BANNING, Calif. — Thirteen people were injured Friday when a Greyhound bus blew a tire and veered into a sports utility vehicle and a center divider wall on a California desert highway, authorities said. There were 33 people aboard the bus when it crashed in Banning, about 90 miles (145 […]
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Peter Navarro indicted on contempt of Congress charges over Jan. 6 investigation
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was indicted by a grand jury on contempt of Congress charges Friday for defying subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced. “Former White House advisor Peter K. Navarro has been […]
Man who faked death gets 85 years for sexual assault of teen
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A military veteran who once faked his own death to try to avoid criminal charges has been convicted of sexually assaulting a girl and impregnating her when he was 40 and she was 14. A jury convicted Jacob Blair Scott of Moss Point, Mississippi, on Thursday. Jackson […]
Police monitoring live social media arrest man flashing illegal gun
A federal judge in Washington on Friday ordered a man charged with illegal possession of a firearm and caught by police through social media to be jailed pending trial. Raheem Snider allegedly streamed live video from his car in Southeast D.C. on Instagram where he showed viewers what appeared to […]
Depp-Heard trial: Advocates fear chilling effect on accusers
The call came Thursday, only a day after the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard verdict, to a free legal clinic for domestic violence victims in Athens, Georgia. The woman wanted to pursue her abuse claims, but she was worried. “The fear was that she’d be seen to be a liar like Amber […]
Police still searching search for Wisconsin cemetery shooter
RACINE, Wis. — Police were still searching Friday for whoever opened fire during a funeral at a Wisconsin cemetery. Someone began shooting during Da’Shontay King’s funeral Thursday afternoon in Racine. King died last month after he was shot by a Racine police officer. Police said in a news release that […]
Amazon executive in charge of consumer business resigns
The Amazon executive in charge of the company’s worldwide consumer business is resigning after 23 years. Dave Clark’s last day at the Seattle-based e-commerce giant will be July 1, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote Friday in a company blog post. Amazon did not name a replacement for Clark but Jassy […]
1 tribal officer killed and 1 wounded in Arizona shootings
WHITERIVER, Ariz. — A tribal police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop on a Native American reservation in Arizona by a suspect who stole the officer’s car and got into a shootout in which another officer was wounded, officials said Friday. The suspect was killed. The events unfolded […]
US employers added 390K jobs in May
A worker walks past wholesale goods in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022. U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs last month, the government reported on June 3, 2022, a sign of a slowdown in hiring but still a better-than-expected result. The jobless rate held steady at 3.6 percent for the third consecutive […]
Russia’s supply ship launched to International Space Station
In this photo taken from video released by the Roscosmos Space Agency, the Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with cargo transportation spacecraft Progress МS-20 blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, June 3, 2022. The second stage of the rocket bears the inscription “Donbass” and its nose cone has […]