Jurors at the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter have been getting two versions of the white former suburban Minneapolis police officer, who says she made a tragic mistake when she fired her handgun instead of her Taser and killed Black motorist Daunte …
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House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe
The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection — making it the first time the chamber has voted to hold a…
Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinema
During a tribute to her career at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), Penelope Cruz recalled the Betamax videotape store that opened in her neighborhood, in a suburb of Madrid, when she was a child and that made her discover cinema.
2021 Notebook: Alec Baldwin and the movie-set shooting
On Oct. 21, on a movie set in New Mexico, what was supposed to be fiction lurched into reality in the most destructive of ways.
After a wet, gusty day in Las Vegas, cooler weather settles in
A powerful storm swept into Southern Nevada on Tuesday, bringing cold temperatures, rain and gusty winds to Las Vegas and snow flurries in the Spring Mountains.
Pacioretty continues torrid pace to lead Golden Knights over Bruins
If Max Pacioretty played the whole season at his current scoring rate, he’d fall three goals short of the NHL record. That’s the kind of hot streak he’s on right now …
Warriors’ Stephen Curry breaks the NBA career 3-point record
Stephen Curry has shot his way to the top of the NBA record book for 3-pointers.
Father, son blamed for Lake Tahoe-area wildfire out on lower bail
A father and son charged with sparking a devastating Northern California wildfire that destroyed about 1,000 homes near Lake Tahoe earlier this year are out of jail after a judge vastly reduced their bail, largely rejecting prosecutors’ arguments that…
Trump loses bid to block his tax returns from Congress
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that was brought by former President Donald Trump in his attempt to block congressional lawmakers from obtaining his tax returns.
NY ethics board tells former Gov. Cuomo to return book money
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up millions of dollars a publisher paid him to write a book about his response to the coronavirus pandemic.