By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ukraine’s leader and Russia’s top diplomat could cross paths at the United Nations this week. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Monday that the world body needs to answer for allowing his country’s invader a seat at the tables of power. Zelenskyy is due to address
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man has been charged with a hate crime after the windows of the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District were smashed last week. The Seattle Times reports King County prosecutors allege that 76-year-old Craig Milne used a sledgehammer to break windows at the museum Thursday night as people were touring
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 1 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Monday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on today, Tuesday. Monday saw the beginning of a two-day summit meant to
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press Baylor University has settled a years-long federal lawsuit brought by 15 women who alleged they were sexually assaulted at the nation’s largest Baptist school. The move ends the largest case brought in a wide-ranging scandal that led to the ouster of the university president and its football coach and tainted
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press Former President Donald Trump will travel to the battleground state of Michigan next week to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican presidential debate. His September 27 trip will also include a primetime speech. That’s according to a person familiar with his plans who spoke to
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The stuffy Senate is now a bit less formal. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that staff for the chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms — the Senate’s official clothes police — will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor. The change comes after Pennsylvania Sen. John
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Auditor Shad White says a private prison company has returned $5.1 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections for failing to provide enough workers at prisons it was operating. White said on Monday that Utah-based Management & Training Corporation sent the money to the department last week. The auditor’s office
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucy Gov. Brereton C. Jones, a Republican turned Democrat who served a single term in the 1990s, has died. Jones was governor from 1991 to 1995 and survived two serious accidents while in office that left him with a severely injured back.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A New York Supreme Court judge ruled that 2018 communications with adult film star Stormy Daniels should not sideline defense attorney Joe Tacopina from representing former President Donald Trump in his criminal trial related to an alleged hush money scheme to silence Daniels. Daniels’ communications
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — When former Vice President Mike Pence delivered an expansive foreign policy speech Monday in which he laid out his vision, bashed President Joe Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and contrasted his views with those of other Republicans, he started with a focus on one country: China. “China is
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A 32-year-old Norco woman who abused and allowed her 17-month-old daughter to ingest a fatal dose of fentanyl was bound for state prison today to serve a sentence of 15 years to life behind bars. Jennifer Johanna Allen pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder for the death of her daughter, identified in court documents only
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Marine Corps ordered a pause in flight operations following three crashes in the last six weeks, including Sunday’s incident in which an F-35B fighter jet went missing after the pilot ejected. The pause, ordered by Acting Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith, will last two days,
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys say three Nevada men intend to appeal lengthy federal prison terms they received after being found guilty of conducting a prize-notification scheme that prosecutors say bilked elderly and vulnerable victims out of more than $10 million over the course of eight years. Mario Castro, 55, of Las Vegas was sentenced
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged problems with the 2020 election in Georgia, his lawyer said Monday as he sought to move charges against Clark to federal court. Clark
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Property owners who incurred damage from Tropical Storm Hilary of $10,000 or more can file a claim for disaster property tax relief with Riverside County, it was announced today. The relief will cover taxable property including residences, commercial buildings, boats and aircrafts that are locally assessed, according to Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and Riverside County
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police say they are investigating a report that a father was told by officers that his 11-year-old daughter could face charges after he called to report that she had been the victim of an “online predator.” A video posted on social media shows the unidentified man saying his daughter was
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By Melissa Alonso and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A band director was tased and arrested after he disregarded police requests to stop his band’s performance following a high school football game, according to a Birmingham Police Department spokesperson. The incident happened Thursday following a win by Minor High School at PD Jackson-Olin High School
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A debris field was found and identified Monday as the remains of an F-35 fighter jet that went missing a day earlier near Charleston, South Carolina, after its pilot ejected, according to the Marine Corps and a defense official with knowledge of the search. The
Continue ReadingBy Norma Galeana and Krecyte Villarreal, CNN (CNN) — El Paso is on the “cusp of a third wave” of migrant arrivals as local shelters are over capacity, a local nonprofit official told CNN Monday. The three shelters operated by the nonprofit Opportunity Center for the Homeless have been over capacity for the last three
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Instacart on Monday priced its initial public offering of stock at $30 a share, raising $660 million for the grocery delivery company. San Francisco-based Instacart sold 22 million shares in the IPO. Trading of the company’s stock is set to begin Tuesday on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the
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