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By Eve Brennan and Luke McGee and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Belgium will investigate suspected Russian meddling in European Parliament elections after the country’s intelligence services found evidence of “pro-Russian interference networks,” Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. Moscow’s objective “is to help elect more pro-Russian candidates to the European Parliament” in order
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border and shutting down his trial before arguments even began. Senators
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border and shutting down his trial before arguments even began. Senators
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are vowing to ramp up sanctions against Iran as concern grows that the country’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. At a summit in Brussels on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron urged his EU
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A Camp Pendleton-based Marine who drove drunk and caused the death of a 12-year-old boy in a Fourth of July car crash in Oceanside was sentenced today to 13 years and eight months in state prison. Edward Minot, 21, was arrested last summer for the crash that killed Santiago Gaspar and injured two others in
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The deal has not been finalized, and
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The deal has not been finalized, and
Continue ReadingKEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza. The package totals $95.3 billion in spending, which matches the total that the Senate passed in mid-February.
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge is weighing whether to allow the release of a Nashville school shooter’s writings after a two-day hearing concluded Wednesday. The judge seemed ready to agree with an attorney for Nashville police that the writings could be released once their investigation is officially closed.
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Border Patrol agents seized several packages of methamphetamine found hidden within an ice chest of fish at the Calexico West Port of Entry over the weekend. The incident occurred Sunday at around 8:39 p.m. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP officers encountered a 34-year-old man driving a 2021 sedan through the vehicle SENTRI
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The man whose allegations of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center sparked an unprecedented criminal investigation and more than a thousand lawsuits is finally taking the witness stand. David Meehan began testifying Wednesday, the sixth day of his lawsuit’s trial, describing his early years up
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the man’s wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief. While in Pittsburgh, Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt.
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CNN By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is drying up due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water. Lake Patzcuaro in the western state of Michoacán has lost more than half its volume since
Continue ReadingBy Hayley Crombleholme Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — The father of Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas is remembering his daughter. Aguasvivas was the victim of a carjacking in Seminole County last week. Law enforcement believes it was her body that was later found in a car that had
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NBA has banned Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter from the league after an investigation found that the 24-year-old had violated betting rules, the league said. The league announced in March it had opened an investigation into anomalies involving bets pertaining to Porter after unusual betting patterns around the
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai. Meteorologists say cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Senado desestimó este miércoles los artículos de juicio político contra el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, apenas iniciado el juicio histórico contra el secretario del Gabinete. Los artículos de juicio político eliminados por el Senado fueron por “negativa deliberada y sistemática a cumplir con la ley” y “violación
Continue ReadingGRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A lockdown prompted by a report of a gunshot at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota has lifted. Security officers completed a door-to-door sweep of the base Wednesday afternoon, the base said in a social media post. Earlier that afternoon, base security received the report of a
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy Daniels as she arrived for a screening of her documentary at a gay bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor and hush money trial figure refused to take
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Esteury Ruiz homered for the second time in three games since being recalled from Triple-A, and the Oakland Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. Ruiz drove in two runs, scored twice and stole a base. He has homered
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