A judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge against an Arkansas man who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while awaiting trial for the shooting death of his teenage daughter’s alleged abuser. The ruling came weeks before Aaron Spencer, who will be on the November ballot, had been set to face a jury on a…
The former leader of crypto platform FTX, currently serving a 25-year sentence, on Monday officially applied to be pardoned.
PORTLAND, Maine — Graham Platner, the insurgent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, will hold his first major campaign rally on Friday night as reports continue emerging about his history with women. Last weekend, his campaign wrestled with stories about sexually explicit messages that Platner sent to several women while he was married. Then…
Opening a consultation on proposed changes to the English and Welsh language and literature qualifications, the WJEC exam board said it had “listened carefully to concerns raised by schools leaders, teachers and other stakeholders regarding the workload”.
HARTFORD, Conn. — A white police officer in Connecticut who repeatedly shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis while his colleagues tried to defuse the situation made his first court appearance Friday on a manslaughter charge. Joseph Magnano did not speak during the brief hearing in Superior Court. He later hugged officers who…
President Trump, who campaigned to keep the United States out of wars, has denied in a televised interview making this promise. Trump was asked about the US-Israel war with Iran – on NBC’s “Meet the Press” – and said “I didn’t guarantee ‘no war’”. BBC Verify has found multiple examples of him saying “no more…
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is not on the ballot this fall. But at least three prominent members of his administration will be, representing the Democratic Party in a trio of governor’s races that may test the resilience of the Biden brand two years after he left the White House under a cloud of disapproval. Two…
For years, Iran has generally justified direct attacks on Israel as retaliation for actions against Iranian territory, commanders or interests. This time was different. Tehran acted after an attack on one of its allies, following an Israeli strike on what it said was a Hezbollah-linked building in southern Beirut.
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A state of local emergency has been declared in a Manitoba community that was battered by heavy rain, which led to…
DEXTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — On the kind of warm, bright afternoon that Michigan boaters wait all year for, Malik Amine and his brother readied their family’s pontoon boat for the summer. The cover was off and Portage Lake sparkled in the sun. But before the brothers could leave a narrow wooden dock, they had a…