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Kenyan President Ruto will visit Haiti on Saturday amid questions over deployment
President William Ruto of Kenya will visit Haiti on Saturday morning and will receive a formal diplomatic welcome, the Haitian government said Friday.
The visit comes several months after the deployment to Haiti of a Kenyan force that was meant to lead a multinational contingent to aid the Haitian police.
The mission has been plagued by ...Read more
US soldier who bolted to North Korea pleads guilty to desertion
A U.S. Army soldier who ran across a border into North Korea from the South pleaded guilty to five charges including desertion and disobeying an officer, receiving a sentence of confinement for a year, his lawyer said in a statement.
Travis King entered the plea at a military court in Texas and nine other charges against him were dismissed, ...Read more
Polish foreign minister seeks 'braver' US approach to Ukraine
Ukraine’s prospects for success in its defense against Russia might depend on “whether the Biden administration will be braver” and provide decisive support between the election and inauguration of the next U.S. president, Poland’s top diplomat told Bloomberg News on Friday.
The transition period offers “a window of opportunity to do ...Read more
Robert Telles seeks hearing to clarify jury statements after guilty verdict in Las Vegas journalist's death
LAS VEGAS — The man found guilty of murdering Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German is now asking the court to hold a hearing to clarify statements jurors made after the trial.
At a trial last month, a jury found former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon ...Read more
Too soon to elaborate on motive in Kentucky judge's murder, Gov. Beshear says
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear declined Friday to comment on the motive behind the shooting of an Eastern Kentucky judge by a sheriff.
As a former prosecutor, Beshear said at a morning news conference in Frankfort, it was not appropriate to discuss what may have led up to Thursday’s death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54.
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South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years. Freddie Owens dies by lethal injection
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Freddie Owens was executed by lethal injection Friday evening for the killing of a Greenville County mother of three, becoming the first first person executed in South Carolina in 13 years.
Owens, 46, was sentenced to death for the murder of Irene Grainger Graves, a 41-year-old store clerk. On Nov. 1, 1997, following a series...Read more
Judge's decision in Illinois gun ban challenge weeks away as state set to appeal concealed carry ruling
CHICAGO — A trial over the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered firearms ended this week after four days of arguments and now is in the hands of a federal judge who is expected to make a decision within the next few months.
The trial before U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn concluded in East St. Louis on Thursday. ...Read more
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine hit with lawsuit alleging revenge porn, assault, abuse
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is calling cap on his ex-girlfriend’s bombshell claims in a lawsuit alleging multiple types of physical, emotional and financial abuse.
The Brooklyn-born rapper, who last fall was arrested on accusations of assaulting two music producers, is the subject of a new legal complaint filed by his former flame Yailin La Más ...Read more
Guilty or insane? Jury begins deliberations in Colorado grocery store shooting trial
BOULDER, Colo. — Prosecutor Ken Kupfner loaded dummy bullets into a 30-round magazine in a hushed courtroom Friday morning.
He slowly pushed each bullet into the magazine — the same type of magazine used by the man who carried out a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers grocery store in 2021, killing 10 shoppers, employees and a ...Read more
Gaetz attended drug-fueled parties with call girls at Florida lobbyist's home, witnesses say
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the summer of 2017, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, attended a party filled with drugs and paid escorts that was hosted by former state Rep. Chris Dorworth at his Heathrow home, according to witness testimony in newly filed federal court documents.
One of the escorts attending the get-together was the 17-year-...Read more
How Google allegedly monopolized the ad technology market
Google has monopolized the technology used to buy and sell online display ads by restricting or eliminating the choices of its customers — both website publishers and advertisers — the U.S. Justice Department alleged at a federal antitrust trial.
Antitrust enforcers have sought to illustrate how the Alphabet Inc. unit’s complex ad ...Read more
Kamala Harris denounces Trump for abortion bans after 'preventable' deaths
Vice President Kamala Harris Friday denounced former President Donald Trump for pushing extreme abortion bans after a bombshell new published report called the deaths of two Georgia moms “preventable.”
The Democratic presidential nominee slammed Trump for backing restrictive abortion laws like Georgia’s, which a state panel said played a...Read more
ACLU calls for federal investigation into Massachusetts State Police recruit's death
BOSTON — The ACLU is calling for a federal investigation into the death of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
Delgado-Garcia, 25, died after suffering a “medical crisis” following a boxing “training exercise” earlier this month at the New Braintree Academy, according to the MSP.
An ACLU statement said his “...Read more
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USS Harry S. Truman to deploy to Red Sea next week
NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and its 6,500 sailors will deploy early next week, according to an announcement from the U.S. Navy.
The Truman and Carrier Air Wing 1 will head to the Red Sea, where U.S. sailors have fought almost daily for months to down drones ...Read more
Jet smashes through window of Teterboro Airport terminal during maneuvering
NEW YORK — A business jet hit a terminal building at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport Thursday night after rolling off the ramp while maneuvering, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The incident, first reported by NJ.com, occurred just before 10 p.m.
A Dassault Falcon business jet with five people on board had just ...Read more
Federal investigators subpoena NYC Mayor Adams' asylum seeker ops director for information on top adviser
NEW YORK — Federal authorities slapped Mayor Eric Adams’ asylum seeker operations director, Molly Schaeffer, with a subpoena Friday requiring her to turn over records, including communications with Tim Pearson, a top adviser to the mayor with deep involvement in city migrant contracts, the Daily News has learned.
Schaeffer, a 10-year city ...Read more
4th and final Apalachee High School shooting victim laid to rest
ATLANTA — As Georgia students walked out of their classrooms on Friday to demand safety from gun violence, one of their own was laid to rest.
At St. Matthew Catholic Church in Winder, a funeral mass was held in honor of 14-year-old Christian Angulo, who was remembered for his gentle soul and the love he exuded for the people in his life. His ...Read more
Ex-Atlanta police officer found not guilty in 2019 fatal shooting of teen
ATLANTA — A former Atlanta police officer was acquitted Friday afternoon in the death of an 18-year-old who allegedly tried to steal his unmarked patrol car.
The Fulton County jury found Oliver Simmonds not guilty of felony murder and aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of D’Ettrick Griffin at a gas station in 2019.
Simmonds became ...Read more
Diocese holds vigil, protesters gather as Freddie Owens heads to South Carolina death chamber
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Death penalty opponents began rallying outside the Broad River Correctional Institution Friday afternoon as South Carolina prepares to execute its first death row inmate in more than 13 years.
Freddie Owens, 46, was sentenced to death for the Nov. 1, 1997, murder of Irene Graves, a gas station clerk. A jury found that Owens, ...Read more
Florida tells doctors abortions to save a woman's life do not violate new state ban
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.
The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more
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