By 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
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and ED WHITE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 71-year-old Illinois landlord upset over the Israel-Hamas war attacked a Palestinian American woman with a knife when she proposed they “pray for peace” and killed her 6-year-old son, authorities said Monday. The details emerged as Joseph Czuba appeared in court on murder, attempted
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The largest Republican-aligned Jewish political organization will partner in hosting next month’s third GOP presidential primary debate, the group announced Monday, a decision that comes amid the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza following the deadly attack by Hamas earlier this month. The Republican Jewish Coalition said it will
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — If you missed the annular eclipse that created a “ring of fire” over the Americas on Saturday, don’t worry: Another eclipse is on the way, and it will provide a different kind of spectacle. Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat in 2024 when a total solar eclipse
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — If you missed the annular eclipse that created a “ring of fire” over the Americas on Saturday, don’t worry: Another eclipse is on the way, and it will provide a different kind of spectacle. Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat in 2024 when a total solar
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En un mortal choque de dos carros perdieron la vida dos personas en el Hwy 177 en Desert Center a 30 minutos de Coachella el sábado a las 12:50 del mediodía cuando la conductora de uno de los vehículos invadió los carriles contrarios e impactó al otro auto, al momento del golpe los dos coches
Continue ReadingBy Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway who is accused of extorting and defrauding the teen’s mother, is expected to enter a guilty plea to federal charges at a Wednesday hearing, an attorney for her family says. It is not
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A Benedictine monk has lost his priestly faculties after the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore recently became aware of a payment he made several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations. Last week, the pastor of St. Benedict Church was removed after serving there for nearly 40 years. The archdiocese has said in
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Normal life in Israel stopped when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. Now, the country is fiercely focused on three goals: mourning the dead, fighting the Gaza-based militants and rescuing scores of hostages. Schools across the country are closed. Major streets are nearly empty of traffic. Many shops
Continue ReadingUn asalto a mano armada ocurrió ayer a las 9 de la noche en Parkway Market ubicada en el área de la calle Golf Center y la Avenida 44 en Indio donde el ladrón le exigió el dinero a la empleada y después huyo. Por otra parte, la policía dio a conocer el arresto de
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson has been cleared to return to practice, opening the door for a potential return, possibly as early as this week. Johnson has been on injured reserve since injuring his right hamstring during a 30-7 loss to San Francisco in the season opener. The Steelers opened the
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Black residents descended from slaves on a Georgia island have filed suit in hopes of stopping zoning changes that they fear will force them to sell their homes. Lawyers from the Southern Poverty Law Center and Atlanta attorney Jason Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian lawmakers have marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi roundup of more than 1,200 Roman Jews in the Holocaust with a debate on a measure to partially fund a long-delayed Holocaust Museum in the capital. The Shoah Museum project was launched in 2007. But it has
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government would be barred from immigration policies that separate parents from children for eight years under a proposed court settlement announced Monday that also provides families that were split under the Trump administration with temporary legal status and short-term housing aid.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government would be barred from immigration policies that separate parents from children for eight years under a proposed court settlement announced Monday that also provides families that were split under the Trump administration with temporary legal status and short-term housing aid.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The judge presiding over the Georgia election subversion case said Monday he’s unlikely to let Donald Trump’s co-defendants ask potential jurors for their views on the former president’s attempt to “steal the election,” the impact of “political misinformation” on US democracy and the extremism of “MAGA
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