By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an appeals court
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The mother of a Cornell University student accused of making online threats against Jewish people on campus said he had mental health struggles and later posted an apology. Patrick Dai faces a federal charge after authorities say he made threatening comments on an online Greek Life forum late last month.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church’s Japanese branch plans to set aside up to $67 million to cover possible compensation for people seeking damages they say were caused by the group’s manipulative fundraising tactics. The move announced Tuesday was seen as an attempt to allay suspicion that the group would
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin isn’t on the ballot this year, but his push for a new conservative direction for the Republican Party is. Tuesday night’s results of Virginia’s legislative elections will be viewed, for better or for worse, as a referendum on Youngkin’s non-MAGA brand of
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — It’s Election Day in America. Voters will help decide crucial contests and ballot measures across the country a little more than two months before the 2024 presidential primaries begin. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky is trying to win a second term in a deep-red state,
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Charles Adelson, the man charged in connection with the 2014 murder of his former brother-in-law, Dan Markel, a renowned Florida State University Law School professor, was found guilty Monday in Tallahassee, Florida, of murder, conspiracy, and solicitation. The verdict followed seven days of testimony and three hours of deliberations. Adelson, 47, mouthed the word “No” and slowly
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Director Nia DaCosta is the first Black woman to helm a Marvel movie. She’s also, at age 33, the a youngest filmmaker to so. “It just happens to me,” the filmmaker says in an interview. DaCosta, one of Hollywood’s fastest rising directors, was drawn to
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Voters in Houston headed to the polls to elect a new mayor to lead the nation’s fourth largest city. They’ll choose from a crowded field, including U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire. The two longtime Democratic lawmakers dominated an open mayoral race
Continue ReadingBy HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa has resigned while his government is involved in a widespread corruption probe. The announcement has sent a shock wave through the normally tranquil politics of the European Union member. Costa asserted his innocence but said in a nationally
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian federal police have conducted searches at five locations, including the Portuguese Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, as part of a corruption investigation. Portuguese public prosecutors and Portuguese security agents accompanied the Brazilian officers, according to a statement from the Federal Police force. The statement says Portuguese authorities are investigating
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski says he has been transferred to solitary confinement at his prison in Belarus. Natalia Pinchuk told The Associated Press that prison authorities have toughened conditions for the 61-year-old despite his chronic illnesses. Bialiatski is serving
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — A little over a week ago, Margaret “Maggie” Mbitu was finishing her shift as a nurse in suburban Boston and getting ready for an upcoming girls’ trip to Las Vegas. Now her stunned family is planning her funeral. The first sign of alarm came last Tuesday, when the 31-year-old
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States. Authorities say included in Tuesday’s sanctions are a manager of cartel operations in Nogales who oversaw the trafficking of tons of
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Béjar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic. In
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Béjar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic. In
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kyle Richards grew visibly upset over her separation from her husband Mauricio Umansky while on a panel at BravoCon. Richards appeared at “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” panel to discuss the upcoming season, saying it was difficult to discuss her marriage on camera. “I didn’t even know how
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shootings in which 18 people were killed are on the minds of voters heading to the polls in Lewiston, Maine, where the gunman opened fire less than two weeks ago. Candidates paused their campaigns for a week after the shootings in Lewiston and campaigning was different
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Zac Efron’s transformation for new wrestling film “The Iron Claw” turned heads in a 2022 set photo, and it’s still the talk of moviegoers. The actor looked virtually unrecognizable with huge muscles and a bowl haircut as he was on set in Louisiana to play wrestler Kevin Von Erich
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A Colorado man was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday evening on Interstate 10 and Highway 62. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office said Erasto Dominguez-Castro, 61, of Colorado Springs, Colorado died minutes after he was struck by a car in the freeway’s westbound lanes on Interstate 10. The collision happened at around 6:07 p.m.,
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Béjar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic. In
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