By Rob Frehse, CNN A man who attacked New York Police Department officers in a Jihadist-inspired attack in 2020 was sentenced 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Dzenan Camovic, a Bosnian national who was living in Brooklyn illegally, was
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Five of six Kentucky football players cleared by a grand jury last year on burglary charges have sued a Lexington police officer who directed the investigation of a March 2021 incident at an off-campus private party. Reuben Adams, Jutahn McClain, Vito Tisdale, Joel Williams and Andru Phillips allege in lawsuits that
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Sammy Watkins has wasted no time showing he remains a deep threat in his ninth NFL season. He also has shown that catching passes isn’t the only way he can contribute. Watkins is Green Bay’s leading receiver as the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Two parents of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre and the daughter of the school’s slain principal testified Wednesday of the fear and pain they have suffered from being targeted with threats by those who believe the lie that the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings rarely strayed from a commitment to rushing over the last five years since Dalvin Cook was drafted. The signs of a philosophy shift have been apparent with the arrival of Kevin O’Connell a coach. Cook has 26 attempts for 107 yards
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Fox News Channel original, Trace Gallagher, will take over as anchor of the network’s newscast that airs at midnight on the East Coast. Gallagher replaces Shannon Bream, who recently took over the “Fox News Sunday” show. Gallagher, who has worked mostly as a news reporter at Fox, has been with
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Supporters of QAnon on former President Donald Trump‘s social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory over the past week after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon yet.
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Supporters of QAnon on former President Donald Trump‘s social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory over the past week after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El subsecretario de Derechos Humanos, Población y Migración del gobierno de México, Alejandro Encinas, aseguró este miércoles que un juez dictó formal prisión a tres militares, entre ellos el general retirado José Rodríguez Pérez, por su supuesta participación en la desaparición de 43 estudiantes de Ayotzinapa en 2014. De acuerdo
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams reserve tight end Brycen Hopkins has been suspended three games without pay for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. Hopkins will be eligible to return when the Rams host the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 16. The suspension of Hopkins leaves the Rams
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Ariane de Vogue and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has come to an agreement with Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in the coming weeks, according to a source close to the committee.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress passed a bill Wednesday that would allow divorced couples to separate their consolidated federal student loan debt, potentially making some of them eligible for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The bill now heads to Biden’s desk for his signature, after the Senate approved the bill in June. The
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin released his plan Wednesday evening to expedite permits for energy projects, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer intends to add to the short-term spending bill that must pass by the end of the month to avert a government shutdown. Schumer agreed to
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old boy was found dead inside his family’s SUV hours after a man fatally shot his dad at a Houston gas station, then stole the vehicle. A cause of death has not been determined, but authorities believe the child might have died from heat exhaustion. Houston Police Executive Chief
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public announced Wednesday the selection of Bend Science Station student Skye Knox of Bend as one of 30 finalists in the twelfth annual Broadcom MASTERS® — the nation’s most prestigious Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) competition for middle school students.
Continue ReadingHARTVILLE, Mo. (AP) — It’s not every day that a small hamlet in the Missouri Ozarks is in the middle of everything. But that was the case for tiny Wright County, Missouri, on Wednesday as dignitaries from the nation’s capital unveiled a marker designating a spot in the county as the center of population in
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime for beating a Black DJ unconscious at a bar in Washington state in 2018. Jason Stanley, of Boise, Idaho, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Wednesday. He is one of four men from across the
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime for beating a Black DJ unconscious at a bar in Washington state in 2018. Jason Stanley, of Boise, Idaho, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Wednesday. He is one of four men from across the
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Robert Sarver says he has started the process of selling the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, a move that came barely a week after he was suspended by the NBA over workplace misconduct that included racist speech and hostile behavior toward employees. The decision was quickly applauded by many
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN More people are surviving cancer than ever before in the United States, according to a new report from the American Association for Cancer Research. In the past three years, the number of cancer survivors in the US — defined as living people who have had a cancer diagnosis — increased by
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