CNN By John Miller, Emma Tucker, Shimon Prokupecz, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted Luigi Mangione on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, accusing him of killing to further “an act of terrorism,” according to court documents. Mangione
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dozens of children with disability gathered on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach on Tuesday to receive presents — and joy — from the white-bearded man, a joint effort by the city’s firefighters and nonprofit associations. Under 27 Celsius degrees weather, firefighter sargeant Thiago Carvalho de Paiva wore Santa
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Wrapping up their report on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it’s former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for her work probing the riot. The findings issued Tuesday show the depths to which the Republican Party is working to reinforce Trump’s desire
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say over a dozen people tied up and terrorized a man and woman at a crime-riddled suburban Denver apartment in what’s being described as an apparent gang-related attack on two Venezuelan immigrants. Authorities say the apartment complex was the scene of a viral video that led now President-elect Donald Trump to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — More world leaders are confirming they have been invited to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Argentine President Javier Milei is disclosing his plans to travel to Washington. That breaks an American political tradition with foreign heads of state attending the transfer of power. Milei’s spokesman Manuel Adorni told journalists
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Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz will undergo knee surgery and miss four to six weeks, general manager Brad Treliving said Tuesday. Stolarz left the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 win over visiting Anaheim on Thursday with a lower-body injury. He could be seen flexing his right leg after allowing the Ducks’ first goal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded during battle in the Kursk border region, a senior military official said Tuesday. The official didn’t provide details on exactly how many have been killed, but said the North Korean forces don’t appear
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dennis Schroder’s young son Dennis Jr. quickly lightened the mood and the shock of another NBA trade for his well-traveled father. The delighted boy found out they were going to Golden State, and he already has a No. 30 Stephen Curry jersey. “He was like, ‘Oh, we’re lucky,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers have issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person on Friday about the state’s junk science law. An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson’s Oct. 17 execution, which had been
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A former leader of the Church of England has resigned as a priest following allegations that he failed to properly handle the case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct. George Carey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, quit after a BBC investigation reported that he allowed a priest
Continue ReadingWAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff says a man being held in jail fatally assaulted a detention officer who was returning him to his cell following the one hour he was allowed out of his lockup each day. Twenty-eight-year-old Isaiah Patrick Bias was assaulted Monday afternoon at the Ellis County jail in Waxahachie, south
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ homecoming on Tuesday. The two
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Max Rego, CNN (CNN) — The US has moved detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kenya and Malaysia, the Pentagon announced this week. Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to Kenya nearly three years after a Periodic Review Board determined the “continued law of war detention
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The most senior member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors closed out his political career today, attending his final board meeting, where he was lauded by colleagues who recognized him as “very principled” and a “mentor.” Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, 64, of Lakeland Village will officially retire on Jan. 1, but Tuesday was the last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the incoming Trump administration should proceed cautiously as it considers proposals for new natural gas export terminals. Granholm warns that “unfettered exports” of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, could raise wholesale domestic prices by more than 30% and increase planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Granholm’s statement
Continue ReadingWISC, CNN By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Outgoing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a novel tax on wealth above $100 million in hopes of plugging a budget shortfall and averting cuts to education, mental health services and police. The Democrat said Tuesday that the tax would apply to about 3,400 residents — including Microsoft founder Bill
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance last month sparked a weekslong search complete with grainy surveillance images and tearful family, says she was unaware of “everything that was happening” while she was out of touch. Kobayashi arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Maui on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian
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