DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut postmaster has admitted to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $875,000. The scheme involved cash bribes, misuse of USPS credit cards and demands for free personal vehicle repairs. The longtime postmaster of the office in Danbury, a western Connecticut city of more than 86,700, Ephrem D. Nguyen
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A miniature X-wing Starfighter used in a “Star Wars” film sold for over $3 million during an auction over the weekend of items both collected and created by longtime Hollywood model-maker Greg Jein. The collection amassed by Jein, who died last year at the age of 76,
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A miniature X-wing Starfighter used in a “Star Wars” film sold for over $3 million during an auction over the weekend of items both collected and created by longtime Hollywood model-maker Greg Jein. The collection amassed by Jein, who died last year at the age of 76,
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say one man has been arrested and at least two other suspects are being sought in an airport parking garage shooting that killed one officer and wounded another last week. Police said 18-year-old Yobranny Martinez Fernandez was arrested before dawn Monday in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and was being held
Continue ReadingBy ALEX TURNBULL and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s main Jewish students union has plastered walls around Paris with posters bearing the faces of French citizens believed to be held hostage by Hamas in their war with Israel. The word “Kidnapped” is inscribed on a red banner at the top of each
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday rallied caucus-goers in Iowa’s rural Dallas County, where he received the endorsement of the state’s attorney general and predicted a landslide victory. Trump has ramped up his campaigning in the states three months before voting begins in the GOP contest’s
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Era cerca del mediodía de este lunes, hora local, cuando el programa de televisión “Mañaneros” de Televisión Española (TVE) conectaba con uno de sus reporteros en Sevilla para hablar de la desaparición del joven Álvaro Prieto, de quien aún no se había confirmado su muerte. El muchacho, de 18 años,
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, Sharon Braithwaite, Mylene Loubiere, Kathleen Magramo and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A gunman suspected of killing two Swedish nationals in a terrorist attack in Brussels has died after being shot by police, bringing an end to an overnight manhunt. The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office confirmed Tuesday that the suspect, whose identity
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s 2024 campaign launched an account on Donald Trump ‘s Truth Social on Monday, attempting to poke online fun at the Republican candidate he may well face again in next fall’s election. Under the handle @BidenHQ, the campaign posted: “Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!” It began
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crow was asked to ponder a not-too-distant future where Sun Devils football and basketball players get a cut from the billions of dollars their sports generate in media rights deals. “I don’t support
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crow was asked to ponder a not-too-distant future where Sun Devils football and basketball players get a cut from the billions of dollars their sports generate in media rights deals. “I don’t support
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (AP) — Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in September, and nearly half of the Atlantic City casinos won more money from in-person gamblers than they did before the COVID19 pandemic. But the amount of money won from people on the
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record with a pepper that’s three times hotter. Pepper X was publicly named
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Southern Lebanon (CNN) — On the face of it, the crossfire on Lebanon’s border with Israel appears marginal, dwarfed by the scale and intensity of the Hamas-Israel war further south. The fighting has stayed within a roughly 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) radius of either side of the demarcation line, with at least 13
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is set to discuss the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. foreign policy and national security at Georgetown University. The Republican presidential candidate is sitting for the conversation at a Monday event co-hosted by The Associated Press and Georgetown’s Institute
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Proud Boys member who joined others from the far-right group in attacking the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on Monday to obstructing the joint session of Congress for certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. William Chrestman, 49, of Olathe, Kansas, also pleaded guilty to threatening to assault
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Reese’s may be in violation of state and federal laws with its new sweepstakes offer currently advertised on packs of peanut butter cups. The promotion on two-cup packages reads “You could win $25,000” and, in smaller print, “See details inside.” But only after consumers have bought and opened a
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police say that two people are dead in central Brussels after several shots were fired. Media reports have aired amateur videos showing a man shooting several times near a station using a large weapon, and the reports have said the two victims are Swedes. The Swedish national team is playing Belgium
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men whose convictions in a 1994 New Orleans murder were tossed decades later have sued the city and several former police officers. The convictions of Kunta Gable and Sidney Hill were vacated in 2022 — in part because a notoriously corrupt killer cop was involved
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador ‘s youngest elected president on Monday faced the practically impossible task of reducing a terrifying, drug-driven crime wave within a greatly shortened 1 1/2 years in office. Daniel Noboa, 35, is an heir to one of Ecuador’s largest fortunes thanks to
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