Lara Trump says she thinks GOP voters would like to see RNC pay Donald Trump’s legal fees
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and handpicked choice to help lead the…
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White House weighing executive actions on the border — with immigration powers used by Trump
By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law…
Continue Reading A Los Angeles woman was arrested in Russia on charges of treason. Here’s what we know
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press Russia’s main domestic intelligence agency has arrested a woman with dual U.S. and Russian citizenship on charges of…
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How a trusted FBI source became the center of a Washington scandal
CNN By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov was initially prized by the FBI as a solid source who…
Continue Reading Rapper Kodak Black freed from jail after drug possession charge was dismissed
MIAMI (AP) — South Florida rapper Kodak Black has been freed from jail after a federal judge sentenced him to time served for a probation…
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Community Champions: NMSU’s Spearman picks up back-to-back CUSA Freshman of the Week awards
(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The legend of Desirae Spearman is quickly growing. In her first weekend of collegiate softball,…
Continue Reading Georgia has the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement. Mississippi could be next
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After years of refusing to expand Medicaid, some of Mississippi’s…
Continue Reading Seattle police officer who struck and killed graduate student from India won’t face felony charges
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state said Wednesday they will not file felony charges against a Seattle…
Continue Reading Toyota recalls 280,000 pickups and SUVs because transmissions can deliver power even when in neutral
DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 280,000 pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. The recall is to fix a transmission problem that can let the…
Continue Reading 11 years later, still no end to federal intervention in sight for New Orleans police
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge says the New Orleans Police Department’s progress in complying with an…
Continue Reading United Airlines says after a ‘detailed safety analysis’ it will restart flights to Israel in March
CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says it plans to resume flights to Israel next month, reviving a route that was suspended in October at the start of…
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Las Cruces man sentenced to 54 years for attempted murder in police shootout
Update (March 22, 2024): A judge sentenced Crawford to 54 years in prison. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A jury found 47-year-old Bobby Charles…
Continue Reading Wisconsin school district releases tape of Black superintendent’s comments that led to resignation
By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The school district in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has released the recording of…
Continue Reading Haley responds to Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’
CNN By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she believes an embryo is a baby following the…
Continue Reading Kentucky Senate supports constitutional change to restrict end-of-term gubernatorial pardon powers
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has endorsed a proposed constitutional change to limit a governor’s…
Continue Reading Trump asks judge to delay enforcing the $355 million civil fraud decision for one month
CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the civil fraud case to delay enforcing the $355…
Continue Reading Haiti orphanage founder to be sent to Florida for sex abuse case
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An American founder of a Haitian orphanage who is accused of sexually abusing four boys there more…
Continue Reading Federal judge affirms MyPillow’s Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter becomes first living ex-president with official White House Christmas ornament
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has another distinction to his name. The 99-year-old is the…
Continue Reading Feds accuse alleged Japanese crime boss of conspiring to traffic nuclear material
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the…
Continue Reading Court lifts US coal sales moratorium in a setback for Dems and environmentalists
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal…
Continue Reading Republican prosecutor in Arizona takes swipe at New York district attorney prosecuting Trump
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican prosecutor of Arizona’s most populous county took a thinly veiled swipe at a…
Continue Reading Old European satellite plunges harmlessly through the atmosphere over the Pacific
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old Earth-observing satellite has fallen out of orbit and harmlessly burned up.…
Continue Reading Silent brain changes precede Alzheimer’s. Researchers have new clues about which come first
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A study of older adults in China offers a closer look at the dominolike sequence of brain…
Continue Reading What to know about the death of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in Texas
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Texas girl whose body was found in a river this week, died from homicidal…
Continue Reading Hawaii state and county officials seeking $1B from Legislature for Maui recovery
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii state and county officials are requesting about $1 billion from the Legislature to help cover Maui wildfire recovery…
Continue Reading Former NFL player Marshawn Lynch resolves Vegas DUI case without a trial or conviction
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch has resolved a Las Vegas drunken driving case without a trial or DUI conviction. A city…
Continue Reading Decaying bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to address lax oversight of funeral homes
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On the heels of two egregious cases of funeral home owners mishandling bodies and…
Continue Reading Florida Legislature passes bill to release state grand jury’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The transcripts of a 2006 grand jury that investigated Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual assaults of underage girls would be…
Continue Reading West Virginia House OKs bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns, other weapons in schools
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates has voted to allow teachers…
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