A former Texas sheriff’s deputy has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a California man over the summer, prosecutors said Monday.  Giovanni Ceja, 31, pleaded not guilty in Riverside County in connection with the Aug. 7 death of Gilberto Sotelo, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office said.  Ceja is […]

A Ohio high school homecoming queen candidate died suddenly last week during the festivities prior to a football game, school officials said.  Breanne McKean, 17, a senior at Mapleton High School in Ashland, died Friday due to a “medical emergency,” Mapleton Local Schools said.  “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go […]

A federal court ruled in two cases Friday that religious foster agencies in South Carolina could remain open and continue their work partnering with the state to serve children in need.  In Rogers v. Health and Human Services and Maddonna v. Health and Human Services, the U.S. District Court for the […]

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has followed through on his renewed threat to introduce a motion to vacate against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Gaetz, a frequent McCarthy critic, introduced the motion Monday evening on the House floor. “Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause two A1 of Rule nine, I rise to give […]

After former President Donald Trump fiercely condemned New York Supreme Court First District Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling that he deceived banks and insurers, critics said the case could endanger the Empire State’s status as a business capital. Former Bush Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo said on FOX News Monday […]

Missing 9-year-old Charlotte Sena has been found after disappearing from Moreau Lake State Park in New York on Saturday, authorities say. New York State Police announced on Monday night that a suspect has been taken into custody over the incident. Sena is reportedly safe and healthy. “Charlotte Sena has been […]

A lightning strike caused a large gas explosion in England on Monday followed by a huge fireball visible in the night sky from miles away.  The fire erupted after lighting hit a gas tank at a food waste recycling plant in Oxfordshire. The Severn Trent Green Power Plant at Cassington, […]

A reporter’s question about having no seat for disabled journalists in the press briefing room was ignored by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday. During the latest press conference, a reporter asked Jean-Pierre about the lack of accommodations for journalists with disabilities. This came on the same day […]

YORK, Pa. (AP) — Federal Reserve officials typically gather many of their insights and observations about the economy from some of the top Ph.D. economists in Washington. On a visit Monday to York, Pennsylvania, Chair Jerome Powell got an earful from a group with a decidedly different perspective: Small-business people […]

After pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., landed himself in more hot water on Monday when he referred to his Republican colleagues as “Nazis” in an internal memo for attempting to expel him from Congress.  Bowman, a member of the group of House […]