By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has launched a new political party, formally breaking ties with those who led his supporters while he faced war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court. Gbagbo returned home to Ivory Coast after more than a decade abroad in June
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale In September, Mike Lindell, the pillow businessman and promoter of wildly inaccurate conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, said Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was the first and only candidate he had endorsed. “And that says a lot,” Lindell said while introducing Lake for an appearance on his talk show. “It says
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A funeral is set today for a Shreveport man, who was killed in New Orleans, just days realizing his dream. Richard ‘Snapper’ Washington had just opened his restaurant in the French Quarter, last Friday.. He was found shot to death behind
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball” runway at halftime with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup, and a big crowd in rainbow colors. As school cheerleaders wrapped up their routine at Burlington High School on Friday night,
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball” runway at halftime with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup, and a big crowd in rainbow colors. As school cheerleaders wrapped up their routine at Burlington High School on Friday night,
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Vasquez-Peddie Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Cholesterol medication has been linked to reduced risk of death from COVID-19, according to a new, large-population study. Statins are often prescribed by doctors to help lower cholesterol levels in the blood and can help prevent cardiovascular events such as heart
Continue ReadingLEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester has consigned Manchester United to a first away loss in the English Premier League in nearly two years thanks to late goals by Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka in a wild 4-2 victory. United had just made it 2-2 in the 82nd minute through fit-again forward Marcus Rashford when Vardy
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new study out of the U.S. suggests a correlation between minimal greenspace in lower-income neighbourhoods and higher rates of COVID-19. The study entitled “Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less green neighbourhoods in the United States” was published
Continue ReadingMOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A police chief in Alabama says four people are wounded after a shooting near a high school football game Friday night. Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine told reporters the shooting happened near the exit ramp at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The chief says two of the four people shot were juveniles. All four
Continue ReadingMONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that remains found in September are those of a boy who disappeared in May. The Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office announced on its Facebook page Friday night the remains were those of Xavior Harrelson, of Montezuma. The sheriff said the boy’s cause of death would
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland has scored twice on his return for Borussia Dortmund to beat Mainz 3-1 and move to the top of the Bundesliga. Haaland blasted a penalty straight down the middle in the 54th minute and sealed the result in injury time to move Dortmund two
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A mother is pleading to get to the bottom of her son’s apparent murder. Earlier this week, firefighters located a van in flames at a Baptist church in Goodlettsville. Police later identified the man found dead inside as 47-year-old Dewaine Leggs.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Investigadores locales y federales han buscado a Brian Laundrie, el prometido de Gabby Petito, de 22 años, durante aproximadamente un mes en una reserva natural de Florida que se extiende por casi 10.100 hectáreas. Los padres de Petito reportaron su desaparición el mes pasado luego de un viaje por
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Kennedy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Tim Kuhn said he and his family are still in shock from the loss of his 21-year-old son, who was super fit and healthy, and had never been admitted to a hospital until COVID struck. “He just went downhill and kept getting
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Packer Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — In a first-of-its-kind conviction in Gwinnett County and possibly all of Georgia, a drug dealer pleaded guilty to murder after someone he sold drugs to died from an overdose. Eric Moore pleaded guilty to charges including trafficking and felony murder for
Continue ReadingUPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a woman was raped by a stranger on a commuter train in the presence of other riders who a police official says “should have done something.” Upper Darby police were called to the 69th Street terminal late Wednesday after the assault. A police official says
Continue ReadingHannah Ryan, CNN The city of Vienna is taking an offbeat approach to the censorship of art and has turned to using the adults-only online platform OnlyFans to put its most “explicit” artworks on full display. The tourism board for the Austrian capital is now presenting art from four of Vienna’s most revered museums on
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Decades after it was stolen, Canadian rock star Randy Bachman says he’s finally found the rare guitar he used to write hits like “American Woman” and “Takin’ Care of Business” after an internet sleuth tracked it down in Japan. Bachman, of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame, said he was
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, CNN Russia has reported a record number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the past 24 hours, data from the country’s Coronavirus Response Center showed Saturday. In the past 24 hours, 1,002 people have died with Covid-19. The previous record was reported Friday, with 999 Covid-related deaths in a 24-hour period. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN Space truly is the final frontier. Fifty-five years after the world met Capt. James T. Kirk and his crew on the USS Enterprise, William Shatner was able to boldly go there. The “Star Trek” actor became the oldest person to ever travel to space. The trip was a blisteringly brief
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