By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET The Associated Press PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the crypto industry. But in Washington, there seems to be little to no interest in pushing through
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager took the stage to thunderous chants of “M-V-P!, M-V-P!” as the Texas Rangers celebrated the franchise’s first World Series championship Friday. “Really this was truly special, we appreciate all of your support,” Seager, the second-time World Series MVP, said during the ceremony following a two-hour parade along a 2-mile
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an attorney within a week of their first court appearance. In his Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge Michael McShane says indigent defendants are essentially being locked up and deprived of a voice simply
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Army reservist who opened fire inside at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, before disappearing was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the massive search that followed, according to a conclusion from the state medical examiner’s office
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 54 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search the mountainous villages. Officials said Saturday that the toll was expected to rise, saying communication was cut off with many villages. Officials say
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A Temecula man convicted of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 26-year-old woman has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Riverside County’s first fentanyl murder case to go before a jury. In August, Vicente David Romero, 34, was guilty of the murder count, as well as possession of controlled
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN, PATRICK WHITTLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stood for a moment of silence and placed a bouquet of white flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the scenes of the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Biden
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Javier “Chicharito” Hernández won’t return to the Los Angeles Galaxy next year. The forward’s contract has ended, and the MLS team said Friday it was letting him go. As a result, the Galaxy have opened up a designated roster spot for 2024. Hernández had 39 goals and six assists while starting
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gary Colson, who successfully lobbied to introduce the 3-point shot to college basketball during a 34-year coaching career that included stops at Fresno State, New Mexico and Pepperdine, died Friday. He was 89. He died of complications of lymphoma at home in Santa Barbara, California,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An autopsy suggests that the mass shooter in Lewiston, Maine, was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge search. The hunt for Army reservist Robert Card led to community-wide shelter-in-place orders. On Friday, the medical examiner officer’s office released its
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Gov. Andy Beshear says the second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died. The governor made the announcement Friday. Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees were trapped under rubble at the Martin Mine Prep Plant after an
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 37 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search the mountainous villages. Officials said Saturday that the toll was expected to rise, saying communication was cut off with many villages. Officials say the earthquake that struck late Fridy
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The trial against Kouri Richins, the Utah mother accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl, will proceed, Judge Richard Mrazik ruled on Friday. Richins faces drug and murder charges for allegedly giving her husband, Eric Richins, a fatal dose of fentanyl in
Continue ReadingBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two teens have been charged as adults after investigators say they followed a Rocky Mountain College football player in his car and shot him through his driver’s side window. A 16-year-old male was charged Friday with deliberate homicide in the Oct. 28 shooting of 18-year-old Chandler Stalcup of Florida. A 17-year-old
Continue ReadingBy MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations as it condemns what it calls genocide and other serious violations of international law in the Gaza Strip. It is the latest leftist-led Latin American government to take diplomatic steps to express its disapproval of Israel’s expanded
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial barred attorneys in the case Friday from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former president’s attorneys renewed claims that a clerk is poisoning the proceedings. Threatening “serious sanctions” for any violations, Judge
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a suburban Chicago community have issued municipal citations to a local news reporter for what they say were persistent contacts with city officials seeking comment on treacherous fall flooding. The tickets from Calumet City, a city of 35,000 located 24 miles (39 kilometers)
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A stretch of street in Oakland, California, was renamed Friday for Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the killing of the hip-hop luminary. A section of MacArthur Boulevard near where he lived in the 1990s became Tupac Shakur Way, following a ceremony that included his family members and Oakland native MC Hammer.
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A stretch of street in Oakland, California, was renamed Friday for Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the killing of the hip-hop luminary. A section of MacArthur Boulevard near where he lived in the 1990s became Tupac Shakur Way, following a ceremony that included his family members and Oakland native MC Hammer.
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during the botched 2020 police raid took the witness stand in a federal trial Friday. He testified that Brett Hankison fired haphazardly” into Taylor’s apartment the night of the raid. Hankison fired shots into Taylor’s windows, but the
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