NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York. Bannon, 68, plans to surrender on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. … Read more
BOSTON (AP) — Attorney General Maura Healey won the Democratic primary for governor in Massachusetts on Tuesday, bringing her one step closer to becoming the first openly gay candidate and the first woman elected to the state’s highest political office – eight years after being elected the nation. first openly gay attorney general. Healey, whose … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to southern Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment into a apparent violation of a county electoral system. They were greeted outside by the leader of the local Republican Party, who was part of then-President Donald Trump’s … Read more
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Elsa Avila slithered to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students. In a text to her family that she intended to send to other teachers at Uvalde, she wrote: “I am devastated. For the first time in 30 … Read more
WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Monday afternoon for nine people, including a child, who were missing after a seaplane crashed into Puget Sound waters northeast of west of Seattle. The body of a 10th person, an unidentified woman, was recovered by a Good Samaritan on Sunday after the … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In a failed attempt to bar the admission into evidence of multiple swastikas, a Florida school shooter Nicholas Cruz shot on assignments, his lawyers made an unusual argument Thursday during his penalty trial: He was an equal opportunity killer who shot his victims regardless of race or religion. The lawyers … Read more
Zombie ice from the massive Greenland Ice Sheet will eventually raise sea levels by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer fed by those larger glaciers. This is … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The widow of Kobe Bryant was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters share macabre photos of NBA starhis 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. The nine jurors unanimously approved Vanessa Bryant … Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, returning quick verdicts in a plot that has been busted by the FBI and described as a rallying cry for an american civil war by anti-government extremists. The result was a big win … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecution spent three weeks telling jurors how Nicholas Cruz murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Florida high school four years ago. Now his lawyers will have the opportunity to present why they believe he did it, in hopes of getting him sentenced to life without parole … Read more
