Terry Dolan, the vice chair of U.S. Bank, is believed to have been on the small plane that crashed in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday, a bank spokesperson said in a statement Sunday. A spokesperson for U.S. Bank said the plane was registered to Dolan, who was also the company’s …
Read More »Mother and 2 others arrested in alleged child abuse case after autistic teen spotted running down road nude with hands bound
California authorities arrested three people last week after a teenage boy with autism was found naked with his hands bound at a grocery store. The Ceres Police Department said it received the first call about the boy Wednesday afternoon in which a nude male was reported running along the road. …
Read More »$10 million settlement in Sonya Massey shooting case gets final approval
Officials in Sangamon County, Illinois, have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed in her home last summer after she called police for assistance. The agreement reached last week between lawyers for Massey’s family and attorneys …
Read More »Trump says he spoke to Putin about ending the war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Wednesday about ending the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine. “As we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth …
Read More »Russian money launderer to be freed in exchange for Marc Fogel
The Trump administration has agreed to send a convicted money launderer back to Russia in exchange for the release of American teacher Mark Fogel, a U.S. official told NBC News on Wednesday. Alexander Vinnik is currently in American custody and awaiting transport back to Russia, which is expected to happen …
Read More »Karrin Taylor Robson launches run for Arizona governor, touting Trump’s backing
Republican businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson announced Wednesday that she is running for governor in Arizona, touting support from President Donald Trump in the race. “I thank President Trump for his strong endorsement and look forward to working with him to secure our border and make Arizona safe again,” Taylor Robson …
Read More »Hegseth tells NATO that a return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders is ‘unrealistic’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday it was “unrealistic” to aim for a return to Ukraine’s borders as they were before 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and supported separatists who took over swathes of the country’s east. The remarks are the clearest indication yet that the United States will support …
Read More »Winter weather brings snow and rain to both coasts with more than 100 million under alerts
More than 100 million people are waking to winter weather alerts and warnings Wednesday morning, as storm systems cause severe conditions, biting cold and travel chaos from coast to coast. The National Weather Service warnings stretch from Colorado to Maine and multiple storms systems have dumped as much as 9 …
Read More »Petition calling for Denmark to buy California gets 200,000 signatures
A satirical counter offer to President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland has popped in the form of a petition which suggests that Denmark should buy California. More than 200,000 people have signed up for the plan which says that the Scandinavian country needs “more sunshine, palm trees, and roller …
Read More »Italy arrests 130 people in large-scale raid on Sicilian Mafia
ROME — Around 130 people were arrested on Tuesday in a large-scale sting against the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, indicating that it has remained a significant criminal force despite setbacks in recent decades. “Cosa Nostra,” the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorized Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as …
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