Feb. 1—SOUTHERN INDIANA — The Center for Women and Families named Clark County Judge Vicki Carmichael as one of its Women of Distinction for 2023. Carmichael said it’s an honor she’s sharing with everyone who works with her at Clark Circuit Court 4. “I was thrilled (when I heard). To me what I do on … Read more
Read this story in Spanish Austin Energy told City Council members it hoped to have power restored to all its customers by 6 pm Friday. “Restoration efforts have been slow due to consistently freezing temperatures and accumulating ice,” the utility said in a message Mayor Pro Tem Paige Ellis posted on Twitter. “Additionally, we’re experiencing … Read more
A man who shot and killed a middle school student who he thought was trying to break into a car has been arrested and charged with murder. Jason Lewis, 41, turned himself in to the police in Washington, DC, on Tuesday morning after authorities obtained a warrant for his arrest, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee … Read more
A Memphis police report into the traffic stop of Tire Nichols portrays him as violent and aggressive and states that he tried to grab an officer’s gun, allegations that are contradicted by multiple videos released by authorities. NBC News has obtained the contents of the report, which has not been made public. A Memphis police … Read more
CNN — The emperor tamarin monkeys that disappeared from the Dallas Zoo earlier this week but were recovered by police in an abandoned home on Tuesday are healthy and uninjured, the zoo said. “Emperor tamarin monkeys, Bella and Finn, were so happy to snuggle into their nest sack here at the Zoo last night!” the … Read more
Alex Murdaugh cries while watching a video clip on his son Paul’s phone during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Wednesday. Andrew J. Whitaker / The Post And Courier via AP, Pool On the night his wife and son were shot dead, Alex Murdaugh told the first … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met privately on Wednesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for more than an hour — their first in-person meeting since the Republican won the gavel. There were no signs of a breakthrough between the Democratic president and Republican speaker on the most consequential item on their mutual to-do list: preventing … Read more
Isaiah Brown-Miller, 23, of the Northeast Side, in Franklin County Common Pleas Court on Jan. 31, 2023 during his trial on kidnapping and aggravated robbery charges in connection with the death of Columbus imam Mohamed Hassan Adam in December 2021. A mistrial was declared the next afternoon after a Franklin County jury declared it was … Read more
The White House has insisted that it will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, warning that an extended stalemate could spark a financial crisis and push the US to the brink of default. But Republicans see the debt ceiling as an opportunity to extract concessions from an administration dealing with a divided Congress for the … Read more
WASHINGTON — No classified documents were found during the FBI’s search of President Joe Biden’s beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday, an attorney for the president said in a statement. “The DOJ’s planned search of the president’s Rehoboth residence, conducted in coordination and cooperation with the president’s attorneys, has concluded,” Biden’s personal lawyer, … Read more