May 30, 2023 5:19 pm
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is in custody at the Texas prison where she will spend the next 11 years serving her sentence for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax. Holmes entered the minimum-security, federal women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday. The arrival comes more than a year after a jury convicted Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. She was sentenced to prison time in November. (Photo: ABC)
May 30, 2023 5:23 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most people in the U.S. say the court should allow consideration of race as part of the admissions process. Yet few believe students’ race should play a significant role in those decisions. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 63% say the Supreme Court should not stop colleges from considering race or ethnicity in their admission systems. The poll shows little divide along political or racial lines. But people were more likely to say grades and standardized test scores should be significant factors.
May 30, 2023 5:22 am
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Nine people were injured after gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. A police spokesperson said several of the victims were taken to a children’s hospital. However, authorities have not yet released the ages of the victims or provided details about their conditions. A preliminary investigation shows that an altercation between two groups resulted in gunfire. One person has been detained and another suspect is being still being sought.
May 30, 2023 5:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Biden has been calling lawmakers before this week’s votes in Congress. The White House and congressional leaders are working to ensure passage in time to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a U.S. default. A number of hard-right conservatives are criticizing the deal, while liberals decry new work requirements for older Americans in the food aid program. A key test will be Tuesday afternoon when the House Rules Committee considers the package. The full House is expected to vote Wednesday. Officials say the U.S. risks default June 5.
May 30, 2023 5:19 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses stopped eight drones converging on Moscow, officials said Tuesday, in an attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine, while Russia continued a a relentless wave of daylight and nighttime bombardment on Kyiv that began Monday. The Russian defense ministry said Tuesday that five drones were shot down and the systems of three others were jammed, causing them to veer off course. It called the incident a “terrorist attack” by the “Kyiv regime.” Moscow’s mayor said the attack caused “insignificant damage” to several buildings, and two people received medical attention but did not need hospitalization. Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the wider Moscow region, said some of the drones were “shot down on the approach to Moscow.”
May 30, 2023 5:15 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A violent holiday weekend across the city left four people hurt in three separate shootings, including three children under the age of 18. In a span of 24 hours over the Memorial Day weekend, Pittsburgh Police responded to a double shooting and two other shootings that sent all the victims to the hospital. A gunfight in the city’s Hill District early Monday morning left a woman caught in the crossfire. Gunfire erupted around 2 a.m. on Bedford Avenue. Police said the woman’s head was grazed by a bullet after a fight broke out between two men that ended with the men shooting at each other. The woman is expected to make a full recovery. A few hours before that gunfight, detectives and a police K9 were investigating a double shooting in the city’s Homewood North neighborhood. Police said two boys were hurt on Nolan Court and were rushed to Children’s Hospital. They’re also expected to fully recover. Sunday afternoon, a teen was wounded in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood. The 16-year-old boy is recovering after he was shot in the leg at Larimer Avenue and Deary Street.
May 30, 2023 5:12 am
MUDDY CREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – State police have identified the woman and man found shot to death at a park-and-ride in Muddy Creek Township Monday. Twenty-eight-year-old Jenna Christine Smith and thirty-one-year-old Jacob Christian Smith of Pulanski, were found around 5:30 p.m. along Perry Highway. State Police say they found the body of Jenna Smith beside a vehicle, while Jacob Smith was found in the passenger side of the vehicle. Investigators have determined the couple, who was married, exchanged gunfire in the vehicle after an altercation – and this was an isolated incident with no public safety concern.
May 30, 2023 5:08 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prosecutors are describing how a heavily armed suspect barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shot every worshipper he could find in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The suspect in the 2018 synagogue massacre went on trial Tuesday, more than four years after the attack that killed 11 worshippers from three congregations who were meeting at the Tree of Life synagogue. Robert Bowers could face the death penalty if he is convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces. The trial follows a month-long jury selection process. Twelve jurors and six alternates will hear the case.
May 29, 2023 4:51 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Maharis, the handsome actor who became an icon to American youth on the hit 1960s TV series “Route 66,” has died at age 94. Maharis’ friend Marc Bahan says he died Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after contracting hepatitis. Maharis and his co-star Martin Milner cruised the country in a corvette convertible, having adventures shot on location for the CBS series. Maharis, like his character Buz Murdock, was raised in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen. He studied at the Actors Studio, and strong reviews in stage plays led to his landing the TV role. (Photo: AP)
May 29, 2023 4:47 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital is sleepless as a new Russian air campaign terrorizes citizens in Kyiv. A pharmacist says “what is there to say? Everyone is exhausted.” Russian air attacks have escalated to near-nightly raids over the last month. Many people are complaining about sleeplessness. The war-defying bustle of Kyiv’s cafes, restaurants and salons goes on despite the ongoing war. But everyone has a story about how tired they feel.
