By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lame-duck Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has given a big pay boost to an administrative assistant who is also a top Idaho Republican Party official in a move that could hinder the ability of the next lieutenant governor by significantly depleting the office’s budget before January’s
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Wayne Rooney hopes taking over as D.C. United coach helps turn the struggling MLS team around and advances his managerial career. Rooney was introduced Tuesday as coach four years after he joined D.C. United as a player. He says he was planning to take a break after resigning from as manager of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un número creciente de voces está instando al fiscal del distrito de Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, a retirar un cargo de homicidio contra el empleado de una bodega que apuñaló mortalmente a un hombre que había ido detrás del mostrador y lo había empujado. El empleado de la bodega, José Alba, de
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DEDHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Police in Dedham are sharing tips for keeping animals out of your chimney after two baby raccoons were rescued from a resident’s fireplace. “Their eyes aren’t even open yet – they are likely just two weeks old!” police posted to Facebook
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Luis Gilberto Murillo es una cara nueva en la Embajada de Colombia en EE.UU. Gustavo Petro lo designó como el próximo embajador tras la renuncia de Juan Carlos Pinzón. Murillo, quien vivió y trabajó en Washington y fue candidato a vicepresidente de Sergio Fajardo, ocupará el que es uno de
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Washington (AP) — A Twitter employee testified that he spent a sleepless night on Jan. 5, 2021, worrying that people might die the next day during a rally that former President Donald Trump regularly promoted with angry rhetoric on his social media accounts. The Twitter employee raised repeated concerns with
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Washington (AP) — A Twitter employee testified that he spent a sleepless night on Jan. 5, 2021, worrying that people might die the next day during a rally that former President Donald Trump regularly promoted with angry rhetoric on his social media accounts. The Twitter employee raised repeated concerns with
Continue ReadingBy HANK TESTER Click here for updates on this story KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (WFOR) — It is almost like clockwork, and most always early morning, that Cuban migrants try to reach Florida. On Tuesday, 25 of them landed on Key Biscayne. A federal law enforcement official confirmed, as they put it, “a maritime smuggling event.”
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Philadelphia’s Rob Thomson became the first Canadian to manage a major league game in his home country when he led the Phillies against the Toronto Blue Jays. Thomson is from Sarnia, Ontario, a city on the Michigan border about 200 miles west of Toronto. He was promoted from bench coach to Philadelphia’s
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled his country after being kidnapped by a paramilitary group has been named Colombia’s next ambassador to the United States. In a brief message posted on Twitter on Tuesday, President elect Gustavo Petro
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing a near total ban on abortion, this time under a judge’s order released Tuesday by a state court in the capital. Judge Donald Johnson’s order halts enforcement temporarily while lawyers for a north Louisiana clinic and other
Continue ReadingBy Etant Dupain and Luke McGee, CNN Thousands of Haitians are trapped in capital city Port-au-Prince without access to water, food or other essential supplies, according to aid groups and a local official. Residents in the neighborhood of Cité Soleil have been isolated by ongoing fighting between rival groups vying for control, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has sued billionaire Elon Musk in an effort to force him to follow through with his deal to buy the social media company. The lawsuit, filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday, comes after Musk said in a letter to Twitter’s top lawyer late Friday that he
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Investigators say a helicopter crash that killed six people in West Virginia on June 22 occurred when the aircraft hit a rock face 15 minutes after taking off. A preliminary report released Tuesady by federal investigators reveals that the Vietnam-era Bell UH-1B “Huey” helicopter impacted the
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School while a gunman carried out a massacre inside a fourth-grade classroom where 19 children and
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff. The coffee giant is closing six stores in its hometown of Seattle, six in Los Angeles, two in Portland, Oregon and one each in Philadelphia and
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff. The coffee giant is closing six stores in its hometown of Seattle, six in Los Angeles, two in Portland, Oregon and one each in Philadelphia and
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Louisville Metro Police officers helped out a young mother in need of safer equipment for her child, according to a post on LMPD’s Facebook page. Second Division officers met the mom seen in the photo above and discovered that her child
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 15 of her 19 points in the second half and Ezi Magbegor had 13 points to help the Seattle Storm beat the Dallas Wings 83-74 on Tuesday. Seattle (16-8) has won three games in a row and five of its last six, putting it in a virtual tie with
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East comes as the region is experiencing dramatic changes and struggling to address deep problems. He’ll become the first U.S. president to travel directly from Israel to Saudi Arabia, a reflection of closer ties between
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