Former elected official held in Vegas journalist’s killing has new lawyer, wants to go to trial
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A voicemail threat by an unidentified person to a Las Vegas investigative journalist seven months before he was killed in September 2022 emerged Tuesday as a potential delay for the upcoming murder trial of a .
A prosecutor told the Nevada judge hearing the case involving ex-Democratic county administrator of estates Robert Telles that authorities need time — both to finish sifting slain Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German’s cellphone and computers for evidence in the case and to investigate whether the person who made
Republican National Committee plans to soon consider declaring Trump the ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican National Committee has pulled a resolution to consider declaring the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee” before he formally clinches the requisite number of delegates, a person familiar with the decision said Thursday.
News of the withdrawal came shortly after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that, while he “greatly” appreciated the notion, he felt, “for the sake of PARTY UNITY, that they should NOT go forward with this plan, but that
National Guard officer deployed to southern border given reprimand after pleading guilty to assault
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A New Hampshire National Guard officer who led a battalion on the southern U.S. border has pleaded guilty to assault and several other crimes and been sentenced to a reprimand, the U.S. Army said Thursday.
A military judge in Texas on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Lt. Col. Mark Patterson as part of a deal in which he pleaded guilty to assault consummated by a battery, sexual harassment, conduct unbecoming an officer, violation of a general order and other charges, said
Gang violence is surging to unprecedented levels in Haiti, UN envoy says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An unprecedented surge in gang violence is plaguing Haiti, with the number of victims killed, injured and more than doubling last year, the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nations said Thursday.
In a grim briefing, Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council, “I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point.”
She said the 8,400 victims of documented by
Steeple of historic Connecticut church collapses, no injuries reported
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — An historic Connecticut church’s soaring steeple and roof collapsed on Thursday, leaving a gaping hole in the top of the building and the front reduced to a heap of rubble.
No deaths or injuries were reported in the collapse at the First Congregational Church in downtown New London, which happened around 1:30 p.m., though a search was ongoing afterward, authorities said.
The fire department found one woman at the building when it initially responded, but she
Former WWE employee files sex abuse lawsuit against the company and Vince McMahon
A former WWE employee filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing executive Vince McMahon and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex.
The graphic 67-page suit from Janel Grant, who worked in the company’s legal and talent departments, also includes allegations that McMahon, now 78, forced her into a sexual relationship in order for her to get and keep a job and passed around pornographic pictures and videos of her to other men, including other WWE employees.
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Levi’s to slash its global workforce by up to 15% as part of a 2-year restructuring plan
NEW YORK (AP) — Denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. said Thursday that it’s slashing its global corporate workforce by 10% to 15% in the first half of the year as part of a two-year restructuring plan that seeks to cut costs and simplify its operations.
The company employed about 19,100 people as of the end of November, according to its annual report filed with securities regulators.
San Francisco-based Levi’s said the restructuring is expected to generate
Man wanted in suspected hate-motivated robbery, assault of woman in Toronto
A man is wanted in a suspected hate-motivated robbery and assault of a woman at a convenience store in Bloordale Village, Toronto police said.
Officers were called to the Bloor Street West and Lansdowne Avenue area just after 10 p.m. on Monday for reports of a theft.
It’s alleged that a man entered a convenience store and proceeded to take several items, concealing them within his jacket. Police said a woman watched the man conceal one item and demanded that he return the item and was able
Once in the millions, Guinea worm cases numbered 13 in 2023, Carter Center’s initial count says
ATLANTA (AP) — Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by The Carter Center.
A final count will be confirmed in the coming months. But the initial count matches the confirmed number of human cases in 2022, after 15 were recorded in 2021.
Global cases numbered about 3.5 million in 1986, when former President
A new, smaller caravan of about 1,500 migrants sets out walking north from southern Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A new, smaller caravan of about 1,500 migrants started walking north from southern Mexico on Thursday, a week
The migrants, most from Central and South America, said they had grown tired of waiting in Mexico’s southern city of Tapachula, near the Guatemala border. They said processing centers there for asylum or visa requests are overloaded and the process can take months.
The migrants carried a sign reading “Migrating is not a crime, it is a crime for a