By Joe Gorchow Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — The Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works aims to make one more intersection in the county safer for pedestrians. In a virtual hearing held on Wednesday, county officials discussed an ongoing project in South Miami. They plan to implement a
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission moved closer Friday to a final rule that would dramatically alter what public companies tell shareholders about climate change — both the risks it poses to their operations and their own contributions to the problem. Public comment on the proposal has now
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached her first semifinal on grass after beating Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-4 at the Berlin Open to set up a match with Ons Jabeur. The 18-year-old French Open finalist had to fight back from 2-0 down at the start of each set against an opponent who was the Wimbledon
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer A parade awaits in San Francisco to celebrate the champion Golden State Warriors. The NBA draft is a few days away, with presumed top-three picks Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero set to take their first steps toward realizing their enormous potential. Free agency starts in less than
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN You might see another red, white and blue flag flying this weekend over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States. The flag is
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un hombre de 71 años que disparó mortalmente a tres ancianos en la reunión de un grupo religioso en Alabama en la noche del jueves fue contenido por otra persona en el lugar hasta que llegó la policía, informaron las autoridades el viernes. Un tiroteo deja 2 personas muertas en una iglesia
Continue ReadingBy Ali Bauman and Thalia Perez Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WCBS) — A subway rider in Brooklyn was dragged to his death in a freak accident on the tracks. The man died after he got caught in the gap between the train and platform and was hit by an
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Avery Lotz, CNN A January 6, 2021, rioter pleaded guilty Friday to carrying a loaded firearm on US Capitol grounds and assaulting police officers with one of their own batons during the insurrection. Mark Mazza, who told federal investigators he regretted not seeing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the riot and
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Pedro Castillo appeared before national prosecutors to answer questions regarding an ongoing investigation in which he is accused of being the leader of an alleged criminal conspiracy that received bribes for public works contracts. Dozens of people shouted “criminal” at the president through megaphones, while he walked through the
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French film actor and amateur race car driver Jean-Louis Trintignant has died at age 91. Trintignant earned acclaim for his starring role in the Oscar-winning “A Man and a Woman” half a century ago and went on to portray the brutality of aging in his later years. He died in his home
Continue ReadingINVERNESS, Fla. (AP) — Two white Florida men have been charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly beating a Black man in a store parking lot while yelling racial slurs. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 55-year-old Roy Lashley and 52-year-old Robert Lashley were indicted by a grand jury. The pair had already
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle resident critically injured by a driver during a Black Lives Matter demonstration has filed a lawsuit against the state, city and suspected driver. Dawit Kelete is accused of hitting two protesters, killing one of them, after driving around roadway barricades and taking an offramp onto Interstate 5 on July 4,
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle resident critically injured by a driver during a Black Lives Matter demonstration has filed a lawsuit against the state, city and suspected driver. Dawit Kelete is accused of hitting two protesters, killing one of them, after driving around roadway barricades and taking an offramp onto Interstate 5 on July 4,
Continue ReadingBy VESELIN TOSHKOV and KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s seven-month liberal government is facing mounting pressure over a bid by neighboring North Macedonia to start European Union accession negotiations. Other EU leaders, worried about the impact of the war in Ukraine on the region, are pressing Bulgaria
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las mujeres no son un monolito, sus experiencias de la menopausia no son todas negativas y esta etapa de la vida no debería verse como un problema médico, argumenta un grupo internacional de expertos. En un artículo de análisis publicado este miércoles en el British Medical Journal, la obstetra Martha Hickey,
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden, a lifelong teacher who recently mourned the 21 pupils and teachers killed at a Texas elementary school, issued a passionate call on Friday for parents and teachers to “speak up” and demand that Congress pass “common sense” gun safety measures. “There are no excuses. It’s
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The fast-growing legal sports betting industry is extending its reach to the middle of the ocean. BetMGM and Carnival Corporation announced a deal Friday to put sports books on more than 50 U.S.-based ships. The arrangement will allow betting while the ships are at sea or while docked at a
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The fast-growing legal sports betting industry is extending its reach to the middle of the ocean. BetMGM and Carnival Corporation announced a deal Friday to put sports books on more than 50 U.S.-based ships. The arrangement will allow betting while the ships are at sea or while docked at a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are in the process of working out the details in what they hope are the final steps toward securing a new permanent home in Tempe. The City Council has agreed to negotiate on a proposed development of nearly $2 billion that would
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Sao Paulo, Brasil (CNN) — No hay indicios de que el crimen organizado estuviera involucrado en los homicidios del periodista británico Dom Phillips y del activista Bruno Pereira en la Amazonía, según dijo la Policía Federal de Brasil (PF) en un comunicado este viernes. Los autores del crimen actuaron por voluntad propia, “sin
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