By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged co-conspirator in a yearslong extortion and bribery scheme ordered his legal counsel to set up a mortgage loan for the New Jersey Democrat’s then-girlfriend and to draft a job contract for her despite her lack of experience, a witness in the federal corruption trial testified
Continue ReadingBy CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says one of its flights hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and descended 6,000 feet in about three minutes. Authorities say a British man died, possibly after a heart attack, and several people were severely injured. The flight from London to Singapore was diverted
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Two women who disappeared during a drive between Kansas and Oklahoma amid a contentious custody battle were found dead inside a freezer buried in a cattle pasture leased by one of the five suspects in their killings, according to newly released search warrants. Affidavits in the case say the
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli communications minister orders return of seized camera equipment to AP after blocking its live video of Gaza. Earlier Tuesday, two senior Biden administration officials said the U.S. had privately urged the Israeli government to reverse its decision. Israeli officials accused the news organization
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier this month, ultimately scuttling a deal that could have released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and set a pathway to temporarily end the fighting in Gaza, according to three
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The bodies of four men and two women have been found strangled and dumped in a pile in Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said Tuesday that the bodies were found late Monday with their hands tied behind their backs. The identities of the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue “very shortly,” comments that he later said were misinterpreted. The comments, made during an interview with a Pittsburgh television station, suggested that a future
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A chance for parole was delayed this week for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case slaying of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986. Stephanie Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence tools for creating fake video, audio and other content will likely give foreign operatives and domestic extremists “enhanced opportunities for interference” as the 2024 US election cycle progresses, the Department of Homeland Security said in a recent bulletin distributed to state and local officials and obtained by
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli communications minister orders return of seized camera equipment to AP after blocking its live video of Gaza. Earlier Tuesday, two senior Biden administration officials said the U.S. had privately urged the Israeli government to reverse its decision. Israeli officials accused the news organization
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee’s new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games. Lee signed the legislation earlier this year, but held a formal ceremony Tuesday marking
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to take up accusations contained in a report that said self-dispatching police officers created “chaos” during a search for the gunman. The after-action report by the leader of the Portland Police Department special response team
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Personal Birth date: June 10, 1971 Birth place: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Birth name: Piyush Jindal Father: Amar Jindal, engineer Mother: Raj (Gupta) Jindal Marriage: Supriya (Joly) Jindal (October 1997-present) Children: Slade, Shaan and Selia Education: Brown University, B.S., Biology and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of filmmaker George Lucas. Personal Birth date: May 14, 1944 Birth place: Modesto, California Birth name: George Walton Lucas Jr. Father: George Lucas Sr., office supply store owner Mother: Dorothy (Bomberger) Lucas Marriages: Mellody Hobson (2013-present); Marcia Griffin (1969-1983, divorced) Children: with Mellody Hobson:
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death. Los Angeles Police Capt. Scot Williams said in an email Tuesday that the police department was working with the Drug Enforcement Agency
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death. Los Angeles Police Capt. Scot Williams said in an email Tuesday that the police department was working with the Drug Enforcement Agency
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was seriously wounded in a mass shooting in 2011. Personal Birth date: June 8, 1970 Birth place: Tucson, Arizona Birth name: Gabrielle Dee Giffords Father: Spencer Giffords, El Campo Tire executive and a district school board member
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former professional basketball player Dennis Rodman. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1961 Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey Birth name: Dennis Keith Rodman Father: Philander Rodman Mother: Shirley Rodman Marriages: Michelle Moyer (2003-2012, divorced); Carmen Electra (1998-1999, divorced); Anicka Bakes (1992-1993, divorced) Children: with
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, who is serving a life sentence in prison without parole for his part in plotting the 9/11 attacks. Personal Birth date: May 30, 1968 Birth place: St. Jean-de-Luz, France Birth name: Zacarias Moussaoui Father: Omar Moussaoui Mother: Aicha el-Wafi
Continue ReadingBy WALTER BERRY Associated Press A former University of Arizona graduate student was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus, months after he was expelled. A Pima County Superior Court jury deliberated for less than three hours before reaching a verdict against Murad Dervish, 48, in the death of
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