By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in a swampy field nearly 12 years ago in Memphis, Tennessee. Billy Ray Turner has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in a swampy field nearly 12 years ago in Memphis, Tennessee. Billy Ray Turner has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Guy, CNN Almost three weeks after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, its forces are expanding their offensive to the west of the country. Here are five important developments from this weekend. Russian missiles kill dozens at military training center near Polish border At least 35 people were killed and 134 injured
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Almost three weeks after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, its forces are expanding their offensive to the west of the country. Here are five important developments from this weekend. Russian missiles kill dozens at military training center near Polish border At least 35 people were killed and 134 injured in
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri has a memoir coming out this fall. She’ll recount her personal struggles, years of activism and her decision to run for office in 2020, when she became the first Black woman from her state elected to Congress. Publisher Alfred A.
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials in Congo say at least 75 people have died after a train derailed in ther southern Lualaba province in Kinteta village. Lualaba’s minister of interior Deodat Kapenda said the toll from the freight train derailment last week rose from 60 to at least 75 over
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Citigroup, the major US bank with the biggest footprint in Russia, said Monday it will expand its exit from Russia to go beyond the long-planned sale of its consumer bank there. Citi said in a statement it has decided to “expand the scope” of its exit process to include “other
Continue ReadingBy RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine have entered neighboring countries since the invasion began 19 days ago. The pace of the exodus has slowed in recent days but tens of thousands of people continued to arrive Monday in countries
Continue ReadingBy RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine have entered neighboring countries since the invasion began 19 days ago. The pace of the exodus has slowed in recent days but tens of thousands of people continued to arrive Monday in countries
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN A controversial unit within the New York Police Department that was revived to battle rising gun violence in the city is finally hitting the streets on Monday, promising significant training, and even new uniforms, to prevent aggressive and abusive policing tactics that had plagued its predecessor. The so-called Neighborhood Safety Teams,
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canada has pushed pause on child adoptions from Ukraine due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country, now more than two weeks in. When asked about a pause in child adoptions between Canada and Ukraine, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A group of Canadians is petitioning the federal government to stop a proposed condo development on Juno Beach in France, where hundreds of Canadians died during the D-Day landings of the Second World War. Cindy Clegg of the Save Juno Beach
Continue ReadingBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has visited the northern city of Irbil to meet with Kurdish officials and inspect the site of an Iranian missile attack a day earlier. The missile barrage hit near the American consulate in the Kurdish region and drew condemnation from Iraqi and U.S. officials. Iran claimed responsibility for Sunday’s
Continue ReadingCNNEE Tokio (CNN) — Japón ha respaldado su condena de la guerra en Ucrania con sanciones a los funcionarios y oligarcas rusos, pero los expertos dicen que no son la única audiencia para la indignación de Tokio: también quieren que China reciba el mensaje. Desde que Moscú atacó a Ucrania, los comentaristas han hecho comparaciones
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Tim Lister and Olga Voitovych, CNN A pregnant woman who was injured when a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was bombed on Wednesday has died, along with her newborn baby, a surgeon who was treating her confirmed on Monday. The surgeon, Timur Marin, told Ukrainian television from Mariupol: “While
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero has lost his appeal at Switzerland’s highest court trying to overturn a 20-year ban by FIFA for taking bribes worth millions of dollars. The Swiss Federal Tribunal judgment dated March 4 dismissed his appeal. Del Nero’s ban from all soccer expires in 2038. The
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia has sent the clearest signal yet that it will soon default — the first time it will have failed to meet its foreign debt obligations since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago. Half of the country’s foreign reserves — roughly $315 billion — have been
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Russia’s war in Ukraine is roiling the global economy as policymakers race to get high inflation under control. But China’s response to its worst outbreak of Covid-19 in two years is a reminder that the conflict isn’t the only risk to the recovery. What’s happening: The world’s second-largest economy is
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La mujer de Mariupol rescatada del bombardeo del hospital de la semana pasada, así como su bebé recién nacido, murieron en las últimas horas, según confirmó el médico cirujano que intentó salvarles la vida. El cirujano, Timur Marin, declaró a la televisión ucraniana desde Mariupol: “Mientras la reanimaban y se tomaban
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors have charged the former CEO of payments company Wirecard and two other ex-managers with fraud and false accounting in connection with the firm’s collapse last year. The charges Monday come amid allegations that much of the company’s sales revenue and assets were faked. Prosecutors in Munich say ex-CEO Markus
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