GEOLOGY Kate Samuelson TIME Magazine A group of geologists believes New Zealand and several surrounding islands, including New Caledonia, should be reclassified as part of an eighth continent called Zealandia, rather…
President Trump Loves Roundtables With CEOs
DONALD TRUMP Ryan Teague Beckwith TIME magazine President Trump likes to sit around tables with business leaders. In the first few weeks of his Administration, the New York real estate mogul…
Man Convicted of Trying to Hire Someone to Burn Down a Mosque
TENNESSEE A federal jury Thursday convicted a former right-wing Congressional candidate from Tennessee of someone to burn down a mosque in Islamberg, a hamlet in Hancock, New York, officials announced. Robert Doggart, 65,…
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Road Rage Incident that Left a Child Dead With a Gunshot Wound
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A man arrested plead not guilty by reason of mental defect in connection with the Dec. 2016 shooting death of a three-year-old boy. Gary Holmes, 33, was in…
19-Year-Old Omaha man sentence of 58 to 82 years in prison for his role in a 2015 murder
Laurann Robinson Reporter OMAHA, NEBRASKA The final piece to a high-profile murder case: Jamar Milton, 19, the third of three teens involved in a local murder, was sentenced Wednesday. Milton received a…
Two Jailers Sentenced to Prison for Beating Inmates, Including Slamming One Head First to the Ground
OKLAHOMA A federal judge sentenced Raymond A. Barnes, 42, and Christopher A. Brown, 31, the former jail superintendent and assistant jail superintendent, to prison after a jury found them guilty of violating…
You could call US tourism a victim of Trump’s travel ban
MARK LENNIHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE The lower Manhattan skyline, including One World Trade Center. Some experts say President Trump’s travel ban could be as damaging to US tourism as the Sept. 11 attacks. By…
Woman Guilty of Illegally Shipping 131,300 Rounds of Ammo to Philippines
LOS ANGELES A Long Beach woman plead guilty to federal offenses for illegally shipping tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition to the Philippines. Marlou Mendoz, 61, pleaded guilty on Monday…
Our Sun Produces Bizarre Radiation Bursts—Now NASA Knows Why
EARTH-ORBITING TELESCOPE SEES LIGHT FROM FAR SIDE OF SUN NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope recorded gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light, originating from solar flares on the far side of the…
Fugitive’s Alleged Racially Motivated Hate Crimes Resulted Murders of Blacks
LOS ANGELES A member of the Avenues street gang who was on the run for well over a decade plead not guilty this morning to federal hate crimes charges stemming from…
Friend of San Bernardino Terrorist Enrique Marquez Agrees to Plead Guilty Thursday
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Enrique Marquez Jr. – a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack – agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Farook…
Check Casher Sentenced to Prison for Cashing Fraudulently Obtained Tax Refund Checks
GEORGIA Check casher sentenced to prison for fraudulently cashing 250 tax-refund checks worth $645,000, officials said Tuesday. A federal judge sentenced George Rowell, 61, Columbus, Georgia resident to 18 months in prison…