California appeals court upholds Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, but says he must be resentenced
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered his trial judge to resentence him. A three-judge panel from the California’s 2nd District Court
Election worker says federal officers confronted her at polls over social media post criticizing ICE
A poll worker said two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York’s primaries to confront her about a social media post she’d written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in
New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets
New Mexico’s attorney general on Friday opened a criminal investigation to determine whether U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque. The extraordinary
Appeals court rejects Trump EPA bid to abandon rule restricting deadly soot pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to abandon a Biden-era rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel is a
Texas state school board approves mandated reading list including Bible passages
June 26 (Reuters) – The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved mandated reading lists for public school children that include passages from the Bible – the latest effort by leaders there to infuse the education system with conservative
Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ranch, is finally found
Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing for about two weeks in Texas after wandering off a remote private ranch, was finally found Friday — and the open range appeared to have agreed with her. The giraffe was
Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after police say he was target of false report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false and that he says forced him to spend a night away from his four-year-old twins. Buttigieg wrote
S&P affirms ‘AA+’ credit rating for US, cites economic resilience
June 26 – S&P Global affirmed its “AA+” credit rating for the U.S. on Friday, saying the economy’s resilience supported solid fiscal revenue collection. “Broad revenue buoyancy, including solid tariff income, should help mitigate the risk of
A Trump commission urges ‘bridges’ between church and state in sweeping draft report
A new report by a Trump administration commission suggests replacing the idea of separating church and state with the idea of building bridges between them. The assertion — challenging a longstanding concept in American law — comes
Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement with US in ‘first step’ toward peace, Rubio says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio along with Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors announced a framework agreement Friday that was described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese