By Sara Murray, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who were both subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are expected to testify at a hearing later this month, according to a person familiar with the situation. The committee’s public hearings — the first of
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By Gabriela Vidal Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Laquanachae Moore says it could be six months before she finally can speak normally again. “I had a trache in. My voice [isn’t] all the way back yet,” said Moore. The 30-year-old’s raspy voice comes after months of fighting for her
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Selznick’s next book was inspired in part by a famous friend, Steven Spielberg. Billed by publisher Scholastic as a “love letter to the natural world,” Selznick’s “Big Tree” tells the story of two sycamore seeds and their quest across time and space to save
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By Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story LENEXA, Kansas (KCTV) — A woman is thankful she made it out of a Lenexa home safely after a large tree crashed through the roof and landed inside a house near Brentwood Drive and Greenway Lane. Tara Evans is relieved she was home alone when
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Ecuador se enfrenta a una crisis de seguridad desde hace meses, con revueltas carcelarias y avance del narcotráfico en el país. En ese contexto, el presidente Guillermo Lasso dijo a Fernando del Rincón de CNN que pedirá ayuda durante la IX Cumbre de las Américas. Lasso habló desde Los Ángeles,
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president has met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was welcomed with pomp as he visited the North African nation. Maduro arrived Wednesday evening, greeted at the Algiers airport by Algeria’s prime minister, as he began what Algeria’s state APS news agency called a two-day “working and friendship visit.” Like
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Un hombre de Arizona demandó a American Airlines, alegando que la negligencia de la aerolínea lo llevó a pasar 17 días en la cárcel después de que fuera identificado erróneamente ante la policía que investigaba un robo en una tienda libre de impuestos en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Dallas Fort Worth en
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By James Paxson Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — The Bay City Department of Public Safety said a mother and daughter managed to escape an early morning house fire Wednesday thanks to their smoke alarms. First responders were dispatched to 411 S. Sheridan Street at about 6:20 a.m. Bay
Continue ReadingLEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A second jury has found a former Kansas police officer not guilty in the 2017 shooting death of a man inside his vehicle while responding to a report of a domestic dispute at a home. The Kansas City Star reports that Matthew Harrington was acquitted Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter in the
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By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WCCO) — More than $1 million worth of drugs and several guns are off the streets thanks to a major bust in western Wisconsin Monday. La Crosse police say officers confiscated 1 pound of fentanyl, 135 pounds of counterfeit Xanax, as well
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini strongly reiterated their innocence as the two former soccer leaders were questioned on day two of their criminal trial on charges of defrauding FIFA. Blatter was due to testify on the opening day on Wednesday but the former FIFA president
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley As chaos engulfs the aviation industry this summer, one airline CEO has come up with a novel way of cutting down on flight cancellations: telling staff to take less time off. József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, the European low-cost carrier, told employees at a meeting this week that too many of them
Continue ReadingCNN, WSMV, AMERICAN AIRLINES, WGGB, WPBF, WLOS, CNBC By Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat designer reckons his design could revolutionize budget travel. Alejandro Núñez Vicente’s Chaise Longue Airplane Seat concept started small scale last year, as a
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union has urged Algeria to reverse its decision a day after the gas-rich north African country ordered the suspension of a two-decade-old friendship treaty with Spain. The move was the latest by Algiers to punish Spain’s government for changing its position regarding Western Sahara
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union is urging Algeria to reverse its decision to suspend a two-decade-old friendship treaty with Spain. Algeria ordered the treaty’s suspension on Wednesday. It was the North African nation’s latest move to ratchet up pressure on Madrid after the Spanish government changed its long-standing
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson launched tee shots in the Saudi-funded golf league on Thursday, and it wasn’t long before the PGA Tour said its players who took part were no longer welcome, even if they already had resigned. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan held a hard line on
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By MARISSA PERLMAN Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago woman was simply heading to work early Wednesday when she made a gruesome discovery near Ford City Mall. A man was dead in a parking lot behind the AMC Ford City 14 movie theater, with an extension cord wrapped around
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A long-planned temporary shutdown of a leaking aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City’s drinking water will be pushed back a year, giving officials more time to prepare for the monthslong closure. The city has spent nine years working on a $1 billion bypass tunnel far beneath the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Covid-19 pandemic changed the nature of work in innumerable ways, some of which may not be fully discerned for years. But one casualty is already clear: The era of the leaning-in “girl boss” is over. The girl boss movement, born shortly after Sandberg’s Lean In and coined by online
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Lindsie Chrisley has shared her feelings after her father Todd and his wife Julie were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud banks of more than $30 million in loans. The eldest daughter of the reality stars posted a statement Wednesday in the stories of her verified Instagram account, writing, “I
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