By Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said he is hopeful a bipartisan immigration package will emerge next week in the Senate that could eventually unlock an impasse over his broader funding request for Ukraine aide. Speaking to a group of mayors from across the country in the White
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A 66-year-old man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend during a frenzied attack in Palm Springs ignited when she ended their relationship was sentenced today to 26 years to life in state prison. A Riverside jury in November convicted Miguel Hernandez Toscano of first-degree murder, child cruelty and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A county prosecutor has filed a request to amend the charges against Richard Allen, the suspect in the 2017 murders of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, court documents show. Allen is suspected of killing Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, whose
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage under court order showing a campus officer kneeling on a Black student last year — an incident that drew accusations of police brutality after bystander video of it circulated widely
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A group of people and businesses who say they are owed money by Rudy Giuliani gathered virtually for the first hearing since he declared bankruptcy last month. The Chapter 11 declaration has allowed Giuliani to avoid paying $148 million to two election workers whom he was
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An infant from southwest Riverside County who died earlier this month tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), health officials announced on Friday. The infant died at a local hospital after being taken there with respiratory difficulties. No other information about the infant is being released, officials said. “Public Health mourns the loss of any
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a man who died in prison decades ago has been identified through DNA as the attacker who abducted and physically attacked three Indiana girls in 1975 and left them in a cornfield. The 11-, 13- and 14-year-old girls survived the attack, but the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said “a clear
Continue ReadingCHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for a Missouri woman who has spent more than four decades in prison for a murder her supporters believe she did not commit are arguing that the evidence points to a police officer who was investigated for burglaries and later went to prison. They said at a hearing this week
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating whether social media rumors about a potential water outage prompted people to quickly fill bathtubs with tap water in Mississippi’s capital during a cold snap. The Jackson water system experienced a drop in pressure that temporarily made
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Another delay was announced Friday morning in the sentencings of two men convicted in the financially motivated killing of Palm Springs’ art dealer, Clifford Lambert. Both Daniel Garcia and David K. Replogle were scheduled to be sentenced in Indio earlier this morning for the murder of Clifford Lambert. The presiding judge is sick causing both
Continue ReadingMatthew Hilk, CNN (CNN) — A special grand jury was chosen in Uvalde, Texas, Friday to investigate the response to the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School, according to area newspapers. A grand jury investigation would represent the first publicly known development within the criminal justice system amid all the investigations into the botched police
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four high school students in Las Vegas were indicted Friday as adults on second-degree murder charges in the deadly beating of their schoolmate in November, a fight that was captured on cellphone video and had been widely shared across social media. Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani said in
Continue ReadingGLEN ROCK, Pa. (AP) — A school board in southern Pennsylvania has voted to reinstate the district’s old mascot logo portraying a Native American fighter, despite criticism that it’s outdated and culturally insensitive. The Southern York County School District voted 7-2 on Thursday to bring back the logo. It had been been retired in April
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street returned to record heights Friday to cap a punishing, two-year round trip dogged by high inflation and worries about a recession that seemed inevitable but hasn’t arrived. The S&P 500, which is the centerpiece of many 401(k) accounts and the main measure that
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has pushed back against efforts to eliminate three days of early voting in the Bluegrass State. His comments expose fissures within Republican ranks in a state that has avoided fights over election rules that erupted elsewhere. Speaking to a legislative
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — One of two Rhode Island men charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct in connection with the death of a fan at a New England Patriots game has pleaded not guilty. In a brief court appearance Friday, 59-year-old John Vieira entered the plea over allegations that he and 39-year-old Justin Mitchell
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Police cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance. The Sarasota Police Department said in a statement that a review of a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The best praise UCLA’s players could expect from John Wooden was a twinkle in the eye or a slight upward curl in one corner of his mouth. After wins — and there were a lot — Wooden might give a player a pat on the shoulder or rub of
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the consolidation of local police and firefighter pension systems, a rare victory in a yearslong battle to find an answer to the state’s besieged retirement accounts. The court’s unanimous opinion Friday rejected claims by three dozen working and retired
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature passed a congressional map with a second majority-Black district on Friday, marking a win for Democrats after a legal battle and political tug-of-war that spanned nearly two years. Democrats have long fought for a second majority-minority district among Louisiana’s six congressional districts
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