By Vasco Cotovio, CNN Pro-journalist and free speech non-government organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it has evidence that Russian soldiers executed journalist Maks Levin in a forest near Kyiv on March 13. Levin, a Ukrainian photojournalist who worked with a number of major Western news outlets including Reuters and the BBC disappeared on March
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who drove his car through crowds of people in Times Square in 2017, killing a young tourist and maiming helpless pedestrians, was cleared of responsibility Wednesday because of mental illness. A jury in New York City accepted an insanity defense claiming Richard Rojas was
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection is preparing to delay its next round of hearings into July, the committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, said Wednesday. The committee will still hold its next hearing on Thursday, which
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fanatics founder Michael Rubin is selling his stake in the company that owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. Rubin is worth an estimated $8 billion, according to Forbes. He wrote on social media posts he was shifting from part-owner of the teams run by Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and
Continue ReadingBy KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A fired Omaha police officer will not get his job back, the department announced Tuesday. Arbitrators rejected Grant Gentile’s appeal, according to the department. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer fired Gentile in 2020 over a “use of force” incident. Schmaderer said
Continue ReadingBy KCRA Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Parts of Garden Highway in Sacramento were closed Tuesday night while crews say they let a nearby boat in the water burn. The Sacramento Fire Department said a privately-owned 85-foot long boat along Garden Highway near Sand Cove Park is burning
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story WAUKEE, Iowa (KCCI) — Bird scooters, a type of e-scooter, made their debut in Waukee back in April. Now, they’re scattered about the town and you don’t have to look very far to find one without using the app. Residents say the new addition is
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania’s US Senate race, has been claiming that everyone he defeated in the party primary has now endorsed him. But that’s not true. Oz is trying to unite the Republican base after winning the bruising multi-candidate primary with about 31.2% of the vote. In an
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Annie Grayer, CNN John Wood, a senior investigator for the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, is leaving his position this week, which is earlier than expected, according to a source familiar. Wood confirmed to CNN he is departing at the end of the week. He had no further
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Andy Rose, CNN Louisiana’s Democratic governor has signed a bill that will toughen an abortion ban that is ready to be implemented in the event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. The so-called “trigger law” allows for more exceptions to the 2006 version of the state’s abortion ban, but
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN Sen. Kevin Cramer, a Republican from North Dakota, said Wednesday he injured his right hand doing yard work and required immediate surgery, which may result in amputation of his finger. “While working in the yard over the weekend, I sustained a serious injury to my right hand, which required immediate surgery,”
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas The world is a divided, contentious place right now but Britain’s biggest music bash appears poised to try to bring people together — if ever so briefly — this weekend. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, massive crowds will return to the fields of the English countryside for the Glastonbury
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Whitney Wild, CNN Business Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found. Users on these platforms are openly calling for the execution of committee members,
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan and Whitney Wild, CNN Business Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found. Users on these platforms are openly calling for the execution of committee
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business JPMorgan Chase is laying off employees this week in response to the spike in mortgage rates that has rocked the housing market. “Our staffing decision this week was a result of cyclical changes in the mortgage market,” JPMorgan said in a statement. Hundreds of JPMorgan employees will be laid off,
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Forty-seven cats removed from a car last week are receiving a happy ending thanks to help from community members and other area animal rescues. The Animal Humane Society took in all 47 cats after rescuing them from a rest stop alongside
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By ERIN JONES Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — As temperatures climb above 100 degrees, a Dallas World War II veteran is concerned about his health and safety. Robert Shafer, Sr. said despite paying rent on time at his retirement community, he’s been without working A/C for three months. “I
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The first storm of the new hurricane season hit Cuba in mid-June and collapsed or damaged dozens of homes in the capital — tearing off pieces of roof, balconies and facades. That highlighted one of Cuba’s main social problems: a shortage of quality housing caused by decades
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The first storm of the new hurricane season hit Cuba in mid-June and collapsed or damaged dozens of homes in the capital — tearing off pieces of roof, balconies and facades. That highlighted one of Cuba’s main social problems: a shortage of quality housing caused by decades
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business A report that the Food and Drug Administration might order Juul to pull its products from store shelves has sent shares of Altria plunging. The cigarette company owns a 35% stake in Juul. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the FDA could order the e-cigarette maker to remove its
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