By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Bridgett Floyd said she could barely find the words to describe her disappointment in lawmakers for failing to pass sweeping police reform legislation that bears her brother George Floyd’s name. “I’m past upset, I’m past angry,” she told CNN this week. The Floyd family, she said, waited more than a
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A serving London police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a woman he tricked into his car using his police identification and COVID-19 laws. Wayne Couzens was accused of falsely arresting 33-year-old Sarah
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — An investigation has found that boxing bouts at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by “complicit and compliant” referees and judges. Investigator Richard McLaren found International Boxing Association officials selected referees and judges to ensure that bouts could be manipulated in Olympic qualifying and at the Rio de Janeiro Games. None of
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN Marty Walsh chose to go to an alcohol detox program in 1995. But even after committing to it, he was questioning his decision. “I didn’t want to go to detox. … When I got there, I thought to myself: ‘What am I doing here?’ ” the secretary of labor said in
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Authorities say three firefighters are in critical condition after an explosion at an apartment complex in Dallas. Five other people, including another firefighter, were injured but have been released from the hospital following the Wednesday morning blast. The firefighters were responding to a reported natural gas leak when the explosion occurred. A
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Leaders of the four parties that made up the last coalition government in the Netherlands have agreed to join forces for another four-year term. Thursday’s decision came more than six months after the country’s general election. The parties will now sketch out a brief policy
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Police say a passenger on an American Airlines flight that landed at Miami International Airport opened an emergency door and walked on the wing as the plane reached the terminal. Flight 920 from Cali, Colombia, had just landed in Miami Wednesday night when the incident happened. American Airlines said in a statement
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, making him the first French head of state in modern times to receive two jail terms. It is unlikely that Sarkozy will serve his
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CNN By Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been promoted to the nation’s top decision-making body, state media said on Thursday. The announcement — published in North Korea’s state-run news outlet KCNA — said Kim Yo Jong is now a member
Continue ReadingBy Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been promoted to the nation’s top decision-making body, state media said on Thursday. The announcement — published in North Korea’s state-run news outlet KCNA — said Kim Yo Jong is now a member of
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, CNN The assessment was dire: Horacio Estrada-Elias had “less than 18 months” left to live, his prison doctor wrote last year in a document submitted with the 90-year-old inmate’s request for compassionate release. Estrada-Elias, who is serving a life sentence in federal prison for a nonviolent marijuana trafficking crime, suffers from congestive
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — Monica Lewinsky reflexionó sobre las luchas de salud mental que soportó en la década de 1990 en medio del escándalo que rodeó su aventura con el entonces presidente Bill Clinton, detallando en una nueva entrevista el daño que sufrió y cómo ella ha recuperado su historia en los años
Continue ReadingBy ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet In the last two years, banks and companies of all sizes have pledged billions of dollars to support business owners of color. But that support typically isn’t in the form of grants or other money put directly in business owners’ pockets. Rather, many of those pledges have been investments in
Continue ReadingBy ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet In the last two years, banks and companies of all sizes have pledged billions of dollars to support business owners of color. But that support typically isn’t in the form of grants or other money put directly in business owners’ pockets. Rather, many of those pledges have been investments in
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Por primera vez desde junio, se espera que la tasa de nuevas muertes por covid-19 en EE.UU. disminuya en las próximas cuatro semanas, según un pronóstico conjunto de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Y por tercera semana consecutiva, el
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Sam is a powerful Category 4 storm again with forecasters predicting a glancing blow to Bermuda as it spins north in the Atlantic Ocean. A tropical storm watch was issued on Thursday for the island. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sam is centered about 550 miles south-southeast of Bermuda and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a tornado in the port city of Kiel has injured several people. Four people were seriously hurt after Wednesday’s twister. The city’s fire service said dozens of first responders were involved in an operation to rescue a group of rowers who were surprised by the twister as it swept
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy is no longer the worst performing Group of Seven economy after second quarter growth was revised higher. Official figures show the British economy grew by more than previously thought during the second quarter of the year as consumer spending picked up following the lifting
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy is no longer the worst performing Group of Seven economy after second quarter growth was revised higher. Official figures show the British economy grew by more than previously thought during the second quarter of the year as consumer spending picked up following the lifting
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Formula 1 announced on Thursday that a Qatar Grand Prix has been added to the 2021 calendar and that the Gulf state had agreed a long-term deal to host races in the country from 2023. The Losail International Circuit will host the country’s first ever F1 grand prix on November 19-21,
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