Amy Knox, the ex-COO of Harm Reduction-SD, has been charged with multiple felony counts of misappropriating public money and embezzlement. Why it mattersThe alleged scandal raises concerns about oversight measures in place at the county of San Diego, which approved the contracts Knox managed. In August 2024, the county awarded Harm Reduction-SD a second contract, despite being aware of Knox's prior embezzlement conviction. Summer Stephan The San Diego district attorney who investigated the case and announced the charges against Knox. Terra Lawson-Remer The chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who called the alleged thefts 'a serious breach of trust'.

AdvertisementSeveral Epstein survivors will be in attendance. Trump vowed on the campaign trail to release all the files, but promptly reversed course after becoming president. “Dani has turned unimaginable pain into unrelenting advocacy, calling on President Trump to release every file and follow the law,” Schumer said. Survivors deserve justice.”AdvertisementOther Democrats bringing Epstein survivors or their family members as guests include Reps. Jamie Raskin (Md. are among the Democrats bringing certain guests to the State of the Union to make a point about Trump's damaging policies, or who are boycotting the event entirely.

Gavin Newsom’s new book, “Young Man in a Hurry,” details his political triumphs and downfalls, personal relationships and times of struggle. In the book, Newsom reveals that in 2020, at the age of 46, Siebel Newsom experienced a miscarriage with their fifth child and received emergency lifesaving surgery in California. Over 4,000 couples were married, including Rosie O’Donnell and her partner, Kelli Carpenter, before the California Supreme Court later voided the marriages. The state Supreme Court would strike down a ban on gay marriage in 2008. Meeting tech titansThrough his long career in Northern California, Newsom found himself in the same circles with people who went on to become tech giants.

US actor Robert Carradine attends the LA premiere of "Sentimental Value" at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) theatre in Los Angeles on November 5, 2025. - Michael Tran/AFP/Getty ImagesRobert Carradine, known for his roles in “The Long Riders,” “Revenge of the Nerds” and the television series “Lizzie McGuire,” has died at 71, his management company told CNN. Born March 24, 1954, Robert Carradine was the youngest son of late American actor John Carradine, and the brother of actors David Carradine and Keith Carradine, as well as Christopher Carradine, a former vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering. Robert Carradine, second from right, with the cast of the Disney Channel series “Lizzie McGuire,” on which he played the title character’s father, Sam McGuire. Another “Lizzie McGuire” co-star, Jake Thomas, called him “one of the coolest guys you could ever meet.

With spring football practice approaching, reporters met with USC’s staff to talk about the Trojans. Here are 10 more notes, quotes and things to know ahead of spring football …Advertisement1. The most encouraging development on USC’s defensive front? Wafle is sure to play, while freshman defensive tackles Jaimeon Winfield and Tomuhini Topui look primed for early roles. Skyler Jones, USC’s new defensive tackles coach, got his break in college football because of Eric Henderson.

Other CNN shows can grill newsmakers and experts, says Wood. Because that also matches the American voter to some degree,” he says while preparing for a recent show’s taping. CNN has over the years tapped comics like W. Kamau Bell to lead an original series about American subcultures or enlisted D.L. CNN may have also noticed some of Fox News Channel’s recent weekend efforts with comedy content, he says, including shows from Jesse Watters, Greg Gutfeld and Jimmy Failla. “We’ve been sequestered from the rest of the CNN, which I think is for the best.

Trump, whose job approval stands at a dismal 36%, also has the worst net approval rating heading into the State of the Union in either of his two terms. In 2018 and 2019, the president’s net approval rating was -15 points and -20 points in 2020. In February 2026, Trump’s net approval rating stands at -27 points. TimeThe State of the Union gets underway Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. Abigail Spanberger, whose election in November was a bright spot for Democrats, will give the party’s response to Trump’s speech shortly after the president’s address concludes.

Hayes’ estate filed the lawsuit in August 2024 alleging that the Trump campaign used the song in videos and campaign appearances 133 times in his 2020 and 2024 presidential bids. Isaac Hayes, who died in 2008 at age 65, and David Porter co-wrote “Hold On, I’m Coming,” a 1966 hit for soul duo Sam and Dave. U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash granted the Hayes estate a preliminary injunction in September 2024, compelling the Trump campaign to stop using the song in any appearances or videos. AdvertisementA slew of artists — including Sabrina Carpenter, ABBA and Celine Dion — have objected to Trump using their songs during his events for years. Lawyers for Trump and his campaign wrote in an earlier filing with the court that the Hayes estate and Isaac Hayes Enterprises failed to show that they own the copyright at issue and couldn’t show that they suffered any harm.

Consumer confidence is near record lows and recent polling shows Trump’s economy gets dreadful grades from potential voters – a political liability for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterms. And loan delinquencies, especially for lower-income Americans, are starting to get worrisome. Trump on Tuesday night is set to deliver this year’s State of the Union address. Mortgage delinquencies in particular have shot up in recent years, and car loan delinquencies are around where they were during the Great Recession. Student loan delinquencies surged after the US government ended the payment pause in late 2024.

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Temperatures in much of the Northeast are not expected to climb above freezing Tuesday, so snow melting may be limited. Records broken across the region: The bomb cyclone delivered historic impacts to cities across the Northeast, becoming the biggest snowstorm on record for Providence. - CNNPotential for more snow: Another chance for snow will materialize for the Northeast not long after this brutal storm. The new storm will bring some snow to the Great Lakes on Tuesday and reach the Northeast overnight into Wednesday. Widespread power outages persist: Power outages soared through Monday, caused by extreme winds and heavy snow, with more close to 400,000 customers without power by 6:30 a.m.

President Trump shows children a trading card of himself during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 21, 2025. July 5 will see the launch of $1,000 stock investments funded by the Treasury Department for children born in this country during President Trump’s reign. And Trump’s campaign against undocumented children is just beginning on multiple fronts. American authorities forced U.S.-born children to leave for Mexico with their parents during the Great Depression, arguing they would become a welfare burden at the expense of white children. 187, which passed in 1994, would’ve banned undocumented children from attending California public schools from kindergarten to higher education.

Maine’s half-dozen or so producers of cocktail bitters and digestifs occupy a small, niche corner of the alcohol market. But bitters and digestifs are the unsung heroes of the cocktail world. Digestifs like amari can be sipped on their own, though like dashes of cocktail bitters, they’re often subtly woven into drinks. Shelves in Vena’s bitters worskhop are loaded up with about 90 tinctures — infusions of individual bittering agents and flavoring ingredients — which they combine in precise quantities to produce their line of 16 cocktail bitters. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)SAFFRON MARTINIThis recipe from Hunt + Alpine plays off the saffron notes in Portland’s Handshake amaro bitters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was defiant despite the devastating toll — insisting that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in the war. AdvertisementUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska meet troops in Independence Square following the ceremony to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Leon Neal via Getty ImagesBritish Armed Forces Minister Al Carns said Russia’s war on Ukraine was “the most defining conflict” in decades. That is nearly three times the estimated nominal GDP of Ukraine for last year, they said in a report Monday. ___Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine