A woman “flew into a rage” and fatally shot her husband after seeing a bill that showed a porn channel had been added to their TV account, a court has heard. Patricia Hill, 69, is on trial in Arkansas accused of murdering her 65-year-old husband, Frank Hill, at their home in Pine Bluff last July. […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump is unlikely hand over his tax returns to lawmakers despite a Tuesday congressional deadline facing the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday (April 23). “As I understand it, the president’s pretty clear: Once he’s out of audit, he will think about […]
South Georgian Bay OPP are searching for a 59-year-old Midland man who was last seen at a local retail store on April 7. Police describe Steven William Wilkins as a five-foot-tall man weighing 170 pounds with a stocky build, grey-and-brown hair, hazel eyes and a beard. According to officers, Wilkins was last seen at County […]
Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Late last year, I spoke with State Senator Scott Wiener about his Senate Bill 50, a second pass at a controversial fix for the state’s housing affordability crisis. This week, that bill — along with others that take aim at various tension points […]
A couple who enslaved a Guinean girl for 16 years at their Dallas-area home, forcing her to cook and clean while calling her a “dog,” were each sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison, the authorities said. The couple, Mohamed Toure, 58, and Denise Cros-Toure, 58, of Southlake, Tex., who are citizens of Guinea, […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The subject seems technical but the stakes are enormous on Tuesday (April 23) when the Trump administration and its opponents cross swords at the US Supreme Court over a highly controversial proposed census question on citizenship. Census results determine the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives, and […]
A candlelight vigil will be held at the Alberta legislature grounds Monday night to honour those who lost their lives in a series of bombing in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. At least 290 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a series of co-ordinated bomb blasts that rocked churches and hotels across Sri […]
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tesla Inc robotaxis with no human drivers would be available in some US markets next year, continuing a habit of bold pronouncements that have excited many investors while often missing deadlines. “Probably two years from now we’ll make a car with no steering wheels or pedals,” […]
[Read the latest edition of Crossing the Border, a limited-run newsletter about life where the United States and Mexico meet. Sign up here to receive the next issue in your inbox.] Federal immigration authorities faced with overburdened detention centers are scouring the country to find space to house migrants as the crush of asylum seekers […]
Eric and Jean Bishop have lived in a historic home in Fulton Place for 52 years, but this is shaping up to be their last as the bank is foreclosing on their house. According to Eric, the house was built on land once owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. It was purchased by a dairy […]