New York City police commissioner resigns after his phone was seized in federal investigation
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’
An ER nurse says it was ‘second nature’ to rescue a man trapped in hurricane floodwaters
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps it was fate that a man’s pickup truck got trapped in rising floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Francine not far from where Miles Crawford lives. The 39-year-old off-duty emergency room nurse is professionally
Man accused in assault that critically wounded Ferguson officer now faces more charges
The man accused in an assault that left a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fighting for his life is facing several additional charges after a grand jury indictment. Officer Travis Brown, 36, was critically injured while trying to
UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
ROME (AP) — The World Food Program needs better access to people at risk of starvation in Sudan and more money from the crisis-weary West to feed more than 2.5 million people facing famine, the U.N. agency’s
Judge restores voting rights for 4 tangled in Tennessee gun rights mandate but uncertainty remains
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that four people can’t be denied their voting rights because their specific felony offenses bar them from having a gun, even under a state directive that added gun
KEYWORD NOTICE – Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial
NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York ahead of a retrial in his landmark #MeToo case, Manhattan prosecutors said at a court hearing Thursday.
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattles the Los Angeles area
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area Thursday morning, unleashing boulders onto a Malibu road, visibly shaking Santa Monica’s 1909 wooden pier and jolting some people from bed. No injuries or
US sanctions 16 allies of Venezuela’s president over accusations of obstructing the election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday responded to Venezuela’s disputed July presidential election by imposing sanctions against 16 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of obstructing the vote and carrying out human rights abuses.
Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge declined Thursday to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man scheduled for execution later this month in the stabbing death of a woman in 1998, despite
Biden marks the 30th anniversary of the passage of the landmark Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, the White House on Thursday is set to announce new efforts to address online harassment and abuse, and
