CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan marked five years in Russian detention on Thursday – a grim milestone that the ex-US Marine hoped he would never see. In a call with CNN on Thursday, Whelan called on President Joe Biden to “please use every resource available to secure my release as you would
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By Jillian Martin, CNN (CNN) — Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller said Thursday the allegations of domestic violence against him are “100% false” and “completely wrong and blown out of proportion” in his first public comments since he was accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. “Me and my girlfriend, we have problems just like any
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Aurélien Largeau, chef at the Michelin one-star restaurant La Table d’Aurélien Largeau, left his position on December 21 “following concerning allegations and imagery regarding an incident in the premises of the hotel,” Hyatt Group confirmed to CNN Thursday. Hyatt Group owns Hotel du Palais, located in the southwestern French beach
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Maine pitched the 2024 election into deeper chaos and constitutional confusion Thursday by becoming the second state to throw Donald Trump off the ballot over the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot. The move from the Maine secretary of state – following a similar decision from the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay his bribery trial by two months. The order Thursday by Judge Sidney H. Stein leaves in place a May 5 trial date for the Democrat, who faces trial along with his wife and three
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A man was pronounced dead after being pulled from a pool at a home in Rancho Mirage Thursday. It happened on Oreilly Court just after 2:00 p.m. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Get the News Channel 3 app here.
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than a decade of accounts by a former Los Angeles-area gang leader about orchestrating the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 are strong evidence to deny his release to house arrest ahead of his trial in June, prosecutors in Las Vegas said
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been charged in Arizona with making threatening online comments that followed what police describe as a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a year ago in which six people died, officials said Wednesday. Queensland state police officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Deutsche Bank has pledged nearly $5 million in funding to help combat human trafficking in New Mexico. The bank made the announcement Thursday in a joint statement with state Attorney General Raúl Torrez. The announcement comes seven months after Deutsche Bank settled a lawsuit that claimed the German lender should
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” This move makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump – who seeks to return to the White House and remains the GOP front-runner – after Colorado’s
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer The Washington Huskies are applying lessons from Olympic rowing in 1936 to their quest for a college football national title at the dawn of 2024. The Huskies watched the new film “The Boys in the Boat” shortly before departing Seattle for New Orleans and a College Football Playoff semifinal
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy hasn’t had to deal with many rough outings in his brief career in the NFL. That’s what made his four-interception performance on a big stage Monday night against the Baltimore Ravens so unusual as Purdy was unable to strike the proper
Continue ReadingTUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Donald Wildmon, the founder of the American Family Association, a conservative Christian advocacy group, has died, the organization announced Thursday. The 85-year-old Mississippi native died on Thursday from complications related to Lewy body dementia, an obituary published by WTVA-TV said. Wildmon died in Tupelo, Mississippi, the city where the American Family
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Biden administration is granting Louisiana’s request to administer its own permit program for wells that store carbon dioxide. It will be just the third state to take over that job from the Environmental Protection Agency. It’s a win for carbon capture proponents that want projects approved more quickly. The
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jalen Milroe went to Alabama determined to become an elite SEC quarterback, and nothing could deter him from his goal. Not even, he says, his own offensive coordinator. Milroe revealed Thursday that Bill O’Brien, Alabama’s coordinator during Milroe’s first two seasons in Tuscaloosa, once suggested
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school leaders announced Thursday in a reversal of a vote last week by the conservative-led school board to end the classes. But the Francis Howell School District board first must approve a new curriculum “that
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A ridge of high pressure over the Desert Southwest has kept things comfortable and dry this week. The weather pattern changes this week, with an incoming front bringing rain and cooler temperatures to the final weekend of 2023. Rain will move into Riverside County early Saturday morning but will favor areas west of the mountains
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cher has filed a petition to become a temporary conservator overseeing her son’s money, saying the 47-year-old’s struggles with mental health issues and addiction have left him unable to manage his assets and potentially put his life in danger. The Oscar and Grammy winning singer
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