MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man who sped toward them in a vehicle as they were serving a search warrant in a neighborhood on Friday in Memphis, officials said. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said deputies were serving the high-risk drug warrant at about 3:30 p.m. when […]
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Harvey Weinstein to appear in NYC court next week in first step toward retrial
Harvey Weinstein, whose sex crimes conviction was just overturned by New York’s highest court, is expected to take his first step toward being retried when he appears in court next week. He is scheduled to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday, after the New York Court of Appeals overturned […]
Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings
AUGUSTA, Maine — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing the transfer of guns to prohibited […]
Rep. Adam Schiff’s luggage swiped in San Francisco
LOS ANGELES — San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing gone, Schiff ended […]
Woman pleads guilty to being accessory in fatal freeway shooting of 6-year-old boy
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A woman has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact for being the driver of the car from which her boyfriend fatally shot a 6-year-old boy on a busy Southern California highway. The Orange County Register reports that Wynne Lee, 26, entered the plea […]
RFK Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, remains in the shadows
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled California lawyer Nicole Shanahan as his running mate in late March, it seemed to trigger the start of a new and exciting phase of his long shot independent presidential bid: “Kennedy ’24” signs suddenly made room for a second name, which water bottles and […]
Pentagon announces new $6 billion military aid package for Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new $6 billion weapons purchases for Ukraine on Friday that he said is the biggest so far and will purchase new weapons systems for Ukraine, including additional Patriot missiles it needs to counter Russian missile barrages on its cities. “This is the largest security […]
Long flu season winds down in US
NEW YORK — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn’t unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what’s counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
In Howard Stern interview, Biden says he’s ‘happy’ to debate Trump
President Joe Biden said Friday he is “happy” to debate former President Donald Trump, though did not specify as to when. The comment was made during a one-on-one interview with radio host Howard Stern, who asked if the president had plans to debate his 2024 opponent. “I am somewhere,” Biden […]
Severe weather, including tornado threat, expected to impact the Heartland
Severe weather is expected to impact the Heartland on Friday and into the weekend, including a threat for tornadoes. Twenty million Americans, from Texas to Iowa, are on alert Friday for tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. The highest tornado threat exists from the Dallas region north to Des Moines, […]