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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases. The dismissals came at the request of the government — not
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases. The dismissals came at the request of the government — not
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien on Tuesday said he and two U.S. ambassadors who served in the Trump administration met with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials from the country. John Rakolta, who served under Trump as ambassador to the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former employee is suing the city of Minneapolis, alleging ex-police Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd. Patty Day, who was
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say serial killer Robert Pickton who brought his victims to his pig farm has been hospitalized and is in a life-threatening condition after an assault at a Quebec prison. The Correctional Service Canada confirmed that 74-year-old Pickton was the inmate injured in a major assault Sunday at a Quebec prison.
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, nombró formalmente este martes a Luis Gilberto Murillo como nuevo canciller, un cargo que había asumido de forma interina luego de que en enero el entonces titular de ese ministerio, Álvaro Leyva, fuera suspendido provisionalmente por la Procuraduría General de la Nación. Murillo fue
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Los funcionarios escolares confirmaron la identidad de Jaden Ramos, de 17 años, estudiante de último año de la Escuela Secundaria La Quinta, quien murió en el tiroteo. Ramos se graduaría el jueves por la noche de la escuela secundaria La Quinta. Está previsto que los dos sospechosos del tiroteo, ambos hombres de 18 años,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday. Los Angeles police are working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old “Friends” star had so much of the
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday. Los Angeles police are working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old “Friends” star had so much of the
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Phoenix (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani and 10 others pleaded not guilty in an Arizona court Tuesday to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The former New York mayor was also ordered to post a $10,000 bond after he ducked efforts by
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Judge dismisses the felony convictions of five retired military officers in U.S. Navy bribery case.
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Oklahoma over a new state law that seeks to impose criminal penalties on those living in the state illegally. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Oklahoma City. It names Gov. Kevin Stitt and state Attorney General
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College of the Desert held its 2024 commencement ceremony at Acrisure Arena for the second year in a row. After years of hard work, hundreds of graduating COD students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. “Being first generation really put that into my mind. And I kept going and going and going and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The maker of a popular weedkiller is planning to amplify its push for legal protection against lawsuits claiming it failed to warn the product could cause cancer. Chemical giant Bayer backed legislation to provide legal protections this year in Missouri, Iowa and Idaho. The
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Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Storms that pummeled much of Nebraska with torrential rain, high winds and large hail spun up fierce tornados Tuesday that took down several 250-foot (76 meters) wind turbines in Iowa. Des Moines television station KCCI-TV showed at least three wind turbines
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has refused Tuesday to halt Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial, which is set to begin in two weeks. The full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to pause the case against the president’s son while his challenges to the prosecution on multiple fronts
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence on Tuesday described a sudden, dramatic drop as “all hell broke loose” on board the Boeing airliner carrying 229 passengers and crew. At first, “the flight was perfectly normal,” said passenger Andrew Davies,
Continue ReadingBy Athena Jones and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The National Football League launched a new program aimed at increasing the number of minority- and women-owned businesses that work with the league throughout the year. The initiative, called NFL Source, was announced during the league’s spring meeting in Nashville on Tuesday and aims to encourage teams to reinvest
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have won the International Booker Prize for the novel “Kairos.” It tells the story of a tangled love affair during the final years of East Germany’s existence. The prize recognizes fiction from around the world that has been translated
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