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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — A report from the Department of Justice finds that the police department in a New York City suburb grossly violated residents’ rights, documenting illegal strip searches of people who weren’t under arrest, and arrests of people for verbally criticizing officers. The report on the approximately 160-officer department blames financial mismanagement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A judge who helped orchestrate a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks was among the 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week. Biden’s decision to commute the 17-year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern Pennsylvania, from the governor to the
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CNN en Español El Gobierno de Guatemala pidió este viernes a sus ciudadanos “precaución” al transitar por la frontera con Chiapas, México, debido a los “desafíos con la seguridad” que “se han intensificado en los últimos meses”, consignó en un comunicado el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de ese país (Minex). “De acuerdo con reportes de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Senate Republicans are recommending that the state write laws banning transgender girls and women from participating in school and college sports. The recommendation on Friday sets the stage for action in the 2025 legislative session. Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced almost identical goals at the panel’s first meeting
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — UCLA alums Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit birdied the entire front nine in a scramble format Friday and finished eagle-birdie for a 14-under 58, giving them a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Grant Thornton Invitational. The tournament has 16 two-player teams from the PGA Tour and the LPGA,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017. Robert Paul Rundo, 34, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Riot Act, the U.S. attorney’s office in
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017. Robert Paul Rundo, 34, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Riot Act, the U.S. attorney’s office in
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Baghdad (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the international community grapples with the implications of the Syrian government’s collapse. Blinken met with Sudani for more than an hour in Baghdad — the latest
Continue Reading Por Amarachi Orie, CNN El baterista Larry Mullen Jr., miembro fundador de la banda de rock irlandesa U2, reveló que tiene una dificultad de aprendizaje que hace que contar compases musicales se sienta como escalar el Everest. “Siempre he sabido que hay algo que no está particularmente bien con la forma en que manejo los
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas man who tried to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine has been sentenced on to six months in prison for violating the terms of his probation for storming the U.S. Capitol four years ago. Kevin Loftus, a 56-year-old veteran of the U.S. Army,
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Risks from the Covid-19 pandemic and increasingly intense wildfire seasons have sparked interest in air purifiers as a tool to keep indoor air healthy. But experts say they can be just as important to help manage indoor air pollution when there isn’t an acute air crisis. Air purifiers purchased
Continue ReadingWEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York thermometer factory has been sentenced to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of mercury. Owner Robert Peyser was sentenced Friday. He and his company, Kessler Thermometer Corp., had earlier pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment for
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Washington (CNN) — It’s a rivalry unlike any other. Sure, there’s intensity in many other high-profile games. There’s pomp and circumstance every weekend in college football. There’s history and pride on the line, week-in-and-week-out across the nation. But there’s nothing like Army-Navy. From the moment each student body enters the stadium
Continue Reading Por Mostafa Salem, CNN Cuando el primer ministro nombrado por los rebeldes de Siria se sentó el martes por primera vez con funcionarios del derrocado régimen de Assad, el telón de fondo incluía la bandera de la revolución siria junto a otra que llevaba la declaración islámica de fe que a menudo es exhibida por
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Sen. Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at the segregated Statehouse to serving as a state legislator for over 30 years died Friday. He was 93. The South Carolina Democratic Party announced Patterson’s death saying he “left an indelible mark on our state. Senator Patterson
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — When Syria’s rebel-appointed prime minister sat down with officials from the ousted Assad regime for the first time on Tuesday, the backdrop included the flag of the Syrian revolution alongside another bearing the Islamic declaration of faith that is often displayed by jihadists. The choice of optics for the
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — When Patita Pavana Das was a sophomore at Indiana State University, he considered his life pretty typical: geoscience student by day, partaker in the school’s party culture by night. But as he learned more about the Earth’s billion-year history, Das, now 28, felt a nagging sense of dissatisfaction — a
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The most serious charge against the man accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO in broad daylight last week on a Manhattan sidewalk is murder in the second degree. Given the image of the homicide captured on surveillance video – a dark-hooded figure with a gray backpack fatally shooting the
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. He called daylight saving time “inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has ruled over some insurance claims filed by businesses that were harmed financially by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting 2020 government orders limiting commerce and public movement. The state Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously in favor of some restaurants and bars in their
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