By Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Hartford man who allegedly threatened a state police sergeant is facing several charges. Authorities said on April 24, an on-duty Connecticut state police sergeant was entering his police vehicle on Asylum Street in Hartford. He had his state police badge
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up about 1% last year, as a sharp decline in Army numbers offset increases in the other three services. The small overall uptick is significantly less than the 13% jump the Pentagon saw
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Vice Media will cancel its acclaimed program “Vice News Tonight” as part of a broad restructuring that will result in painful cuts across the organization, the company said Thursday. “In response to the current market conditions and business realities facing [Vice Media Group] and the broader news and media industry, we
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Should you ever need a reminder of how good Pelé was at football, just look up his name in a Portuguese dictionary. The Brazilian football legend, who passed away in December, has been added to the Portuguese edition of the Michaelis dictionary as an adjective to describe someone or something “out
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump is again threatening to skip a presidential debate. The ex-president has been publicly complaining about the Republican National Committee debates scheduled to start in August in Milwaukee, suggesting this week in interviews and social media posts his poll numbers are so high he
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missing yacht with three Russians and two Egyptians onboard has reached safety in Djibouti in east Africa, after going missing for days following a reported attack off the coast of Yemen. Owner Dmitriy Chuguevskiy told The Associated Press that the vessel reached Djibouti on Thursday after being held
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story UTAH (KPTV) — A 17-year-old student at a “therapeutic boarding school” in Utah died of sepsis after school employees ignored her health issues, according to recent autopsy results and a lawsuit filed on behalf of the dead girl and her family. Taylor Goodridge died in
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish club Getafe says Quique Sánchez Flores is no longer the coach with the team slumping toward the end of the season. The 58-year-old former player was in his third stint with the Madrid-based soccer club. He had returned to the team in October 2021. His last game in charge was a
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Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy John King will take on a new role at CNN and step down as the anchor of “Inside Politics,” handing the torch to Dana Bash, who will take over as anchor of the esteemed program later this year, the news network announced Thursday. King, who also serves as CNN’s chief national correspondent,
Continue ReadingDORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus has extended his contract with the club to the end of next season. His old contract had just over two months before it was set to expire. The 33-year-old attacking midfielder has scored six goals in the Bundesliga this season. Dortmund is in first place in
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule restricting access to gender affirming care was set to go into effect Thursday. Missouri would have been the first state to put such a ban on minors and adults. Prior to that judge
Continue ReadingZURICH (AP) — Nearly half the candidates failed a new FIFA exam to work as a player agent in soccer. FIFA says 52% of the 3,800 candidates worldwide passed last week’s test. A FIFA agent license will be mandatory to work in transfer and contract negotiations from October. FIFA is being challenged in multiple legal
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN What makes a good job … good? That’s the question former President Barack Obama is asking in his new Netflix docuseries, “Working: What We Do All Day.” The four-part series, narrated by Obama, “explores the ways in which we find meaning in our work and how our experiences and struggles connect
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The parents of the Louisville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon are opening up in a new interview with NBC, sharing insight into the time leading up to the deadly shooting and how they are coping with the unfathomable tragedy. “We’re so sorry. We are heartbroken. We wish we could undo it but
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they are investigating an official at Hamburg’s firearms department and three members of a gun club in connection with a mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness hall last month. A 35-year-old German man opened fire during the March 9 service, killing six people and wounding nine, including a pregnant
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — An investigation into an Olathe daycare reveals some alarming actions by a teacher who was supposed to care for children. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) surveyed Children’s Lighthouse in March, following a complaint by a
Continue ReadingBy Ashlyn Mitchell Click here for updates on this story SEMMES, Alabama (WALA) — Semmes police need your help finding the person who broke into a church on Schillinger Road. Police say someone actually fell through the ceiling above the pulpit. Investigators say they don’t know what the suspect was after because nothing has been
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (WALA) — A cat was thrown from a moving car on the Dauphin Island bridge Saturday, possibly aiming to throw it into the water, police say. Police are now trying to find who did this and get the cat a safe home.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La economía estadounidense se desaceleró: la tasa anualizada y desestacionalizada fue del 1,1% en el primer trimestre de este año, según los datos del PIB publicados este jueves por el Departamento de Comercio. Eso cae por debajo de las expectativas de los economistas del 2% y marca un ritmo mucho más
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