Lawyers for Donald Trump and others charged with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election have urged a judge to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the prosecution over a romantic relationship that has embroiled the case in controversy. After several days of extraordinary testimony, the judge on Friday began hearing arguments over whether Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest that should force both of them off one of four criminal... Читать дальше...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she raised $12 million in February. That's a haul that will likely allow her to remain in the Republican primary against former President Donald Trump past next week’s Super Tuesday — even though she can’t point to an upcoming state where she expects to beat him. The former ambassador to the United Nations noted that she outraised Trump in January and insisted that the donations have continued to flow despite lacking a long-term plan to challenge... Читать дальше...
Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor said Friday that it has reached $661 million settlement with U.S. and Swiss prosecutors after a conviction for bribery of foreign officials in connection with the petroleum industry in Ecuador. The Swiss attorney general’s office said the company didn’t take “reasonable and necessary organizational measures” to prevent bribery by its employees in the South American country over four years starting in February 2013. U.S. authorities said the settlement... Читать дальше...
Jessica Gelman has become an influential leader and innovator in the sports industry. She co-founded the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. She teamed with Philadelphia 76ers President Daryl Morey to not only found the conference, but guide it into the preeminent forum for number-crunchers. The conference runs Friday and Saturday in Boston. It exploded from a one-day, on-campus affair in 2007 that attracted barely 200 people to the Super Bowl of Stats that will host a sold-out crowd of 2,500 people at a downtown convention center. Читать дальше...
A New York man has been sentenced to the maximum 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway. Kevin Monahan was convicted in January of killing Kaylin Gillis last April. She was riding in a caravan of two cars and a motorcycle that pulled into Monahan’s long, winding driveway in Hebron, New York while her friends were looking for another person’s house. Prosecutors argued that Monahan was motivated by irrational rage toward trespassers. Читать дальше...
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children has created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples trying to have families through fertility treatments. It's also turned the spotlight on the importance of state supreme courts, which are poised to play a central in this year’s elections. Decisions by state high courts have become especially critical in the nearly two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion. Читать дальше...
The European Union says it will pay $54 million to the main provider of aid in Gaza next week. It says the cash-strapped U.N. agency has agreed to allow EU-appointed experts to audit the way it screens staff to identify extremists. The UNRWA agency is reeling from allegations that 12 of its 13,000 Gaza staffers participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel. More than a dozen countries have suspended funding. It's the main supplier of food, water and shelter but faces financial collapse. The... Читать дальше...
Inflation just keeps dropping in Europe. The consumer price index fell to 2.6 in February from 2.8% the month before. Falling oil and gas prices played a role, and food inflation isn't as bad as it was. Inflation is now far below its peak of 10.6% in October 2022, which it hit after Russia cut off most supplies of natural gas and sent energy prices through the roof. But the return of inflation to 2%, the goal set by the European Central Bank, is taking time. Food inflation eased to 4% from 5.6%,... Читать дальше...
Japanese stocks have again set a record, a day after U.S. stocks climbed to all-time highs. European markets also went up on Friday ahead of euro zone inflation data. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices advanced. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% on Thursday to top the all-time high it set last week. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9% and surpassed its record that had stood since 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1%. Yields eased in the bond market after a closely followed inflation report... Читать дальше...
A private airplane carrying singer Karol G has made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles airport. KABC-TV reports the aircraft carrying the Grammy winner and others landed at Van Nuys Airport around 9 p.m. on Thursday with no immediate reports of injuries. KABC reports the plane left Hollywood Burbank Airport with 16 people and flew east but turned around when the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. The cause of the smoke was not immediately known. Karol G won her first Grammy and was named Billboard... Читать дальше...
Authorities say a court employee and a police officer were fatally shot Thursday after the court process server tried to serve an eviction notice at a home in Missouri. Police say a second officer was critically injured, but is expected to survive. Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman says two officers were met with gunfire while coming to the aid of Drexel Mack, the man who had been trying to serve the eviction notice. Dustman says the officers had responded to a 911 call reporting that Mack was shot. Читать дальше...
