New Mexico authorities say a suspect in the shooting death of a state police officer has been captured in the Albuquerque area by sheriff's deputies. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office located 33-year-old Jaremy Smith of Marion, South Carolina, on Sunday based on a tip from a gas station clerk. Smith was chased on foot, wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment under police guard. Friday’s fatal shooting of State Police Officer Justin Hare along I-40 west of Tucumcari set off a search for the suspect. Читать дальше...
This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Shakira's first album in seven years, Jake Gyllenhaal starring in an update of the pulpy cult classic “Road House” and “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf dips into the true crime world with a new docuseries on Netflix. In a new special, James Beard-winning chef and restaurateur Jose Andrés invites actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Bryan Cranston and O’Shea Jackson Jr. over for dinner, but first they have to help him cook. And Paul Simon gets an expansive... Читать дальше...
Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across a swath of central Ohio struck by severe weather last week. Gov. Mike DeWine also activated the Ohio National Guard to help officials in Logan County, where three deaths were confirmed, with cleanup of storm debris on public property. The declaration announced Sunday orders all relevant state departments and agencies to lend their services, equipment, supplies and personnel to aid in response and recovery efforts.
“Kung Fu Panda 4” held its No. 1 spot atop the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters. Studio estimates released Sunday showed the Universal and DreamWorks Animation movie earned $30 million in ticket sales. “Dune: Part Two” took second place in its third weekend in theaters with $29.1 million, while newcomers failed to break $10 million. Mark Wahlberg’s “Arthur the King,” in third place, made $7.5 million. The pulpy Kristen Stewart thriller “Love Lies Bleeding” made $2.5 million... Читать дальше...
Authorities say a man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family members and evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized in two states. Court documents indicate that 26-year-old Andre Gordon Jr. has been charged in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with three counts of first- and second-degree murder, aggravated assault, robbery and other charges. In New Jersey, the attorney general says Gordon is charged with first-degree carjacking and weapons offenses. Читать дальше...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is railing against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the war with Hamas. Netanyahu says the call by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for Israel to hold new a election is “wholly inappropriate." He says an election would force Israel to stop fighting and paralyze the country for months. Netanyahu also says an assault on the southern city of Rafah could be weeks away, despite warnings from Egypt and others. Читать дальше...
The European Union has announced a 7.4 billion-euro or $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. Egyptian officials say the deal is scheduled to be signed during a visit Sunday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and leaders of Belgium, Italy, Austria, Cyprus and Greece. The package includes both grants and loans over the next three years. The EU will... Читать дальше...
President Joe Biden’s campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. Trump’s February figures have not been released, but by the end of January his two major committees had just $36.6 million in cash on hand, and those committees in January collectively spent more than they took in. A major driver of those costs was millions of dollars in legal fees from Trump’s myriad court cases. Both Biden and Trump clinched their party nominations last week... Читать дальше...
Judge Juan Merchan could become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president’s criminal trial. He is presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. If Trump goes on trial, the judge also will be in a hot seat. Merchan won’t talk about the case but says getting ready for the historic trial is “intense.” He says the court wants only to follow the law and for justice to be done. Appointed a family court judge in 2006, Merchan was assigned to felony trial court three years later. Читать дальше...
Want to cash in on some of that St. Patrick’s Day luck? You may want to buy a lottery ticket. The Mega Millions jackpot is already estimated at $875 million for Tuesday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Friday night. And Saturday night’s Powerball jackpot is a whopping $600 million. Just keep in mind that the odds of winning any lottery jackpot are very slim. Mega Millions players have a 1 in 302.6 million chance of taking home the top prize. And it’s not much easier... Читать дальше...
Wisconsin voters are set to decide whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant money to help administer state elections, one of two Republican-backed ballot measures that Democrats say are meant to make it harder to conduct elections in the presidential battleground state. A related constitutional amendment on the state’s April 2 ballot would allow only election officials designated by law to administer elections. If a majority of voters approve, the amendments would be added to the state’s constitution. Читать дальше...
As March Madness gets underway, more people than ever now can legally bet on sports. North Carolina became the latest state to allow online sports betting last week. A total of 38 states and the District of Columbia now allow some form of sports betting. That's up from just one state, Nevada, where people could legally wager on games before a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for expansion. The American Gaming Association estimates $2.7 billion will be bet on the NCAA men's and women's... Читать дальше...
Voters are set to cast their ballots to decide competitive U.S. House races during the Illinois primary. Democratic incumbents in at least two Chicago-area races are locked in energetic challenges in the strongly Democratic territory. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis faces one of the toughest reelections of his long political career. Tuesday's five-way primary pits him against progressive, anti-violence activist Kina Collins and Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin. U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is... Читать дальше...
President Joe Biden attended the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner this weekend, the first time during his presidency. It came as the 2024 election looms, and the night was jam-packed with politicians and other leaders. In one of several digs at his GOP rival, Donald Trump, Biden quipped that of the 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit, while “The other’s me.” The annual event is now in its 139th year. It traces its history to 1885 — that was the year President Grover Cleveland refused to attend. Читать дальше...
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw an explosion detonated near a ship in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said the blast struck early Sunday as the ship passed Aden, the port city in southern Yemen home to the country’s exiled government. The Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile attacks in the same area, disrupting... Читать дальше...
The former elections director for a rural Arizona county who resigned last year because a flap over the hand-counting of ballots has been elevated to a top electoral post for the state. Lisa Marra left her job in southeastern Arizona’s Cochise County last year after refusing to follow the directives of the area’s two GOP supervisors who wanted a hand count of ballots cast in the 2022 midterm. Marra later won a $130,000 settlement from the county to compensate for her treatment. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes... Читать дальше...
Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped airfield outside of Dayton Saturday, praised his chosen candidate in the race as an “America first champion” and “political outsider who has spent his entire life building up Ohio communities.” Moreno faces Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Читать дальше...
