By Melissa Mahtani, CNN (CNN) — It’s been just over 100 days since Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga was released from prison, along with at least 221 other political prisoners, and flown to the United States. His sudden release after 611 days of detention – many of them in solitary confinement, he says – came
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Danny Freeman and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A powerful image of a Jewish prayer book damaged with a bullet hole was released as evidence Wednesday in the death penalty trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. The photo was entered into evidence Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Kosovan Olympic Committee (KOC) has called for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Tennis Federation (ITF) to take disciplinary action against Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic. On Monday, Djokovic left a political message on a TV camera lens at the French Open in response
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Big Tobacco is reportedly positioning itself as a socially conscious investment. The CEO of Philip Morris International told the Financial Times he believes investors who have dropped the tobacco company’s stock in recent years will eventually come back in light of its pivot toward vapor-based nicotine products,
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A three-year pause on student loan payments will end this summer regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the White House plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt. If Congress approves a debt ceiling deal negotiated by House Speaker
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Online voting began Wednesday for starters in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Seattle on July 11. An individual may cast up to five votes per 24-hour period through noon EDT on June 22 on MLB.com, the 30 team websites, the MLB App and the MLB Ballpark App. The top two
Continue ReadingFRANKLIN, Texas (AP) — Officials say one person was killed when a boiler exploded at a southeastern Texas power plant. A spokesperson for Dallas-based Luminant says a contractor died in the blast Wednesday morning at its Oak Grove Power Plant near Franklin, about 110 miles northwest of Houston. Robertson County Emergency Management Director Bill Huggins
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Families of passengers who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by victims in the minutes before the plane flew nose-down into the ground, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling means that lawyers for the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Former Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos has died at age 84. Pangalos was known for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered one of its most embarrassing foreign policy debacles in 1999. Pangalos’ family said on Twitter that he died peacefully at home Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story KEY WEST, Florida (WFOR) — The pilot of a U.S. Navy fighter jet was rescued after he ejected from his aircraft near the Florida Keys, authorities said. A spokesperson for the Key West Naval Air Station told CBS News Miami that the pilot with the
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart on Wednesday announced plans to resign his Utah seat due to his wife’s illness, triggering a special election to replace him in a reliably Republican district. “I can say with pride that I have been an effective leader for my beloved
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco’s polarizing former top prosecutor has announced he will not run for his old job in 2024. Chesa Boudin said Wednesday he starts a new job as executive director of a new criminal law research and advocacy center at the University of California, Berkeley’s law school. Boudin was ousted as
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The characters of “Succession” are known to use some sharp words and colorful language, and there was quite a bit of it in the series finale. Analyzing the scripts from the final episode of 50 of the highest-rated TV finales on IMDB, language tutoring company Preply set out to
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, David Wright and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah announced Wednesday that he planned to resign from Congress, citing his wife’s health. “My wife and I have made so many dear friends and memories throughout our journey,” Stewart said in a statement from his office. “I can
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer has been docked a total of about $40,000 after being disqualified for smashing his racket against the umpire’s chair at a tournament the week before he competed at the French Open. An ATP Tour spokesman said Wednesday that Ymer forfeited about
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Two Senate Democrats want the Biden administration to take another look at whether airplane seats are too cramped. The pressure – in the form of legislation from Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Tammy Baldwin – would require the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct new airplane cabin evacuation tests with
Continue ReadingCNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — All 21 passengers on a charter boat that sank in Italy’s Lake Maggiore on Sunday, killing four people, were currently or formerly tied to Israeli and Italian defense and intelligence work, officials said. The 16-meter (52-foot) houseboat had been carrying 23 people at overcapacity when an apparent
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — All 21 passengers on a charter boat that sank in Italy’s Lake Maggiore on Sunday, killing four people, were currently or formerly tied to Israeli and Italian defense and intelligence work, officials said. The 16-meter (52-foot) houseboat had been carrying 23 people at overcapacity when an apparent waterspout
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — It’s a mystery that has the makings of a movie… After almost 70 years of being preserved, a military uniform was found on the side of a rural road in Kansas City, Kansas. It all started with a phone call
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — It’s not easy being different as a teenager. That’s why a customer at an Independence Pizza Ranch felt compelled to hand $2,500 to a cashier after seeing how the 16-year-old carried himself. Ryheem Lumpkins, who attends William Chrisman High School, has
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