Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pay $350,000 last fall to two potential witnesses, federal prosecutors alleged in court on Friday. The documents filed by the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan asks that Epstein be denied bail. The payments ― one for $250,000 and the other for $100,000 ― are proof Epstein might try […]
At least 18 migrant children under age 2 were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border for a period of “20 days to half a year,” according to a new report from the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Nine of the children were infants under age 1. The report, released Friday, looked at the […]
MONACO, July 12 (Reuters) -Sifan Hassan of the Netherland broke the 23-year-old women’s mile world record on Friday when she clocked four minutes 12.33 seconds, beating the 4:12.56 set by Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova in Zurich in 1996. Hassan, 26, looked to be just off the record pace in the rarely-run event but finished strongly to […]
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo on Thursday explained how President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to raid homes of undocumented immigrants is “creating havoc in our community.” Acevedo told CNN’s Don Lemon that the U.S.-born children of immigrants had approached him at forums saying, “I’m afraid to go to school, […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of Louisianans broke out sandbags or fled to higher ground Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry threatened to turn into the first hurricane of the season and blow ashore with torrential rains that could pose a severe test of New Orleans’ improved post-Katrina flood defenses. National Guard troops and rescue crews in […]
Northern California’s stunning Monterey County is home to some of the most iconic vistas in the country. But for many local residents, that comes with the price of sluggish traffic and an influx of Instagramming tourists along portions of Highway 1. Tourists in recent months have descended with particular frenzy on Big Sur, where Bixby […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that her city has permanently banned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from accessing the Chicago Police Department’s databases ahead of looming ICE raids to detain undocumented immigrants. Chicago police “will not team up with ICE to detain any resident,” the mayor said after meeting with business leaders and immigration rights […]
By Tim Henderson Gerardo Ramirez, a central Texas dairy worker, was near his home but taking an unusual route to a children’s hospital in April when he drove his Volkswagen Jetta into a flooded section of road, not seeing in the pre-dawn dark that heavy rains had turned a tiny creek into a death trap. Ramirez […]
Former MLB slugger David Ortiz is still recovering from being shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic last month. The Red Sox legend underwent a third surgery after experiencing complications from the gunshot wound, according to his wife, Tiffany Ortiz, in a statement issued by the team on Thursday. The player is […]
When Donald Trump is praising himself for being a “very stable genius,” he often cites his attendance at the Wharton School of Business as proof. Trump got his degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s business school in 1968, and he still brings it up as evidence of his intelligence. “I went to the Wharton School […]