan-based fashion house Aeffe announced the death on Friday, just days after he took over his new role on Nov. 1. Renne joined from Gucci, where he was head
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal judge and the U.S. Justice Department said this week that states are going too far with threats to prosecute those who help others cross state lines for abortion. The issue was addressed in a court ruling pausing enforcement of an Idaho law and the Justice Department weighing in
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon has decided that, for now, former President Donald Trump will still have a May 2024 trial before her on charges of mishandling classified documents. The classified records indictment has loomed over Trump’s candidacy particularly because of the questions it’s raised – with substantial known witnesses and even audio evidence –
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