A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday. Sean Caddle, a 45-year-old former Democratic campaign consultant, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit murder-for-hire in the killing of Michael Galdieri, whose apartment was set on …

Minnesota’s top prosecutor is urging Google to fix a software update on its cellphones that has led to device-users unintentionally dialing 911.  The state has roughly 100 centers that handle 911 operations and most of them have been buried in accidental emergency calls this month, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison …

An attorney for Hunter Biden has accused congressional Republicans of trying to derail the plea agreement reached last week between President Biden’s son and prosecutors by pushing forward what he characterized as “false allegations” from IRS whistleblowers. “The timing of the agents’ leaks and your subsequent decision to release their …

The latest locally aquired case of malaria in the U.S. has been identitfied in Saline County, Arkansas, according to the state’s department of health. “This is the only known locally acquired case of malaria in Arkansas,” the department wrote in a news release Wednesday, Oct. 4. “Multiple other cases of locally …

Plastic bags of frozen fruit have been recalled due to a possible listeria contamination. The FDA announced a voluntary recall of several products like 16 oz. Great Value frozen fruit bags, which are sold at Walmart in at least 30 states. The Whole Foods brand 365 Organic has also been …

Angela Paxton, a Texas state senator and wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, said late Monday that she will attend her husband’s upcoming impeachment trial, vowing to “carry out my duties.”  “As a member of the Senate, I hold these obligations sacred and I will carry out my …

The U.S. Coast Guard has offloaded cocaine in Miami worth an estimated $186 million that was seized in international waters of the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The Coast Guard said in a news release that more than 14,000 pounds of cocaine was intercepted recently in nine separate cases. Twelve …

London — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker, has died at 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner confirmed her death to CBS News, saying she died she died peacefully at her home in London early Thursday after a short …

A white Florida woman charged with shooting and killing her Black neighbor told detectives that she called the victim’s children by racist slurs in the months leading up to the slaying, according to an arrest report released Thursday. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, admitted to detectives that she called the children …

President Joe Biden on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have repealed his plan to forgive student debt. H.J. Res. 45 passed the Senate in June and the House in May. Biden’s veto is the fifth of his presidency. “It is a shame for working families across the country that lawmakers …