By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, Alex Murdaugh has pleaded guilty to crimes. The disgraced former South Carolina attorney, who was convicted in March of murdering his wife and son, pleaded guilty to nearly two dozen fraud and money laundering charges Thursday morning in a federal courtroom in Charleston. The plea
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La ciudad de Desert Hot Springs dio a conocer lo que se va a gastar para hacer las reparaciones de tres importantes arterias viales que permanecen cerradas por los daños causados por la tormenta del 20 de agosto. Se trata de las calles Indian Cayon, Little Morongo y la Dillon Road que estarán cerradas de
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The head of the junta in Guinea has defended the recent coups in Africa. He says they’re as an attempt by him and other soldiers to save their countries from leaders whose “broken promises” and prolonged stays in power are stifling development. In his address at
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According to the World Meteorological Organization, airborne dust poses serious health risks. The Coachella Valley is experiencing low visibility, but temperatures are moving toward those fall like temperatures, and people want to go outdoors. The California Air Resource Board is recording that windblown dust concerns air quality statewide. Not only does this affect those with respiratory
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will skip the APEC summit in November in San Francisco and says it’s because his country “has no relations” with Peru. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed previously that Peru’s current government was installed by a coup and that he still considers ousted president Pedro Castillo
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Recently released court documents show that two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Poco después de que el Gobierno de Venezuela declarara el “éxito total” de la operación militar y policial “Cacique Guaicaipuro”, cuyo objetivo era desalojar y reestructurar el Centro Penitenciario de Aragua, mejor conocido como la cárcel de Tocorón, la organización no gubernamental Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) aseguró que fuentes
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is making an explosive allegation that India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, but thus far Canada’s allies are voicing measured concern about what happened. They are calling for a full investigation. But none of Canada’s key allies
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — In a story published September 20, 2023, The Associated Press reported on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $200 million pledge to groups supporting women’s health. The story should have made clear that Unitaid does not manufacture health products itself but rather funds health projects, including manufacturing health products.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors in Colorado have called their first witness in the trial of two police officers over the death of Elijah McClain. The 23-year-old Black man, along with George Floyd and others, was raised up by protesters as a searing example of excessive police force. At the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Actor Angus Cloud died in July of an overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and other substances, a Northern California coroner’s office said Thursday. Cloud’s cause of death was an “acute intoxication” due to the “combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines,” the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said. The actor was declared
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences. That’s according to a preliminary report Thursday from the University of Florida. Predicted losses for livestock
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters were resuming talks Thursday that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt. In a rare joint statement issued Wednesday night, the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters were resuming talks Thursday that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt. In a rare joint statement issued Wednesday night, the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Continue ReadingSTILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — State health officials have said that the drinking water at a Minnesota prison is safe after inmate and advocate concerns over the water’s quality prompted a new round of tests. The analysis “did not find indications of a health risk from the drinking water,” according to the report from the Minnesota
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — In a story published September 18, 2023, about new leaders atop some of the nation’s largest unions, The Associated Press erroneously reported that James Hoffa lost the Teamsters election to Sean O’Brien. Hoffa retired as union president and endorsed Steve Vairma, who lost the election to O’Brien.
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is confirming three of the Pentagon’s top leaders, filling the posts after monthslong delays and as a Republican senator is still holding up hundreds of other nominations and promotions for military officers. Gen. Randy George was confirmed as Army Chief of Staff
Continue ReadingBy RICHA KARMARKAR of Religion News Service On Broome Street, in the heart of Manhattan’s fashionable Soho neighborhood, a Hindu temple dedicated to the elephant-headed deity Ganesha is striving to develop its own sense of cool. Its location allows it to draw guest teachers such as prominent spiritual author Deepak Chopra, and devotees — or
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three South African navy personnel have died and a senior officer is in critical condition after seven crew members of a submarine were swept off its deck and out to sea by big waves. The Department of Defence says it happened as an Air
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Two French journalists have been expelled from Morocco this week in a move denounced by media outlets and press freedom advocates. Staff reporter Quentin Müller and freelancer photojournalist Thérèse Di Campo, who work for the weekly Marianne magazine, said on Wednesday that they were taken by force from their Casablanca hotel room
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