By Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, the criminology grad student accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022, is set to begin June 2, 2025, according to a scheduling order filed in court. In a court hearing Thursday, Latah County Judge John Judge
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NHRA drag racing great John Force has a head injury and has been moved from a trauma intensive care unit to a neurological ICU four days after a fiery, 300 mph crash in at the Virginia Nationals. John Force Racing said Thursday that the move for the 75-year-old Force was a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer A team of investigators led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch recommended Northwestern enhance its hazing prevention training in the wake of a scandal that rocked the school’s athletic department. Though the report released Thursday by the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP stated “the results of our
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Emergency officials have ordered a brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago. The Canadian National Railway train derailed in the village of Matteson on Thursday morning. The company said in a statement that 25 cars derailed but no one was hurt. One car contained residue of liquified petroleum gas leaked,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin won a defamation lawsuit in Texas against
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia, leaving at least seven people dead and five injured. Police and railway officials say that some 200 people were aboard the Eurocity train when
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, GETTY IMAGES By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Wealthy donors forked over a record $50.5 million at a recent fundraising dinner for former President Donald Trump, but they could also reap big benefits if he returns to the White House. At the dinner, hosted by billionaire investor John Paulson, Trump told the crowd
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fredis Beleris, an ethnic Greek politician imprisoned in Albania for vote-buying, says he hopes his election this month to the European Parliament will help boost the rule of law in Albania. Beleris told The Associated Press in an interview from prison on Thursday that he would have preferred to
Continue ReadingCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee investigators say the former Chattanooga police chief has been indicted on charges that she illegally registered to vote in the state and falsely filled out government documents. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations said Thursday that a grand jury in Hamilton County handed down a 17-count indictment against Celeste Murphy this
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KESQ News Channel 3 is hosting a LifeStream blood drive on Friday, June 28, from 8 AM to 12 PM. The blood drive will take place in the bloodmobile right outside of the KESQ News Channel 3 station at 31276 Dunham Way in Thousand Palms. All donors should be feeling healthy and well before donating
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On Wednesday, June 26, at 2:00 PM, deputies assigned to the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to a bank robbery at U.S. Bank in the 72000 block of Highway 111, Palm Desert. Upon arrival, deputies were told that the subject had fled from the location. During the investigation, deputies learned that the suspect had
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict. A court filing Thursday said “the government has learned that the defendant is deceased.” The jury began weighing the case against 30-year-old Tyler Anderson of Dover
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will start taking applications Monday to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for the state program launching at the beginning of 2025. Doctors and advanced practice registered nurses also can begin applying for permission to certify patients who need the drug. Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation in 2023 to
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has qualified for the Paris Olympics. Steven van de Velde and partner Matthew Immers were one of two men’s teams from the Netherlands that qualified for the beach volleyball competition. Van de
Continue ReadingALTON, Ill. (AP) — A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play. But no injuries were reported after the sinkhole opened Wednesday morning. “No
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed and five others injured during a gang-related shooting in Southern California’s high desert, authorities said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene in the city of Lancaster, about 42 miles (68 kilometers) north of downtown Los Angeles, shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday for a
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed and five others injured during a gang-related shooting in Southern California’s high desert, authorities said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene in the city of Lancaster, about 42 miles (68 kilometers) north of downtown Los Angeles, shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday for a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump has granted his request for a hearing on whether prosecutors were permitted to improperly breach attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of his ex-lawyers. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ensures
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It could be another year or more before a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students goes to trial. A judge and attorneys discussed in court Thursday starting Bryan Kohberger’s trial in sometime in June 2025, nearly three years after the killings shocked the small university town. The
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The closely watched murder trial of Karen Read is nearing its end as Massachusetts jurors deliberate her fate while her supporters rally in her defense outside court. So how did we get here? Read, 45, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and
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