By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities say they have intercepted more than a dozen speedboats arriving from the United States this year — clashing with at least two of them and making some arrests. They also say U.S. authorities have handed over a suspect in the shooting of a Cuban coast
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — After months of questioning, News 13’s investigative team has confirmed Andrew Murray, District Attorney for Henderson, Transylvania and Polk counties, will begin reviewing this week whether an adult should face criminal charges in the death of a toddler who reportedly
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En los aviones de fuselaje ancho hay algunas zonas secretas donde los pilotos y la tripulación de cabina van a descansar durante los vuelos largos. Los pasajeros no pueden acceder a ellas bajo ninguna circunstancia y están bien ocultas a la vista. Se llaman Compartimentos de Descanso de la Tripulación y
Continue ReadingCONKLIN, N.Y. (AP) — A state trooper is being lauded for crawling about 15 feet into a culvert pipe in upstate New York to rescue a missing golden retriever named Lilah. The 13-year-old dog was rescued on Sunday in Conklin near Binghamton. Lilah’s owner found her in the pipe after being missing since Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he will lead the legal fight on behalf of a Black man in Connecticut who was seriously injured in the back of a police van when the driver braked suddenly. Crump said Tuesday he is representing 36-year-old Randy Cox. He was being taken
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Inspire your team. Deliver results. Keep costs under control. Those have always been top responsibilities for leaders and managers at work. But their job duties have grown more time-consuming and complex thanks to the stress of the pandemic, searing political discord, urgent social justice issues, geopolitical earthquakes, the Great Resignation
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Al momento de identificar y comparar ejércitos en el mundo, es común pensar en Estados Unidos y Rusia, que poseen las dos fuerzas armadas más poderosas por un largo margen, y luego se acostumbra mencionar a naciones con enormes poblaciones o recursos —o ambas, como China e India— para seguir
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The pro-Russian captors of two Americans captured during a battle near Kharkiv, Ukraine, earlier this month are reportedly “willing to negotiate,” one captive’s mother told CNN on Tuesday. Bunny Drueke said that her son, Alexander John-Robert Drueke, spoke in recent days — under duress — with an official
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Brooks Koepka likes to boast about his honesty. He takes as much pride in being bold and blunt as he does in his remarkable record in the major championships. He does not shy from criticism if he feels it is warranted. Koepka once accused Patrick Reed of cheating by
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Brooks Koepka likes to boast about his honesty. He takes as much pride in being bold and blunt as he does in his remarkable record in the major championships. He does not shy from criticism if he feels it is warranted. Koepka once accused Patrick Reed of cheating by
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Sanders Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A trial began Monday for the father accused of killing his disabled son. It’s been nearly two decades since Christian Ferguson, a 9-year-old with special needs, vanished. Fast forward to 2022, his father Dawan Ferguson now stands trial inside
Continue ReadingBy CHARLIE RIEDEL and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press MENDON, Mo. (AP) — The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck says residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly three years. Meanwhile, the toll rose to four
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chase Elliott’s mood seemed lighter at Nashville Superspeedway even before he picked up his second Cup win of the season. NASCAR’s most popular driver has never had the most positive attitude and is extremely hard on himself. But as he told The Associated Press
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A Paris court has ruled that the French government failed to sufficiently stock up on surgical masks at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and prevent the virus from spreading. The ruling Tuesday came as the number of registered infections with coronavirus variants rises sharply. It wasn’t immediately clear if
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A Paris court has ruled that the French government failed to sufficiently stock up on surgical masks at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and prevent the virus from spreading. The ruling Tuesday came as the number of registered infections with coronavirus variants rises sharply. It wasn’t immediately clear if
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr and Pamela Brown, CNN Aides to former President Donald Trump were left speechless amid the first half of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony on Tuesday, acknowledging to CNN that her testimony was “a bombshell” with potentially huge repercussions for Trump. Trump was already bracing for an explosive day of testimony from Hutchinson, who previously
Continue ReadingPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has hired former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team. Scarlet Knights coach Coquese Washington announced the hiring a day after hiring former Rutgers star Tasha Pointer as an assistant coach. McCray-Penson has 15 years of college coaching experience, most recently as head coach
Continue ReadingMILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Red Bull has terminated the contract of Formula One test and reserve driver Jüri Vips on Tuesday for using a racial slur during an online gaming stream. The 21-year-old Estonian was suspended by Red Bull last week pending an investigation into the language he used. Vips had apologized for his
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN With its strawberries and cream, grassy slopes, and peaceful setting in a leafy part of London, Wimbledon is a world away from Ukraine, where the bombs still fall four months after Russia invaded. For the Ukrainians competing at SW19, however, the war never truly leaves them. On Wednesday, Anhelina Kalinina will
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN The A380 superjumbo is beloved among aviation fans, thanks to its spacious interior, mighty size and quiet inflight experience, but its days have been numbered since Airbus announced in 2019 it was ceasing production of the airliner. Costly to run, the world’s largest passenger aircraft’s demise was apparently accelerated by the Covid-19
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