President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal…
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A judge has once again rejected Musk’s multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package. Now what?
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — For a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded its CEO, Elon Musk, that once…
Continue ReadingFormer Gov. M. Jodi Rell remembered as a kind leader who ‘healed’ Connecticut
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut residents, past and present dignitaries, and state Capitol insiders are paying tribute to…
Continue ReadingSearchers recover body of Wisconsin woman missing since 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a Wisconsin woman who vanished more than four years ago. The state Department of Justice…
Continue ReadingFormer Abercrombie CEO’s partner pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges, is freed on bond
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries who was indicted on sex trafficking charges along with…
Continue ReadingTrump signs agreement to allow Justice Department to conduct background checks on nominees, staff
AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has signed an agreement to allow the Justice…
Continue ReadingDemonstrators again converge on Georgia’s parliament after the country’s EU bid was suspended
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators in the Georgian capital have converged on parliament again in the capital of…
Continue ReadingFBI arrests man allegedly helping prepare ‘surprise attack’ on South Korea
By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A California man confessed to helping the North Korean regime prepare for an attack in a “sophisticated…
Continue ReadingCyber Monday was the biggest US online shopping day ever
By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — $15.8 million every 60 seconds. That’s how much US consumers spent in two hours on Monday night, capping off a…
Continue ReadingJude Law and Nicholas Hoult lead thriller about the real FBI manhunt for a white supremacist leader
AP Film Writer Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history came to an explosive end on Whidbey Island in Puget…
Continue ReadingUN watchdog to conduct probe into sexual misconduct allegations against top international prosecutor
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that a United Nations watchdog has been selected to lead an external probe into…
Continue ReadingOutcry in Brazil as video shows a Sao Paulo police officer throwing a man off a bridge
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A military police officer in Sao Paulo has been seen on video footage throwing a man off a bridge and into a…
Continue ReadingOhio’s top elections official rejects GOP challenge to Democratic congresswoman’s residency
Associated Press Ohio’s top elections official has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic…
Continue ReadingFreedom Caucus unsuccessfully challenges Speaker in South Carolina House race
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House opened its newest session with an unsuccessful long shot challenge of the Speaker…
Continue ReadingTransgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
KEYE, KSTU, SPECTRUM-NEWS-AUSTIN, WLKY, WTVF, CNN By Devan Cole, Paula Reid and John Fritze, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court will dive…
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year. These factors determine whose cases take priority
By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Dressed in a black sweatshirt and tie-dyed leggings, Hannah Kobayashi casually walked off her flight from Maui to…
Continue ReadingRenewed push for DEI legislation expected next year in Kentucky, new Senate majority leader says
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate’s new majority floor leader says lawmakers seem ready to resume work on a bill…
Continue ReadingCharges dropped against 2 officers accused of not trying to stop force against Christian Glass
DENVER (AP) — Misdemeanor charges have been dropped against two Colorado law enforcement officers in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man…
Continue ReadingArtist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily…
Continue ReadingDemocrats stick with Schumer as leader. Their strategy for countering Trump is far less certain
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain…
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