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Month: April 2024

Skeletal remains found at home in Illinois identified as those of woman missing since 2008

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say skeletal remains found at a house in Springfield have been identified as those of a woman who vanished in 2008. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says a post-mortem examination identified the remains as those of Michelle Renee “Shelly” Bianco of Springfield. Allmon says Bianco’s official cause and manner of

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Appeals court leaves temporary hold on New Jersey’s county line primary ballot design in place

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely viewed as helping candidates with establishment backing. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals considered a slimmed-down appeal brought by the Camden County Democrats after the county clerks — the officials charged with

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Trump campaign asks GOP candidates using Trump’s name and likeness in fundraising to give it a cut

By Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign is asking Republican candidates and committees using the former president’s name and likeness to fundraise to give at least 5% of what they raise to the campaign, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Trump’s campaign managers, Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, said

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Lawmakers vote against hearing Arizona bill repealing abortion ban on House floor

CNN By Arit John and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives once again failed to advance a repeal of the state’s 160-year-old abortion ban Wednesday, days after the state Supreme Court roiled state politics by reviving the law. The vote is a blow to reproductive rights as well as GOP candidates in competitive races, who

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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation’s largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off. It also patrolled the skies for spy balloons and missiles from China, Russia and North Korea, and supported

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Encuentran muerto en prisión a Marino José Lugo Aguilar, detenido por su presunto vínculo con trama de corrupción en Venezuela conocida como PDVSA-cripto

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Marino José Lugo Aguilar fue encontrado muerto en prisión mientras estaba bajo custodia de las autoridades venezolanas, informó este miércoles el Ministerio Público en la red social X, antes Twitter. Según la Fiscalía, Lugo Aguilar estaba presuntamente vinculado a la trama de corrupción por la que investigan al expresidente de

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