At least three people were killed and more than 50 others were injured Thursday when a tornado struck the Texas Panhandle city of Perryton, officials said. The tornado hit Perryton, which has a population of around 8,500, around 5:10 p.m., said Trent Hoffeditz, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service …
Read More »E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Trump set for Jan. 2024
A federal judge on Thursday set E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump for early next year. In a brief scheduling order, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the civil trial will commence on Jan. 15. Kaplan on Tuesday had granted Carroll’s motion to file …
Read More »Ron DeSantis questions why Gavin Newsom won’t challenge Biden
WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have been increasingly trading barbs over immigration, education and cultural issues. On Thursday, DeSantis, who’s running for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, taunted Newsom and asked why he won’t get into the race himself. “He has …
Read More »Glenda Jackson, two-time Oscar winner and lawmaker, dies at 87
Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker, has died at 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. “She recently completed filming ‘The Great Escaper’ in which she co-starred …
Read More »Texas Gov. Greg Abbott buses 42 migrants to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Forty-two migrants arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon after a nearly 24-hour bus ride from Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott called their removal “much-needed relief” for his state. “Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from …
Read More »Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files for 2024 presidential bid
Another Florida man has filed paperwork to enter the 2024 presidential race. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who bills himself as a “unifier,” is poised to launch a long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Running on a record of attracting tech businesses to Florida, reducing crime and capturing the Hispanic …
Read More »Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol
A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the U.S. Capitol along with associates described by authorities as fellow followers of a white nationalist movement. Federal prosecutors had recommended 30 days of imprisonment for Paul Lovley, who lived in Halethorpe, Maryland. Lovley, 24, worked as an information technology specialist …
Read More »Republicans privately acknowledge Trump’s legal woes are serious this time
It’s long been Republican orthodoxy that no matter what Donald Trump does, the GOP base will stick with him. After his last indictment in New York, the party rallied around him. But this time, privately, Republicans aren’t so sure. An operative in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ orbit, who requested anonymity …
Read More »Vegas Golden Knights capture first Stanley Cup in 9-3 win over Florida Panthers in Game 5
LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with a 9-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. Coach Bruce Cassidy, …
Read More »Scenes from the Miami courthouse where Trump was arraigned
MIAMI — The largely peaceful protests outside the federal courthouse here where former President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday consisted of several slow hours in sweltering heat — followed by a flurry of chaos when an opponent of Trump’s took off running after his motorcade. He didn’t get anywhere near …
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