By Brian Vitagliano, CNN Former Boston College student Inyoung You pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the suicide of her boyfriend, Boston College student Alexander Urtula, according to a joint sentencing memorandum. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Superior Court Judge Robert Ullman sentenced You to a suspended jail sentence of 2 1/2 years and 10 years of
Continue ReadingCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson has promoted Graham Neff to athletic director. Neff was previously an assistant in the athletic department. He takes over for Dan Radakovich, who left Clemson after nine years to become athletic director at Miami. University trustees voted unanimously at a virtual meeting to approve Neff for the job. The 38-year-old
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Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts and Kay Jones, CNN “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski has been moved to a federal medical center in North Carolina, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. “Theodore John Kaczynski is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Butner,” a statement from BOP says. Kaczynski,
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier. Police also killed the male suspect on Thursday. The woman who had been assaulted was taken to
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A white suburban Minneapolis police officer has been found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man. Kim Potter said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop the 20-year-old Wright from fleeing during an April 11 traffic
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — La expolicía Kim Potter de Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, fue declarada culpable de dos cargos de homicidio involuntario y accidental en el tiroteo fatal de Daunte Wright, por un jurado en la corte del condado de Hennepin. Kim Potter enfrentaba cargos de homicidio involuntario con agravantes y homicidio accidental por dispararle fatalmente a Daunte Wright durante
Continue ReadingBy MARK AMBROGI Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Mackenzie Holmes and Grace Berger each scored 18 points to lead No. 8 Indiana to a 70-37 victory over Southern Illinois. Holmes went 8 for 12 from the field. She also had a team-high seven rebounds. Nicole Cardano-Hillary had 11 points, four assists and four rebounds
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador says vaccination against the coronavirus will be mandatory for most citizens. Only Ecuadorians with a medical condition that could be complicated by vaccination will be exempt from the new rule, according to the government. It said Thursday that those people must have documentation to prove it. The government said it
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday reiterated its warnings to Russia over a potential invasion of Ukraine, with one senior administration official telling reporters that the US is “ready to act if and when we need to.” “We have been clear that there will be significant consequences” if Russia attacks, the official
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins and Natasha Bertrand, CNN US and Russian officials have agreed to sit down for security talks on January 10, a spokesman for the US National Security Council confirmed Tuesday, amid tensions over Ukraine. Russia had amassed troops near the Ukraine border over the last few months, which US intelligence has assessed
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for an oil and gas company are asking a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease on federal land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U.S. and Canada. The energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for an oil and gas company are asking a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease on federal land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U.S. and Canada. The energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — France has condemned the Malian transitional authorities’ decision to allow the deployment of the Wagner Group, and accused Moscow of funding the private military company’s use of mercenaries in the West African country. “We are aware of the involvement of the Russian government in providing material
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $225,000. The Bangor Daily News reported the settlement on Thursday in the 2016 death of 16-year-old Charles Knowles at Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Under pressure from U.S. auto safety regulators, Tesla has agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while its vehicles are moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the company will send out a software update over the Internet so
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Under pressure from U.S. auto safety regulators, Tesla has agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while its vehicles are moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the company will send out a software update over the Internet so
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A 7-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries and five other people were injured Wednesday evening when a van driver lost control due to icy conditions on U.S. Highway 97 near Chiloquin and was hit head-on by an oncoming semi-truck, Oregon State Police reported.
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer great Pelé has been released from a Sao Paulo hospital but will continue being treated for a colon tumor. “Edson Arantes do Nascimento was discharged from the Israelita Albert Einstein on Thursday,” the hospital said in a statement. “The patient remains stable and will continue having treatment on the
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