Mega Millions jackpot soars to potential record after no winner Friday, lottery says
A record Mega Millions jackpot may be in play after no ticket matched all winning numbers in Friday night's drawing, the lottery said.
2023-08-05 14:50
Thailand’s Thaksin Delays Plan to Return From 15-Year Exile
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra postponed a plan to return from 15 years of self-imposed exile by
2023-08-05 14:48
Texas abortion ban temporarily lifted for medical emergencies
Women in the US state with pregnancy complications will be exempted from the abortion ban, a judge rules.
2023-08-05 13:27
US customs officers seize counterfeit designer watches worth over $4 million in Kentucky
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Kentucky say they intercepted millions of dollars worth of counterfeit designer watches last month.
2023-08-05 13:26
Son of Colombia's president freed while he is investigated for illicit enrichment, money laundering
A Colombian judge on Friday night ordered President Gustavo Petro’s son freed from detention while he is investigated on allegations of illicit enrichment and money laundering. Nicolás Petro was arrested early Saturday, and this week was charged with the two crimes. He agreed to cooperate in the probe, and prosecutors said he acknowledged Thursday that his father’s 2022 election campaign received money of dubious origin. Mario Andrés Burgos, the prosecutor in charge of the case, said Nicolás Petro assured that he would deliver audios and documents to corroborate that part of the money given to him ended up financing his father’s candidacy. The Attorney General’s Office presented evidence that it said shows the younger Petro received money illicitly. But the judge said prosecutors did not substantiate the need to keep the president's son in detention or under house arrest. He was ordered released under the condition that he not leave Colombia or participate in political activities. Nicolás Petro is a legislator for the northern coastal region of Atlántico, but has said he will resign the seat. Burgos has said the younger Petro revealed that unjustified increases detected in his assets came from two individuals being questioned by Colombian authorities. The money went partly into the son's own accounts and partly into the campaign that made his father Colombia's first elected leftist president, the prosecutor said. On Tuesday, when he was charged, prosecutors said the younger Petro took thousands of dollars from drug traffickers and used it to buy luxurious homes and expensive cars. Nicolás Petro, 36, pleaded innocent to the charges, but agreed to cooperate with authorities. The case has come at a time when Colombia’s president is losing popularity and has been exposed to attacks by opposition parties, which have become increasingly reluctant to cooperate with his legislative agenda. The president has said he would not interfere with the investigation, and wrote a message on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in which he said he hoped his son would “reflect on his mistakes.” Read More Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide
2023-08-05 13:22
Texas judge halts state abortion bans in cases of 'emergent medical conditions' threatening pregnant patients
A Texas judge issued an order late Friday temporarily barring the state from enforcing its ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy in cases where a patient's life or health could be endangered by an "emergent medical condition."
2023-08-05 12:54
Cost of federal census recounts push growing towns to do it themselves
Only a single municipality, the Village of Pingree Grove in Illinois, has signed a contract so far with the U.S. Census Bureau to have the agency conduct a repeat head count following the 2020 census
2023-08-05 12:53
AP Psychology can be taught in Florida in its 'entirety,' state official says, amid fight over gender and sexual orientation teachings
The head of Florida's education department on Friday told school officials that Advanced Placement Psychology courses may be taught in their "entirety" after dizzying concerns over new state laws barring material on sexual orientation and gender identity.
2023-08-05 12:53
DeSantis: Trump's 2020 election fraud theories were 'unsubstantiated'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that the "theories" put out by former President Donald Trump and his associates following the 2020 election were "unsubstantiated" and "did not prove to be true."
2023-08-05 12:53
Special counsel cites Truth Social post in arguing for quick court order on evidence sharing as Trump rails against 2020 election charges
Special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge to quickly set limits on what Donald Trump's team can do with the evidence that will be shared with them in the election subversion case against the former president.
2023-08-05 12:50
Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers' attention, and they have a lot of questions
State legislatures across the country are rushing to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence
2023-08-05 12:45
Russia's war with Ukraine has generated its own fog, and mis- and disinformation are everywhere
On the battlefields of Ukraine, the fog of war plagues soldiers
2023-08-05 12:28
