By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers say she’ll request a new trial after revelations by a juror in her case that he was a victim of sexual abuse. Her lawyers said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan on Wednesday that the court should order a
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has canceled a press conference he had planned to hold in Florida on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Trump said in a statement Tuesday evening that he would instead be discussing his grievances at
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 2009 lawsuit settlement that Prince Andrew’s lawyers claim protects him from being sued by an American woman has been publicly released. The lawyers said the $500,000 settlement between Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein was released in Manhattan federal court on Monday. The prince’s attorneys
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Texas congressmen are complaining about the Mexican government’s attempts to limit competition in the electrical power sector. A letter to U.S. Ambassador Ken Salzar criticizes changes proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to restrict the market share of private power generators and favor Mexico’s state-owned utility company. The letter circulated
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By Jason Hanna and Ralph Ellis, CNN Bronze statues of two Confederate generals were removed on Saturday from public property in Charlottesville, Virginia, almost four years after they were a flashpoint for a violent “Unite the Right” rally that left one person dead. Machinery first lifted the statue of Robert E. Lee in Market Street
Continue Reading WASHINGTON D.C. (ABC) — Former President Donald Trump is defending his supporters who violently assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6, claiming they posed “zero threat,” despite the riot resulting in multiple deaths and injuries as well as property destruction. He also alleged his supporters were being persecuted during a phone interview Thursday night with Fox
Continue Reading (ABC) — A top public health official on Friday she was “deeply concerned” about the trajectory of COVID-19 cases, again urging Americans to continue to take precautions like wearing masks, even as states lift restrictions meant to curb the spread of the virus and more people continue to be vaccinated. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser released a statement Tuesday afternoon voicing support for the communities in Boulder, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia. Both are now dealing with the pain and aftermath of the country’s latest mass shootings. “Our prayers are with the citizens of these communities as they deal with the effects
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FORT HOOD, Texas — The death of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen occurred “in the line of duty,” Fort Hood officials announced Tuesday. The designation paves the way for Guillen’s family to be entitled to certain Army benefits. “Typically, these benefits include compensation to immediately help the family with expenses, funeral with full military honors, the
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas-area woman died due to Covid-19 while on a flight in July, a Dallas County official said. The woman was in her 30s and had “underlying high risk health conditions,” Dallas County said in a news release. The woman died in late July on the tarmac at a New Mexico airport,
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — A company that makes wheelchairs for dogs is honoring a pup from Philadelphia. Six-year-old Dawkins won a spot in the 2021 “Walkin’ Pets” calendar, produced by Walkin’ Wheels. Dawkins lost the use of his back legs, but he gets around using the company’s wheelchair. Pets from 27 different countries competed to
Continue Reading It is time for the World Series, and it’s going to be a weird one! A shortened schedule, unfamiliar ballparks, crowds of permanently-smiling cardboard cutouts — like everything else that’s happened in this 500-year-long year, there was almost nothing about this baseball season that was normal. But, like the tides and the phases of the
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas police officer was shot and killed and another was injured Tuesday at an apartment complex, authorities said. Sgt. Harold Preston, 65, and another two officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call at south Houston apartment building, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a news conference. “It’s a big
Continue Reading The family of a woman who was pronounced dead and later found breathing at a Detroit funeral home in August is suing for $50 million, according to a news release from their attorney. Timesha Beauchamp, 20, died on Sunday at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, lawyer Geoffrey Fieger said. Fieger said her death was a result
Continue Reading A Tennessee poll worker was fired for asking voters to turn their shirts supporting Black Lives Matter inside out, violating his training as a nonpartisan election worker, according to a local election commission. The poll worker, stationed at a Memphis early voting site, had told voters last week to turn their shirts inside out before
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Billings, MT (KTVQ) — Women battling breast cancer are described as “resilient,” “inspirational,” and “courageous.” The same can be said of not-for-profit Pack the Place in Pink. “Despite a pandemic, cancer has not slowed down at all. And the whole idea is that we help people that just
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