WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has given a man convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol a job in the Pentagon’s policy office, according to officials and internal records. “Mr. Elias Irizarry is a qualified, patriotic young professional, and we are proud to have him as a political appointee,” acting […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of killing several women and dumping their bodies in the Portland area was arraigned Wednesday on a fifth murder charge. Jesse Calhoun’s defense attorney entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf in a Portland courtroom where victims’ family members were present. The hearing, during which Calhoun remained silent, […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for friends, couples, roommates and other people who get together for what’s known as “admin dates.” The low-pressure gatherings taking place in coffee shops, accommodating bars and private homes are intended to turn tedious […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement will increase the amount of training for new officers next month, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Wednesday, after criticism that the agency was loosening standards as it rushed to deploy more deportation officers. Mullin’s comments came during a heated congressional hearing when he was asked about when […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Hilton has painted California as a state bursting with potential that has lost its way under Democratic leadership in his bid to be the state’s first Republican governor in more than 15 years. “We have a responsibility to revive California so it is once again that symbol of everything that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “This is ‘60 Minutes,’” Harry Reasoner announced on Sept. 24, 1968, introducing his new CBS News show alongside fellow correspondent Mike Wallace. “It’s kind of a magazine for television.” He added: “We do think this is sort of a new approach.” More than a half-century and 58 seasons later, that same […]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will not testify before Congress next week about the league’s broadcast deals and its recent practice of airing games on paywalled streaming services. Goodell declined an invitation to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on June 10 “due to ongoing litigation related to the topic of the hearing,” the league’s […]
NEW YORK (AP) — SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world’s first trillionaire. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it will sell […]
Michael Stansfield, a 50-year-old tech support worker, decided to run as a Republican in his congressional district in suburban Sacramento, California, to make a statement to the party’s religious base. He wanted to emphasize the need for peace in the Middle East and Islam’s compatibility with Christianity. The ex-seminary student and father of two took […]
VICTOR, Iowa (AP) — A train struck a semi-truck in eastern Iowa on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, authorities said. The crash occurred at the crossing of a state highway and the Iowa Interstate Railroad in a rural area about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Des Moines, according to Poweshiek County Sheriff […]
The top federal prosecutor in Chicago said he made a personal pitch to a grand jury before it indicted protesters who opposed the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps last year. It’s a rare admission of his role in a secretive process that hadn’t been playing out like the government wanted. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros released a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is preparing to vote Wednesday on whether to halt the U.S. military action against Iran, potentially defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans signal they are ready to join with Democrats to end the three-month-long war that has reordered politics at home and abroad. House Speaker Mike Johnson […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia district attorney said she is challenging the constitutionality of a law that requires nonpartisan elections for most local officials in the five most populous counties in the Atlanta area but not in the rest of the state. DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston — flanked by Fulton County District Attorney […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to say Wednesday whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies. “There’s continuing litigation, and I’m unable to comment on ongoing litigation,” Bessent […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Portugal and Austria defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council on Wednesday in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning. The 10 rotating seats on the 15-member Security Council are earmarked for different regions of the world. The assembly elects five countries by secret ballot […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A hearing in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was held in secret Wednesday after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation. New York Judge Gregory Carro said he sealed the virtual proceeding at the request of the defense but […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A museum in Georgia’s oldest city on Wednesday welcomed a truckload of treasures from the earliest period of U.S. history — 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years. Workers carefully hoisted the big guns […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of simple battery for punching people outside a New Orleans bar in February during Mardi Gras. Sentencing details were not immediately available in online court records. An attorney for LaBeouf did not immediately respond to an email and phone call seeking comment. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday considered whether to throw out a jury’s guilty verdict against former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers. The case was an early test of how the courts would respond to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban and other college sports figures testified Wednesday in support of a bipartisan bill aimed at overhauling a system where players can increasingly earn millions of dollars while moving freely between schools. The leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee held the hearing as they push legislation unveiled […]
BAKERSFIELD, Cali. (AP) — A man holding hostages inside a building in Southern California that houses a bank branch and school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said Wednesday. The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel,” the Bakersfield Police Department said in a […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Launched in 2013 to study the red planet’s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in early December […]
Reader question: My spouse has little interest in our financial position. As we age, this concerns me. I try to share some basic information (income, spending, account balances, debt, and so on) each month but rarely get a response. I think graphs or charts might be of more interest to her than a bunch of […]
Ford is recalling almost 420,000 vehicles because of a seat belt issue that may result in an injury if a crash occurs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report Tuesday that the recall includes certain Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles with model years 2018 through 2022. The issue involves seat belts […]
