DETROIT (AP) — A teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting four students at his high school in Michigan is appealing his life sentence. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the shooting at Oxford High School in 2021 when he was 15. He was sentenced in December. His parents were convicted
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A prosecutor says he will not file any criminal charges over the purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the office of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The purchase last June has attracted nationwide scrutiny. An audit found it potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records. But
Continue ReadingFRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state are responding to reports of a plane crash near the San Juan Islands. San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter said a report came in around 11:40 a.m. Friday that an older model plane crashed into the water and sank near the north end of Jones Island.
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager wasn’t in the lineup Friday night and the two-time World Series MVP could miss multiple games because of tightness in his left hamstring. Seager came out of the Rangers’ game Wednesday night after reaching for his hamstring on an RBI single. Manager Bruce Bochy said the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each other. The secretary-general annually makes a global list of states and militias that are menacing
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Update 6/7/24 All lanes on Interstate 10 are back open on both sides in Desert Center. CalTrans is working to clear the off-ramp, according to CAL FIRE. #CloudIC [UPDATE] 12:00 p.m. – The fire was contained at 11:10 a.m., and all lanes of I-10 have been reopened in both directions. The incident has been turned
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman who pleaded guilty and cooperated in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez has begun testifying in Manhattan federal court. Jose Uribe started testifying in Manhattan federal court on Friday afternoon, providing key testimony against the Democrat and two other businessmen charged
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has challenged signatures on petitions filed seeking an election to recall him from office. He said Friday that there were not enough valid signatures. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has until June 28 to determine whether there are enough to trigger a recall election. The panel
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A Michigan man was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for setting fires to six semi-trailers belonging to a major commercial trucking company in the Inland Empire and High Desert during a 10-month span, including two in Coachella. Viorel Pricop, 66, of Allen Park, Michigan, was sentenced on Friday. He was ordered him to
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls on the second day of the elections for the European Paraliament. A surge of the far-right across the 27-nation bloc is expected to emerge from the electoral marathon. Final results will not be released until
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — Special counsel prosecutors rested their case against Hunter Biden on Friday, and his lawyers said they’ll decide over the weekend whether he testifies in his own defense. That would be a bold and risky move for President Joe Biden’s son, who could face prison
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — An LGBTQ+ publication in Philadelphia has claimed the record for the largest attendance at a drag queen story time reading, according to Guinness World Records. Drag queens read books to 263 people at the city’s National Constitution Center last Saturday during an event hosted by the Philadelphia Gay News and
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Lauren del Valle and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey businessman Jose Uribe testified Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez as part of a scheme to derail the prosecution of an associate and shield Uribe and his close friends and family from being dragged into a related investigation. Four weeks
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — In a June 6 story about an investigation into the killing of a homeless man, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the man who has been charged in the killing. His name is Karl P. Loucks, not Kurt Loucks.
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, Gonzalo Zegarra and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Panamanian figures show at least 174,513 migrants crossed the treacherous Darién Gap, a mountainous rainforest region connecting South and Central America, from January to June 6 of this year. The latest figures are higher than around the same period in 2023, when more than
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz started poorly and fell behind early in his French Open semifinal against Jannik Sinner. Later, as both dealt with cramps under Friday’s afternoon sun, Alcaraz trailed by two sets to one. By the end of the latest installment in this burgeoning rivalry between two
Continue ReadingBERLIN, Germany (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday. Copenhagen police confirmed on the X platform that one person was arrested in the case and an investigation was underway. There was no immediate word on
Continue ReadingBy ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Two unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a group of students on a rural campus of the University of Panama, killing one and wounding another before escaping. University Rector Eduardo Flores Castro said via the social platform X that the agricultural sciences students were doing
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has focused on stopping gun violence during a campaign stop in Maryland to support U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks in a race that could determine control of the Senate. Harris and prominent Maryland Democrats rallied for stronger gun laws on Gun
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped and Treasury yields rose sharply Friday after the government released a jobs report whose headline numbers came in hotter than expected. Overall, the report suggests markets may have to wait even longer for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The S&P
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