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WASHINGTON (AP) — The death toll from the Trump administration’s monthslong series of strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean has risen to at least 199 people after survivors of recent attacks were not found. The total includes at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike …
By Jonathan Landay and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday leveled unusually harsh criticism against Russia and called for it to refrain from its promised “systematic strikes” against Kyiv, but Moscow brushed off the appeal and reiterated a warning to foreign diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital. The statements …
BOGOTA, May 28 (Reuters) – Colombia’s national mining association on Thursday reported that an attack at Zijin Gold’s Buritica mine had left one worker dead and another injured. Zijin did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last year the firm had to temporarily pause production at the country’s largest gold mine after an …
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge had an extramarital affair with a high-ranking police officer — including having sex in the judge’s chambers that was overheard by staff — and initially lied about the actions but remains on the bench after receiving a “private reprimand,” according to an investigation by the court system. The Judicial …
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Jozy Altidore arrived at the new U.S. Soccer National Training Center, a $250 million, 200-acre, 19-field complex south of Atlanta, far different from where his 2014 American team recovered from practice in a plastic cold tub on a paved path outside Stanford’s Cagan Stadium in California. “This is the culmination, right?” …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the administration’s botched release of the Epstein case files. Bondi was defiant in previous public testimony when she was confronted by lawmakers about the Epstein investigation. It’s unclear …
Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana in South America, pleaded guilty in January to both counts, which together carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. His lawyers are proposing that he be put on probation “to facilitate his removal from the United States,” but federal prosecutors are recommending he serve 37 months – …
NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. District Court on Thursday denied the California Department of Parks and Recreation’s bid to stop oil producer Sable Offshore Corp from moving oil on a long-disputed pipeline linked to the Santa Ynez offshore platform. The denial marks a setback for California’s efforts to stop the Santa Ynez …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Stafford says he understands why the Los Angeles Rams drafted Ty Simpson last month, even though they happen to have got the NFL’s reigning MVP quarterback under contract for at least the next two years. “Listen, I’m not 25 years old, and I get that,” Stafford said Thursday after organized …
Federal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges in connection with a sports gambling sting, alleging he took a hefty bribe to exit a game early in March 2023. Rozier, 32, was charged Thursday in a superseding indictment in Brooklyn federal court with bribery in sporting contests and honest services wire …