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Month: May 2024

Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after rape conviction was tossed

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors asked for a September retrial for Harvey Weinstein during a hearing Wednesday in Manhattan, the disgraced movie mogul’s first court appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. One of Weinstein’s accusers, Jessica Mann, was in the courtroom Wednesday

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Air Force preparing new charges against airman who leaked classified info on Discord

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force is preparing new charges within the military justice system against the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to posting a trove of highly classified intelligence reports and other documents on social media, according to an Air Force spokesperson. Jack Teixeira, 22,

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The Latest | California governor says illegal behavior at UCLA should be held accountable

By The Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom said anyone who engaged in illegal behavior on the University of California, Los Angeles, campus should be held accountable, “including through criminal prosecution, suspension or expulsion.” “The law is clear: The right to free speech does not extend to inciting violence, vandalism, or lawlessness on campus,” said

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Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. The Fed issued its decision in a

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Florida sawfish deaths, ‘spinning’ fish decline

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WFOR) — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials hope they are seeing decreased incidents of what are described as “erratically spinning fish” and smalltooth sawfish deaths in the Florida Keys. Gil McRae, director of the commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, said

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