CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Personal Birth date: June 23, 1948 Birth place: Pin Point, Georgia Birth name: Clarence Thomas Father: M.C. Thomas, a farm worker Mother: Leola (Anderson) Thomas Marriages: Virginia “Ginni” (Lamp) Thomas (May 30, 1987-present); Kathy (Ambush) Thomas (1971-1984,
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration. The final rule by the National Highway Traffic
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has thrown out murder charges against a father and a stepmother, saying there was no new evidence they killed their 5-year-old child in 1989. Instead Circuit Judge Roger Young ruled the original detective in the case changed his interpretations of the evidence
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1954 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Sonia Maria Sotomayor Father: Juan Sotomayor, factory worker Mother: Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, nurse Marriage: Kevin Edward Noonan (August 1976-October 1983, divorced) Education:
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé gave Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson four tickets to her concert last year, the justice disclosed in financial disclosure forms published Friday that also revealed that Jackson and other justices received six-figure payments in 2023 for book deals. Jackson, who reported an eye-popping $893,750 payment from
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and BARAA ANWER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances. That’s according to regional officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday as they weren’t authorized to brief journalists. A
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of seven Minnesota residents accused of scheming to steal more than $40 million that was supposed to feed children during the pandemic. The verdict will be read shortly in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. It comes as the FBI tries to establish who’s
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press The fiance of an Ohio art student who went missing nearly 13 years ago has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. John Carter had been charged with two counts of murder when he was arrested in March 2023. He now faces up to three years in prison when he’s sentenced July
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Rainey Jr.’s reign as a rising drug kingpin on “Power Book II: Ghost” is coming to an end. The fourth and final season of the popular Starz show premieres Friday. While fans and critics have voiced their disappointment that the show is ending. Rainey
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French authorities have given a Russian-Ukrainian citizen preliminary terrorism charges, accusing him of plotting a bombing. The national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office said Friday the 26-year-old man was detained in a hotel north of Paris after an explosive device detonated in his room. He was treated for serious burns and questioned. Investigators are
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The father of a Minnesota transgender high school student who says she was beaten in school said Thursday he wants the students who beat or harassed his daughter to face criminal charges. Mark Walztoni tells CNN his 17-year-old daughter Cobalt Sovereign, a junior at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, was in the
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the O.J. Simpson trial three decades ago, is now barred from law enforcement under a California police reform law meant to strip the badges of police officers who act
Continue ReadingArt Flying Aerial is opening their second location in Palm Springs today! The aerial arts studio opened its first location in Palm Desert in 2022. The new location in Palm Springs has hour long classes for beginners and experts each day. The studio provides classes like restorative flying yoga, aerial arts and, pole fitness, lyra.
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in Vietnam have announced that they have charged prominent journalist and historian Truong Huy San with violating a national security law because of writing he had posted on Facebook. State media, citing the Security Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security said San, better known
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis has gathered the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors to the Vatican Gardens to pray for an end to the war in Gaza. The event on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of a similar encounter with the Israeli and Palestinian presidents in the gardens. Francis said too many children had been killed
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema was a defeat for the Justice Department, which sought a jury
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema was a defeat for the Justice Department, which sought a jury
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard has been accused of sending a male teenager a sexually explicit photo of the young man’s mother because she refused to get an abortion. The allegation was made Thursday in a lawsuit filed last year by a woman
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Friendly interviewers have offered Donald Trump several chances over the past week to walk away from the threats of retaliation coming from him and his allies in the wake of his felony conviction. The former president, though, has repeatedly refused to close the door on it. The latest example
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak’s final turn as the renowned host of “Wheel of Fortune” will air on Friday. In a farewell message released ahead of Friday’s episode airing, Sajak thanked the viewers of the beloved game show for granting him the
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