MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Mexican migrants were shot to death in a dawn attack near Tecate, across the border from California. Mexico’s National Migration Institute said another three Mexicans suffered gunshot wounds. The wounded were assisted by one of the institute’s rescue teams on Friday morning, along with nine people who were not injured.
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee judge signed an order Friday ending Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over Michael Oher, a month after the former NFL player accused the couple of representing themselves publicly as his adoptive parents and using him for financial benefit. Oher, whose life story was
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Feinstein died
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — In an impassioned and at times furious speech, departing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley defiantly proclaimed that the US military does not swear an oath to a “wannabe dictator.” It was a bitter and pointed swipe that appeared unmistakably targeted at former President Donald Trump, who has
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. The action puts Todd Gee in charge of overseeing the largest public corruption case in state history. President Joe Biden nominated Gee in September 2022. He was confirmed Friday
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISO (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler fired after four seasons.
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for shooting a Black man who was sleeping in a car parked outside his grandmother’s house. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said Friday that Officers Carl Chandler and Alexander Gregory were indicted on battery and criminal recklessness charges in connection with
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Feinstein died
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Jessica Campbell grew up wanting to play in the NHL. Now she’s finding a place for herself in hockey’s top men’s league — and it’s behind the bench. The Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant is in a position to make it as a coach, something she couldn’t have imagined even a few
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Jessica Campbell grew up wanting to play in the NHL. Now she’s finding a place for herself in hockey’s top men’s league — and it’s behind the bench. The Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant is in a position to make it as a coach, something she couldn’t have imagined even a few
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Baltimore on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims and allowing victims to sue their abusers decades after the fact. The step will allow the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in northern Mexico say that hitmen stormed a hospital in a bid to kill a patient. But they clashed with other gunmen already inside, sparking a gun battle that left four people dead. The victims include a doctor who apparently was caught in the crossfire. Police in the state of
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls are rounding up a herd of more than 1,500 bison as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the species, which has rebounded from near-extinction. Visitors came from across the world watched the thundering wooly creatures run over hills and grasslands Friday.
Continue ReadingBy ZANA CIMILI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO is reinforcing its troop presence in Kosovo in response to a weekend shootout that left four people dead. The U.S. is also concerned about a buildup of Serbian forces on the northern border of its former territory. Kosovo’s prime minister welcomed NATO’s decision Friday. He
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The scandal-plagued Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested three of its own officers, including a deputy chief. They are charged with trying to cover up excessive force during a strip search inside a police bathroom. Chief Murphy Paul told reporters Friday that his department does
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark cannot move his Georgia election subversion case from state to federal court, a judge ruled Friday. The ruling from US District Judge Steve Jones is the latest blow to the Georgia defendants who are trying to move their state prosecutions into the federal
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who prosecutors say orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder Friday in a long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, has long been known to investigators
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who prosecutors say orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder Friday in a long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, has long been known to investigators
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about a government official and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people. The Justice Department said in a statement Friday that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., is accused
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election interference case has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. He is the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors. Scott Graham Hall pleaded guilty Friday to five
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