COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state judge Tuesday morning denied bond to Alex Murdaugh on charges he embezzled $3.4 million from his deceased housekeeper’s estate.
Judge Clifton Newman said he …
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Stepping before a judge is something that Jason Banegas, the teen charged in the shooting death of a Hollywood police officer, has done before. It was just 30 days ago that the 18-year-old was freed …
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In Denver, public-school children are facing shortages of milk. In Chicago, a local market is running short of canned goods and boxed items.
But there’s plenty of food. There just …
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By Brendan Case, Leslie Patton and Kim Chipman / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/19/21
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Gen. Colin Powell, the trailblazing son of the South Bronx who rose to the highest ranks of the U.S. military, died of complications from COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated, his family announced …
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At first, the positive results from Gov. Ralph Northam’s COVID-19 test were the only indication he had been infected. It wasn’t until a couple of days later that the symptoms erupted …
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer faces staggering policy challenges — President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, voting rights legislation and another risky debt limit fight — …
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Hundreds of prospective Glynn County jurors are expected to report on Monday as the trial for three men charged with murder in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery gets …
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By Shaddi Abusaid, Bill Rankin and Asia Simone Burns / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
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10/18/21
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LOS ANGELES — In a year of both extreme heat and extreme drought, California has reported its driest water year in terms of precipitation in a century, and experts fear the coming 12 months …
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Issuing a subpoena to former President Donald Trump would create a “circus” — but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen, a Republican on the select House committee on the …
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By Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/18/21
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BLYTHE, Calif. — Green fields of alfalfa and cotton rolled past as Brad Robinson drove through the desert valley where his family has farmed with water from the Colorado River for three …
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A group of American missionaries has been kidnapped on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, allegedly by a notorious gang that was behind the abduction of several Roman Catholic clergy earlier …
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Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald (TNS)
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10/17/21
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LOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton was seen leaving an Orange County hospital Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection.
The …
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The world’s supply chain woes are bearing down on U.S. auto garages.
The challenge of finding spare parts as mundane as oil filters or carpeting has forced repair shops to hoard inventory, …
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Michael Sasso / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/17/21
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LOS ANGELES — Nearly 29 years had passed when Trino Jimenez decided to write to the man who murdered his brother, prepared to never hear back.
The killing, in South Los Angeles, had been …
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Leila Miller / Los Angeles Times / (TNS)
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10/17/21
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ORLANDO, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy is on its way to a part of space that’s never been explored after being rocketed into the sky from Cape Canaveral before Saturday’s …
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Caroline Glenn / Orlando Sentinel (TNS)
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10/16/21
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CHICAGO — After more than two and a half years of dramatic developments in the Jussie Smollett case, the former “Empire” actor is officially slated to go to trial in late …
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Megan Crepeau / Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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10/16/21
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WASHINGTON — Three House Republicans targeted by former President Donald Trump raised more money in the third quarter than his hand-picked candidates to defeat them, according to Federal …
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden paid tribute to hundreds of police officers who died in the line of duty, singling out those killed or wounded after defending the U.S. Capitol during the …
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/16/21
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A group of top vaccine experts is meeting on Thursday and Friday to consider whether people who got the COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson should receive booster …
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By Timothy Annett / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/14/21
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Armed clashes between Hezbollah militants and their opponents killed six people and wounded at least 30 others at a protest against the judge investigating last year’s deadly explosion at …
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By Dana Khraiche / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/14/21
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