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Over 1,600 illegal mopeds, dirt bikes seized in NYPD crackdown
NEW YORK — Over 1,600 illegal mopeds, motorcycles, ATVs and dirt bikes were pulled off New York City streets in a massive NYPD crackdown on the ear-splitting rides, police say.
Cops seized scores of scooters and mopeds without proper registrations and license plates during a 10-day operation across the five boroughs last week. ATVs and dirt ...Read more
Lawyers for Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann get more evidence from prosecutors
The team prosecuting suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann shared with his lawyers lab reports and disclosures focused on 388 leads detectives were investigating.
Heuermann appeared in court Wednesday with his lawyers, who despite the shared information, said they have not received all the evidence they are entitled to.
But Suffolk...Read more
Senate dispenses with Mayorkas impeachment without a trial
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to dispense with impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without a trial, in a show of procedural hardball from the Democratic caucus.
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., who had said his party would quickly dispense of the impeachment, made two procedural ...Read more
Supporters of Colorado child sex abuse amendment press appeal for 'only chance survivors have for justice'
DENVER — The Colorado Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to a constitutional amendment that seeks to ultimately allow victims of years-old child sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their abusers and the institutions that protected them.
But Republican opposition, which solidified in late February, still threatens to derail the effort ...Read more
Training center protesters cause $10 million in damage, Atlanta mayor says
ATLANTA — A faction of protesters who oppose the city’s planned public safety training center have caused more than $10 million in damage by torching construction equipment and police vehicles and committing other acts of destruction throughout the metro area, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said Wednesday.
“They do not want Atlanta to have ...Read more
Virginia lawmakers, Gov. Glenn Youngkin agree to scrap budget proposals, plan to start fresh
RICHMOND, Va. — After months of heated budget negotiations, the legislature’s Democratic majority and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin have agreed it’s best to scrap the current proposals and start from scratch.
“We’ve got work to do,” said Youngkin, speaking to reporters at the capitol Wednesday. “We will be calling a special ...Read more
Senate rejects impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — Senators were sworn in Wednesday for their third impeachment trial in four years, this time of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas.
Three hours later, they had voted along party lines to dismiss both counts against Mayorkas.
House Republicans, who say Mayorkas has failed to fulfill his duties in upholding ...Read more
OJ Simpson did not die surrounded by loved ones, says lawyer
The family of O.J. Simpson announced last week the former football star died on April 10 “surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
But according to Simpson’s longtime lawyer Malcolm LaVergne, the 76-year-old father of four was a sole visitor away from dying alone.
LaVergne declined to tell The Associated Press who was at Simpson’...Read more
All Florida K-12 students to learn about 'atrocities' of communism
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida public schools will be required to teach students from kindergarten through 12th grade about the history of communism under a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday.
The lessons will be required to be “age appropriate and developmentally appropriate” for each grade and will be developed by the ...Read more
Philly jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan's 'The Sidewinder' added to National Recording Registry
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan’s 1963 album "The Sidewinder" has been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry for 2024.
"The Sidewinder," recorded when Morgan was 25, became a surprise hit and is Blue Note Records’ biggest selling album to date. It is one of the 25 songs, albums, or ...Read more
LAPD searching for up to 20 suspects linked to 'flash robberies'
LOS ANGELES — Authorities are looking for a group of up to 20 people suspected of committing a string of what Los Angeles police are calling "flash robberies," during which a large group descends on a store, steals merchandise, then runs out.
The robberies have occurred mostly in the evening at stores within a few miles of one another, near ...Read more
Foreign aid supplemental unveiled in House; White House supports
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled the trigger Wednesday on an emergency aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a separate bill on border security that came after a late night of negotiating with GOP members.
Appropriators released three separate bills for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies and the domestic submarine ...Read more
US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela's oil after Maduro violates election agreements
The Biden administration will reimpose broad sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry because the country’s strongman leader, Nicolas Maduro, failed to honor commitments signed in Barbados last year to allow for a free and fair elections this year and banned the elected opposition candidate María Corina Machado from running for president.
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Trump complains jury selection moving too fast in Manhattan hush money trial
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump complained Wednesday about jury selection in his Manhattan hush money case as the trial moves faster than expected toward opening statements.
After prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on a surprisingly robust total of seven jurors in one day, Trump sought to tap the brakes on the process that seemed...Read more
Senate impeachment trial begins for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — Senators were sworn in Wednesday for their third impeachment trial in four years, this time of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas.
House Republicans, who say Mayorkas has failed to fulfill his duties in upholding immigration law, are pushing for a full Senate trial of the case against him.
Senate Democrats are ...Read more
Atlanta police to discuss training center opposition after latest arson
A day after construction equipment was set ablaze near a south metro area hospital, the Atlanta Police Department will discuss opposition to the city’s planned public safety training center.
Local, state, and federal law enforcement are investigating the Tuesday morning fire near Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Arson is suspected; authorities have...Read more
Bryan Kohberger case soars into millions in public costs ahead of murder trial
BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the Moscow college student homicides, has now been jailed in Idaho for 469 days following his December 2022 arrest. For each day that passes as he awaits his anticipated murder trial, the public costs shouldered by Idaho taxpayers climb.
Financial records obtained by the Idaho Statesman through ...Read more
50 people assaulted by strangers in Manhattan below 42nd Street in last month, NYPD says
NEW YORK — Fifty people, mostly women, have been victims of random assaults in Manhattan below 42nd St. over the last month, leading some of the shocked victims to speak out on TikTok.
The number of random assaults is a slight jump over the same four weeks last year, when 46 unprovoked assaults were reported, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph ...Read more
Journalist who accused NPR of liberal bias resigns from the network
Uri Berliner, the veteran NPR journalist who publicly accused his employer of liberal bias, has resigned from the network.
Berliner posted a message Wednesday on the social media platform X with his resignation letter to the public broadcaster's chief executive Katherine Maher.
"I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I ...Read more
Foreign aid supplemental readied in House amid backlash
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson planned to push forward Wednesday with an aid plan for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a separate bill on border security that came after a late night of negotiating with GOP members.
Johnson, R-La., told his conference in a text message Wednesday morning that three separate bills for Ukraine, Israel ...Read more
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