By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to swap solitary confinement at Minnesota’s only maximum security prison for an unknown future at a federal prison. Experts say that despite Chauvin’s national notoriety for killing George Floyd, he probably will be safer at whatever federal prison he’s
Continue ReadingBy SHELDON FOX Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — A sand showdown took place at a South Florida beach after a man picked an unlikely and illegal spot to sit. That man made himself at home in the middle of a restricted turtle nesting area. That decision landed him
Continue ReadingBy AMY POWELL Click here for updates on this story MALIBU, California (KABC) — Alarming video shows a man attacking a Malibu home with a pickaxe over the 4th of July weekend, and authorities are asking the public’s help in tracking him down. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 55-year-old Thomas Aaron Brothers
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — A man who accidentally bumped another person while entering a Brooklyn subway station was slashed and punched Tuesday evening. It happened around 6 p.m. at the Jay Street MetroTech subway station in Downtown Brooklyn. Police say the 55-year-old victim
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story UNION BEACH, News Jersey (WABC) — A dog was plucked from Raritan Bay after it swam a mile and half off the coast of New Jersey Monday. The 10-year-old Siberian Husky named Caiden somehow managed to doggy-paddle deep into the bay on its own during
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN One phone call saved countless lives and prevented a potential mass shooting during July 4 celebrations in Richmond, Virginia, the police chief and mayor said Wednesday. The “hero” tipster overheard a conversation that a mass shooting was being planned for the celebration at the Dogwood Dell amphitheater and
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic candidate for Oregon governor Tina Kotek said Tuesday that she tested positive for COVID-19. Kotek said on Twitter she was resting and taking it easy for a few days and that she’s grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, KOIN-TV reported. Kotek posted photos to Twitter over the holiday weekend showing
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las vacunas de refuerzo contra el covid-19 podrían verse algo distintas para finales de este año en EE.UU. La semana pasada, los organismos reguladores estadounidenses aconsejaron a los fabricantes que actualizaran la vacuna contra el covid-19 a tiempo para el programa de refuerzo de otoño con nuevas fórmulas que protejan mejor
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it. The policymakers also acknowledged, in minutes from their June 14-15 meeting released Wednesday, that their
Continue ReadingJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A central figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. Bill Allen was 85. A funeral home in Colorado says Allen died on June 29 but a person who answered the phone there declined to provide more details. Allen was CEO of the oil services company VECO Corp.
Continue ReadingBy AMIR VAHDAT and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones. The country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SHAW Click here for updates on this story ELBERTON, Georgia (WHNS) — Multiple law enforcement agencies and a bomb squad are responding to an explosion at the Georgia Guidestones. The Guidestones, which are located along Highway 77 in Elbert County, are heavily damaged. At least one of the monoliths making up the landmark
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has agreed to continue humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria for six months — not a year, as many U.N. Security Council members, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and over 30 organizations want. Currently, aid has been delivered through one crossing for a
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a passenger jet has been evacuated at the Copenhagen airport after a fire broke out in one of the engines. Everyone left the plane safely and no one was injured as firefighters put out the fire, police said on Twitter Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the plane
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As monkeypox cases continue to rise globally, the World Health Organization plans to reassess whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. In late June, WHO’s Emergency Committee determined that the outbreak did not meet the criteria for such a declaration. But as the virus continues to spread,
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Shawna Mizelle, CNN White House communications director Kate Bedingfield will depart her role in the coming weeks, chief of staff Ron Klain told CNN on Wednesday. “Without Kate Bedingfield’s talent and tenacity, Donald Trump might still be in the White House, the Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aerial Powers had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Kayla McBride added 15 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat Chicago 81-78, ending the Sky’s five-game winning streak.. Minnesota, which was coming off a 102-71 victory over Las Vegas on Sunday, has beaten the top-two teams in the WNBA standings in consecutive games. Jessica
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Continue ReadingBy Naomi Thomas, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration revised the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, on Wednesday to allow state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe the treatment to people who are eligible. “The FDA recognizes the important role pharmacists have played and continue to play in combatting this pandemic,” said Dr.
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative Deep South state, with this bright-pink medical facility that is closing its doors Wednesday. Physicians
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