Month: March 2024

Standout moments from the hearing on the Biden classified documents probe by special counsel Hur

March 12, 2024 12:44 PM Associated Press

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal prosecutor being summoned to Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of a politically explosive investigation. Tuesday’s hearing with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s handling of classified information, broke little

Justices Barrett and Sotomayor urge Americans to tone down political rhetoric despite charged atmosphere

March 12, 2024 12:43 PM CNN Newsource

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Two Supreme Court justices on Tuesday urged Americans to turn down the temperature of civic discourse – even as the high court is working through some of the most charged political cases to land on its docket in years. “Why should any of us want to obliterate the opposition

Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table

March 12, 2024 12:39 PM Associated Press

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. But elbowing their way into the race are powerful gangs that control 80% of Haiti’s capital and demand a

A seasoned prosecutor with few political ties is elected as Colombia’s new attorney general

March 12, 2024 12:39 PM Associated Press

By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Supreme Court has selected the nation’s new attorney general following a month of deliberations that were interrupted by protests outside the court and complaints from President Gustavo Petro, who argued the judges were stonewalling his nominees. Ultimately the court selected Luz Adriana Camargo as the nation’s lead

Family loss led Indigenous filmmaker to focus on missing, murdered Indigenous people crisis

March 12, 2024 12:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Royale Da Click here for updates on this story NEW MEXICO (KOAT) — Amanda Erickson is an Indigenous filmmaker whose spent the last five years working on a project that chronicles the missing and murdered indigenous women’s crisis in New Mexico. Her film is called, “She Cried that Day” and it gives you a

Scott Peterson appears virtually in California court as LA Innocence Project takes up murder case

March 12, 2024 12:37 PM Associated Press

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scott Peterson appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, nearly 20 years after he was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, as his lawyers with the Los Angeles Innocence Project asked a judge to order new DNA tests and allow their investigators to access evidence connected with

Scott Peterson appears virtually in California court as LA Innocence Project takes up murder case

March 12, 2024 12:37 PM Associated Press

Fairfield school resource officer arrested for inappropriate texts with 2 students

March 12, 2024 12:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Daniel Macht Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KCRA) — A Fairfield school resource officer was arrested after allegations that he was exchanging inappropriate text messages and photos with two female students under age 18. The Fairfield Police Department said that after parents of a student alerted them about the allegations

Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, narrowing GOP’s slim majority

March 12, 2024 12:31 PM Associated Press

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck has announced that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s razor-thin House majority and scrambling the already heated GOP primary to fill his Colorado seat. Buck, a staunch conservative who already declined to run for reelection as he became increasingly critical of his

Mothers share stories of loss as new billboard highlighting fentanyl crisis goes up in Sacramento

March 12, 2024 12:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A new billboard is putting real faces behind the deadly fentanyl epidemic in our region. And their moms are speaking out about their lives — and loss. “My life has changed forever,” said Sharon Freeman, a mother who lost her

UC Berkeley Jewish students successfully march without confrontation

March 12, 2024 12:26 PM CNN Newsource

By Gloria Rodríguez and Leslie Brinkley Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KGO) — Jewish students at UC Berkeley were able to successfully march and rally on campus Monday just two weeks after violence interrupted a previous gathering. University officials also forced supporters of Palestinian justice to take down tape across Sather

What to know about a settlement that clarifies what’s legal under Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

March 12, 2024 12:25 PM Associated Press

By JEFF McMILLAN, ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Florida law labeled by critics as “ Don’t Say Gay ” is remaining in place under a settlement reached this week between the state and parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups who challenged it in court. But the fallout that gave it that nickname

UC Berkeley professor stages ‘sleep-in’ protest in his office over campus antisemitism

March 12, 2024 12:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Cornell Barnard Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KGO) — In the East Bay, a UC Berkeley professor is gaining attention by vowing to remain in his campus office until university officials take action against antisemitism on campus. He says recent violent events prompted the sit-in action. “I’m just sitting in

Mom of teen involved in deadly Phoenix street racing crash shares daughter’s story

March 12, 2024 12:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Mickaela Castillo Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK KPHO) — A Phoenix mom is getting a lot of views on TikTok because she’s telling her story about her 18-year-old daughter, who is serving nine years in prison for her role in a deadly street racing crash. Amy Rodriguez never thought she

David Mixner, LGBTQ+ activist and Bill Clinton campaign advisor, dies at 77

March 12, 2024 12:21 PM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — David Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him out over the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer personnel in the military, has died. He was 77. Mixner died Monday at his home

More than 50 people arrested during cockfighting bust in Galloway Township, New Jersey

March 12, 2024 12:21 PM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Simon Click here for updates on this story GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — Dozens of people from Pennsylvania and New Jersey are facing criminal charges after a massive cockfighting ring bust in Galloway Township. Galloway Township Police said on Facebook that officers with the department’s Humane Law Enforcement Officer Unit carried out

Dozens allege child sexual abuse in Maryland treatment program under newly filed lawsuits

March 12, 2024 12:17 PM Associated Press

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than three dozen people allege in lawsuits filed this week that they were sexually abused as children inside a Maryland residential program for youths that closed in 2017. Attorneys filed two separate lawsuits Tuesday alleging decades of abuse by staff members of the Good Shepherd Services

Federal judiciary clamps down on ‘judge-shopping’ tactics that have helped Texas block Biden and liberal policies

March 12, 2024 12:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The policy-making body of the federal judiciary is clamping down on the system that conservatives have successfully used in recent years to hamstring President Joe Biden’s agenda and other federal policies, including those concerning reproductive rights. The new policy seeks to curb “judge-shopping,” the strategy where litigants strategically file lawsuits in courthouses where the

Cornerback Darious Williams is returning to the Los Angeles Rams, AP source says

March 12, 2024 12:12 PM Associated Press

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cornerback Darious Williams is returning to the Los Angeles Rams after two seasons in Jacksonville, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Williams has agreed to terms on a three-year deal for $22.5 million, potentially worth up to $30

GOP Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress at end of next week

March 12, 2024 12:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran, CNN Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a hardline conservative who has clashed with his own party at times, announced on Tuesday that he will leave Congress at the end of next week. Buck criticized dysfunction on Capitol Hill in discussing his decision to leave, telling CNN’s Dana Bash, “It is the

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