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U.S. intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane
WASHINGTON — A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that the plane crash presumed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion as Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday eulogized the man who staged the biggest challenge to his 23-year rule. One of the U.S....
Alex Murdaugh friend pleads guilty to helping steal from dead maid’s family
KINGSTREE, S.C. — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh ‘s old college buddy has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges for helping the disgraced South Carolina attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper. Cory Fleming, a 54-year-old former attorney, wasn’t immediately sentenced...
Ukraine marks Independence Day, vows to keep fighting Russia as it remembers fallen
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Thursday marked its second Independence Day since Russia’s full-scale invasion, with officials vowing to keep up their fight to drive out the Kremlin’s forces and local people remembering their fallen loved ones. The national holiday coincided with the war’s 18-month milestone, giving a somber mood...
Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on election charges, then is quickly released on $200,000 bondVideo
ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a U.S. ex-president. He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for...
Authorities say at least 4 dead in shooting at California biker bar
TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. — Three people were killed in a shooting Wednesday at a Southern California biker bar and the shooter also died, Orange County Sheriff’s officials said. The shooting was reported at around 7 p.m. at Cook’s Corner in rural Trabuco Canyon in Orange County. Another six people were...
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged covid fraudsters
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in covid-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. More than 60 of the defendants have alleged connections to organized...
At least 1 dead, 1 missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican RepublicVideo
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country’s southern region, killing at least one person and injuring two others. The storm began to slowly spin away late Wednesday afternoon from the island of...
Woman pleads guilty to fatally shoving Broadway singing coach, age 87, avoiding a long prison stay
NEW YORK — A woman who killed an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach by shoving her onto a Manhattan sidewalk has avoided a lengthy prison sentence by pleading guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, and will instead serve eight years behind bars. Lauren Pazienza, 28, teared up in court as she admitted...
Russian agency says mercenary leader Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed, leaving no survivorsVideo
MOSCOW — Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard the plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing everyone on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Rosaviatsia posted a list of seven passengers and three crew members who it said were aboard the plane “according to the airline.”...
Rudy Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000Video
ATLANTA — Rudy Giuliani turned himself in at a jail in Atlanta on Wednesday on charges related to efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The former New York mayor, was indicted last week along with Trump and 17 others. Fulton County District...
Colorado man accused of killing 10 at supermarket in 2021 is competent for trial, prosecutors say
DENVER — A Colorado man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket in 2021 is competent to proceed toward a trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. The district attorney’s office announced Wednesday that experts at the state mental hospital say Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa no longer has a mental disability...
Prosecutor: 3 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer wanted to start civil war
BELLAIRE, Mich. — Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were anarchists who considered themselves “the new founding fathers” and were preparing for bloodshed, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. “They didn’t like the U.S. government. They didn’t like the state government. They all desired...
Pakistani children rescued from broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Children who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan said Wednesday they repeatedly feared they were about to die during the 16-hour ordeal despite attempts by their parents to reassure them over cellphones. Several of the children, who had been...
India lands spacecraft near moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
NEW DELHI — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation. After a failed attempt...
Prosecutors say witness in Trump’s classified documents case retracted false testimony
WASHINGTON — A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The statements from the witness, a Trump staffer identified in...
Spotless arrival: Rare giraffe without coat pattern is born at Tennessee zooVideo
A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she’s definitely not ordinary. The female reticulated giraffe was born July 31 at the family-owned Brights Zoo in Limestone, a rural community in northeastern Tennessee. David Bright, one of the zoo’s owners, said the plain brown animal is...
Tropical Storm Franklin nears Dominican Republic and Haiti, bringing ‘life-threatening flooding’Video
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities in the Dominican Republic shut schools and government offices Tuesday as Tropical Storm Franklin took aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatened to unleash landslides and heavy floods. The storm was expected to make landfall on the island...
Woman gets 15 years to life in deaths of boyfriend, friend after 100 mph car crash into brick wall
CLEVELAND — An Ohio woman convicted of murder in the death of her boyfriend and a friend after authorities said she deliberately slammed her car into a brick wall at 100 mph has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, who was 17 at the...
Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in South Texas, bringing welcome rain and cooler temperaturesVideo
McALLEN, Texas — Thousands of homes and businesses in the South Texas city of Corpus Christi are without power Tuesday after the state’s first tropical storm of the hurricane season made landfall, bringing strong wind, welcome rain and cooler temperatures following months of hot, dry weather. Tropical Storm Harold, which...
Sheriff: Suspect who killed store owner had ripped down Pride flag and shouted homophobic slursVideo
CEDAR GLEN, Calif. — A 27-year-old man killed by California sheriff’s deputies over the weekend after he fatally shot a store owner had ripped down an LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside the business and shouted homophobic slurs at the woman, authorities said Monday. When deputies confronted Travis Ikeguchi on foot about...
Father of NFL cornerback Caleb Farley killed in explosion at North Carolina home
RALEIGH, N.C. — The father of Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley died overnight in an explosion that destroyed the NFL player’s North Carolina home and left another person injured, authorities said. Robert M. Farley, 61, was found dead in the debris of the Lake Norman, N.C., house Tuesday morning, said...
Ukraine media say Kyiv saboteurs were behind drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian saboteurs coordinated by Kyiv’s military intelligence services carried out a pair of recent drone attacks that hit parked bomber aircraft at air bases deep inside Russia, Ukraine media claimed Tuesday. The attacks on Russian airfields on Saturday and Monday destroyed two Russian bombers and damaged two...
Rescuers save 8 people trapped in cable car dangling above canyon in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift rescued eight people from a broken cable car dangling hundreds of meters (feet) above a canyon Tuesday in a remote part of Pakistan, authorities said. The six children and two adults became trapped earlier in the day when one...
‘Get out of my house!’ Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raidVideo
MARION, Kan. — Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny, at one point demanding: “Get out of my house!” Video released by the newspaper Monday shows Joan Meyer shouting...
Attorney John Eastman surrenders on charges in Trump’s Georgia 2020 election subversion case
ATLANTA — John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss. Eastman was booked at the Fulton County jail and...
