By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn preacher who prosecutors say looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle is set to go on trial in Manhattan federal court. Lamor Miller-Whitehead faces trial beginning Monday, two years after a grand jury lodged wire
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in five years, senators will be sworn in as jurors for an impeachment trial. But the chamber is expected to spend far less time on the charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas than the ones brought against former President Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — “ The Bear ” and “ Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse ” were among the early winners while producers Charles D. King and Gail Berman took career achievement awards Sunday night at the 35th Producers Guild of America Awards. Hulu’s culinary comedy “The Bear” won
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press ROGACA, Serbia (AP) — When Elena Koposova signed an open letter against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she didn’t expect a backlash in her newly adopted home state of Serbia. After all, Serbia is formally seeking to join the European Union while adopting all the democratic values
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un miembro en servicio activo de la Fuerza Aérea de EE.UU. se prendió fuego frente a la embajada de Israel en Washington este domingo, informó la Fuerza Aérea y las autoridades locales. “El Departamento de Policía Metropolitana acudió a la cuadra 3500 de International Drive, NW, aproximadamente a la 1:00
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family will appear in a California federal court on Monday as a judge considers whether he must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. Special counsel David
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family will appear in a California federal court on Monday as a judge considers whether he must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. Special counsel David
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Many young people have reported having poor mental health during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Their experiences are affirmed by a new study finding that the rate of prescribing antidepressants to this group also spiked during the same period. The number of young people between the ages 12 and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” storming Apple TV+, East meets West in feudal Japan with the kick-off of the series “Shogun,” and Disney+’s animated series “Iwájú” offers a coming-of-age story set in the future in Lagos, Nigeria. Celebrate the sound of Manchester by checking out the
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Tributes pour in after a retired Palm Springs High teacher unexpectedly passed hiking in Palm Springs. “He loves to hike,” says Doug Stevens, a Palm Springs Mounted Search and Rescue rescue coordinator. “That was his passion. “Everyone loved Andy.” Doug Stevens shows me the trail he had to hike to recover his friend, Andy Hollinger. Hollinger’s father was
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government gave striking young doctors four days to report back to work, saying Monday that they won’t be punished if they return by the deadline but will face indictments and suspensions of medical licenses if they don’t. About 9,000 medical interns and residents
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The World Trade Organization will open its biennial meeting Monday in the United Arab Emirates as the bloc faces pressure from the United States and other nations ahead of a year of consequential elections around the globe. The WTO’s 164 member nations will
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Anyone who thought Lionel Messi and Inter Miami would steamroll over the rest of Major League Soccer this year has already been proven wrong by the upstart LA Galaxy. Messi was still brilliant enough to keep Miami unbeaten after an early-season test from another marquee
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Monday, although Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index reached another record high. The Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% to finish at 39,233.71. Trading was closed in Tokyo for a holiday on Friday. The benchmark also surged to an all-time high on Thursday. In currency
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Filip Forsberg broke a tie early in the third period and also had an assist to help the Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory. It is the first time in Nashville’s 25 seasons that it has
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By Ashley R. Williams, Raja Razek, Priscilla Alvarez, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — As the investigation continues into the death of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Thursday, federal officials confirmed the immigration status of a suspect now in custody. Augusta University junior
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Lucas Lilieholm, and Soeun Kim, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A record number of Russians are seeking asylum in South Korea, according to South Korean authorities, with applications surging fivefold last year as Russians became the largest group seeking refuge in the East Asian country. A total of 5,750 Russian nationals
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — A political consultant previously employed by Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign acknowledged Sunday that he was behind the robocall that used an AI-generated voice of President Joe Biden to urge New Hampshire voters not to participate in the state’s January 23 primary. “The evening of Sunday, January 20th,
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — British YouTuber Ashley Humphries has made several videos about traveling in South Korea, including a tour of the DMZ and a visit to an abandoned theme park called Yongma Land. But he’s now interested in going there for more than just a holiday. Humphries is one of the first
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The co-chair of a newly formed task force fighting antisemitism at Harvard University has abruptly stepped down after barely a month at the helm. The sudden resignation by Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun, disclosed Sunday evening, is a setback for the Ivy League school’s efforts to
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