By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified more than two decades later. New York City’s medical examiner announced Thursday that John Ballantine Niven is the 1,650th victim whose remains have been identified from the deadliest
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A 39-year-old man was arrested after a Border Patrol K-9 led agents to find $250,000 worth of liquid methamphetamine over the weekend at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint. The arrest happened Saturday at around 4:45 p.m. The driver, a Mexican citizen, was referred to secondary inspection after a Border Patrol K-9 unit alerted agents to
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a church deacon who died after struggling with an Atlanta police officer following a minor car crash has sued the city, the officer and the police chief. The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court alleges that Officer Kiran Kimbrough used excessive force while
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union, European Union, United Nations and United States are calling for an immediate cease-fire and constructive dialogue between warring factions in Sudan. They’re also calling for an end to tension between Somalia and Ethiopia over an agreement signed with Somalia’s breakaway region Somaliland. The
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are urging the Supreme Court “to put a swift and decisive end” to efforts to kick him off the 2024 presidential ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. In a written filing Thursday, Trump’s lawyers called on the
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican lawmaker has been sentenced to serve nearly a year of unsupervised probation to pay $1,000 in fines and fees after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge earlier this month. The charge is connection to a traffic stop least month, during which
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s Republican governor endorsed former president Donald Trump on Thursday, offering a major backing in a key swing state that Trump is looking to win handily in a caucus next month and will be competitive come the general election. Former Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told The Nevada Independent on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Texas transportation company is taking the nation’s third largest city to federal court, ratcheting up a legal battle over the migrant crisis that’s left U.S. cities struggling. Since 2022, Texas has sent more than 100,000 migrants to Democrat-led “sanctuary cities,” as it has
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s has reached its first contract agreement with workers at a retail shop in the Vermont city where the company was founded after the employees petitioned to unionize last year. About 40 workers at the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop in Burlington announced last April
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Macy’s is laying off around 2,000 employees and closing more stores as Americans move away from brick-and-mortar chains. Consumers are also spending less at gas stations, furniture stores and personal-care shops, the Commerce Department says. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Police have arrested an American Airlines flight attendant on suspicion of trying to secretly record a 14-year-old female passenger using a bathroom aboard an airplane he was working on last September. Police also allege 37-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III had recordings of four other minor female passengers
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A Los Angeles City commission today voted to preserve the Brentwood home of Marilyn Monroe and recommended it be designated a historic-cultural monument after it was almost demolished last year at the request of the property owner. The five-member Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously to prevent demolition efforts of the movie star’s iconic home, located
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have arrested a hospital worker from Queens after a series of recent stabbings. NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban described the attacks as “random, unmotivated violence.” Police say the 27-year-old hospital worker was pictured on surveillance holding a large hunting knife used in at least one of the attacks.
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The prosecutor in the case of an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls has asked a judge to allow new two new counts each of kidnapping and murder while kidnapping. Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland, in his request Thursday, said the amended charges against Richard Allen of Delphi
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge says a nearly 65-year-old law does not give the state permission to borrow the billions of dollars it would need to build a large water project, a decision that could threaten a key source of funding for a controversial plan backed by Gov.
Continue ReadingPOOL, CNN By Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN Hunter Biden will appear for a closed-door deposition on February 28 as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. House Oversight Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan announced Thursday that the president’s son would appear before them. “Hunter Biden will appear before
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is urging the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that removed him from that state’s ballot. The brief submitted by Trump’s attorneys Thursday to the high court sets out their arguments for why the state court erred when it issued the
Continue ReadingVALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The ordeal of Denise Huskins, whose kidnapping from her boyfriend’s Northern California home was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is getting renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries, “American Nightmare.” Here’s a look at the facts of the case, which captivated the country: THE KIDNAPPING
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Aleph Farms of Israel has received the preliminary green light from health officials to produce and sell the world’s first steaks made from cultivated beef cells, not the entire animal. The move follows approval of lab-grown chicken in the U.S. last year. The firm based in Rehovot, Israel, received
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