Trump raised $34M so far in 2023, including indictment bump
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has raised more than $34 million for his 2024 White House run since the start of the year, according to his campaign. Trump’s latest fundraising report due to be filed Saturday with the Federal Election Commission will show he raised more than $18.8...
Trump reports little income from Truth Social, $1M from NFTs
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media network but estimates it is worth between $5 million and $25 million, according to his personal financial disclosure form filed Friday. He owns about 90% of his social media company, Trump Media &...
DA: Suspect in killing of Cash App founder planned attack
SAN FRANCISCO — The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee planned the attack, drove the victim to a secluded spot and stabbed him over an apparent dispute related to the suspect’s sister, prosecutors said in a court document released Friday. The motion to detain...
Profits at big U.S. banks show few signs of industry distress
NEW YORK — The nation’s largest banks appear to be weathering the current turmoil in their industry just fine. Despite a pair of historical failures last month that put the nation’s banking industry into crisis mode, the nation’s biggest banks posted strong profits last quarter, helped by higher interest rates...
PennWest says move to consolidate academic colleges will save $2M
PennWest University will consolidate its six academic colleges into three and rename them as the year-old university — itself created through a merger — seeks to cut costs while reversing enrollment losses. The university’s Council of Trustees approved the measure Thursday. Officials gave few details afterward about the reorganization, but...
Airport reopens as South Florida flood water slowly recedes
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One of Florida’s busiest airports reopened Friday morning, two days after an unprecedented deluge left planes and travelers stranded and turned Fort Lauderdale’s streets into rivers. Officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport completed final inspections after sunrise Friday and resumed operations at 9 a.m. In a...
U.S. charges 28 members of Sinaloa cartel, sons of El Chapo
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges Friday alongside Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram and other top federal prosecutors....
DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban for Florida in closed-door ceremony
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, giving the Republican a major conservative policy victory as he prepares to launch an expected presidential candidacy. DeSantis signed the measure late Thursday night in a private ceremony without fanfare, hours...
U.S.: Billing records helped ID suspect in military docs leak
BOSTON — Billing records of an internet social media platform helped the FBI identify a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman in the leak of highly classified military documents, according to court records unsealed Friday. The new details came as Jack Teixeira appeared in court to face charges of unauthorized removal and...
Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big U.S. city
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round. The Minneapolis City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to amend the city’s noise...
European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could have buried oceans. The journey began with a perfect morning liftoff by Europe’s Ariane rocket from French Guiana on the coast of South America. But there were some tense...
Bomb found by Pa. fire department while fighting nearby brush fire
Police in Schuylkill County reported that a homemade bomb was found when fire fighters responded to a brush fire this week. PA Home Page reports that the Tamaqua Borough Policce and Fire Department responded to a brush fire around 10 p.m. Wednesday night, in the Dutch Hill section of Tamaqua....
Supreme Court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito, the court asked both sides to...
Japan approves plan to open 1st casino to lure tourists
TOKYO — Japan’s government on Friday approved a controversial plan to open the country’s first casino in the city of Osaka as it seeks to lure more foreign tourists. The casino resort is to include conference facilities, an exhibition hall, a hotel and a theater and is expected to open...
Russia trained Belarusian pilots in nuclear weapons use
MOSCOW — Belarusian air force crews have completed their training for using tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy the weapons to its ally Belarus amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. The ministry released a video in which a Belarusian pilot...
In private, Gov. Shapiro’s working group on climate change meets
HARRISBURG — The group tasked by Gov. Josh Shapiro with developing a state-level plan to fight climate change met for the first time this week, a step the Democrat promised to take when he questioned his predecessor’s strategy to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt carbon...
Spanish climber leaves cave after 500 days in isolation
MADRID — A Spanish mountain climber emerged Friday from a cave 230 feet underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world. Beatriz Flamini, 50, of Madrid, left the cave in southern Spain shortly after 9 a.m. after being told by supporters that she had completed the feat...
Judge rejects Trump rape trial delay, but grants concessions
NEW YORK — A federal judge rejected a request Thursday to delay former President Donald Trump’s trial this month on civil claims that he raped a woman in the mid-1990s, but he has granted a request by Trump’s lawyers to gather more evidence about who is paying the accuser’s lawyers....
Lawyer: Georgia man died in filthy jail cell, criminal probe needed
ATLANTA — A man being held in the psychiatric wing of a Georgia jail died in a filthy cell with a severe bedbug infestation after jail staff did nothing to address his deteriorating health, his family’s lawyer said Thursday. The lawyer is requesting a criminal investigation. Lashawn Thompson was arrested...
What is Discord, the chatting app tied to classified leaks?Video
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The chatting app Discord, which is one of the most popular ways gamers communicate online, finds itself at the center of an investigation into the leak of classified documents about the war in Ukraine. The investigation is unfolding as Discord makes an ambitious push to recruit more...
TikTok ban gets final approval by Montana’s GOP legislature
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers envision due to concerns over...
South Floridians mop up, recall fear after historic delugeVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The water was rising around her car, and Amanda Valentine thought she was going to die. She had just gotten a warning on her phone about flash flooding, and now it was all around her. “I called my parents like, ‘I’m going to die. Like I’m...
Threats to dictionary publisher land California man a year in prison
A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over its updated gender definitions was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison. The sentence imposed on Jeremy Hanson, 35, by a federal court in Massachusetts also included 30 days of home confinement, three years of probation...
Supreme Court Justice Thomas, relatives sold family properties to wealthy GOP donorVideo
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and relatives sold three Georgia properties that include Thomas’s boyhood home to GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow in 2014, according to a report, marking the first known instance where money flowed to the Supreme Court justice from the same Texas real estate magnate who...
Romance novel model gets prison for dragging police officer down stairs in Jan. 6 attack
A Michigan pipelayer who modeled for covers of romance novels was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack. Logan Barnhart joined one of the most brutal clashes between rioters and police on Jan. 6, 2021. He grabbed an...