Police say they have taken a man into custody in connection with a shooting in Southern California that left at least three people injured. Media reports say the shooting occurred at a dental office in El Cajon, about 15 miles northeast of downtown San Diego. Police have identified the suspect as 29-year-old Mohammed Abdulkareem. He allegedly fled the scene in a white U-haul pickup with Arizona license plates. Police several hours later announced he had been taken into custody. Further details are not immediately available.
A Des Moines arts organization is preparing to rip out a roughly 30-year-old artwork that lines a beloved pond in a historic city park, outraging arts advocates nationally and surprising local residents. The New York artist who created the work says she can’t believe the demolition will actually happen, but the Des Moines Arts Center says it has no choice. The organization says the largely wood structures need repairs costing $2.6 million, and future maintenance would cost millions more. Art center... Читать дальше...
A small nicotine pouch called Zyn has sparked a big debate among politicians, pundits and experts. The dispute reflects an increasingly complex marketplace in which companies like Philip Morris are promoting alternative products that may be less harmful than cigarettes and chewing tobacco. But health advocates fear Zyn, like electronic cigarettes, may catch on with teenagers due to its addictive nicotine. A recent warning about Zyn by a top Democratic senator prompted a swift backlash from Republicans and conservative pundits. Читать дальше...
The most powerful Pacific storm of the season is forecast to bring up to 10 feet of snow into the Sierra Nevada by the weekend. Blizzard conditions have forced residents to take shelter and prompted at least one Lake Tahoe ski resort to close Friday. The storm began barreling into the region on Thursday, with the biggest effects expected to close major highways and trigger power outages Friday afternoon into Saturday. A blizzard warning through Sunday morning covers a 300-mile stretch, from north... Читать дальше...
Family, friends and classmates of a nursing student found slain on the University of Georgia campus plan to gather to say farewell. A funeral service for 22-year-old Laken Riley is scheduled for Friday afternoon at Woodstock City Church in suburban Cherokee County north of Atlanta. Riley was enrolled in the Augusta Medical College's nursing program in Athens when she was found dead Feb. 22 on the neighboring UGA campus. She had gone jogging and didn't return home. Police have charged a suspect with murder. Читать дальше...
Medical responders across the U.S. are rethinking how they treat people in police custody after a jury last December handed down rare convictions against two Colorado paramedics for their roles in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The 23-year-old Black massage therapist was forcibly detained by police in the Denver suburb of Aurora following a suspicious person complaint. He died after being injected with ketamine by the paramedics. The convictions of the paramedics and one of the police officers... Читать дальше...
Cable television is filled with ghosts. They're networks that somehow survive as shadows of themselves, with schedules clogged with reruns and devoid of any real innovation. Fueled by the onset of streaming, this has come on quickly: once-thriving networks like USA, MTV, Disney and BET have lost more than half of their viewers in only a decade. As they fade, so are the communities they helped to create. Streaming has revolutionized how people watch TV, and industry leaders have raced toward what they regard as the future. Читать дальше...
The central African nation of Congo is known for its mineral riches. Now the country is looking to expand the oil drilling that so far has taken place only in its far west and off its Atlantic coastline. Its government is auctioning off 30 oil and gas blocks around the country. But some communities, rights groups and environmental watchdogs are warning that an expansion will harm the landscape and human health. The Associated Press visited a pair of villages near drilling sites operated by the French-British firm Perenco. Читать дальше...
A federal judge has held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge her source for a series of Fox News stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington on Thursday imposed a fine of $800 per day until Herridge complies, but the fine will not go into effect immediately to give her time to appeal. A lawyer for Herridge, Patrick Philbin, declined to comment.
Junior point guard Haisi Mayben and No. 3 seed Green Tech never trailed en route to a 66-52 victory over No. 2 seed Shaker in the Class AAA semifinals.
Emmanuel Karkari-Mensah hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Cadets to a 61-58 victory over the Lions.
Freshman Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech next week. She is the youngest female senator and the first woman elected to the Senate from Alabama. In a statement with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson, Britt said that “it’s time for the next generation to step up.” Britt’s appearance comes amid backlash to a ruling by her state’s Supreme Court that said that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. Читать дальше...
