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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Prosecutors say a New Hampshire man pleaded guilty to threatening public radio journalists and vandalizing their homes. Tucker Cockerline has pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston to conspiracy to commit stalking through interstate travel and the use of a facility of interstate commerce. Investigators say the harassment and intimidation
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE and MADDY GRASSY Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the
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A 26-year-old Joshua Tree man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose of a 33-year-old last year. The investigation dates back to Nov. 2, 2022, when deputies responded to the death of Steven Lockhart of Yucca Valley. The death was determined to be an overdose, prompting the San Bernardino County
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to delay his defamation trial set for next month in a lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll so he can consider other legal moves, including potentially taking the case to the US Supreme Court. A federal appeals court rejected
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke on 13 counts of corruption alleging he used his power to win private law business from developers. The jury of nine women and three men deliberated for 23 hours over four days before returning its verdict Thursday after weighing the testimony of
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Prague’s police chief says a lone gunman opened fire in a university, killing at least 14 people and injuring 25 more. Police and the Czech Republic’s interior ministry say the gunman in the mass shooting Thursday is also dead. Authorities have not released the shooter’s name, but
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday. In late spring and summer of 2020, the United States was engulfed in Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Whole Foods
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel has been accused by his former assistant of sexual battery while working for him in 2010. Asta Jonasson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday alleging that Diesel forced himself onto her in a hotel suite in Atlanta. The lawsuit alleges she tried to
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — US Steel’s potential acquisition by a Japanese rival steelmaker may face pushback by the US government, according to comments made by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “President Biden is so focused on making sure that we have a vibrant steel industry in the United States for national security purposes,”
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley stopped short Thursday of answering one Iowa voter’s question the way he’d hoped. Asked by 44-year-old Jacob Schunk to label Donald Trump a “grave danger to our country,” Haley ticked through criticisms of the former president ranging from foreign policy to government spending. And
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — China y Rusia concluyeron un excelente año de cooperación con una reunión anual de fin de año en la que ambos prometieron profundizar los lazos en una variedad de temas a medida que el comercio récord entre ellos superó un objetivo simbólico. El comercio bilateral entre China y Rusia superó los
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By Jake Tacchi, CNN (CNN) — Israel has struck at least three locations in Gaza to which it had ordered civilians to evacuate since the breakdown of a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas earlier this month, CNN analysis has found. On December 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a map of Gaza –
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: En Snap, nos adentramos en el poder de una sola fotografía, relatando historias sobre cómo se crearon imágenes tanto modernas como históricas. (CNN) — Es un sencillo pero elegante retrato en blanco y negro de una mujer con un camisón de época, largo, blanco y con volantes, de pie en
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 2 UCLA cruised undefeated through its nonconference schedule, beating ranked UConn, Florida State and Ohio State on the road. Now, the Bruins are about to face their biggest test yet. They’ll take on No. 6 Southern California after Christmas in the teams’ Pac-12 opener
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, key allies and Arab nations are engaging in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a United Nations resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza. The measure’s sponsor expressed hope that the long-delayed vote would take place Thursday evening.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel has been accused by his former assistant of sexual battery while working for him in 2010. Asta Jonasson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday alleging that Diesel forced himself onto her in a hotel suite in Atlanta. The lawsuit alleges she tried to
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge who is weighing whether to allow the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia to go forward next month has urged Alabama to change procedures so the inmate can pray and say final words before the gas mask is placed on his face. U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker
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A two-month investigation into drug smuggling throughout the Riverside County correctional system netted nine arrests, with the majority of the suspects in custody today. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the probe was initiated in October to ferret out sources of the fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine being funneled into the county’s five jails. Sgt.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La petición de Donald Trump a la Corte Suprema este miércoles fue quizás su táctica dilatoria más descarada hasta ahora. Trump instó al alto tribunal a no involucrarse ahora en la cuestión de si es inmune a la persecución federal por presuntos delitos cometidos durante su mandato, su último intento de
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani se declaró en quiebra ante un tribunal federal de Nueva York este jueves, pocos días después de que un jurado le ordenara pagar casi US$ 150 millones a dos extrabajadoras electorales de Georgia por difamación. Rudy Giuliani deberá pagar US$ 150 millones a dos funcionarias electorales de Georgia que
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