DENVER (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the founder of an orphanage in Haiti is facing criminal charges in the U.S. for allegedly traveling to the Caribbean country to sexually abuse minors. Michael Geilenfeld previously sued a Maine activist over accusations he abused boys in Haiti. Geilenfeld called the accusations “vicious, vile lies” before the investigation
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The voters who turned out for New Hampshire’s GOP presidential primary on Tuesday were less staunchly conservative and less closely tied to the Republican Party than the electorate in last week’s Iowa caucuses, according to the early results of CNN’s exit poll. But even in a state less naturally
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say the Memphis police chief who was in charge when Tyre Nichols was fatally beaten by five officers will serve on an interim basis under a newly elected mayor. The Memphis City Council had been set to vote Tuesday on whether to retain or replace Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ”
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — In-N-Out is permanently closing one of its restaurants for the first time ever, announcing that its Oakland location will soon shutter because of rampant crime in the California city. The burger chain said in a statement that “despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our customers
Continue ReadingOPHIR, Colo. (AP) — An avalanche killed a 67-year-old man as he was snowboarding solo in the Colorado backcountry, authorities said Tuesday, marking the fourth U.S. avalanche death this winter. The victim, Peter Harrelson, was a doctor and longtime resident of the small town of Ophir in southwest Colorado, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the country on Tuesday following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement. The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah and other Tehran-affiliated groups in Iraq.
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A 34-year-old man who slipped into an inebriated woman’s room at the Palm Springs hotel where he worked and sexually assaulted her as she lay unconscious was sentenced today to seven years to life in state prison. A Banning jury in November deliberated less than a day before finding Alejandro “Alex” Adan of Desert Hot
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Jury deliberations resumed today in the sanity trial of a 37-year-old man who gunned down his octogenarian grandparents in Palm Desert, in what his attorney contends were acts of a mentally disturbed person, but the prosecution maintains were outright murders. Deliberations began Jan. 11 after a few days of testimony in the mental competency trial
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s only member of the U.S. House of Representatives is running for governor of the sparsely populated state. Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong’s announcement comes a day after Gov. Doug Burgum said he won’t seek a third term. Armstrong, an attorney and former state senator, was
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on viewers freeloading on the video-streaming service and a smattering of price hikes. The fourth-quarter results announced Tuesday provided evidence
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on viewers freeloading on the video-streaming service and a smattering of price hikes. The fourth-quarter results announced Tuesday provided evidence
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — A man has been convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a young woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York. A jury found Kevin Monahan guilty Tuesday in the shooting of Kaylin
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A high-speed rail line connecting Southern California with Las Vegas got a major boost today with the approval of $2.5 billion in bonds. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the funding, via private activity bond authority allocated for the Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail project. The 218-mile rail line will primarily run along the
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press Memphis’ water company has lifted a boil-water advisory for more than 600,000 people, five days after the precaution was put in place due to freezing temperatures that caused pipes to break throughout the southern city. Memphis Light, Gas and Water issued the notice on Friday after snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal magistrate judge has ordered the release of a military veteran charged with attacking police officers with a baton during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A prosecutor argued Tuesday for the pretrial detention of Edward Richmond Jr., a former
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans engaged in a tense back-and-forth during their conference lunch Tuesday over border talks with some openly questioning Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s strategy and others assailing colleagues for attacking the proposal before it’s even out. “I think everyone is questioning everyone’s strategy on
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — An Italian Jewish leader on Tuesday protested a citation of Holocaust survivor Primo Levi on flyers for a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration in the Italian capital on Saturday. The event coincides with International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Noemi Di Segni, head of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, told
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Police in Gauteng have arrested a suspect in connection with the fire that tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg last year and killed 77 people, South African public broadcaster SABC reported Tuesday. Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhlwi said the suspect was arrested after he confessed
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a federal agent in Tucson in 2018 has been sentenced to life in prison, authorities said Tuesday. Ryan Phillip Schlesinger, 31, was not in court for Monday’s sentencing as his lawyers argued for a prison term of less than 50 years. Schlesinger also received consecutive
Continue ReadingCNN, GETTY IMAGES, 20TH CENTURY FOX, CAPITOL RECORDS, CBS By Andy Rose and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Former CBS journalist Charles Osgood, an award-winning newsman known for his work on radio and television, died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, CBS News reported. He was 91. Osgood was the anchor of the network’s venerable
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