By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the stabbing death of the gregarious and popular Cash App founder Bob Lee last week in downtown San Francisco, authorities said. Nima Momeni, 38, and Lee, 43, knew each other, San
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Summerlike heat will continue to build across the Midwest and Northeast through Friday, as temperatures soar to as much as 30 degrees above normal. Nearly 90 daily records could be broken on Thursday and Friday, mainly across the Midwest and Northeast, and at least 50 record-high minimum temperatures could be
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns and FirstEnergy have reached an agreement to end their stadium naming rights agreement after 10 years. Terms and conditions of the agreement were not disclosed Thursday. The team said the lakefront stadium will return to its previous name: Cleveland Browns Stadium. FirstEnergy’s partnership
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Hundreds of thousands of recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will for the first time soon be eligible for affordable health care coverage after President Joe Biden announced a plan Thursday to expand access to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace. “We need to give Dreamers
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman avoid criminal charges for joining the Jan. 6 riot has been sentenced to four months of home detention. U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson Berman also on Thursday sentenced Michael Angelo Riley to two years of probation. Riley was
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN The lineup for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival has been announced. Some films scheduled to premiere at the French event are Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the highly anticipated blockbuster, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Johnny Depp stars in “Jeanne du Barry,” which will open the
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ISANTI COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — An Isanti man has been sentenced to just short of 24 years in prison in the murder of a woman found buried on his property. Richard Peterson, 38, was sentenced in Isanti County court Thursday. In February, he entered an
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The federal judge overseeing the trial of five Proud Boys members who are accused of plotting to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, denied a mistrial motion on Thursday after jurors reported being followed and confronted in public. In late March, several jurors reported two incidents in which they
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that will enact safe storage requirements for firearms and universal background checks for gun sales. Whitmer signed the legislation Thursday at the East Lansing campus of Michigan State University where three students were killed by a gunman two
Continue ReadingBy James Felton and Anna Kathman Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan State University students walked out of class on campus Wednesday, standing against gun violence. The demonstration comes on the eve of the two-month mark of the shooting that claimed the lives of three people and injured five
Continue ReadingWEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two former correctional officers at an eastern Kentucky prison have pleaded guilty to charges related to the assault of a restrained inmate. The Justice Department said in a statement Monday that 36-year-old James D. Benish and 54-year-old Randy L. Nickell admitted they witnessed fellow officers assault a nonviolent
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Robert Downey Jr. stars as master of disguise in a new show. Coming to HBO Max (rebranded as Max), “The Sympathizer” is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Downey Jr., executive produces the show, along with his wife Susan Downey, and plays several different characters.
Continue ReadingBy ALAN GIONET Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — The doors were open and the music of Freddy Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection drifted out over the sidewalks at 20th and Market Street from the old El Chapultepec before the start of Wednesday’s Rockies game. People wandered in, like Al Williams,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany has approved Poland’s request to transfer five Soviet-designed fighter jets to Ukraine. The permission was needed because Germany used to own the Soviet-designed MiG 29 planes, which were part of communist East Germany’s military fleet. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a statement issued Thursday that the approval showed “you can
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, TARA COPP and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues, an alarming breach that has raised fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will not return to the team next year, ending a wildly successful run that included three Stanley Cup championships in 15 seasons. General manager Kyle Davidson says the team will not re-sign its longtime center, who turns 35 on April 29. Toews
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate inched down for the fifth straight week, positive news for potential home buyers and a real estate market that’s been chilled by the Federal Reserve’s series of interest rate hikes the past year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Homebuyers are embracing mortgage rates dipping closer and closer to 6%. Rates fell for the fifth week in a row as inflation continues to ease. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.27% in the week ending April 13, down slightly from 6.28% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Dos religiosas de la congregación Dominicas de la Anunciata expulsadas de Nicaragua fueron recibidas este miércoles en la frontera con Costa Rica, informó en un comunicado la Diócesis de Tilarán-Liberia. Se trata de las hermanas Isabel y Cecilia Blanco Cubillo, de nacionalidad costarricense, quienes ingresaron por Peñas Blancas, en el
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The Daytona Beach Police Department has updated a post seeking information to help them locate actor Drake Bell with news that the actor has been located and is “safe.” “At this time, we can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe,” the updated post reads.
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