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After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
Read full article: After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz CheneyWrapping up their report on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it’s former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for her work probing the riot.
Attack on 2 apparent Venezuelan migrants in Denver area seems gang-related, police chief says
Read full article: Attack on 2 apparent Venezuelan migrants in Denver area seems gang-related, police chief saysPolice say over a dozen people tied up and terrorized a man and woman at a crime-riddled suburban Denver apartment in what's being described as an apparent gang-related attack on two Venezuelan immigrants.
Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for 'election interference' after pre-election poll
Read full article: Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for 'election interference' after pre-election pollPresident-elect Donald Trump is accusing the Des Moines Register newspaper and its pollster of “brazen election interference” for publishing a poll the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris was leading by three percentage points in the midwestern state.
US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison
Read full article: US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prisonThe U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct.
US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says
Read full article: US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor saysThe U.S. is still separating some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas.
Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed
Read full article: Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissedPresident-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are alleging that his hush money conviction was tainted by juror misconduct, opening a new front in their fight to overturn the verdict and throw out the historic case.
Tech consultant found guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
Read full article: Tech consultant found guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob LeeA San Francisco jury has found a tech consultant is guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee.
Woman who stowed away on flight to Paris arrested again in Buffalo
Read full article: Woman who stowed away on flight to Paris arrested again in BuffaloA Russian woman who was arrested after she stowed away on a flight from New York City to Paris last month has been arrested again in Buffalo.
Judge allows testing of tissue from George Floyd as officer convicted of killing him seeks new trial
Read full article: Judge allows testing of tissue from George Floyd as officer convicted of killing him seeks new trialA judge has granted permission to lawyers for Derek Chauvin to have samples from George Floyd examined as part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his conviction on a federal civil rights charge stemming from Floyd’s death in 2020.
Event promoters, hotels and lodging sites soon will have to disclose extra fees up front
Read full article: Event promoters, hotels and lodging sites soon will have to disclose extra fees up frontThe Federal Trade Commission says it will soon require hotels, vacation rental platforms and live event promoters to disclose any fees up front when they list prices.
Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant
Read full article: Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplantPeople worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead.
An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant
Read full article: An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplantAn Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time in eight years.
Pennsylvania's Bethlehem: The city founded by Moravians on Christmas eve keeps its traditions alive
Read full article: Pennsylvania's Bethlehem: The city founded by Moravians on Christmas eve keeps its traditions aliveMoravian missionaries named the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem after the biblical birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve in 1741.
Boston plans to renovate a crumbling stadium for its new women's soccer team. Not everyone is happy
Read full article: Boston plans to renovate a crumbling stadium for its new women's soccer team. Not everyone is happyBoston is planning to renovate a crumbling stadium in one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods for its new professional women's soccer team.
Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a seventh woman
Read full article: Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a seventh womanThe New York architect accused in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings has been charged in the death of a seventh woman.
Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a 'combination of factors'
Read full article: Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a 'combination of factors'Investigators in Wisconsin are trying to determine a motive in a school shooting that left a teacher and a student dead and two other children in critical condition.
Man who killed brother and 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years
Read full article: Man who killed brother and 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 yearsIndiana officials are set to carry out the state's first execution in 15 years on a man convicted in the 1997 killings of four men, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé.
Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space
Read full article: Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up spaceIt's about as American an idea as it gets -the hunger to make your own path, to find your own way, make your voice heard.
Americans' trust in nation's court system hits record low, survey finds
Read full article: Americans' trust in nation's court system hits record low, survey findsAt a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year.
Things to know about the shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
Read full article: Things to know about the shooting at a Christian school in WisconsinPolice in Madison, Wisconsin, believe multiple factors prompted a 15-year-old student to open fire at a private Christian school, but they declined to share those Tuesday.
The Latest: Teacher and a student killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin
Read full article: The Latest: Teacher and a student killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in WisconsinA student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another student in the final week before Christmas break.
Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
Read full article: Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in WisconsinPolice say a 15-year-old student killed a teacher and another teenager with a handgun at a Christian school in Wisconsin.
Missouri's death row had nearly 100 inmates in the 1990s. Now, it has 8
Read full article: Missouri's death row had nearly 100 inmates in the 1990s. Now, it has 8Missouri’s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.
Senate report alleges Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations due to productivity concerns
Read full article: Senate report alleges Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations due to productivity concernsA U.S. Senate committee says at least two internal Amazon studies have found a relationship between worker speed and injuries in the online retailer's warehouses.
