Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The widow of Hunter Biden’s brother told jurors in his federal gun trial Thursday about the moment she found the revolver in his truck, describing how she put it into a leather pouch,
US appeals court rules some books be restored to Texas library shelves
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A federal appeals court panel on Thursday ordered that eight of 17 books that had been removed from a Texas library’s shelves over conservatives’ complaints that they were inappropriate must be returned.
Israel’s Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24, AP source says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter. Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come
Report shows a drop in drug overdose deaths in Kentucky but governor says the fight is far from over
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell nearly 10% in 2023, marking a second straight annual decline in the fight against an addiction epidemic that’s far from over, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. The
Ex-NJ attorney general testifies Sen. Bob Menendez confronted him twice over a pending criminal case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New Jersey attorney general testified Thursday at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial that the Democrat twice tried to discuss a pending criminal case with him, requests he considered “pretty unprecedented.” Gurbir
New York governor pushes for tax increase after nixing toll program in Manhattan
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul enraged environmentalists and public transit advocates — but delighted suburban commuters — by putting the brakes on a plan to battle New York City’s traffic by imposing high
A new Nebraska law makes court diversion program available to veterans. Other states could follow
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Facing his fifth drunk driving offense in 25 years, Robert Jackson of Olathe, Kansas, was given a choice: go to court and take a possible jail sentence, or commit to a diversion program
Judge dismisses attempted murder and other charges in state case against Paul Pelosi’s attacker
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Thursday dismissed several state charges against Paul Pelosi’s attacker, who was convicted in federal court last month, based on the argument that the counts fall under double jeopardy, according to
Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven people were hospitalized and seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who had been driven from the border packed in a secret compartment of a
Man pleads not guilty to killing 3 women and dumping their bodies in Oregon and Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of killing three women last year in the Portland, Oregon, area and dumping their bodies has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Jesse Lee Calhoun’s attorney entered the pleas
