By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Verlaine, a guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television, has died. He was 73. Verlaine influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads. Though Television never found much commercial
Continue ReadingBy Christal Hayes, CNN It’s only been 20 months since Cerelyn “CJ” Davis took charge of the Memphis Police Department. Known nationally as an advocate for police reform, she touted big plans that included forging new relationships with community leaders to tackle police reform and lower violent crime — issues she hoped would elicit trust
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN It all comes down to this. With history and a spot at the top of the world rankings on the line, Novak Djokovic faces Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open men’s final on Sunday. The winner will be named the new world No. 1; it’ll be a first for Tsitsipas but
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Al menos 24 personas murieron luego de que un autobús que cubría la ruta El Alto-Los Órganos cayó a un barranco en la región peruana de Piura, según personal policial citado por la agencia oficial de noticias Andina. La Superintendencia de Transporte Terrestre de Personas, Carga y Mercancías
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — A passenger bus has fallen into a ravine in northern Peru leaving at least 25 people dead and others injured. Authorities say the bus belonging Q’orianka Tours had left the capital of Lima for the Tumbes region near the Ecuador border on Peru’s coastal desert.The early morning accident left the bus
Continue ReadingELKIN, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of a northwestern North Carolina church say cybercriminals stole nearly $800,000 it raised for years to build a new sanctuary that’s supposed to be completed soon. Elkin Valley Baptist Church says it happened when the church received an email that mimicked another message from the sanctuary builder with payment instructions.
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Six people are dead after an express bus and a freight truck collided in upstate New York. Three others are in the hospital, including one in critical condition. Officials say the accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. on State Highway 37 near the town of Louisville, which is located at the
Continue ReadingBy MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer If you stumbled on the scene too late, you might have missed him there, bloodied and beaten. The officers’ demeanors seem untroubled and their work nonurgent as they mill at this quiet corner trading battle tales, a fist bump and a back pat. The police ranks have ballooned, but
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Si encuentras con una casa de cuatro habitaciones y tres baños que se puso a la venta recientemente en una tranquila calle sin salida en Cedar Rapids, Iowa, es posible que no lo pienses dos veces. La publicación posiblemente incluye descripciones típicas de bienes raíces como “ideal para el entretenimiento” y
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and GARY FIELDS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — “The talk” has been passed down in many Black families for generations to prepare their children for interactions with police. It is part of historical distrust of law enforcement, which is often seen as being more heavy-handed and violent in dealings with Black people
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man suspected of breaking into a Seattle home has refused to come clean about his intentions, even though police found him fully clothed in a bathtub filled with water. A woman returned to her home Friday night to find a window smashed and an unknown man inside the house, according to
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man suspected of breaking into a Seattle home has refused to come clean about his intentions, even though police found him fully clothed in a bathtub filled with water. A woman returned to her home Friday night to find a window smashed and an unknown man inside the house, according to
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man suspected of breaking into a Seattle home has refused to come clean about his intentions, even though police found him fully clothed in a bathtub filled with water. A woman returned to her home Friday night to find a window smashed and an unknown man inside the house, according to
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Newly released video shows Memphis police officers battering motorist Tyre Nichols with punches and kicks and also using pepper spray and a baton. But initially, in a statement posted on social media the day after the incident, Memphis police used vague language to describe the attack. It also said nothing
Continue ReadingKEATCHIE, La. (AP) — About 130 people in north Louisiana are under a mandatory evacuation Saturday after a train derailed and at least two cars began leaking hazardous products. Louisiana State Police say the Union Pacific Railroad train derailed about 10:30 p.m. Friday in the town of Keatchie, southwest of Shreveport. A preliminary inspection shows
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La destreza goleadora de Mo Salah lo convirtió en piedra angular del Liverpool, un equipo acostumbrado a ganar trofeos. Pero, como el resto de su equipo, Salah “sufre” esta temporada debido al flojo ataque del Liverpool, con el que ha anotado solo una vez en sus últimas seis apariciones,
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor on Saturday signed bills that ban youth from receiving gender-affirming health care and increasing teacher pay while allowing students to receive scholarships to pay for education outside the public school system. Gov. Spencer Cox, who had not taken a public position on the transgender care measure, signed
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an apparent bid to compete with the viral success of ChatGPT. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, said in a blog post that Bard will be opened up to “trusted testers” starting Monday, with plans to
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN The use of a vehicle that wrecked while carrying four members of the University of Georgia football program — two of whom died in the crash — was “unauthorized,” according to a statement from the University of Georgia Athletic Association. The Ford Expedition was one of several cars that were leased
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Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz issued a statement Saturday on the death of Tyre Nichols, saying the department is “appalled and disgusted” by the Memphis police officers’ “pure abuse of power and unconscionable violence.”
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