By WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A woman accused of trying to hire a hit man this week to kill her 3-year-old son has bonded out of jail. Jazmin Paez, 18, of Miami, is charged with first-degree solicitation of murder and third-degree using a communications device for
Continue ReadingBy JULI MCDONALD Click here for updates on this story SAUGUS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Wegman’s worker is hoping one of his customers will notice an extra item in their grocery bags. Martin Rivera is a bagger at the Medford store on Mystic Valley Parkway. He thinks his wedding ring may have slipped off his
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Channel has landed the perfect host this year for “Shark Week,” none other than a huge fan of all ocean creatures — Aquaman. Jason Momoa, who in real life dreamed of a career as a marine biologist before Hollywood anointed him an ocean god,
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a Russian court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a further 20 years in prison on extremism charges, according to his ally. Ivan Zhdanov says the trial against Navalny, which went on behind closed doors in the prison where the politician is serving another lengthy sentence,
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday. In a surprise storm, hailstones of up to 10 cm in diameter pelted the streets of Veneto, according to regional president Luca Zaia. Emergency services responded to
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday. In a surprise storm, hailstones of up to 10 cm in diameter pelted the streets of Veneto, according to regional president Luca Zaia. Emergency services responded to
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say five people have been fatally shot in the capital of St. Vincent as the eastern Caribbean island struggles with a rise in violent crime. Police said in a statement Thursday that the victims were killed late Wednesday in Kingstown in an outdoor area near a cruise ship
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — Warnings are going out across Daphne to watch out for an aggressive alligator in Mobile Bay near the Eastern Shore. Mayor Robin Lejeune told FOX10 News it chased after a fisherman in a boat. No injuries were reported. Witnesses believed the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A bipartisan group of senators is proposing new oversight of college sports and the NCAA. A bill being worked would pre-empt state laws and create national regulations for name, image and likeness compensation for players. It would also establish an entity to oversee enforcement of those rules, and fund long-term health
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Comenzó una de las competencias más importantes que organiza la FIFA: el Mundial Femenino de Fútbol. El gran evento cuenta por primera vez con la participación de 32 equipos participantes. Por los años de trabajo conjunto, la experiencia acumulada y el talento de sus intérpretes, hay un grupo de selecciones
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Female orcas, like their human counterparts, live decades beyond their reproductive years. Scientists are trying to untangle why. In doing so, researchers are aiming to uncover more clues to the evolutionary purpose of menopause — a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Earlier research has suggested that postmenopausal orcas are
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Beimfohr Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WANF) — Andrea Seidl is a long-time volunteer at the DeKalb County animal shelter. Over the last few months, she’s watched the facility fill up with cats and dogs. “They’re stressed. They’re confined. In some of these kennels they can barely stand
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The House on Thursday passed a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to renew funding for the agency for the next five years. The bipartisan bill aims to make improvements to efficacy and operations at the agency, expand the workforce for the aviation industry, invest in airport
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Regan Smith raced to the top of the swimming world while still in her teens. She didn’t really get a chance to enjoy the view. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Smith struggled to cope. She came up short of a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US military killed five al-Shabaab militants in a “collective self-defense airstrike” in Somalia, US Africa Command announced Thursday. The strike was taken at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, the US Africa Command statement says, in “a remote area near Hareeri Kalle, approximately 15 kilometers south
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When he was younger, Stephen Curry always heard the scrutiny about his size and stature and how he looked years younger than most everybody else coming out of Davidson College. He decided to embrace that and make it his mantra: Underrated. On Friday, the story
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When he was younger, Stephen Curry always heard the scrutiny about his size and stature and how he looked years younger than most everybody else coming out of Davidson College. He decided to embrace that and make it his mantra: Underrated. On Friday, the story
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Barcelona has opened a second investigation into alleged tax fraud by Grammy-winning singer Shakira, a Spanish court said Thursday. An investigating magistrate in the Barcelona suburb of Esplugues de Llobregat “has opened an investigation drawing on a complaint filed by prosecutors against the
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