By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before law enforcement confronted and killed the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected
Continue ReadingUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Annabell Rodriguez’s obituary says she was “a sweet young girl whose favorite color was blue, especially on butterflies.” She was among the 19 children who died in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, along with two teachers. Annabell’s funeral was being held Wednesday. She enjoyed
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Fan balloting has begun for the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 19. The first phase of voting runs until June 30. The leading vote-getter in each league will get a starting position in the game and will bypass the second round. The second phase of voting,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An Amazon executive who recently announced his surprising resignation from the e-commerce giant is joining logistics startup Flexport as its new CEO. Dave Clark will begin his new role at the San Francisco-based company on Sept. 1, two months after he steps down from his current role as CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The doors and windows of a downtown apartment building were boarded up with plywood Tuesday. The entrance of the CityView Apartments was shattered by gunfire just hours after two girls were shot less than a mile away. Police say the
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business If you want to find the stock price of Mark Zuckerberg’s company, typing the familiar “FB” ticker on your favorite search engine, brokerage firm app or financial news site (hopefully this one!) will soon give you an error message or redirect. That’s because the company formerly known as
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Cordero, Lisa Bartley Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — There’s a new twist in a federal case already marked by murder and mayhem. The Mongols Motorcycle Club was convicted in late 2018 of racketeering and conspiracy. Now the Mongols want a new trial and say their former president,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Verónica Alcocer, esposa de Gustavo Petro, será desde este domingo la primera dama de Colombia. Durante la campaña, su agenda pareció trascender a su esposo. Alcocer afirmó que está embarcada en un proyecto personal “tratando de construir un nombre” que la ha llevado a recorrer el país durante meses.
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Blake Masters, the Republican Senate candidate from Arizona, met with conservative activists at a Phoenix IHOP this spring and was asked whether he would support investigating US intelligence operations to uncover the federal government’s “nefarious activities.” Masters replied, “Absolutely,” and then floated the conspiracy theory that the January
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN The US Department of Justice has named the team who will lead a federal review of the response to the deadly rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers and remained in the school for more than an
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN The US Department of Justice has named the team who will lead a federal review of the response to the deadly rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers and remained in the school for more than
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Socorro Oliveros es la esposa de Rodolfo Hernández, candidato a la presidencia de Colombia quien compite con Gustavo Petro ser elegido presidente de Colombia este 19 de junio. En caso de que Hernández gane, Oliveros sería la primera dama del país. Resultados de las elecciones en Colombia 2022, en
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — An expert panel says authorities in Germany should prepare for several possible pandemic scenarios this fall that would likely strain the country’s health system. The government-appointed panel said Wednesday that the country continues to have immunity gaps in the population. It recommended promoting vaccines against the coronavirus and advised authorities to ensure
Continue ReadingBy KVVU Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A North Las Vegas officer shot and killed a dog Monday night after the animal attacked its owners, according to the department. According to police, the department received a call in reference to a dog attacking its owners at about
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Republican running to represent a congressional district that includes suburbs of Buffalo, New York, shared and deleted a conspiracy-laden Facebook post suggesting a racist mass shooting in Buffalo and other mass killings were part of a plot to take away people’s guns.
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Scorching temperatures are in store for the southwestern U.S. over the next several days. Cities like Phoenix, Las Vegas and Palm Springs in California are expected to top 110 degrees. Heat is part of the normal routine of summertime in the desert, but weather forecasters say that doesn’t mean people
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have detected a mysterious, repeating fast radio burst emanating from a dwarf galaxy located 3 billion light-years away. The cosmic object is distinctive when compared with other detections of radio bursts in recent years, according to new research. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are millisecond-long bursts of radio waves in
Continue ReadingAUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — Augsburg has hired Enrico Maaßen as its coach ahead of the new season after coaxing him from Bundesliga rival Borussia Dortmund’s under-23s. Augsburg says Maaßen has agreed to succeed Markus Weinzierl and that it has reached an agreement with Dortmund over his move. Weinzierl quit unexpectedly at the end of last
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Kid Rock had some fiery things to say about Oprah Winfrey and Joy Behar years ago. And he isn’t sorry about it. The rocker told Fox host Tucker Carlson during an interview for “Life of a Rockstar: Kid Rock” that he has no regrets about the 2019 incident in which
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The once hot blank-check merger trend is fading fast. The stock market has been cratering so far this year — leaving special purpose acquisition companies, which buy private firms in order to take them public without the need for a traditional initial public offering, with difficulty finding targets.
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