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Month: April 2024

In war saga ‘The Sympathizer,’ Vietnamese voices are no longer stuck in the background

By TERRY TANG Associated Press Vietnamese journalist-turned-filmmaker Phanxinê remembers exactly when he decided to make movies in his native country rather than Hollywood. It was in 2008 but it could have been a satirical scene out of the Vietnam Era-novel “The Sympathizer.” Someone from a movie studio visiting his University of Southern California film class

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The Latest | Jury selection in Trump’s hush money trial finally underway after pretrial motions

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in Donald Trump ‘s historic hush money trial finally got underway Monday afternoon after hours of pretrial arguments, including a request from prosecutors to fine Trump over social media posts they say violated a gag order. The process involves selecting 12 jurors, plus six alternates.

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Ex-youth center worker testifies that top bosses would never take kids’ word over staff

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors deciding whether to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for alleged abuse at a youth detention center are hearing about how staff and administrators handled complaints. Virgil Bossom oversaw staff training and investigations at the Youth Development Center facility in the 1990s. He testified

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Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in the southwest

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say lightning and heavy rains have killed at least 49 people across Pakistan in the past three days. Most of the people died because of collapsing of rooms and lighting.  Authorities have declared a state of emergency in southwestern Baluchistan province. More rains are expected this

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190 decaying bodies were found at a Colorado funeral home. Owners charged with COVID fraud of $880K

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Attorney office in Colorado have indicted the owners of a funeral home on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife are already facing state charges for abusing corpses, after 190 decaying

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‘Sovereign citizen’ gunman killed, bystander hurt in shootout with deputies, HCSO says

By Shannon Ryan Click here for updates on this story     HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A gunman was killed and an innocent bystander was injured in a dramatic shootout involving several members of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a sergeant working traffic enforcement stopped a 47-year-old man

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