By Jay Croft and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Maryland’s Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the reinstatement of Adnan Syed’s murder conviction while it decides whether to hear his appeal in the long-running, twisted tale. Syed served more than 20 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, before prosecutors dropped
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks called on Harvard’s 2023 graduating class to defend truth in a powerful commencement address on Thursday. The Oscar winner, who received an honorary doctorate of arts, joked he was receiving the degree “without having done a lick of work” other than playing a Harvard professor in
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Durante años se prometieron automóviles totalmente autónomos, pero a pesar de las numerosas pruebas en carretera y los avances tecnológicos, todavía estamos esperando. En 2016, Lyft predijo que la mayoría de sus viajes serían autónomos para 2021, mientras que en 2017, General Motors dijo que produciría en masa vehículos totalmente autónomos
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina judge has temporarily blocked the state’s new abortion restrictions from going into effect, just one day after Gov. Henry McMaster signed them into law. The law, which limited most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, was signed by McMaster, a
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old college baseball player has died from head injuries after a dugout collapsed on him while he was volunteering in Pennsylvania, according to school officials. Angel Mercado, a student and baseball player at Central Penn College, died at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, according
Continue ReadingBY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Southeastern Conference leaders will continue debating what to do with their football schedule when they meet in the Florida Panhandle next week. The options: Play eight conference games with one annual rival or go to nine with three. Whether ESPN is willing to pay for extra conference
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Rose Zhang has been the No. 1 female amateur golfer for the last 141 weeks. Now she’s turning pro. The Stanford sophomore is fresh off her second straight NCAA title that broke a school record with her 12th victory. That’s one more than Tiger Woods. Zhang says she will
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This week on Furry Friends, we introduce you to Nina, a healthy and energetic 3-year-old who loves to play with balls and toys. She came to Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center as a stray about a month ago.
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence that was handed to a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority. The Court on Friday rejected the appeal of Andrzej Poczobut, a 50-year-old reporter with Gazeta Wyborcza, an influential Polish newspaper. Poczobut
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Army veterans who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style formation with fellow members of the Oath Keepers were sentenced Friday to prison terms, a day after the far-right extremist group’s founder received a record-setting 18-years behind bars in the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law, a judge ruled Friday. Halting the use of the red slurry material could have resulted in greater
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — All of those questions about who would step to the fore once Serena Williams walked away from the tennis tour seem to be getting answered with three names: Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina. As the start of the French Open approaches on Sunday, defending
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its four crew members. It was the latest episode in a perplexing trend in the behavior of
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. Auto club AAA said in a travel forecast that this
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — La economía mundial ha sufrido dos grandes sacudidas en tres años. Podría estar a punto de sufrir un tercero a causa de la crisis de la deuda estadounidense. Tras la pandemia de covid y la primera gran guerra en Europa desde 1945, el espectro de la incapacidad del gobierno estadounidense
Continue ReadingBy Rob Powers Click here for updates on this story RITTMAN, Ohio (WEWS) — Here’s some closure on a story News 5 has been following since 2019. In August of that year, a North Olmsted funeral home was shut down, leading to the discovery of 40 boxes of human cremains in a storage closet. News
Continue ReadingBy Bakari Clemmons, Mike Brookbank Click here for updates on this story ORRVILLE, Ohio (WEWS) — Prom night is a night many high school seniors will never forget, but the memories can be comforting to some or haunting for others. Inside the halls of Orrville High School, students say they recognize the dangers and the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Uno de los casos de feminicidio que desató en 2022 la movilización y el repudio de la sociedad ecuatoriana tuvo este jueves un desenlace en primera instancia ante la justicia. La Fiscalía General del Estado logró la máxima condena en contra del expolicía Germán Cáceres por el feminicidio de
Continue ReadingBy WXYZ Staff Click here for updates on this story ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WXYZ) — A man in Ann Arbor is safe this morning after scaring off an intruder during a terrifying home invasion. The 77-year-old man says he didn’t let fear keep him from defending his home. The frightening incident unfolded at a home
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