By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden praised the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday as a dear friend and a woman of deep integrity who fought to protect what was important to America: freedom, civil liberties, security and the U.S. Constitution. “She was always tough, prepared, rigorous, compassionate. She
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley didn’t realize that Raphael Saadiq was planting the seeds for a Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion when he arranged a photoshoot earlier this year. “He said a few times before, so we never paid that much attention to it until
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley didn’t realize that Raphael Saadiq was planting the seeds for a Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion when he arranged a photoshoot earlier this year. “He said a few times before, so we never paid that much attention to it until
Continue ReadingANTWERP Japanese star Daiki Hashimoto defended his title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday, overcoming an early mistake on floor exercise to become the first athlete to win back-to-back world all-around titles in eight years. The 22-year-old Hashimoto posted a total of 86.132, over a point clear of Illia Kovtun of Ukraine at 84.998.
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets during rush hour, wounding 10 people and sparking a citywide manhunt, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after several of his victims tearfully and angrily recounted their ongoing trauma.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $228 million in damages to several plaintiffs who sued a Las Vegas-based bottled water company after its product was linked to liver illnesses, a newspaper reported Thursday. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that jurors determined Real Water and two other defendants in the case were
Continue ReadingWEST READING, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania chocolate factory was fined more than $44,000 by the federal workplace safety agency on Thursday for failing to evacuate before a natural gas explosion that killed seven people. R.M. Palmer Co. did not heed warnings from employees about a natural gas leak. That is according to the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down in what authorities described as an ambush was mourned Thursday by his family, fiancée and hundreds of law enforcement officers who filled a downtown cathedral for his funeral Mass. Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was shot Sept.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down in what authorities described as an ambush was mourned Thursday by his family, fiancée and hundreds of law enforcement officers who filled a downtown cathedral for his funeral Mass. Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was shot Sept.
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former University of Southern California campus gynecologist at the center of more than $1 billion worth of university payouts stemming from sexual abuse allegations by hundreds of women was found dead inside his home Wednesday, his lawyer said. George Tyndall, 76, was awaiting trial on
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will resume deporting migrants to Venezuela as increasing numbers arrive to the U.S-Mexico border. The process is expected to begin shortly, said two U.S. officials, though they did not provide specific details on when the flights would begin taking
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X. The SEC said in a filing in a San Francisco federal court that Musk failed to
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X. The SEC said in a filing in a San Francisco federal court that Musk failed to
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has asked the federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case to dismiss the criminal charges, arguing he has immunity because he was president at the time and also was acquitted by the US Senate after his impeachment. Thursday’s filing may set
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, Aya Elamroussi and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Two men are set to be charged with murder after a stray bullet from a gunfight in western Massachusetts struck a pregnant woman and killed her baby, the Hampden district attorney’s office said Thursday. The shooting stemmed from an altercation that broke out between
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Mark Morales and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former campaign treasurer for New York Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by committing one or more federal offenses. Nancy Marks, a veteran GOP operative, oversaw the campaign’s finances for the Long Island
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Authorities says two men will face murder charges after a pregnant woman hit by gunfire on a bus in Holyoke, Massachusetts, delivered a baby that later died. The Hampden District Attorney’s Office says Alejandro Ramos, 22, of Holyoke, was arraigned Thursday in Holyoke District Court. Officials said
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The judges ordered the state to use the new lines in the 2024 elections. The three-judge panel stepped in to oversee the drawing
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The ex-campaign treasurer for U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government and implicated the indicted New York Republican in court with submitting bogus campaign finance reports. Nancy Marks is a veteran Long Island political operative. Marks was a campaign
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has said he never thought his yearly financial statements “would be taken very seriously.” But evidence Thursday at his New York civil fraud trial showed the statements were integral to some of his business empire’s loan deals. A
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