A California state assemblyman was arrested on child abuse charges Monday after his 7-year-old daughter reportedly told a teacher about a spanking he gave her. Joaquin Arambula told The Fresno Bee Wednesday that he spanked his eldest daughter because she “acted out.” He claims the following day, his daughter was angry about the spanking and …
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after telling a federal judge that his “blind loyalty” to his boss led him to cover up Trump’s “dirty deeds.” Standing alone at the defense table, …
A man who was born in Philadelphia is suing a Florida sheriff’s office, accusing them of nearly deporting him to Jamaica following a probation violation. According to a federal lawsuit, Paul Sean Brown, 50, turned himself into the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in April after testing positive to marijuana. What followed was a series of complaints officers …
Earlier this month, Missouri Health Department workers allegedly junked and threw bleach on food at several picnics across Kansas City because the organizers didn’t have the required permits. Per The Kansas City Star, city officials confiscated chili, foil-wrapped sandwiches, vats of soup and other food prepared by Free Hot Soup Kansas City and soaked it in bleach to …
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — An object that appeared to be an explosive device was found in a mailbox at the home of George Soros, the billionaire liberal philanthropist who is a frequent target of right-wing conspiracy theories. The Bedford Police Department said it responded to the address in the hamlet of Katonah at 3:45 p.m. …
Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner will be released from prison ahead of his scheduled 21-month sentence. CBS News obtained records from the federal Bureau of Prison showing that Weiner is expected to be released May 14, 2019, 83 days ahead of his previously scheduled release date. The New York Daily News had first reported the news, …
On Wednesday, a Texas judge exonerated a man who spent 19 years in prison for a 1996 murder that he didn’t commit. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that John Earl Nolley was sentenced to life in prison in 1998 for the stabbing death of his close friend, Sharon McLane, based on false testimony from two …
By ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities at a Pentagon mail screening facility found two envelopes suspected of containing ricin, a poison made from castor beans, and turned them over to the FBI for further analysis, officials said Tuesday. One envelope was addressed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who is traveling in …
By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic flurry of last-minute negotiations, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cleared a key procedural hurdle Friday, but his confirmation prospects were still deeply uncertain as Republicans agreed to ask for a new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations. Under pressure …
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Indelible. That’s the way Christine Blasey Ford described the details of what she says was a sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on a summer evening three decades ago. Asked for the most vivid memory from that night, she did not name a physical violation. Rather, …
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a day like few others in Senate history, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford quietly recounted her “100 percent” certainty Thursday that President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers — and then Brett Kavanaugh defiantly …
Two men have reportedly come forward to claim that they, not Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, had an “encounter” with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford they believe is behind the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh. GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a news release Wednesday night obtained by the New York Post and USA Today that says …
