By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia has pleaded guilty to assault in a plea deal objected to by the woman’s family. Austin Hopp entered the plea Wednesday. He faces a possible prison sentence of up to
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN New books are coming to the wide Dr. Seuss canon — and new creators are taking the reins from the late children’s author to write stories that reflect Seussian whimsy and the diversity of his readership. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, with Random House Children’s Books, will publish a line of books for
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An effort to block North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy by questioning his qualifications in light of U.S. constitutional language about insurrectionists has been officially revived. Two voters from the new 11th District filed their request Wednesday for an investigation of the first-term Republican. Previous
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who held up popular bipartisan anti-lynching legislation in the Senate last Congress, announced Tuesday that he now supports and has signed on as a co-sponsor of a new version of the bill. The updated version of the legislation — known as the
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — A Salvadoran immigrant has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for the murders of two of the four northern Nevadans he admitted killing in a plea deal that spared him from a death penalty trial. A Washoe County district judge sentenced 23-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman
Continue ReadingBy Ken MacLeod Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A father in Lowell father is watching the war in Ukraine with fear and hope that his two children will be safe in a nation under attack. His son and daughter are living with their mother in an area of Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a new voice coming to the daytime talk show scene. Warner Bros. (which is owned by CNN’s parent company) announced Wednesday that Academy Award and Grammy-winning artist Jennifer Hudson will helm a talk show that will air on Fox television stations. “I have experienced so much in my life;
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El multimillonario ruso Roman Abramovich anunció el miércoles que planea vender el Chelsea Football Club debido a que es “lo mejor para el Club, los aficionados, los empleados, así como los patrocinadores y socios del Club”. No se proporcionó un cronograma, pero Abramovich dijo que la venta “no se
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Mientras las bombas rusas caían sobre Kyiv, Járkiv y otras ciudades de Ucrania, el presidente Volodymyr Zelensky pidió el lunes a la Unión Europea que “admita urgentemente a Ucrania” en el bloque. “Hacemos un llamado a la Unión Europea para que admita urgentemente a Ucrania utilizando un nuevo procedimiento”, dijo
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich has confirmed he is trying to sell the Premier League club he turned into an elite trophy-winning machine with his lavish investment. The speed of Abramovich’s looming exit from Chelsea is striking as he was trying to instigate a plan
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich has confirmed he is trying to sell the Premier League club he turned into an elite trophy-winning machine with his lavish investment. The speed of Abramovich’s looming exit from Chelsea is striking as he was trying to instigate a plan
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Masks will be optional for customers indoors at Oregon DMV offices and inside cars during DMV drive tests starting Monday, March 14.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter and Bianna Golodryga, CNN Journalists from the last remaining independent news network in Russia have left the country for their own safety, one day after Russia instituted a digital roadblock against the network. The country’s Prosecutor General’s Office issued an order on Tuesday to restrict access to both TV Rain, also known
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Stelter and Bianna Golodryga, CNN Journalists from the last remaining independent news network in Russia have left the country for their own safety, one day after Russia instituted a digital roadblock against the network. The country’s Prosecutor General’s Office issued an order on Tuesday to restrict access to both TV Rain, also
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren was tentative at times early in his freshman season as he tried to fit in with a team full of veterans. The lanky 7-footer became more assertive as the season wore on, demonstrating the skills that have him projected as a top-three pick in the next
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Russia’s stock market remains shut down. The ruble is worth less than a penny. And Western businesses are fleeing. JPMorgan warns a Russian default could be next. “Sanctions imposed on Russia have significantly increased the likelihood of a Russia government hard currency bond default,” JPMorgan emerging markets strategists wrote in
Continue ReadingAutherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, has died. She was 92. Her daughter, Angela Foster Dickerson, says her mother died Wednesday morning and said a family statement would be released. Foster briefly attended classes at the then all-white university in 1956 but was expelled three days later
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Ford is creating two new business units, one for electric vehicles and software and another for its traditional internal combustion vehicles. These companies will report their financial results separately from the rest of Ford but they will not be spun off as entirely separate companies. This new corporate structure will
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Jeremy Herb, CNN The White House on Wednesday detailed a new slate of economic measures levied against Russia and its ally Belarus, condemning Belarus for “enabling (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.” Among Wednesday’s actions are new restrictions extending export control policies to Belarus and preventing diversion of tech and
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago woman says a moving mess cost her family virtually everything they owned, including priceless photos and heirlooms. Brigitte Doherty hired Chicago-based Safeway Moving Systems as the broker to arrange to move everything her elderly parents acquired in their 60-year marriage
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