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Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit and prompted criticism of the law enforcement agency and its tactics. Gerald Goines was convicted in
Continue ReadingAP National Writer The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football. At meetings this week, their leaders are setting the stage to exact even more control over the sport’s future. Among the talking points when a task force made of members from the conferences meets in Nashville, Tennessee, are the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s new president has laid out a plan to combat drug cartel violence. But analysts say it looks like more of the same. President Claudia Sheinbaum plans to increase intelligence and investigative work. But her main focus will apparently remain the “hugs, not bullets” approach used by her predecessor. Sheinbaum took
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Kamala Harris, candidata demócrata y vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, enfrentó preguntas difíciles sobre cómo pagaría el costo de sus planes económicos, sobre si los demócratas fueron demasiado lentos para promulgar medidas de seguridad fronteriza, acerca de cómo confrontaría a Rusia por su guerra en Ucrania y más en una entrevista en el
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A South African man who died Saturday due to a North Dakota wildfire over the weekend was planning to return to his wife within weeks in time for the birth of their first child. The Associated Press had spoken with the wife of 26-year-old Nicolaas van Eeden who says
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities say they have launched new criminal investigations against dozens of opposition activists, part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent ahead of next year’s presidential vote, in which the country’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, intends to seek a seventh term. He has already been in power for more
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled a willingness to uphold a Biden administration regulation on “ghost guns,” mail-order kits that allow people to build untraceable weapons at home and that are turning up at crime scenes with greater frequency. In one of the most closely watched cases of the
Continue ReadingCalMatters More than two dozen fishing rods were braced against the railing of San Francisco’s Pier 7, their lines dangling into the Bay. People chatted on the benches, shouting in Cantonese and leaping up when one of the rods bent or jiggled. One after another, the men and women at the end of the pier
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The County of Riverside Registrar of Voters will begin offering election observer tours today. These tours will be held each Tuesday and Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The first day of tours is October 8th and will run until Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th. The county
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Colorado’s Supreme Court has dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman. Justices in Tuesday’s ruling declined to weigh in on the free speech issues that brought the case national attention. Baker Jack Phillips was sued by attorney Autumn Scardina in
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The fate of a possible successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is unclear following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. Hezbollah has lost contact with Hashem Safieddine since the strike, a Lebanese security source told CNN on Saturday. An Israeli official previously told CNN that the cleric was the target
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A new legal analysis says Guatemala is effectively stuck with Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who has been criticized and sanctioned by countries around the world for allegedly obstructing corruption investigations and using her power to persecute political opponents. The study by Stanford Law School and Cyrus R. Vance Center
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Former President Donald Trump is hosting a rally in Coachella on Saturday, October 12, and from social media to statements from leadership, the news has drawn many opinions. “Apparently, he will do anything for a dollar. And it’s obvious the reason he’s coming here is that he thinks he’s going to able to take quite
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy and Deidre McPhillips, CNN New York (CNN) — A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general from across the country filed lawsuits on Tuesday against TikTok, alleging that the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health. The lawsuits take issue with various elements of the TikTok platform, including its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate who was convicted of killing a high school student. But 41-year-old Bo Galloway still has a separate appeal underway in a federal district court. Galloway was convicted in 2010 in Harrison County.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — The window for a final 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is closing. CNN has publicly offered to host a debate in Atlanta on October 23. Harris has accepted the invitation and welcomed the chance to debate Trump again, but Trump has rejected her
Continue ReadingCNN By Ebony Davis, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that she couldn’t think of anything she’d have done differently than President Joe Biden during the last four years, aside from having a Republican in her Cabinet. “There is not a thing that comes to mind in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — After Donald Trump was asked in a Monday interview about the future prospects of Gaza, the former president made a curious claim: “You know, I’ve been there, and it’s rough.” There is no public evidence of Trump ever having been to Gaza, which has been governed by militant
Continue Reading Karen Esquivel (CNN Español) – El registro para el nuevo programa de apoyo económico para mujeres de 60 a 64 años, que fue una de las promesas de campaña de Claudia Sheinbaum, inició este lunes. La mandataria ha dicho que este programa tiene como objetivo reconocer la labor en el hogar de las mujeres adultas
Continue ReadingINTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Flags are flying at half-staff in Minnesota and at national parks across the country for a Voyageurs National Park ranger who died trying to rescue a family of three. Fifty-five-year-old Kevin Grossheim died Sunday while aiding a father and two sons who were trapped on an island in a lake
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