The Dominion Voting Systems trial against Fox News is set to begin Monday, a landmark defamation case that will determine whether the network can be held financially liable for publishing the false claim that voting machines rigged the 2020 election. Dominion was the subject of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential race …
Read More »Search underway for 3 Americans who were to sail from Mexico more than a week ago
SAN DIEGO — A search is underway after three Americans who were to set sail for the United States from Mazatlán, Mexico, and haven’t been seen or heard from in more than 10 days. Kerry O’Brien, Frank O’Brien, and William Gross reportedly left April 4, and intended to make a provisions …
Read More »At least 26 killed, 103 wounded in Sudan fighting, doctor group says
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudan doctors’ group said at least 26 people were killed and 103 wounded in fighting Saturday between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary force. The deaths occurred in areas around the country, including the capital city, Khartoum and its sister city Omdurman, the Sudan Doctors’ …
Read More »Rutgers University reaches deal with faculty unions to end historic strike
Following a week-long strike, Rutgers University reached a deal with faculty unions Friday night for new contract, the first of its kind in the school’s 257-year history. On Monday, thousands of professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers at New Jersey’s flagship university went on strike to demand salary increases, …
Read More »Latina radio station owners fend off conservative critics, tout cultural focus
Growing up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Stephanie Valencia would tune in with her family on weekend mornings to a public radio station playing Mexican music and call in song dedications to relatives. That sort of local, cultural appeal is what Valencia, 40, and her business partner, Jess Morales Rocketto, …
Read More »Japanese prime minister uninjured amid sound of explosion at port he was visiting
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was uninjured after an explosion was heard at a port where he was scheduled to give a speech on the country’s west coast Saturday, public broadcaster NHK reported. Kishida was in Saikazaki Port in western Wakayama Prefecture to speak when someone screamed, authorities swarmed …
Read More »Supreme Court puts hold on ruling that limits abortion drug access
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a court decision that prevents patients from obtaining the key abortion pill mifepristone by mail. In a brief order issued by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put on hold in full a decision issued by Texas-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk …
Read More »Classified documents leak suspect Jack Teixeira is detained by judge
BOSTON — Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested in connection with the leak of classified documents, feared federal authorities were on to him days before his apprehension, court documents showed Friday. Judge David Hennessy told Teixeira, in his first court appearance here Friday, that he was being charged …
Read More »Republican presidential hopefuls are already struggling with abortion issue
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential contenders are struggling with the abortion issue early in the campaign, as they walk a tightrope between a party base that favors outlawing the procedure and a majority of the U.S. that wants it to remain legal in most cases. The issue has become more challenging …
Read More »Fort Lauderdale got 25 inches of rain in ‘unprecedented’ storm
Fort Lauderdale’s airport remained closed for a second day Thursday after more than 2 feet of rain fell on the South Florida city, flooding roads, swamping cars and stranding travelers, officials said. “The amount of rainfall is unprecedented,” Mayor Dean Trantalis said Thursday. And it wasn’t over. Another round of …
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