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Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The executive order Trump signed Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The order is among a flurry of actions Trump has quickly taken as he begins a second term.
Only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the JFK assassination have yet to be fully declassified. A$AP Rocky assault trial heads to opening statements as a jury is seated LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury of five men and seven women has been seated for the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend. Opening statements at the trial of the 36-year-old hip-hop superstar and fashion maven will begin Friday after the 12 jurors and four alternates are sworn in.
Rocky turned down a prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail to risk years in prison if the jurors find him guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyer says he committed no crime. Lawsuit says ex-Yankee Mariano Rivera failed to protect a girl from sexual abuse at a church camp NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young girl who was sexually abused by an older child during a summer camp trip sponsored by their church.
In a lawsuit filed in this month, lawyers for the girl allege that the Hall of Fame pitcher and his wife, Clara Rivera, flew from New York to Florida to investigate after the girl’s mother expressed concerns about her daughter’s safety. But rather than take action, the lawsuit says the couple “isolated and intimidated” the victim into remaining silent. The Riveras' lawyer says any allegations that they “knew about or failed to act on reports of child abuse are completely false.
" Jewelry designer, 'Bling Empire: New York' cast member Lynn Ban dies at age 51 Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York” cast member Lynn Ban has died at age 51. Her death comes weeks after the jewelry designer and fashion expert was hurt in a Christmas Eve skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado. She later underwent brain surgery.
Sebastian Ban posted on his mother’s verified Instagram account that she died Monday. The Singapore native was a fixture on the Netflix reality series in 2023. The show featured and showcased the lives and play of wealthy Asian Americans in New York City.
Ban's online biography states that she also spent over 25 years in the fashion industry. Her Lynn Ban Jewelry services private clientele and has been featured in major fashion magazines. Prince Harry claims court victories.
But is he winning the larger war with the British media? LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s mission to tame the British media has produced results in court. But the jury is still out on whether it will have a broader impact or be just another chapter or headline in the long history of tabloids behaving badly. Harry received an unprecedented apology from Rupert Murdoch’s flagship U.
K. tabloid on Wednesday and previously won in a court judgment that condemned the publishers of the Daily Mirror for “widespread and habitual” phone hacking. The News Group Newspapers settlement has encouraged advocates seeking accountability from the media.
Some media observers see the victories as significant for Harry but unlikely to bring wider change. Cold snap chills New York City's rats, and heats up the fight against them NEW YORK (AP) — This week’s frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped. Including the rats.
The United States’ most populous city has been spared the Upper Midwest’s extreme wind chills, not to mention the shock of record-breaking snow in the deep South. But temperatures this week have been well below average. City “rat czar” Kathleen Corradi says such cold has a chilling effect on the Big Apple’s rodents, but it boosts attempts to get rid of them.
She says city rat-fighters can essentially redouble their efforts while the rats are stressed and hunkering down. Mikaela Shiffrin healed from puncture wound suffered in ski crash, will race next week in France Mikaela Shiffrin has recovered from her ski crash two months ago and tells The Associated Press she plans to return to World Cup racing next Thursday at a slalom event in Courchevel, France. Shiffrin has been out since the serious spill in a giant slalom race on Nov.
30 in Killington, Vermont, where something punctured her in the side and caused severe trauma to her oblique muscles. The 29-year-old Shiffrin remains focused only on progression, not picking up her pursuit of World Cup win No. 100.
Her plan includes racing the slalom and giant slalom at the world championships next month in Austria. Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas due to their negative impact on agriculture PINGTUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas, with supporters urging humane methods to bring down the animal's population, which is wreaking havoc on the island's agricultural sector. Around 200,000 of the reptiles are believed to be in the island’s southern and central areas, which are heavily dependent on farming, according Chiu Kuo-hao of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency.
Specially recruited hunting teams killed about 70,000 iguanas last year, with bounties of up to $15 each. Local governments have asked the public to help identify iguana nests and they recommend fishing spears as the most humane means of killing the animals. Authorities ramp up efforts to protect sea turtles as deaths on India's shores continue to mount BENGALURU, India (AP) — Dead sea turtles keep washing ashore on India’s east coast and environmentalists and authorities are trying frantically to stop the number of 600 dead from getting even higher.
The high number of turtle deaths in Chennai in southern India is most likely due to overfishing just off the coast, experts say, sparking discussion and anger in the region over how the deaths could be avoided. But fishers say that tougher fishing conditions — from warmer waters to higher operating costs — has forced them into a corner. Government officials on and off the coast say they have intensified their monitoring of illegal fishing since high numbers of dead turtles started washing up onshore.
Starbucks' policy change flushes out a debate over public restroom access Starbucks’ decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom use policies that varies by state and city. Starbucks announced last week a new code of conduct that says people need to make a purchase if they want to hang out or use the restroom. The coffee chain's policy change for bathroom privileges has left Americans confused and divided over who gets to go and when.
The American Restroom Association, a public toilet advocacy group, was among the critics. Rules about restroom access in restaurants vary by state, city and county. The National Retail Federation says private businesses have a right to limit restroom use.
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