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HARTFORD, Conn. — A mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history has been sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison in an unrelated weapons case. Robert Gentile, 81, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut. He was given credit for time already served, and is expected to…
State employees have not had a cost-of-living increase since 2008. However, they have had merit raises.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft Corp. over a warrant for emails stored in the internet cloud outside the United States. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sought the emails as part of a drug trafficking investigation and obtained a warrant under a 1986 law. But Microsoft refused to turn…
PARKLAND, Fla. — Nearly two weeks after a shooting at a Florida high school killed 17 people, the state legislature took a step closer Tuesday to passing a bill that would allow for armed teachers and raise the age limit to buy rifles, among other changes. A House committee approved the bill that would raise the minimum age to buy…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor said Tuesday that the U.S. Treasury Department has cut a $4.7 billion disaster relief loan available to the U.S. territory by more than half, and he demanded help from Congress. Gov. Ricardo Rossello said federal officials reduced the amount to $2 billion without providing an explanation nearly five months after Congress approved…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren’t entitled by law to periodic bond hearings. The case is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who’ve spent long periods in custody. The group includes some people facing deportation because they’ve committed a crime and others who arrived at the border seeking…
Opponents say Republican proposals leave schools worse off and that the public hasn’t been sufficiently consulted.
There was a question of how absentee ballots were handled, along with other accusations.
(Photo Courtesy: Ole Miss Athletics) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WCBI/Ole Miss Athletics) – Ole Miss women’s basketball freshman Promise Taylor has been named to the SEC All-Freshman team, the conference announced Tuesday morning. Taylor is the 11th Rebel to ever earn the distinction and the first since A’Queen Hayes in 2014-15. A native of Issaquah, Washington, Taylor has been a force down…
The water tower was last painted in 2007.
LOS ANGELES – A self-styled “rehab mogul” who operated more than a dozen southern California drug treatment and rehabilitation centers has been convicted of 31 counts including the sexual assault of seven patients. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office says a jury deliberated for a day before finding Christopher Bathum guilty of charges including forcible rape, sexual penetration by foreign…
GLENWOOD, Iowa – Five former workers who were convicted of or pleaded guilty to mistreating residents of an Iowa facility for people with autism or brain injuries were each sentenced to a year of probation. A judge on Monday sentenced the former workers, who were fired or resigned from the state-run Glenwood Resource Center in 2016 after the abuse allegations…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An officer who flies helicopters for police in North Carolina’s largest city was charged Tuesday with 28 sex crimes after a woman reported she was abused several years ago starting as a preteen, authorities said. The victim, now 17, told investigators that Matthew Porter sexually assaulted her for three years from 2010 to 2013, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy…
(Photo Courtesy: Kelly Price, MSU Athletics) STARKVILLE, Miss. – A perfect season led to numerous SEC honors for Vic Schaefer and his Mississippi State women’s basketball team on Tuesday. Schaefer was named SEC Coach of the Year by fellow league coaches and Associated Press after guiding the Bulldogs to their first SEC regular-season title and the first undefeated regular season…
A file image of meatballs in red tomato sauce. Getty/iStockphoto HAZLE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police say a damning clue led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man charged with stealing a pot of meatballs: red sauce smeared on his face and clothes. Authorities in Luzerne County have charged 48-year-old Leahman Glenn Robert Potter with burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful…
The device was identified as a World War II-era M6 60 Caliber Bazooka anti-tank rocket.
Esmeralda Gonzaga’s minivan got sucked into an open manhole. CBS Chicago CHICAGO — When not secure, manhole covers can lead to devastating consequences. CBS Chicago reports that thousands of missing, loose or out-of place manhole covers have resulted in serious damage, and even death. “It’s dangerous for us,” said Esmeralda Gonzaga, whose minivan got sucked into an open manhole. “And I…
Jimmy Kimmel seen with his son, Billy. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”/ABC Ellen DeGeneres surprised late-night host Jimmy Kimmel with a gift that honors his son. Kimmel has been open about how his son Billy needed heart surgery right after he was born. He has also championed the care Billy got at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles — so Ellen got a…
Iowa tops U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 ranking of the best states in the county due to its infrastructure, health care, education and quality of life, among other factors. It is followed by Minnesota and Utah, while at the bottom of the list, Mississippi ranked 49th and Louisiana was last. The list evaluated states in eight different categories: health…
Johnthony Walker, 24, is seen in mugshot after being arrested on several counts of vehicular homicide on November 21, 2016; he was driving a school bus that crashed, killing several children Hamilton County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A prosecutor says a Tennessee school bus driver was on his cellphone and driving 20 mph over the speed limit when…
WASHINGTON — Russia is seeking to counter U.S. diplomatic influence by stoking conflict in Syria even as it portrays itself as an arbiter in the civil war, the top American general in the Middle East said Tuesday in notably pointed criticism of Moscow. “I’m being very serious when I say they play the role of both arsonist and fireman –…
Candles are left in tribute to murdered Slovakian investigative reporter Jan Kuciak, 27, and his fiancee Martina, 27, at Slovak National Uprising Square in Bratislava, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Jakub Kotian / AP PRAGUE — Italian organized crime figures may have been involved in the shooting death of an investigative journalist in Slovakia, a Canadian reporter said Tuesday as…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for dismembering his girlfriend with a chain saw and dumping her body parts in bags and boxes behind a Target store in Alabama. William Lewis Paton was convicted of corpse abuse after charges of murder were dropped for lack of evidence. Payton denies killing or dismembering 27-year-old…