FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It wasn’t long ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would have been looking at a near-certain death sentence for murdering 17 people in Parkland, even if his jury could not unanimously agree on his fate. Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a […]
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Tropical Storm Karl weakens into depression off south Mexico
Tropical Storm Karl has weakened into a tropical depression while nearing Mexico’s southern Gulf shore, though forecasters say its heavy rain could still cause problems on the easily flooded stretch of coast MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Karl weakened into a tropical depression while nearing Mexico’s southern Gulf shore, though […]
Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm press
IRVINE, California — President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western tour this week, as he confronts a sobering inflation report in the waning weeks before midterm elections. Biden visited a community college in Irvine, California, to […]
Florida spent almost $1 million for two more migrant flights
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida has paid nearly $1 million to arrange two sets of flights to transport about 100 migrants who entered the country illegally to Delaware and Illinois, according to documents released Friday by the Florida Department of Transportation. The flights would be a follow-up to the Sept. 14 […]
Teen, 15, fatally shot after argument on New York subway
NEW YORK — A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot on a New York subway train Friday after a dispute between two groups of people escalated into violence. It was the eighth killing in New York’s subway system this year, at a time when a gradual increase in ridership after a […]
Migrants flown to Massachusetts certified as crime victims
SAN ANTONIO — A Texas sheriff has certified 49 migrants flown from San Antonio to Massachusetts last month to be crime victims, a move that allows them to apply for special visas to remain in the United States. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar’s certifications allow the mostly Venezuelan migrants to […]
Elon Musk wants Pentagon to pay for his Starlink satellite system for Ukraine
Billionaire Elon Musk says his space company SpaceX cannot keep funding its Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine “indefinitely” and has sent a letter to the Pentagon to make that point. SpaceX’s Starlink terminals have been an important resource for Ukraine’s military on the battlefield and it remains unclear what […]
DOJ asks court to shut down review of Trump docs
The Justice Department has asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to shut down special master Raymond Dearie’s review of more than 11,000 documents seized by the FBI in its August raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The DOJ argues that U.S. district Judge Aileen Cannon took “unprecedented” […]
Oath Keeper militia member discussed ‘civil war’ ahead of Jan. 6, FBI testifies
The trial of several far-right militia members continued Friday in Washington as federal prosecutors called FBI agents to testify to messages they say were exchanged between those they tracked to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Relying on a what they said was trove of cell phone data and […]
Official: 14 dead, 28 hurt after blast in Turkish coal mine
Miners carry the body of a victim in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. An official says an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has trapped dozens of miners. At least 14 have come out alive. The cause of Friday’s […]