A Lexington police officer and the top prosecutor misled a grand jury to secure a trumped-up indictment for sex crimes against their client, two defense attorneys allege in a new court filing. Now, they’re asking a judge to throw out the charges. Jerry Wright and Noel Caldwell, attorneys for William Henry Clay, filed a motion […]
Thirty years ago, Californians passed a ballot measure that catalyzed a generation of Latino voters. Proposition 187 aimed to deny virtually all public services to the undocumented and their children. Written largely in response to the transformative demographic change occurring in California at the time, the measure triggered a seismic shift in racial politics and […]
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested early Friday morning after he tried to drive into the entrance of the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., where the PGA Championship is being held. He was released at 8:40 a.m. ET without bail and returned to Valhalla less than an hour before his scheduled second-round […]
Shortly before his scheduled second round 10:08 a.m. ET tee time at the PGA Championship, Scottie Scheffler released a statement following his arrest Friday morning outside of Valhalla Golf Club. “This morning, I was proceeding as directed by police officers. It was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred […]
Kenya Airways says its staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo who were released on Monday had been detained because of a “misunderstanding” by the authorities. The airline says it is resuming flights to the country – which it had suspended – after the “unconditional” release of the two employees. The staff were detained last […]
A senior Ukrainian Air Force official refused an offer from two Australians to receive 41 of the country’s decommissioned F/A-18 Hornet fighters, bluntly stating that “we do not need your flying trash,” reported the Australian Financial Review on Jan. 30. This statement effectively killed the deal, highlighting a stark misunderstanding between Australia and Ukraine amid […]
Dec. 26—NEW LONDON — City officials and a local homeless advocacy group have reached an understanding regarding the use of two new homes set to be occupied by 12-low-income residents. On Thursday, a day after The Day published an article on concerns being raised by city officials about how a pair of duplexes at 9 […]
A senior Hamas official on Thursday backed away from an earlier, groundbreaking comment that Hamas could recognize the state of Israel and that Israelis should have rights “but not at the expense” of Palestinians or other groups. Mousa Abu Marzouk cited a “misunderstanding of media statements” a day after he told the Washington-based Al-Monitor that […]