By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely blocked Texas from enforcing an immigration law that would allow state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The so-called administrative stay will remain in place while the court considers emergency appeals from the
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records released Monday show. Defense attorneys for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a request for a new trial
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records released Monday show. Defense attorneys for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a request for a new trial
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted care billing systems. The health care giant hasn’t set a time frame for when it expects to complete the recovery from the attack last month on its Change Healthcare business. But a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for a 22-year-old college student who vanished after leaving a downtown Nashville bar more than a week ago. Riley Strain, a student at the University of Missouri, was on a weekend trip to Nashville when he was kicked out of Luke’s
Continue ReadingKATE BRUMBACK and SUDHIN THANAWALA ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and other defendants in Georgia’s election interference case filed court papers Monday seeking to appeal a judge’s ruling not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their prosecution or dismiss the charges. The resignation of the special prosecutor with whom Willis
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have forfeited a 2025 draft pick and had a 2024 fourth-round pick moved down four spots because of an accounting error regarding the salary cap. The NFL announced the punishment on Monday that docks San Francisco a fifth-round pick
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The defense rested today in the retrial of a felon involved in a street racing crash in Rancho Mirage that killed an 81-year-old woman, setting the stage for closing arguments. Wade Klinton Wheeler, 41, of Rancho Mirage, was driving the car that smashed into Barbara Schmitz’s sedan, fatally injuring her and severely injuring her husband,
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Celine Alkhaldi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military launched an operation on Monday against Gaza’s largest hospital facility, Al-Shifa, where thousands of people are sheltering. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that “senior Hamas terrorists” were using the facility to “conduct and promote terrorist activity.” Later Monday, Israel said
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and seven of his co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case are seeking an immediate appeal of last week’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the sprawling racketeering case. To appeal the matter immediately –
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s lawyer told an appeals court Monday that all kinds of legitimate organizations — even college fraternities — could be deemed racketeering organizations under a law used to convict the R&B superstar at his Brooklyn trial of sexually abusing young fans, including children, for decades.
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president. “I was completely sure that I was gonna die,” Daniels says in a documentary released Monday on Peacock called “Stormy.” Daniels said
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president. “I was completely sure that I was gonna die,” Daniels says in a documentary released Monday on Peacock called “Stormy.”
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president. “I was completely sure that I was gonna die,” Daniels says in a documentary released Monday on Peacock called “Stormy.”
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general is blaming a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas. Investigators have needed to issue eight additional subpoenas for documents and 53 additional subpoenas for interviews about the
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown that could begin this weekend. Lawmakers passed the first portion of spending bills in early March, funding about 30% of the government.
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Thirty-two-year-old Kristel Candelario had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and child endangerment. Authorities
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officials have launched an investigation following a US Border Patrol report of the apprehension of a man at the Texas border who said he was a member of a foreign terrorist organization and had come to the United States in order to build a
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state of Iowa will provide “contemporaneous” access to newly filed civil court cases to settle a lawsuit that accused the state of violating the First Amendment by delaying access to those filings. The Des Moines Register reports that the newspaper publishing company Lee Enterprises, based in Davenport, Iowa, and
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The NRA is suing former New York
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