Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges. Vicente Arroyo, 39, made his first court appearance Thursday after Monterey County Sheriff deputies arrested him earlier
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s culture minister has resigned, days after tearfully acknowledging an affair with a ministry consultant that embarrassed Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government. After standing by him for nearly two weeks as the scandal brewed, Meloni accepted the resignation of Gennaro Sangiuliano, calling him “an honest man.” Beyond the affair, the scandal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota say doctors can’t rely on a new video from the state and mandated by a law that its Republican prime sponsor said gives clear guidance to physicians for life-threatening situations. The Republican-led Legislature passed the video bill earlier this year. The South Dakota Department of Health posted
Continue ReadingCNN By Veronica Stracqualursi and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Friday that her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is voting for Democrat Kamala Harris over GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in November. “Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris,” the former Wyoming congresswoman said at the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for talks next week in Washington that are expected to touch on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Next Friday’s meeting with the leader of one of America’s closest allies comes as Biden looks to step up engagement on the international stage
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring. The loose-ended timeline sketched out by U.S. District Judge
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring. The loose-ended timeline sketched out by U.S. District Judge
Continue ReadingWHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shooting of a national gymnastics champion in his apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. Chad Richards made an initial appearance Friday via video in Walworth County Court. A criminal complaint says 21-year-old Kara Welsh suffered multiple gunshot
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jermaine Johnson and the New York Jets know Haason Reddick could boost their pass rush in a big way. When, or if, he ever shows up. Some outside the facility are focused on how the holdout’s absence will affect the defensive line Monday night at San
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prisoner died after he was pepper-sprayed by guards, shut in a storage room, shackled and restrained with his face to the ground, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. Patrick Odale’s death on Dec. 28, 2023, at the Southern Desert Correctional Center has been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito has reported that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people. His new financial disclosure form doesn’t include details of the event tickets gifted by socialite Gloria von Thurn und Taxis of Germany. Alito didn’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Critics have found a skeleton in the closet almost as soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister. Back in 1981, when he was a 30-year-old lawmaker, Barnier was among more than 150 conservatives in the National Assembly who voted against a law that decriminalized young homosexuals. That
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce will not play Sunday at the Los Angeles Chargers because of a knee injury, costing Las Vegas one of its top pass rushers in the season opener. Koonce’s absence will mean more opportunities for Janarius Robinson and Tyree Wilson. Robinson, selected in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge says an abortion-rights campaign didn’t meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot. But Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh on Friday stopped short of removing the proposal from November’s ballot. Instead, he gave the campaign a chance to appeal before a Tuesday deadline
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Liz Cheney, who herself endorsed Harris on Wednesday, first announced her father’s endorsement when asked by Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic magazine during an onstage interview at The Texas Tribune Festival
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Helicopter crews ferried down scores of tourists stranded atop of one of Switzerland’s most popular mountain resorts on Friday after a mudslide a day earlier cut off road access until next week. Teams from Air Zermatt rescue and helicopter service led the operation to evacuate the tourists caught at the Saas Fee
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Pierre is a star in the making, and Jeremy Saulnier’s new Netflix thriller, “Rebel Ridge,” shows you why. This December, Pierre will also voice Mufasa in “The Lion King.” Though Pierre has been seen in a number of earlier films and series, “Rebel Ridge” is his first
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy has been performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but his cause of death won’t be given until further tests are completed. Georgia’s Fulton County Medical Examiner said the autopsy was done Friday, a day after the rapper died at a hospital in his hometown of Atlanta at age 33. The
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris over fellow Republican Donald Trump in the November election, warning that the former president “can never be trusted with power again.” “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been
Continue ReadingANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Police say a single-engine plane traveling from Iowa to Indiana has crashed in a central Indiana cornfield. Madison County Sheriff’s Capt. Darwin Dwiggins says there were no survivors. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement that four people were on board the Piper PA-46. Madison County Sheriff’s Capt. Darwin
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