By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A new Oklahoma judge could lose her job for sending more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar. The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges after a South Korean woman’s body was found decaying in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta’s suburbs. Police on Wednesday arrested 54-year-old Mihee Lee, the mother of three others already accused of
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a transgender boy in North Carolina is suing the state to block implementation of gender-affirming care restrictions that they say will force their son to undergo a wrong-gender puberty. A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court alleges the new
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s ban on higher-capacity magazines can remain in effect while the state fights a lower court’s ruling last month that the law is unconstitutional. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted state Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request that the law banning detachable magazines that hold more than 10
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to provide House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan with any additional information about her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his allies as well as any interactions with the Justice Department, according to a new letter obtained by CNN. “A charitable explanation
Continue ReadingPATNA, India (AP) — A government official and news reports say a passenger train has derailed in eastern India, killing at least four people and injuring 50 others. The injured were rushed to hospital and rescue work was in progress though hampered by darkness. The Press Trust of India news agency cited police officer Manish
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Lidia has dissipated after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerto Vallarta. One person was killed by a falling tree, another drowned in a swollen river and two others were injured after the hurricane made landfall on Tuesday. Lidia carried winds as high as 140 mph
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” feeds from accounts they don’t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday. The bills offered by state leaders are
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” feeds from accounts they don’t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday. The bills offered by state leaders are
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press A ballot measure in Ohio that would guarantee access to abortion rights is fueling misleading claims about how the proposal could influence abortion care, gender-related health care and parental consent in the state. The Associated Press spoke to medical and legal experts who explained what the proposed
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Former NFL player Sergio Stephen Brown, who is suspected of murdering his mother last month in their Midwestern hometown, was behind bars in San Diego today following his arrest at the U.S.-Mexico border. Brown, 35, was taken into custody Tuesday while re-entering the United States from Mexico, according to police in Maywood, Illinois, where
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is “continuing to fight.” Retton is in intensive care at a Texas hospital with a rare form of pneumonia. Retton’s oldest daughter Shayla Kelley Schrepfer says the family has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for the 1984 Olympic
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press An Israeli-American teenager survived a siege by Hamas attackers over the weekend after his parents shielded him from the gunfire but were killed themselves. The family lived on a kibbutz in southern Israel near the Gaza border. As the fighters invaded their home, they scrambled into a
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police have released a sketch of a person of interest in the killing of a retired college dean who was shot dead last week while walking on her favorite trail near the Vermont State University campus. They have also reminded the public to remain
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The mission of the Friends of the Palm Springs Library is to support the Library in providing world-class service to the community through the purchase of books, movies, music, the visual arts, furnishings, etc. The organization acts as the link between the library, the community, and its elected officials. It supports programs that encourage reading,
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic said it has cancelled plans to retrieve artifacts from the shipwreck. That’s because the leader of the upcoming expedition died on the Titan submersible in June. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was the director of underwater research for RMS
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A preliminary investigation suggests there was confusion among pilots just before a fatal mid-air collision at the National Championship Air Races last month but sheds little light on why. The National Transportation Safety Board released a four-page report Wednesday with some of the few details investigators
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Paula Reid and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s interview of President Joe Biden is a sign that the classified documents investigation is nearing conclusion after casting a wide net that included dozens of witnesses during the ten-month long probe, multiple sources told CNN. The White House announced
Continue ReadingTITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Weaver, a Florida-based photographer who captured a definitive image of space shuttle Challenger breaking apart into plumes of smoke and fire after liftoff, has died. He was 77. A statement released by the North Brevard Funeral Home says Weaver died in his sleep Friday. He was living in Titusville, Florida.
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A Palm Desert High School teacher and football coach suspected of striking and killing a pedestrian while intoxicated must stand trial for murder, a judge ruled today. Cameron Francis Curtis, 31, of Palm Desert, is suspected of fatally striking 64-year-old Nancy Valdes of Palm Desert while driving under the influence on March 4. During a
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