By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Harvey Weinstein is expected back in court next week after the decision by New York’s highest court to overturn his rape conviction as a woman he was sent to prison for sexually assaulting said Friday she is considering whether she would testify at a retrial. Mimi Haley said she is
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Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La grabación se hizo viral en enero, provocando la ira en los suburbios de Baltimore. Parecía que el director del instituto de Pikesville, Eric Eiswert, había sido sorprendido haciendo comentarios racistas y antisemitas. Las furiosas llamadas telefónicas desbordaron la recepción. Los empleados sintieron miedo. Se reforzó la seguridad. Eiswert fue puesto
Continue ReadingBy DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Highly touted prospect Jackson Holliday has been optioned to the minor leagues by the Baltimore Orioles after starting his big league career with a disappointing thud. Holliday was promoted from Triple-A Norfolk on April 10 amid plenty of fanfare, but the 20-year-old second baseman managed only two
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One of two men suspected in the 2018 fatal shooting of a jiu-jitsu instructor in Cathedral City re-entered a not guilty plea today to murder. Kipko Griffin, 49, initially pleaded not guilty to the charges July 27, 2023, during his first court appearance in the case. At the end of a preliminary hearing April 9,
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation in the killing of the Black man that helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Friday
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The widow of a Mississippi man who was found dead says officers from two departments blamed each other for the stalled investigation. Fishermen, not police, found the body of Sudanese Civil War refugee Dau Mabil floating in a river about 60 miles south of
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of testimony in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial. David Pecker finally stepped down from the witness stand after more than 10 hours
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn’t yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall. Biden’s comment Friday is the most definitive he’s been on whether he would debate his presumptive Republican opponent. The comments came during an interview with the radio host
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La agencia calificadora S&P Global Ratings redujo este jueves la calificación crediticia de Perú, que pasa de BBB a BBB- debido a la incertidumbre política que, de acuerdo con el comunicado de la firma, “limita la capacidad del gobierno” para “implementar políticas” que impulsen su economía. S&P detalló que
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — “No solo no voy a hacer negocios con China, no voy a hacer negocios con ningún comunista”, sentenció durante la campaña electoral del año pasado el entonces candidato a la presidencia de Argentina, Javier Milei. “Yo soy un defensor de la libertad, de la paz y de la democracia. Los
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Rep. Peter Meijer has withdrawn his name from a U.S. Senate race in Michigan. Meijer was seen as a longshot to win the Republican Party’s nomination after voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump in 2021. His decision to impeach Trump followed the storming of the
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The family and supporters of a missing woman who may have been the Mexico City serial killer’s first known victim are protesting at the site where bones were found last week. Protesters covered the facade of the apartment building with placards Friday, after investigators found the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash and Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Zendaya has always aced the red carpet. But her latest press tour is, well, a grand slam. In recent weeks, the actor has been promoting her new movie “Challengers,” in which she plays a tennis star-turned-coach who must navigate her husband’s career on the courts as
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The best week for U.S. stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday. The S&P 500 rallied 1% to finish its first winning week in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153 points, or 0.4%,
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Thousands of celebrants made their way today to the Empire Polo Club for the first day of the 2024 Stagecoach Country Music Festival, which is set to be headlined by Eric Church tonight. The festival grounds opened to pass-holders at noon, with performances set to be held throughout each day on five different stages —
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dug Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election. David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys tried to poke holes
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