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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful state House speaker, who allegedly used his office to stymie the investigation. A draft Ethics Committee report would have recommended that the House formally denounce Republican Speaker Dean Plocher for hurting
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, six jurors were seated by late afternoon on the second day of Donald Trump ’s hush money trial. The jurors are picked by process of elimination in a system that will repeat until a full jury
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed financial crimes against the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife. They’re accused of milking political accounts for travel, housing and other personal benefits while Lee Chatfield, a Republican, held the powerful post. Attorney General Dana Nessel says
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — When wildfires broke out across Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered survivors inside their engines. Another drove a moped into a burning neighborhood again and again, whisking people away from danger
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney says a former Kansas City-area pharmacist who has been incarcerated for more than two decades over a profit-boosting scheme to dilute tens of thousands of prescriptions for seriously ill patients will be moved to a halfway house this summer. Mike Ketchmark, an attorney
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is vowing to retaliate against Iran, risking further expanding the shadow war between the two foes into a direct conflict after an Iranian attack over the weekend sent hundreds of drones and missiles toward Israel. Israeli officials have not said how or when
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — US stocks wavered Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a “lack of further progress” on inflation means the central bank likely won’t cut interest rates at its upcoming policy meeting just two weeks away, keeping them higher for longer. Stocks seesawed after Powell’s comments, closing mixed Tuesday. The Dow rose
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U.S. Forest Service rangers are inviting anyone with a desire to contribute to improving the San Bernardino National Forest for Earth Day to join volunteers on Saturday for trail upgrades around the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument in Palm Desert. The USFS is partnering with the nonprofit Friends of the Desert Mountains,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first six jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were chosen Tuesday after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide whether they can sit
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Jersey say Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife disapproved of their teenage daughter’s boyfriend, who secretly recorded an incident of him allegedly assaulting the girl over a video chat. Small and his wife LaQuetta, Atlantic City’s superintendent of schools, were
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A teenager accused of shooting and killing a Monessen football player in 2022 has taken a plea deal. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office says Terry Newton pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a minor. Newton
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Katy Perry has never been one to shy away from outlandish fashion, and this week on “American Idol,” her quirky choice for a top almost turned into an embarrassing moment. On Monday’s episode of the reality singing competition series, the pop star and longtime “Idol” judge’s structured silver top
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, six jurors had been seated by late afternoon on the second day of Donald Trump ’s hush money trial. The jurors were picked by process of elimination after several other possible jurors were dismissed earlier in
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Victory Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — For some, becoming a parent is an exhausting but eye-opening opportunity to make some major changes. One program is trying to help out new moms. Shakiya Horne is about a month inter her new job at an Oak Park CVS. Sometimes, she
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in his hometown
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, Sam Fossum, Tami Luhby and Michael Williams, CNN Scranton, Pennsylvania (CNN) — President Joe Biden is seeking to make a sharp economic argument against former President Donald Trump during a three-day swing through Pennsylvania with campaign officials framing the election as a debate between his “kitchen table” Scranton outlook and Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The family of a Texas woman who was killed in what police said was a drunk driving crash last year in the River North neighborhood filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday against the off-duty officer charged in the crash, and the
Continue ReadingBy Madisen Keavy Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — New video obtained by CBS Sacramento shows an SUV being driven onto a Sacramento sidewalk and hitting three people. The Sacramento Police Department said three pedestrians were taken to the hospital for their injuries: two people are in critical condition but
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