Police: Mother tied son’s hands during California fire
SANTA PAULA, Calif. — Authorities say a woman placed a plastic bag over her 3-year-old son’s head and tied his hands as their Santa Paula home burned. Santa Paula police say 47-year-old Maricela Magana Ruiz and her son were treated for smoke inhalation after the fire on Sunday. Firefighters found...
Woman who offered $25,000 reward in husband’s killing now charged with his murder
A Wisconsin woman once offered $25,000 to anyone with information about the 2006 murder of her husband. She will now be charged with the crime. Investigators say Kenneth Juedes, 58, had two fatal shotgun blasts to his chest when Cindy Schulz-Juedes of Chippewa Falls reported that she found her husband...
Trump blasts French President Emmanuel Macron at NATO meeting planned to show unityVideo
LONDON — President Donald Trump lit into French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, criticizing comments the French leader made about NATO as “insulting” “very, very nasty,” and “very disrespectful.” Trump’s comments were made hours before he was scheduled to meet with Macron at the start of a two-day leaders conference...
Wife learns of hubby’s cheating from dining review
A food writer’s dining review did more than just satisfy his readers’ appetites. He exposed a cheating husband. A recent review by Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema was accompanied with a photograph of the establishment. But one reader spotted something rather unappetizing: Her husband dining with another woman. Last week,...
Brother of man killed by cop gets award for hugging her
PLANO, Texas — The brother of a man killed by a Dallas police officer has accepted an award from a law enforcement organization for hugging the officer after she was convicted of murder. The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration gave 18-year-old Brandt Jean the award Tuesday for his “display of...
297 Amazon packages stolen after driver leaves them outside wrong post office
This is the time of the year when boxes get swiped from front porches, but these never even made it to the post office. An Amazon courier left four pallets of packages outside the Pioneer Post Office in California on Sunday, reports FOX-40. That post office is closed on weekends....
House releases report on evidence for Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON — The House released a sweeping impeachment report Tuesday outlining evidence of what it calls President Donald Trump’s wrongdoing toward Ukraine, findings that will serve as the foundation for debate over whether the 45th president should be removed from office. The 300-page report from Democrats on the House Intelligence...
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to meet in U.S. over Nile dam dispute
CAIRO — Egypt says officials from the three Nile basin countries will meet in the United States to “assess the results” of their recent negotiations about Ethiopia’s soon-to-be-finished mega-dam project, which Cairo says threatens its water supply. Tuesday’s statement by Egypt’s irrigation ministry says the meeting in Washington next week...
Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman Duncan Hunter got ‘great’ dealVideo
SAN DIEGO — California Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to use at least $150,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses under a plea deal that a former federal prosecutor called “great” for the congressman who had faced 60 counts. The...
Survey: Pa. greenhouse gas emissions dropped 19% from 2005 to ’16
Pennsylvania’s net greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly 19% from 2005 to 2016, according to a new inventory prepared by the state Department of Environmental Protection. Pennsylvania was responsible for 235 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2016, which represented an 18.8% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions from the...
Kamala Harris suspends Democratic presidential bid
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. “I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life,”...
Study finds racial gap narrows in prison, jail, parole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report by the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice says racial gaps have narrowed across the American criminal justice system between 2000 and 2016, the most recent data available. Among the findings: • The imprisonment rate for black people and Hispanic people dropped about 30% between...
Man shot to death in York County movie theater; woman wounded
Authorities say a man was shot and killed and a woman was wounded inside a movie theater in York County. West Manchester Township police said officers were called to the Regal Cinemas shortly before 10:30 p.m. Monday. Police said a single shooter shot both victims in a theater and then...
Student, officer injured in another high school shooting
OSHKOSH, Wis. — A police officer confronted an armed student at a Wisconsin high school Tuesday morning and both were wounded, police said, in the second such shooting at a school in the state in as many days. The latest shooting happened at Oshkosh West High School. The student and...
Trump says world ‘has to be watching’ the violence in Iran
LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he supports the demonstrations in Iran and urged the world to watch the Iranian government’s violent effort to quash protests that he says have killed “thousands of people.” Speaking in London, where he is attending the NATO leaders summit, Trump said,...
Harvard grad students strike over pay, health, protections
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University’s graduate students are going on strike after failing to reach a labor contract with the administration. A union representing the school’s graduate students began picketing Tuesday after more than a year of negotiations. The labor group says Harvard has failed to offer fair pay, health...
Cincinnati Zoo names its new baby giraffe
CINCINNATI — A giraffe born recently at the Cincinnati Zoo now has a name. The male calf born Nov. 23 has been named Theo. Zoo officials said in a news release Monday that they picked that name because it means “divine gift.” “He was the gift that our team needed...
Joe Biden sees fundraising improvement after rough summerVideo
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden took in more than $15 million for his White House run over the past two months, a sum that shows the former vice president’s fundraising operation has rebounded slightly after a lackluster summer in which he trailed his leading rivals. Biden’s campaign would not say exactly...
Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years
NEW YORK — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated...
2nd Circuit upholds legality of congressional tax subpoenas
A federal appeals court in New York has upheld the legality of congressional subpoenas seeking President Donald Trump’s banking records but said sensitive personal information should be protected. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday. The decision came after The House Financial Services and Intelligence committees asked...
Patriotism is the theme of Christmas at the White HouseVideo
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump is celebrating American patriotism at the White House this Christmas, incorporating red and blue into the traditional holiday green, adding a timeline of American design, innovation and architecture and studding a Christmas tree with her family’s annual ornament, the American flag. The traditional gingerbread White House...
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet CEO, founder dies at 61
BALTIMORE — The founder and CEO of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has died at the age of 61. A statement from the company’s board of directors says Mark Butler died unexpectedly Sunday while spending time with his family for Thanksgiving. Butler founded the outlet chain with Mort Bernstein, Oliver “Ollie” Rosenberg...
Prescription drug reaction sends 5 W.Va. students to hospital
WESTON, W.Va. — Officials say an adverse reaction to a prescription drug sent five West Virginia high school students to the hospital. Lewis County High School Central Office Administrator Chris Derico told news outlets that officials think one student brought in the medication on Monday and shared it with others....
Mississippi residents protest pothole with holiday decor
MCCOMB, Miss. — Residents of a Mississippi city are protesting a large pothole in their neighborhood by decorating it with holiday cheer. The Enterprise-Journal reports residents of McComb’s Edgewood neighborhood have topped the pothole and its yellow traffic cone with tinsel, spray-painted pinecones, white leaves and what appear to be...
‘Baby Shark’ creators plan Navajo version of popular video
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Creators of the popular video “Baby Shark,” whose “doo doo doo” song was played at the World Series in October, are developing a version in Navajo. Pinkfong, a brand of the South Korea company SmartStudy, announced last week it is working with the Navajo Nation Museum in...
