By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in New York City say they have disrupted an online fraud operation that stole millions of dollars by duping victims into making phony cryptocurrency investments. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Thursday that his office seized 21 web domains being used by scammers in so-called
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Prosecutors and defense lawyers are exploring the possibility of a plea deal for the last of three men charged in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, both sides said Thursday, less than six weeks after two co-defendants were convicted. The talks just began, and it’s unclear what
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The federal trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in the city, a judge ruled Thursday. During a hearing in federal court, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris denied motions filed
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others has rejected arguments by the former president that the indictment was seeking to criminalize political speech protected by the First Amendment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in his order Thursday that
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the brazen cash heist, reportedly one of the largest on record in Los Angeles. Police Cmdr. Elaine
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the brazen cash heist, reportedly one of the largest on record in Los Angeles. Police Cmdr. Elaine
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested two fugitives who escaped a maximum-security prison in February, bringing a 50-day manhunt to an end. Rogério Mendonça and Deibson Nascimento became the first inmates to ever escape from Brazil’s federal penitentiary system. Brazil’s justice ministry said in a statement that the two were arrested in
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Following the upcoming presidential election, former President Bill Clinton will release a memoir about his life after serving two terms in office. The book, titled “Citizen: My Life After the White House,” is expected to be released on November 19, according to Reagan Arthur, Knopf executive vice president and publisher. “CITIZEN
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the federal trial of four former police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in Memphis. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris denied motions filed by defense attorneys for the former Memphis
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for several defendants in the Georgia criminal case against former President Donald Trump and others have been weighing whether to press for a gag order against Atlanta-area prosecutor Fani Willis, especially if efforts to disqualify her fail, sources familiar with the strategy discussions
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Three activists of Viasna, the main human rights group in harshly repressive Belarus, have been arrested and charged with participating in an extremist organization. That’s according to state television on Thursday. The arrests were the latest in a long campaign by authorities to stifle opposition and independent media in the country,
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Michael Williams and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will meet with some of the relatives of the six construction workers who died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge when the president visits Baltimore on Friday, the White House said. The White House previously announced Biden
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press Powerball will match a record for lottery drawings Saturday night with a stretch of more than three months without a jackpot winner. It’s that string of futility that has enabled Powerball’s top prize to reach $1.23 billion, the 8th largest in U.S. lottery history. And it’s a sign that the
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new Alabama law that criminalizes types of assistance with absentee ballot applications is being challenged by a lawsuit. The new law makes it illegal to return another person’s ballot application or distribute an absentee ballot application that is prefilled with information such as the voter’s
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can. Achieving such a concept — commonly referred to as AGI — is the driving mission of
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s shortage of ammunition and military equipment resulting from the US and its allies’ struggle to resupply the country’s military is having an increasingly dire effect on the battlefield, US and NATO officials are warning, as Russia intensifies its attacks on Kyiv’s dwindling air defenses
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Israel’s Gaza war depends on the swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. Biden and Netanyahu ‘s roughly 30-minute call
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast into Thursday, downing trees and power lines and leaving around 700,000 homes and businesses without power. A woman was reported killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb. Two feet of snow is
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A study conducted in Brazil found that Yanomami people examined from nine villages have been contaminated with high levels of mercury. About 300 people of varying ages had hair samples taken and were evaluated by a team of doctors, psychologists, nurses and neurologists. The Yanomami territory,
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