By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Federal charges have been filed against five people linked to a recent attempt to bribe a juror to help secure a not guilty verdict in a trial over a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program, the US attorney in Minnesota announced in a news conference
Continue ReadingKMOV, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents have searched far and wide for ways to reduce their children’s screen time. A new study suggests that the answer may lie in the parent’s own screen habits. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Age restrictions: A new
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents have searched far and wide for ways to reduce their children’s screen time. A new study suggests that the answer may lie in the parent’s own screen habits. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Age restrictions: A new upscale Caribbean
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours. They’re protesting a recent decision by the country’s high court ordering young religious men to enlist for military service. Protesters sat on the highway Thursday and lay on the ground as police
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state law easing prosecution of law enforcement officers for on-duty killings. After deliberating for three days, the jury found Auburn Police
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will take his hot dog-downing talents to an army base in Texas for America’s Independence Day this year after a falling out with organizers of the event that made him famous, the annual 4th of July eating contest in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Chestnut, of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service. The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service. The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case, awards nearly $4.7 billion in damages.
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A 23-year-old man suspected in a late-night shooting that injured two people in Palm Springs must stand trial for attempted murder and assault with a gun, a judge ruled today. Joel Ramirez Benitez of Palm Springs was also held to answer a sentence-enhancing allegation of causing great bodily injury during a preliminary hearing Thursday at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have advanced a resolution that would hold President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents. The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday along party lines to recommend contempt charges against Mark
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The first general election debate of the 2024 season has come to a close, with U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, clashing on immigration and climate change and launching deeply personal attacks on each other Thursday evening in Atlanta. The debate, which was expected to be viewed in
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced five more members of her future cabinet. Luz Elena González, an expert in sustainable development and finance, will be the secretary of energy. Renowned researcher David Kershenobich will be the next secretary of health and Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina will lead communications and transportation.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and supporters of the separation of church and state, with some
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer Researchers say doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use. In a study published Thursday, more than two-thirds of children who saw a doctor for pink eye left with a prescription for antibiotic eye drops. Pink eye usually clears up on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters are going to court to try to overturn Michigan’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents. They’re arguing that the ban can’t stand after voters in 2022 approved a sweeping constitutional amendment that ensures access to abortion. Michigan’s Medicaid program pays for childbirth, birth control and sterilization,
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Wells sat in the stands at Barclays Center in his snazzy white suit, hoping to hear his name called in the first round of the NBA draft. A day later, at a second site in a second borough, Wells was finally on his way to the NBA
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other statewide offices, has died. Friedman, 79, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after Senate Republicans voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. The Senate gave its final stamp of approval in a 30-13 override vote along party lines Thursday. The bill originally caught flak for removing a health exemption put
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As a musician, writer, producer, actor, and activist, Steve Van Zandt has expressed himself artistically in many ways for more than 50 years and now he has his own documentary, “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple.” Despite his head scarves and psychedelic style, being an E Street Band rock star with
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