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By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A New York appeals court has denied Donald Trump’s petition to change the venue of his upcoming hush money trial. The former president’s attorneys on Monday had urged the court to postpone the trial so it could consider whether to change the venue,
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press An Idaho white supremacist prison gang member accused of escaping from a Boise hospital during an ambush that left three corrections officers with gunshot wounds is now due to have a court hearing Monday afternoon. Skylar Meade was initially scheduled to face a preliminary hearing Monday morning, as were two
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering started Monday in a Panamanian criminal court. Those on trial include the owners of the Mossack-Fonseca law firm that was at the heart of the 2016 massive document leak. The Panama Papers include a collection of
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting in relatively quiet trading Monday after a roller-coaster end to last week left them a bit shy of their records. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in afternoon trading, coming off a stretch where a 1.2% drop immediately flipped to a
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support his independent presidential bid by arguing that Kennedy will help Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden if he’s on the ballot in New York. Rita Palma, who has identified herself as the Kennedy campaign’s
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Two years after clinching a historic victory at a warehouse in New York City, the first labor union for Amazon workers in the United States is divided, running out of money and fighting over an election that could determine who will lead the group in the near future. Despite
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina can add another first to its perfect season: The national champion Gamecocks finished atop the first Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll to be released after the NCAA Tournament. The Gamecocks, who won their second title in three years Sunday with an 87-75 victory over Iowa,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest Monday calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The protests were an unusual sight in Russia, where authorities have consistently cracked down on any form of
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A trial begins Monday against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine. The widespread
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A trial begins Monday against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine. The widespread
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Police have arrested a Tajik national accused of being an active member of the Islamic State group. The man, identified only as S.I. was nabbed after he landed at Rome’s international airport on a flight from the Netherlands. An international arrest warrant accused him of having gone to Syria to fight for
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Precautions were in place Monday at the University of Connecticut designed to prevent a repeat of the violence and vandalism that marred the celebrations of the school’s 2023 NCAA men’s basketball championship. In advance of the Final Four, the school removed the aluminum light posts
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210 customers remained without electricity Monday morning after a Southern California Edison outage in Cathedral City. Crews were performing repairs and full service restoration was expected by 3:00 p.m. on Monday.. SCE blamed equipment problems for the service outage that began Sunday at 7:46 p.m. in the area of Crossley Road near the Cathedral
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri corrections officials are working to reduce Brian Dorsey’s risk of suffering during his execution scheduled for Tuesday. The settlement filed Saturday ends a federal lawsuit that said Dorsey could face tremendous pain if required to undergo what’s known as a cutdown procedure to find a
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stunned Palestinians found their home city unrecognizable Monday as they filtered in to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left by Israeli troops who withdrew from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis a day earlier after months of fighting and bombardment.
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — All of the New Jersey clerks who opposed a federal court ruling requiring them to redraw Democratic primary ballots have withdrawn their appeals. Following the action, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals based in Philadelphia formally dismissed the appeal Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi had ordered Democrats to scrap a
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Monday after a roller-coaster end to last week left them a bit shy of their records. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in midday trading, coming off a stretch where a 1.2% drop immediately flipped to a 1.1% gain. The
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — The Spanish government says it will scrap so-called “golden visas” that allow wealthy people from outside the European Union to obtain residency permits on investing more than half a million euros (dollars) in real estate. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his minority coalition government would study the reform in the weekly
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jonathan Majors has been ordered to complete a yearlong counseling program but avoided jail time Monday for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a high-profile case that derailed the once-promising star’s career. The 34-year-old star of “Creed III” and other films had faced up to a year
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The governing party in the country of Georgia has submitted to parliament a draft law calling for media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad. The measure is nearly identical to a proposal that the Georgian Dream
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