NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense has rested its case after two days of presenting evidence on the British socialite’s behalf. Not among that evidence was testimony from the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate herself. Around a half-hour after Maxwell told the court Friday she would not testify in her own defense because “the government…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say they’ve made an arrest after a woman charged in a 2020 St. Louis homicide was herself killed in a shooting in St. Louis’ Hamilton Heights neighborhood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 28-year-old Tatyana Smiley was found shot to death Tuesday morning inside a building in the same block…
LONDON (AP) — Christmas revelers across Europe are lying low and changing plans as new restrictions and fears about the omicron variant of the coronavirus persuade many to stay home. That’s magnifying concerns about a second lost holiday season for airlines, restaurants and shops already battered by the pandemic. Scotland and Wales on Friday pledged…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Sex and the City” actor Chris Noth has been accused of sexually assaulting two women, who shared their accounts with the trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. Noth denies the allegations, saying his interactions with the women in 2004 and 2015 were “consensual.” The actor isn’t under criminal investigation over the allegations.…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — Three people died and four others were injured Thursday after a fire tore through a Granite City apartment complex. Granite City Fire Chief Rich Wilson says that when fire crews arrived about 12:45 p.m., several people were leaping from a second-floor window to escape flames that had begun to engulf…