Drone detectors in New Jersey have found 'little or no evidence' of wrongdoing, governor says
Read full article: Drone detectors in New Jersey have found 'little or no evidence' of wrongdoing, governor saysDrone-detecting devices deployed in New Jersey within the past week have shown little to no evidence of anything nefarious or threatening.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, resigns and expects to be indicted
Read full article: Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, resigns and expects to be indictedA lawyer says a former top aide to New York Mayor Eric Adams expects to be indicted on criminal charges related to alleged improper gifts.
Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
Read full article: Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretaryPresident Joe Biden has signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.
Takeaways from AP's reporting on a child sex abuse crisis inside a secretive Christian sect
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's reporting on a child sex abuse crisis inside a secretive Christian sectFor decades, a little-known Christian sect has dealt with its abusive ministers and spiritual elders mostly in secret, shunning legal action and urging victims to simply forgive the predators in their midst.
Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect
Read full article: Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sectA small Christian sect that for decades was little noticed by the outside world has found itself riven by a very public child sex abuse scandal.
Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and Hemingway
Read full article: Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and HemingwayPopeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art becoming public domain in 2025.
Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated
Read full article: Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevatedAmericans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.
US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says
Read full article: US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer saysU.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the federal government to deploy advanced drone-tracking technology following weeks of reported drone sightings in parts of New York and New Jersey that have stirred fear and bewilderment.
This Week In South Florida Episode: Dec. 15, 2024
Read full article: This Week In South Florida Episode: Dec. 15, 2024Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Howard Hepburn, the Broward County Public Schools Superintendent; Harold Pryor, the Broward County State Attorney; Kevin Cooper, the chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County; and Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, a Miami Beach commissioner. Attorney Ed Pozzuoli and Scott Travis, a Sun-Sentinel reporter, join the Roundtable.
The GOP stoked fears of noncitizens voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge
Read full article: The GOP stoked fears of noncitizens voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality divergeOhio's Republican secretary of state and attorney general sought to reassure voters before the November election that the state's elections were being vigorously protected against the possibility of immigrants voting illegally.
Man gets 100 years in prison for shootings
Read full article: Man gets 100 years in prison for shootingsA judge in Las Vegas has sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona.
ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
Read full article: ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuitABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E.
Mystery drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here's what we know
Read full article: Mystery drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here's what we knowA large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey in recent weeks and more have been spotted recently over Ohio, Virginia, Massachusetts and New York, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why.
Storms encase Iowa and eastern Nebraska in ice and generate first tornado warning in San Francisco
Read full article: Storms encase Iowa and eastern Nebraska in ice and generate first tornado warning in San FranciscoA major ice storm has created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road.
Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny
Read full article: Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel PennyDonald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at the Army-Navy football game.
The Detroit area's many Syrians are celebrating Assad's overthrow and planning long-delayed visits
Read full article: The Detroit area's many Syrians are celebrating Assad's overthrow and planning long-delayed visitsLike millions of Syrians around the world, the thousands who have settled in the Detroit area are excited about the prospect of visiting now that rebels have overthrown the government of ousted President Bashar Assad.
Biden's commutation in 'kids for cash' scandal angers some Pennsylvania families
Read full article: Biden's commutation in 'kids for cash' scandal angers some Pennsylvania familiesA judge who helped orchestrate a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks was among the 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week.
Capitol rioter who tried to join Russian army is sentenced to prison for probation violation
Read full article: Capitol rioter who tried to join Russian army is sentenced to prison for probation violationA Dallas man who tried to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine has been sentenced on to six months in prison for violating the terms of his probation for storming the U.S. Capitol four years ago.
Drones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings
Read full article: Drones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightingsIt’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward.
Supreme Court will take up a challenge related to California's tough vehicle emissions standards
Read full article: Supreme Court will take up a challenge related to California's tough vehicle emissions standardsThe Supreme Court says it will take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to challenge federal regulations, acting in a dispute related to California’s nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions.
Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children's hospital
Read full article: Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children's hospitalTaylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed with them, posed for photos and exchanged gifts.
Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'
Read full article: Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are again urging a judge to throw out his hush money conviction.
OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI 'dictatorship'
Read full article: OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI 'dictatorship'A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and best avoid an artificial intelligence ‘dictatorship’ is now heading to a federal judge.
Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group's plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax
Read full article: Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group's plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment taxThe Supreme Court has agreed to take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax.
Texas' abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
Read full article: Texas' abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicineTexas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine.