By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee Republican lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge involving a disgraced former state House speaker. Ex-Rep. Robin Smith entered her plea Tuesday in Nashville federal court under an agreement with prosecutors. According to court documents, Smith worked closely with former
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State. The Knights, in the second of a four-year transition to D-1, became heroes
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Winston-Salem man faces three counts of first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two men and a 3-year-old girl last week. Lexington police said Brian Keith Moses is accused of killing toddler Ja-sel Orr, who died two days after
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay’s Chris Godwin will be one of the NFL’s highest-paid wide receivers after the Buccaneers placed the franchise tag on him for the second straight year. The team announced the move after failing to reach a long-term agreement with the 26-year-old. Godwin led the Bucs with a career-best 98 receptions
Continue ReadingREDDING, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman who was arrested last week for allegedly faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents has been released from jail. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Sherri Papini could be released after her family posted a $120,000 bond. She later left jail in Sacramento, running
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A cybersecurity firm says hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. A report released Tuesday by the Reston, Virginia-based private cybersecurity firm Mandiant does not identify the
Continue ReadingBy Joylyn Bukovac Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 28-year-old woman was arrested early Saturday morning after police said she left the 3000 Bar, shot a pistol into the air, hurting a 48-year-old woman who was asleep in an apartment across the street. Surveillance video showed Jonerica Johnson committing
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Bend restaurateur and former Oregon House and Bend-La Pine School Board member Cheri Helt filed on Tuesday’s May 17 primary filing deadline as the seventh candidate for commissioner of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries, a nonpartisan position that drew greater scrutiny amid the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and regulations.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon on Tuesday evening dismissed Poland’s proposal floated hours earlier to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States for delivery to Ukraine. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement that the Pentagon did not believe Poland’s proposal was “tenable,”
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz, CNN In the last year and a half, Donnell Hunter has missed his daughter’s first day of kindergarten, his son’s standout season of youth football, the birth of his grandson and countless other memories, all because of his long battle against Covid-19. The 43-year-old spent 549 days in hospitals and long-term acute
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El 13 de marzo inicia un año electoral en Colombia con las elecciones legislativas y una serie de consultas internas que elegirán a los candidatos de cara a las elecciones presidenciales de este año. El domingo 13 de marzo casi 39 millones de electores en todo el país están
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — PJ Hall had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Nick Honor scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half and No. 10 seed Clemson beat 15th-seeded North Carolina State 70-64 in the opening round of the ACC tournament. Clemson (17-15) has won five straight games, and will play No. 7
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Body camera and video security footage released by police shows a man killed by Seattle police Saturday crashed his truck into a garage door at a federal building, exited the truck with a rifle and began firing seemingly at random. The Seattle Times reports the man in footage appears to be lying
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands. He said Tuesday during a congressional hearing that part of the effort includes integrating Indigenous knowledge into management
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands. He said Tuesday during a congressional hearing that part of the effort includes integrating Indigenous knowledge into management
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of a handful of Republican votes in play as Democrats fight to confirm President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, praised Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her Tuesday on Capitol Hill, saying it’s “clear that her credentials and the breadth
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands. He said Tuesday during a congressional hearing that part of the effort includes integrating Indigenous knowledge into management
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Los legisladores estatales de Florida dieron la aprobación final este martes a un proyecto de ley que prohibiría enseñar sobre orientación sexual e identidad de género en las aulas, enviando el polémico proyecto de ley al escritorio del gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis, quien ha señalado su apoyo a la medida.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve charged a woman who has Russian and U.S. citizenships with subverting laws requiring foreign agents to register with the U.S. government. The woman founded what prosecutors described as “Russian propaganda center” in New York City. The charges against Elena Branson were unsealed
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — McDonald’s y Starbucks decidieron cerrar sus restaurantes y cafeterías en Rusia, y Coca-Cola afirmó que suspenderá sus operaciones allí en respuesta a la invasión rusa de Ucrania. PepsiCo también retirará algunos productos del país. “McDonald’s ha decidido cerrar temporalmente todos nuestros restaurantes en Rusia y suspender todas las operaciones en el
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