NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling novelist James Patterson is teaming up with investigative journalist Vicky Ward on a book about the 2022 killing of four University of Idaho students. Little, Brown and Company announced Friday that Patterson and Ward will “draw from dozens of exclusive interviews, extensive on-the-ground reporting, copious court transcripts” and their own
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Hyundai Motor America and Kia America said Friday they have reached a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle thefts. The settlement could be valued at $200 million and covers about 9 million 2011-2022 model year Hyundai and Kia vehicles in the U.S., the companies said. The
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden supported a decision to make South Carolina, not New Hampshire, the first Democratic presidential primary state in 2024 so as to avoid “embarrassment” in a state where the demographic makeup is less favorable to Democrats, Rep. Jim Clyburn told CNN’s Chris Wallace. Earlier this year, the
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — One of the most prominent Latino advocacy groups in the United States is urging people to avoid traveling to Florida ahead of a new immigration law that’s set to go into effect in July. Ahead of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ expected presidential bid announcement, he signed
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who opened fire on a father who was standing with his baby boy. It happened on May 12 on the 3700 block of Germantown Avenue. Police say the 32-year-old father and another man exchanged words
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to Berlin saw what life could be like on two wheels instead of four. Even as commuting to the office and going to school plunged at the height of COVID
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Last year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch a top rating for LGBTQ+ equality. But because of how the company handled backlash to a sponsored post by Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman, it’s now off the list. The organization informed Anheuser-Busch of
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia has announced that has banned 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert. The list released Friday by the Foreign Ministry doesn’t specify complaints against each individual. But the ministry says the offenses included spreading
Continue ReadingBy Matt Papaycik Click here for updates on this story STUART, Florida (WPTV) — A newly released body camera video shows three Stuart police officers defusing a “volatile situation,” according to authorities. The Stuart Police Department said Carrell Gallon pulled a firearm from his waistband on May 15 as officers stood near another person. “Gallon’s
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los boletos para el Mundial Sub-20 que se jugará en Argentina durante tres semanas desde el 20 de mayo hasta el 11 de junio ya están a la venta y se confirmó dónde podrán ver los partidos dentro del país quienes no asistan a los estadios. Para los argentinos, los
Continue ReadingCARROLL, Iowa (AP) — Harrowing video of a driver speeding from Iowa police with an officer clinging to his hood and roof emerged this month during the motorist’s sentencing. Dennis James Guider Jr., 29, of the Chicago area, was sentenced last week to up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony
Continue ReadingBy Christie Ileto Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — We’ve seen private security companies patrolling business districts in Philadelphia. But now it’s becoming a trend in some residential pockets. Some residents in the city’s Society Hill neighborhood have pooled their money to have an extra set of eyes and ears on
Continue ReadingCNN By Tamara Qiblawi and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey has a “special” and growing relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite mounting pressure on Ankara to help bolster Western sanctions against Moscow, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an exclusive interview ahead of next week’s presidential election runoff. “We are not
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All the late-season snow has helped a popular reservoir reach full capacity, just in time for summer. Prineville Reservoir recently hit 100% capacity, a big rebound from some record low levels in recent years.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Graham Rahal said this week that “anything is on the table” when it comes to his future, and that could include something heretofore considered unthinkable: He could drive for someone other than his father, 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, and his Rahal Letterman Lanigan team.
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an additional death and six more cases of vision loss linked to infections from eye drops recalled due to bacterial contamination. Four deaths and 14 cases of vision loss in total have now been reported among more than 80 infections
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX. Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday to lead a team to develop a lunar lander named Blue Moon. It
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (WRAL) — A father of four died Thursday after a fire tore through an apartment building under construction in Charlotte. Demonte Sherrill, a construction worker, was only 30. His father, Terry Campbell, rushed to the scene after Sherrill’s mother told him there
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El jefe de la Fiscalía Federal de Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico, Stephen Muldrow, dio a conocer este jueves la acusación contra 44 personas residentes en la isla por su presunta participación en un fraude multimillonario con la intención de obtener ilegalmente fondos federales provenientes del programa de recuperación
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lovingood Click here for updates on this story NORTH CAROLINA (WRAL) — A concrete truck on Thursday fell through a portion of the emergency department parking deck at Moore Regional Hospital. Emergency department patients and visitors are advised to use the conference center parking lot adjacent to the emergency department, located at the
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