
Month: April 2024




Fox News takes down Hunter Biden ‘mock trial’ miniseries after lawsuit threat
By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fox News on Tuesday removed a six-part Hunter Biden miniseries from its streaming platform, after his attorneys threatened to sue the right-wing network over the incendiary and at-times sexually explicit program about his legal troubles. The removal is a swift response from the conservative media juggernaut, whose spokespeople were defending the
Continue ReadingCar plunges 400 feet down cliff in Angeles National Forest
By Amy Maetzold Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Los Angeles County firefighters rescued a driver after their vehicle plunged 400 feet down a cliff in the Angeles National Forest Tuesday morning. SkyCAL flew over the scene and could see firefighters working to get the person out the vehicle and
Continue ReadingKazakhstan arrests a former interior minister over crackdown on unrest that left 238 dead
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Local media in Kazakhstan say authorities have arrested a former interior minister in connection with a deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022. The protests over a sharp rise in gas prices turned violent and the president issued shoot-to-kill orders as demonstrators stormed government buildings. Officials said
Continue ReadingThe Georgia Supreme Court has thrown out an indictment charging an ex-police chief with misconduct
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court has thrown out an indictment that charged a former police chief and a top aide with misconduct. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the 2021 indictment charging former Glynn County Police Chief John Powell and his former chief of staff, Brian Scott,
Continue ReadingDarren Criss says he’s ‘culturally queer’
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “Glee” star Darren Criss, who played the queer character Blaine on the show, was a favorite of LGBTQ+ audiences, although in real life Criss identifies as a straight, cisgender man. Criss was at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo over the weekend, where he was asked about his “Glee”
Continue ReadingTrump says states should decide on prosecuting women for abortions, has no comment on abortion pill
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says it should be left up to the states whether they want to prosecute women for getting abortions or whether to monitor their pregnancies. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee declined to comment on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been embroiled
Continue Reading4 officers killed in North Carolina were at disadvantage as shots rained from above, police say
By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Law enforcement officers with an arrest warrant demanded that a man come out of a house in North Carolina before four were killed by gunfire, the victims unable to survive shots coming from inside the dwelling, a witness and officials said Tuesday. Still
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In pictures: A lookback at student protest movements in the US
By Alaa Elassar, Nicquel Terry Ellis and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Students have established encampments and occupied campus buildings to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, roiling college campuses across America. Many of them say they’re inspired by the long – if often turbulent – history of university activism in the United States. As universities
Continue ReadingMinnesota will soon be home to 5th largest solar facility in the nation
By Erin Hassanzadeh Click here for updates on this story BECKER, Minnesota (WCCO) — In a new rule, the EPA says coal plants need to start capturing their smokestack emissions or shut down. It’s a move to curb planet-warming emissions — something Minnesota wants to do by going carbon-free with our electricity by 2040. Utilities
Continue ReadingColumbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an administration building
By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University on Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in an escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face
Continue ReadingColumbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an administration building
By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University on Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in an escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face
Continue ReadingJudge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 at hush money trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money
Continue ReadingTakeaways from Day 9 of the Trump hush money trial
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan handed down his first punishment to Donald Trump for violating the judge’s gag order in the New York hush money trial Tuesday, fining Trump $9,000 for nine violations. The judge also warned the former president in his written order
Continue ReadingDonald Trump fined $9,000 for violating gag order in hush money case
By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — New York Judge Juan Merchan has fined former President Donald Trump for repeatedly violating the gag order in the hush money trial. Merchan ruled Trump violated the gag order nine times for criticizing expected trial witnesses in posts on social media
Continue ReadingMinnesota worker, 63, crushed to death at Dodge Center manufacturing plant
By Stephen Swanson Click here for updates on this story DODGE CENTER, Minnesota (WCCO) — A 63-year-old man was crushed to death Monday morning at a southeastern Minnesota manufacturing company. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says it happened just after 10 a.m. in Dodge Center at Con-Tech Manufacturing, which makes concrete mixers. The victim, from
Continue ReadingWhy Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it
By The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is determined to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. Even as the U.S., Egypt and Qatar pushed for a cease-fire
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