By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Ray Epps, who became the focus of right-wing conspiracy theories that law enforcement coerced Trump supporters into storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been charged with a single misdemeanor related to the riot. Federal prosecutors filed the charge – disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor offense in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot and is expected to plead guilty, according to court papers filed
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — New testimony from a number of FBI and Internal Revenue Service officials casts doubt on key claims from an IRS whistleblower who alleges there was political interference in the federal criminal investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes. According to transcripts provided to CNN, several FBI and
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A Nigerian court has freed on bail more than 60 people arrested last month during a police raid on a suspected gay wedding, their lawyer told CNN after a bail hearing Tuesday. More than 200 people were arrested at the alleged wedding party in the southern Delta State on
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian state media have reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in Belarus from Ukrainian regions which Moscow says it has annexed. The group of children from the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions includes children from towns which were captured by the Russian army in
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on seven people and four companies in China, Russia and Turkey who officials allege are connected with the development of Iran’s drone program. Tuesday’s sanctions come after Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday denied his country had sent drones to Russia for
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N.’s refugee agency says that more than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition. The UNHCR said the deaths happened between May 15 and Sept. 14.
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Fraudsters have robbed Europe’s largest copper producer of €185 million ($198 million) worth of the metal, possibly with the help of insiders, the company said Tuesday. After carrying out an extraordinary inventory on August 31, Germany’s Aurubis found that it had paid inflated invoices for shipments of scrap
Continue ReadingBy ZOE STROTHERS, ROB POLANSKY, DYLAN FEARON Click here for updates on this story WESTPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Westport man had his Aston Martin carjacked from inside his garage over the weekend. Police said they responded to a residence on Bayberry Lane at 3:50 p.m. Sunday for a report of a burglary and carjacking.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are taking their next official steps in their impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden by preparing a hearing and subpoenas to members of the Biden family, as well as scheduling the first hearing in the investigation for September 28. A committee spokesperson told CNN that the hearing
Continue ReadingBy REX HODGE Click here for updates on this story DILLSBORO, North Carolina (WLOS) — Not long ago, the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad restored an old steam engine. It’s being credited with increasing ridership for excursions through our mountains. Now, there’s work under way to restore a second steam engine. Crews at the Dillsboro work
Continue ReadingBy KARLI OLSON Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After nine months of negotiations, more than 3,000 frontline nurses at one of Oregon’s largest hospitals voted to authorize a strike. The Oregon Nurses Association, which represents those nurses at OHSU, announced the results of their strike authorization vote this morning,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Ann Tokoyoda, a junior at ‘Iolani School, is currently one of 30 semi-finalists from across the globe in the annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge competition. Founded in 2015, the Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global science video contest that encourages students to
Continue ReadingBy BRADY GIBSON Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (WISH) — The attorneys for accused Delphi murderer Richard Allen believe the killings of two young girls were part of a ritualistic sacrifice. The explosive allegations are part of new court documents filed Monday by Allen’s attorneys. Allen’s defense team hopes to convince
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Federal Reserve is expected to hold its benchmark lending rate steady this week as it waits for more data to understand how previous rate hikes are affecting the US economy. The central bank raised rates to a 22-year high in July. At the conclusion of its
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German government officials have held talks with their Polish counterparts asking them to clarify how many visas were issued in an illegal program in which some Polish consulates issued visas in Africa and Asia in exchange for bribes. Poland has been shaken for weeks
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Nigel has strengthened into a Category 2 storm far out over the Atlantic Ocean. The Miami-based center said Tuesday afternoon that Nigel’s top sustained winds rose to 100 mph, up from 90 mph earlier in the day when it was a Category 1 hurricane. The system
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Colorado’s double-overtime victory against Colorado State, which ended in the early hours of Sunday morning in most of the country, drew 9.3 million viewers. That makes it the most watched late-night college football game ever on ESPN, the network says. Coach Deion Sanders’ Colorado team did not kick off until after
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Whoopi Goldberg came to Hasan Minhaj’s defense after the comic admitted he’d embellished some of the stories in his standup sets over the years. Goldberg was on “The View” when she addressed the topic, saying, “That’s what we do.” “That’s what we do, we tell stories and we embellish
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Everyone who is pregnant should be screened for disorders such as gestational hypertension and preeclampsia with blood pressure monitoring throughout the pregnancy, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended Tuesday. The recommendation, published in the medical journal JAMA, is for all pregnant people and particularly those without a “known
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