By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a man who was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a St. Paul police officer has died. A medical examiner determined that 24-year-old Brandon Daleshaun Keys, of Maplewood, died early Friday of a gunshot wound to the head that he suffered during the confrontation Thursday afternoon. The
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan O’Neal, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 1970s with ‘Love Story,’ ‘Paper Moon’ roles, dies at 82, son says.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN House Oversight Chair James Comer told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday he believes special counsel David Weiss indicted Hunter Biden to shield him from his scheduled deposition next week in front of Comer’s committee. “My concern is that Weiss may have indicted Biden to protect him from him
Continue ReadingRENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks listed quarterback Geno Smith as questionable for Sunday’s game against San Francisco. He will be a game-time decision due to a groin injury suffered in practice. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said after practice on Friday that Smith “tweaked his groin” on Thursday when he stumbled over somebody. Smith
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Alaa Elassar and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion in a ruling issued late Friday. The court froze a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, who sued the state seeking a court-ordered abortion,
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The second of two former Black Panthers who always maintained their innocence in the 1970 bombing death of a white Omaha police officer has died in prison. A spokesman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said Friday that Ed Poindexter had died a day earlier
Continue ReadingMILLINOCKET The Maine Warden Service says a man checking the thickness of ice on a wilderness lake crashed into the icy water and drowned. Wardens say Walter Demmons, of Milford, was drilling holes with a friend to check the ice thickness when they heard the ice crack Friday morning. Both ended up in the water,
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire alarms blared in the background of 911 calls that police released Friday, amplifying the terrified voices of students and faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as they hid inside locked offices and under desks while a gunman fired shots outside, killing three professors.
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has been hit with new criminal charges in California accusing him of scheming to avoid paying his taxes while spending lavishly on everything from luxury hotels to escorts to exotic cars. The president’s son is also facing separate firearm charges in Delaware, raising the possibility
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has been hit with new criminal charges in California accusing him of scheming to avoid paying his taxes while spending lavishly on everything from luxury hotels to escorts to exotic cars. The president’s son is also facing separate firearm charges in Delaware, raising the possibility
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Some big SailGP rivalries will heat up when the global league returns to Dubai this weekend, including a one-off between the new-look Team USA and its former skipper, Jimmy Spithill. Spithill is filling in as helmsman of Team Australia’s “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran while friend and countryman Tom Slingsby
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision that lawmakers must redraw the state’s Senate maps, a move that means the districts will likely remain in place for the 2024 elections. Late last month, a panel of judges ruled that the Republican-drawn map
Continue ReadingCNN, WDIV By Ray Sanchez, Nicki Brown and Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — Teenager Ethan Crumbley was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for gunning down four classmates and wounding six others and a teacher at Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. Dismissing last-minute defense pleas that Crumbley’s life is salvageable, Oakland County
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Heisman Trophy ceremony will be an ode to the new era of college sports, transformed by the transfer portal and NIL. Three of the four Heisman finalists are quarterbacks who blossomed into stars at their second schools and were having so
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Seishi Sato had an ominous feeling when he saw something rustling in a bush during a recent stroll in a forest in northern Japan. Before he knew it, two Asiatic bears had sprung from the shrub, one charging at him as he frantically tried to
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department transmitted an emergency declaration to lawmakers late Friday night for the sale of thousands of munitions to Israel, the agency announced, bypassing the standard 20-day period that congressional committees are typically afforded to review such a sale. The declaration followed a request by the State
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By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $2.1 billion in the past year, she said in an online post, bringing her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019. While previous announcements have included detailed essays about the reasons for her donations, Scott offered only a three-sentence post titled “(Giving Update)”
Continue ReadingVISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A county prosecutor’s office says one of its law clerks passed the State Bar of California exam at age 17. The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office said this week that, according to research, Peter Park is the youngest person to pass the exam. The State Bar said Friday in an email
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VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A county prosecutor’s office says one of its law clerks passed the State Bar of California exam at age 17. The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office said this week that, according to research, Peter Park is the youngest person to pass the exam. The State Bar said Friday in an email
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration agency says its agents have detained two Iranians who they say were under observation by the FBI. The National Immigration Institute did not say what the supposed FBI investigation was about. The agency said Friday a total of five Iranians were detained along with their Haitian guide on a
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