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Who is Arthur Engoron? Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie

NEW YORK (AP) — He’s driven a taxi cab, played in a band and protested the Vietnam War. As a New York City judge, Arthur Engoron has resolved hundreds of disputes, deciding everything from zoning and free speech issues to a custody fight over a dog n...

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistachio trees to ensure they’re not wasting any of the groundwater at the heart of a vicious fight....

Lawmaker aims to prevent HOAs from banning common household chore: ‘You’re not allowed to do it’

In Upper Allen Township, PA, in 2010, Deb and Terry Brensinger joined the ranks of homeowners who have clashed with their HOAs over drying clothes outside, the Patriot-News reported. Now, 13 years later, one state senator is looking to pass legislati...

Fetterman: ‘I’m done normalizing this dysfunction’

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday.“I voted at 8:30pm on a Saturday night, t...

California governor signs law to bolster eviction protections for renters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Saturday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap.The move updat...

New security video released in Philadelphia lootings

Philadelphia police on Friday released new surveillance video in a looting rampage that occurred across the city earlier this week, in an effort to identify and arrest more suspects. The video shows a large group of masked looters using hammers to sm...

Son's coach ID'd as Florida mom's killer decades after her murder

This story originally aired on Dec. 3, 2022. It was updated on Sept. 30, 2023.On Sept. 4, 1981, Jeff Slaten, 15 and his brother Tim, 12, were awakened by Lakeland, Florida, police and told their mother, Linda Slaten, had been murdered. Investigators...

Video shows thieves ransacking Nike store in Southern California

Video captured four people ransacking a Nike store and stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in Irvine on Thursday.The suspects were identified by Irvine police as:– Kristen Jamie Himbarger, 19, of Los Angeles– China Celeste Morris, 24,...

MSNBC Anchor Recuses Herself From Covering Dad Sen. Bob Menendez’s Indictment (Video)

MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez opened the network’s “American Voices” on Saturday with a promise to stay away from covering the indictment of her father, New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. But, she promised, her colleagues at NBC and MSNBC will continue to...

Kevin McCarthy Calls for Punishment as Rep. Jamaal Bowman Gets Caught Pulling Capitol Fire Alarm: ‘This Is an Embarrassment’ (Video)

Rep. Jamaal Bowman was caught pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Building moments before the House was scheduled to vote on a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Bowman’s team has claimed the move was an accident, but didn’t immediatel...

UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell a surge in gang violence and restore security so the troubled...

Police arrest 2 men in killing of Pontiac man known for fooling sexual predators

Police have arrested two men in the Friday killing of a 40-year-old Pontiac man who often posed as a minor on social media in attempts to catch sexual predators.Robert Wayne Lee, who ran a popular Facebook page with 11,000 followers using the moniker...

Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he could 'afford to have five or six people be idiots' during standoffs in the 1990s, a contrast to the numerous GOP hardliners creating challenges for McCarthy

Newt Gingrich recently told Politico of the difference between the '90s-era House GOP and today's slim majority.The ex-speaker said he could "afford to have five or six people be idiots" in the face of a shutdown.Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday mu...

Apple identifies issues causing overheating in the iPhone 15

By Juby Babu(Reuters) - Apple on Saturday said it has identified a few issues which can cause new iPhones to run warmer than expected, including a bug in the iOS 17 software which will be fixed in an upcoming update.After complaints that the new phon...

New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulls fire alarm in House office building but says it was an accident

Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday morning, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding bill, which the New York Democrat said was an accident.The incident was first revea...