By Andrew Kaczynski The transformation of George Santos began in 2019, the year he went from Anthony Devolder, just another New Yorker sharing political musings on social media, to a Republican congressional candidate with a compelling fictional resume. His improbable rise to the House of Representatives started as he joined a group of pro-Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced Los Angeles celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been indicted in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges of stealing more than $18 million from clients. The charges mark the latest in a string of legal disasters for a once powerful player who rubbed
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Federal authorities say a well-known former investigative journalist for ABC News has been arrested on a charge of “transporting” images depicting the sexual abuse of children. James Gordon Meek was arrested on Tuesday. According to court papers, investigators found images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct on electronic
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, asked the Justice Department in a letter Wednesday to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop that a computer repair shop owner says was dropped off at
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York City has ordered an ex-gynecologist to jail as he awaits sentencing, following his conviction for sexually abusing hundreds of patients over decades. Robert Hadden was convicted last week of four counts of enticing victims to cross state lines so he could sexually abuse them. Some
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — One of three teens accused of starting a fire that killed five immigrants from Senegal in 2020 at a Denver home has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars — three years in juvenile detention followed by seven years in prison. The punishment for 17-year-old Dillon Siebert
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It was almost inevitable that in the end, emotions would run high among some foes of a long-disputed proposed southeast Bend station Wednesday night, after city councilors weighed their options, then voted 5-2 to not hear appeals that may well go to a state appeals board anyway.
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN A New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with one count of attempted use of fire to damage a building after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue Sunday, according to court documents. Nicholas Malindretos, 26, of Clifton, will appear in federal court in Newark on Thursday
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President Biden has declared an upcoming end to the Covid-19 emergency, so those free vaccines are expected to end in May.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The state of Oregon released Wednesday the 2023 essential salmonid habitat map, which shows streams where activities like building docks or adding riprap usually require a removal-fill permit. The map identifies streams that are critical habitat for Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, and other sensitive, threatened or endangered fish species. Oregon law
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN After the hoopla Netflix unleashed with “Tiger King,” its latest docuseries oddity might involve a different four-footed creature. Like that earlier sensation, “Gunther’s Millions” is really about the strange people featured, but its true insights expose how gullible media can be taken in by a too-good-to-be-true (or too-fun-to-fact-check) story —
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Every Colorado school district, like many across the country, began 2023 understaffed. That’s caused classes to be crammed together, school bus routes to shrink, Spanish language courses to get cut from curriculums, and field trips to be nixed. This has prompted lawmakers in Colorado and
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Dave Bautista is looking for his next role, and he’d love for it to be a chance to show off his softer side. The former wrestler told Page Six on Monday that while he knows he’s “not your typical rom-com lead,” he’d love to be considered for a film in that
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Legisladores republicanos arremetieron este miércoles contra las políticas fronterizas del presidente Joe Biden y sentaron las bases para un caso de juicio político contra el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, en la primera de una serie de audiencias sobre inmigración desde que los republicanos tomaron el control de la Cámara
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Buenas noticias: Beyoncé tendrá su gira “Renaissance”. Malas noticias: sus seguidores ya preparan para pasar un momento difícil a la hora de comprar las entradas, especialmente después de las fallas de Ticketmaster en la venta de boletos para la gira de Taylor Swift “Eras”. Beyoncé anunció su gira, sobre
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others. The father of Anthony Huber, one of two
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would eliminate Idaho’s only bipartisan legislative committee and place the state’s independent auditing agency under Republican control. Rep. Megan Blanksma, the House Majority Leader, presented the legislation to the House State Affairs Committee. It would do away with the Joint
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would eliminate Idaho’s only bipartisan legislative committee and place the state’s independent auditing agency under Republican control. Rep. Megan Blanksma, the House Majority Leader, presented the legislation to the House State Affairs Committee. It would do away with the Joint
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent. In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it will be prohibited
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse trained his wives to use firearms, instructing them to “shoot it out” with police officers if they ever tried to “break their family apart,” according to records obtained by The Associated Press. If that failed, the actor from “Dancing With Wolves” said they
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