Day: February 6, 2024

South Dakota man faces murder charge after crashing into officer during police chase

5:33 pm February 6, 2024

South Dakota prosecutors charged a Sioux Falls man on Monday with first-degree murder and aggravated eluding in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase. Joseph Gene Hoek, 40, was ordered held without bail at his first court appearance in the death of Moody County Chief Deputy […]

Speaker Johnson cheers on Senate border deal’s potential demise: ‘We welcome it’

5:10 pm February 6, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Tuesday that House Republicans “welcome” the dysfunction wrought in the Senate over its border security and supplemental aid bill. Johnson has made no secret of his opposition to the bipartisan deal, declaring it “dead on arrival” multiple times since its release on Sunday night, including during House GOP leaders’ […]

Trump prosecutors should be ‘alarmed’ by public being evenly divided over case, says legal analyst

4:58 pm February 6, 2024

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig warned during a media appearance on Tuesday that recent polling on whether Americans believe Donald Trump acted “illegally” in his efforts to remain president should “alarm” prosecutors. On “CNN This Morning,” host Poppy Harlow asked Honig about polling that found 45% of Americans believed Trump acted illegally in his efforts […]

Cancer diagnoses in the British royal family over the years: ‘The great equalizer’

4:49 pm February 6, 2024

King Charles III, 75, has received a cancer diagnosis, Buckingham Palace announced in a statement on Monday. The cancer was discovered when the king underwent a routine procedure on Jan. 17 to treat an enlarged prostate. The palace as of now has not confirmed the type or stage of cancer, saying only that it is […]

Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: Drugs in men’s systems show ‘there’s more to the story,’ family says

4:46 pm February 6, 2024

Reports of THC, cocaine and lethal levels of fentanyl in the systems of three Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen and dead in their friend’s backyard have not brought closure to their families, who are still pushing for a thorough investigation into their deaths. The preliminary findings in the post-mortem examinations of Ricky Johnson, 38, […]