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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Another Trump White House official convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack has been sentenced to four months behind bars. Peter Navarro was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around the pledge: Never again. A key part of that lofty aspiration was the drafting of a convention that codified and committed
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Hart Click here for updates on this story RIRIE, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — After a local rancher discovered five of his animals shot to death, his neighbor came to the rescue to help catch the killer. Now, the two are raising awareness about the crime, something they say is all too common. On Father’s
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four municipal police officers are dead following an ambush-style attack on a road in Mexico in the north-central state of Guanajuato. The four belonged to the municipal police force of the city of Celaya. The department said Thursday the officers died late Wednesday on a rural road near Celaya. The identity
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 21-year-old Black man has filed a lawsuit accusing police officers in Kentucky’s largest city of wrongful arrest and excessive force. Attorneys for Jahmael Benedict say in a lawsuit filed this month that officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department arrested him last year as he walked along a sidewalk in
Continue ReadingWALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a truck driver who authorities say crashed into a Massachusetts police officer and a utility employee, killing them. A prosecutor says Thursday that 54-year-old Peter Simon, of Woodsville, New Hampshire, has an “unbroken chain” of criminal conduct going back to 1996. Authorities say that after
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of products containing honey due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems. Haleon’s recall covers eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man wanted for allegedly murdering his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend has been arrested, according to police. On Jan. 17, police responded to an apartment complex on Dunvale Street where Jaynice Ferguson was found with a gunshot wound in her thigh. She later
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jake Gyllenhaal makes for a very believable bar bouncer. The first trailer for the movie “Road House,” a “high-octane, adrenaline-filled reimagining” of the 1989 Patrick Swayze classic, shows a beefed-up Gyllenhaal ready to take on some local bad guys in the Florida Keys. He plays ex-UFC fighter Dalton, who
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By David Culver, Abel Alvarado and Carlos Martinelli, CNN Guayaquil, Ecuador (CNN) — Camille Gamarra and Diego Gallardo sat in their living room and watched as armed gunmen stormed a local television news studio, taking anchors and staff hostage during the live broadcast. People watching it play out were left stunned, and word quickly spread
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Olas reportadas como “gigantescas” inundaron partes de una importante instalación militar estadounidense en medio del Océano Pacífico el fin de semana pasado. Además, causaron daños que tomará meses repararlos, según un informe del Ejército de EE.UU. Un video publicado en X (antes Twitter) mostró a la aterradora oleada de agua
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MATT O’BRIEN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo, just over three months since the tech giant completed its $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard. The job cuts represent about an
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel faces a growing risk of damaging its peace with neighboring Egypt as its military pushes the offensive against Hamas further south in the Gaza Strip. Already, the two sides are in a dispute over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza.
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County man who was driving drunk when he crashed his car and killed his two teen passengers has to go back to jail every year on the anniversary of the deadly crash. Jaggar Smith, who was 17 at
Continue Reading By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Men with rolled up trousers wade through floods, trying to salvage makeshift tents submerged in dirty water and floating plastic. Nearby, toddlers make toys out of garbage, pressing their bare feet into the wet sand. Torrential rain in Gaza is making an already brutal existence
Continue Reading CNN By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Men with rolled up trousers wade through floods, trying to salvage makeshift tents submerged in dirty water and floating plastic. Nearby, toddlers make toys out of garbage, pressing their bare feet into the wet sand. Torrential rain in Gaza is making an already brutal
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — When tax filing season opens on January 29, some taxpayers will have the option of filing their 2023 federal tax returns with a brand new, government-run system. Known as Direct File, the free program will be open on a very limited basis – at first, to federal and
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump ‘s lawyers began his defense Thursday with the expectation that he’ll be called as a witness to fight a lawsuit seeking over $10 million for things he said about advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The family of an 85-year-old Florida woman who was killed by an alligator last year has filed a lawsuit against her housing complex. Attorneys for Gloria Serge’s family filed the lawsuit Thursday against the Wynne Building Corp., which owns the Spanish Lakes senior complex
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Democratic-led state government is considering legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for abortion. Gov. Phil Murphy has called on the Legislature to back the bill before the summer. The state already has laws protecting abortion rights and requiring insurers to cover abortion, but among
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