Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program, provocative Chinese action
Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Monday protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry delivered
Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub
HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover’s decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive gated communities. Juan Tejedor Baron,
New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design seems to face skepticism from judge in lawsuit
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge Monday as he considered a legal challenge claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders.
Reddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Reddit and Google’s YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10
Defendant’s attorney in Dominion Voting defamation case releases company emails, risking sanctions
An attorney charged with illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election acknowledged in a court filing Monday that she disseminated numerous confidential emails from a voting machine company in a separate case. In a filing
Judge approves new murder charges against man in case of slain Indiana teens
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge approved two additional murder counts Monday against an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls but rejected a prosecutor’s bid to add kidnapping charges. The new charges approved against
A woman is arrested in fatal crash at San Francisco bus stop that killed 3 people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 78-year-old woman was arrested in connection to a fatal crash at a bus stop in San Francisco that killed two adults and a child and injured an infant who remains hospitalized, police
US IRS chief sees workforce topping 100,000 within three years
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel said on Monday that the tax agency will need to boost its workforce to over 100,000 people over the next three years to achieve its
Appeals panel asks West Virginia court whether opioids distribution can cause a public nuisance
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing