By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have moved to temporarily change Senate rules and confirm hundreds of military nominees. It’s an attempt to maneuver around a blockade by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over a Pentagon abortion policy. The Senate Rules Committee voted 9-7 on Tuesday to approve a resolution that
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — The married Maryland doctors accused of trying to spy for Russia returned Monday to federal court in Baltimore. One worked at Johns Hopkins and the other was an Army major with a high-level security clearance. Both were arrested in September 2022.
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Muñiz Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The 2022 graduating class had a 76% graduation rate — a less than 1% decrease from the year before. Santa Fe Public Schools and Albuquerque Public Schools are focusing on students’ mental health. SFPS added four social-emotional learning days for
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A suspected serial killer accused in the deaths of six people in Delaware and Pennsylvania in 2021 has been convicted of murder and other crimes by a Delaware jury. The jury deliberated for about six hours over Monday and Tuesday before finding Keith Gibson guilty of murder
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state’s primary ballot, dealing a blow to the effort to stop Trump’s candidacy with a Civil War-era Constitutional clause. It marks the second time in a week that a state
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Courteney Cox is remembering Matthew Perry by sharing a memory from the set of “Friends” that she described as one of her “favorites.” On Tuesday, Cox shared a clip on her Instagram page from the Season 4 episode when her character Monica Geller hooks up with Perry’s Chandler Bing
Continue ReadingBy Meghan O’Brien Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — At Morrill Hall, the University of Nebraska State Museum houses many fossils and artifacts that tell the history of the state and region. Thanks to recent research by a University of Washington doctoral student, one piece of that history
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine’s yellow flag law has been invoked more than a dozen times since the deadliest shootings in state history. The law is used to restrict access to guns during a mental health crisis. An updated list shows the yellow flag law has been used 13 times since the Oct. 25 mass
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A leak of discovery materials in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants prompted the Fulton County district attorney’s office Tuesday to file an emergency motion for a protective order in an attempt to prevent other material from becoming public. Portions of proffer videos
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that tried to use the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. The judge separately ruled that Michigan’s secretary of state doesn’t have the power under state law to determine the former president’s eligibility for
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a Mississippi man who was accidentally run over and killed by Jackson police is now saying she has been victimized a second time after her son’s body was exhumed without his family present. Dexter Wade’s body was scheduled to be exhumed on Monday at 12:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Kate Beckinsale wore a bejeweled mini dress over the weekend to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th birthday in Los Angeles, and a photograph of the black frock, which featured a colossal blue-gemstone-like accessory belted around her waist, has since made its rounds across the Internet. Though the look seems to
Continue ReadingBy Genevieve Glass Click here for updates on this story SHIPROCK, New Mexico (KOAT) — Bernie Tyler, a Navajo veteran born and raised in Shiprock on the Navajo Nation, served in the U.S. Army for eight years. “I think one thing that bothered me when I moved away from the military was the feeling of
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Dietz Click here for updates on this story GARRARD COUNTY, Kentucky (WLWT) — Law enforcement officials are investigating after two hunting-related deaths occurred in the same Kentucky county over the weekend. The deaths happened in Garrard County, which is about 36 miles south of Lexington. The Garrard County Sheriff’s Office told NBC affiliate
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Daniels Click here for updates on this story GRIDLEY, California (KCRA) — A teacher who has been working with the Gridley Unified School District for at least 20 years is accused of having sexual relations with a student, according to the Gridley Police Department. Officers began their investigation on Oct. 10 when learning
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press FELCSUT, Hungary (AP) — The captain of Israel’s soccer team displayed the shoe of a young boy that he said was kidnapped by Hamas militants during their deadly Oct. 7 raid, an act of solidarity with those Israelis still being held captive in the Gaza Strip ahead of the team’s
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of Israel rallied by the tens of thousands on the National Mall under heavy security Tuesday, voicing solidarity in the fight against Hamas and crying “never again.” The “March for Israel” offered a resounding and bipartisan endorsement of one of America’s closest allies
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The head of Hachette Book Group, Michael Pietsch, is retiring as CEO and will be succeeded by Hachette UK CEO David Shelley. Pietsch, who has worked with authors ranging from Keith Richards to Donna Tartt, will serve as chairman of the U.S. publisher starting Jan. 1 of next year. Pietsch presided
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — The United Automobile Workers’ won big wage and benefit gains in tentative contract agreements with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Now, non-union companies are rushing to give their non-unionized workers raises, too. Toyota, Honda and Hyundai all announced raises for their US factory workers within two weeks
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