MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Catholic priest who married a teenager after leaving the country with her this summer has been removed from the priesthood. The Archdiocese of Mobile announced Friday that Alex Crow is no longer a member of the clergy. The church said that Crow requested that he be removed from the priesthood.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A judge sentenced an ex-Colorado police officer to 14 months in jail for his role in the death of Elijah McClain after hearing the young Black man’s mother on Friday call the officer a “bully with a badge” who will always have blood on his hands. The
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A human rights group says a small community in the violence-torn Mexican state of Guerrero has been attacked by drones and armed men from a drug cartel. The Minerva Bello Center told the Associated Press Friday that least 30 people were attacked in the remote community
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE, RYAN J. FOLEY, JOSH FUNK and NICK INGRAM Associated Press PERRY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal critically injured in a school shooting put himself in harm’s way as he tried to protect students from the teenage gunman. State authorities said Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger and other staffers and students
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The family of Ashli Babbitt, the San Diego woman who was shot and killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach, filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit today in San Diego federal court against the U.S. government. The lawsuit alleges Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was “ambushed” by the U.S. Capitol
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1940 Birth place: Columbus, Ohio Birth name: Jack William Nicklaus Father: Louis Charles Nicklaus Jr., a pharmacist Mother: Helen (Schoener) Nicklaus Marriage: Barbara Jean (Bash) Nicklaus (July 23, 1960-present) Children: Michael, Gary, Nancy,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S.
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Actor Shia LaBeouf, known for his off-screen troubles as well as his film roles, has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year’s Eve at a Mass presided over by Capuchin Franciscan friars. The Capuchin Franciscans-Western American Province announced the news on its Facebook site where it posted
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether emergency room doctors can perform medically necessary abortions in states that prohibit them, bypassing the court of appeals to resolve on an expedited basis a lawsuit brought by the United States against Idaho. It’s the second major abortion case the
Continue ReadingLAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state police say a bus rollover crash on an upstate New York highway left one person dead and about a dozen passengers injured. The bus with 23 people on board was traveling south from Montreal, Canada, when it crashed on the Adirondack Northway in the town of Lake
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot. The court scheduled oral arguments for February 8. Trump remains on the primary ballot as the lower-court ruling disqualifying him has been put on
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on New Year’s Day for complications from an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said Friday. The Pentagon announced the hospitalization four days after Austin was initially admitted. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, made
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot. The court scheduled oral arguments for February 8. Trump remains on the primary ballot as the lower-court ruling disqualifying him has been put on hold
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced support for a plan to build a floating swimming pool in New York City’s waterways. Hochul says she would contribute $12 million in public funding to the long-stalled project, which was first proposed more than a decade ago and
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign. The justices acknowledged the need to
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices on Friday said they would hear arguments in the case in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer convicted of the 2019 killing Elijah McClain faces a penalty ranging from probation to several years behind bars. A judge is expected to sentence former Aurora officer Randy Roedema on Friday. At the sentencing hearing, McClain’s mother called Roedema a “bully with a
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) — For his first campaign speech of the year, President Joe Biden has warned that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country. Biden’s speech, near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, came the day before the
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press Missiles, rockets and drones struck targets around the Middle East this week as the United States, Israel and others clashed with Iran-allied militant groups. Attacks hit in vital Red Sea shipping lanes, along Israeli-Lebanon borders emptied by fleeing residents and in the region’s crowded capitals and U.S. military installations. Together,
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