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Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States. Trump, while stumping for Republicans this week, has hinted that he was confident that an endgame to the war could come in the days before or […]
A pilot on a flight carrying Israelis stabbed another and apparently tried to crash, Netanyahu says
TEL AVIV, Israel | A pilot on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel stabbed another pilot Wednesday and then apparently tried to crash the jetliner carrying around 170 people, Israel’s prime minister said. Passengers and crew subdued the attacker, and the plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia. While some passengers screamed, the […]
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer now questions whether she killed her 3 children
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children, a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives. “This entire case is based on speculation,” attorney Kevin Reddington said during the first […]
Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith forcefully defends investigations as Republicans assail his team’s tactics
WASHINGTON | Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided along familiar party lines. The hearing came as Republicans have pushed for Smith […]
Aurora man killed Friday after being struck by two cars on South Peoria Street
AURORA | A 35-year-old man was struck by two cars Friday night and killed while crossing mid-block on South Peoria Street, police said. Officers were called to the intersection of South Peoria Street and East Tennessee Avenue at about 8:15 p.m. after reports of a pedestrian hit by a car. “When officers arrived at the […]
Jury in Lindsay Clancy trial tells judge for a second time that it can’t agree on a verdict
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial said for a second time they were unable to reach a verdict on whether she is criminally responsible for killing her three children, but the judge on Wednesday told them to keep trying. Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her three […]
Colorado to get $615 million as Meta reaches $18 billion settlement in teen social media addiction trial
OAKLAND, Calif. | Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. Under the settlement, Colorado will receive about $615 […]
Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments
President Donald Trump on Monday scoffed at Iran’s demand for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the past five months — a demand he said Tehran’s negotiators hadn’t raised until now. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East […]
Magnitude-7.4 quake hits western Colombia, collapsing buildings and killing at least 79 people
BOGOTA, Colombia | A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 79 people, trapping residents under debris of collapsed buildings and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogotá. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the […]
Todd Blanche is narrowly confirmed 50-49 as Trump’s attorney general in an overnight vote
WASHINGTON | The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a vote early Saturday, cementing the command of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer at a Department of Justice that Trump has sought to bend to his will. The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed attorney general since Trump returned […]