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Month: January 2024

Justice Department, special counsel have spent nearly $24 million on Trump-related cases

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has spent nearly $24 million investigating and prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his allies, according to expense reports. In the most recent expense report released Friday, which covers April 2023 to September 2023, special counsel Jack Smith’s office reported spending $7.4 million on things such

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New Mexico attorney general says fake GOP electors can’t be prosecuted, recommends changes

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor says the state’s five Republican electors cannot be prosecuted under the current law for filing election certificates that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential race. However, Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez is making recommendations

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El país que más contamina en el mundo acaba de tener el año más caluroso registrado, marcado por un clima extremo mortal

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — China vivió en 2023 su año más caluroso registrado, informaron los medios estatales esta semana, mientras el país que más contamina en el mundo enfrentó una serie de implacables olas de calor y otros fenómenos climáticos extremos impulsados por la crisis climática causada por el hombre. Los récords de temperatura diarios

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Cher is denied an immediate conservatorship over son’s money, but the issue isn’t done

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has declined to give Cher an immediate court conservatorship over her son’s money. The judge at a hearing Friday said Cher’s attorneys hadn’t given lawyers for 47-year-old Elijah Blue Allman the necessary documents in time for them to prepare his opposition

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Vatican concludes former Minnesota archbishop acted imprudently but committed no crimes

STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Vatican has concluded a lengthy investigation into allegations of misconduct by Archbishop John Nienstedt, the former leader of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It found that he did not violate church law, but he did take actions described as “imprudent” and therefore remains barred from

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Recalled meat snack trays sold at Sam’s Club are linked to salmonella poisoning in two dozen people

By The Associated Press Health officials say at least two dozen people in 14 states were sickened by salmonella poisoning tied to recalled meat snack trays sold at some Sam’s Club stores. Five people were hospitalized. Fratelli Beretta USA is a New Jersey meat processing company that has recalled more than 11,000 pounds of Busseto

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Ohio governor signs order barring minors from gender-affirming surgery as veto override looms

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A week after vetoing a ban on all forms gender affirming care for minors in Ohio, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an executive order effective immediately barring Ohioans from gender-affirming surgical interventions until they’re 18. The governor said medical professionals have told him

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