By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson raised concerns Friday about the integrity of US elections in a joint appearance at Mar-a-Lago that featured false claims about voting, immigration and other topics. Trump’s team billed the event as being about “election integrity”– a phrase he often uses to
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a New York City man has been charged with stabbing to death and dismembering a man after a drug dispute and keeping the remains in his Brooklyn apartment refrigerator for two years. The district attorney’s office says Nicholas McGee was arraigned Friday on charges including murder, robbery, concealment of
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump has given his support to embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson during a visit to the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump said Johnson was doing a “very good job” and the Republican presumptive presidential nominee called the efforts to oust the
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Authorities say a Toronto police officer has been stabbed and a suspect has been shot in the city’s west end. Toronto police say in a post on social media outlet X that both the officer and the suspect are in stable condition in a hospital. They said it happened around 1:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant, glamorous style and textile innovations, has died at age 83, his company announced Friday. “Dear Roberto, you may not be physically here with us anymore but I know I will feel your spirit with me always,” Fausto Puglisi, creative director at Roberto Cavalli
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published April 11, 2024, about Nebraska voting rights for felons, The Associated Press erroneously reported the workplace of TJ King. He is a Nebraska-based outreach specialist with the advocacy group Black and Pink, not the Nebraska AIDS Project.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg, near the border with Kazakhstan, have announced a mass evacuation from there after water levels in the Ural River rose further, threatening the area with more flooding. The Orenburg mayor, Sergei Salmin, called on the residents in a statement on the messaging app Telegram on
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to undergo gambling addiction treatment in a sports betting case stemming from allegations he stole $16 million from the Japanese baseball player’s bank account to pay off debts. Ippei
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to undergo gambling addiction treatment in a sports betting case stemming from allegations he stole $16 million from the Japanese baseball player’s bank account to pay off debts. Ippei
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba. Manuel Rocha was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers unveiled a sculpture of Allen Iverson at their practice facility on Friday. Few played better in the games for the Sixers than Iverson, who won four scoring titles, an NBA MVP award, and led the franchise to their last trip to the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods claimed more history at August National on Friday, making the cut for a record 24th consecutive time. Of course, his sights were fixated on a far greater goal — a record-tying sixth green jacket. Woods broke the cut record he shared with three-time
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Judge orders ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani to do gambling addiction treatment in sports betting case.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson are meeting privately late this afternoon at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Friday’s visit is a rite of passage as the embattled Republican leader positions himself, and his GOP majority, side-by-side with the indicted ex-president. The
Continue ReadingBy LEKAN OYEKANMI and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the front of a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected, killing one person and injuring 13 others, authorities said Friday. The intentional crash into the single-story
Continue ReadingWINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida said they believe they’ve found the body of a South Florida woman who was taken in a carjacking. Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvias, 31, of Homestead, was attacked and kidnapped at gunpoint Thursday afternoon at an intersection northeast of Orlando, Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, setting up a showdown with Republican state lawmakers. Kelly said in a statement Friday that the measure “tramples parental rights,” adding that “the last place I would want to be as a politician is
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet has been formally established as gangs tighten their grip on the troubled Caribbean country. Friday’s announcement is expected to trigger the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. He promised to step
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