By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has asked the secretary-general to come up within 30 days with options to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the conflict-torn nation. He said they should include a non-U.N. multinational force, a possible U.N. peacekeeping force, training the
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, Henrik Pettersson and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Swedish authorities have approved a protest involving the burning of Torahs and Bibles outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden’s national radio broadcaster reported on Friday. A person who has applied to hold a public gathering on Saturday to burn the holy books
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, Henrik Pettersson and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Swedish authorities have approved a protest involving the burning of Torahs and Bibles outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden’s national radio broadcaster reported on Friday. A person who has applied to hold a public gathering on Saturday to burn the holy books
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The records CNN has obtained from Alex Murdaugh’s time so far in prison include a short phone call between the convicted murderer and his only surviving son, Buster. It’s the first time the public has heard Murdaugh’s voice since Judge Clifton Newman handed him two life sentences in March,
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Friday. Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died age 19, according to an announcement from his mother Drena on social media earlier this month. No
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill will relinquish his title after rupturing his Achilles tendon. Hill said on his YouTube page late Thursday that the injury will require surgery and lengthy rehabilitation. Hill won the then-vacant light heavyweight title by beating Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 in January and had planned
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 79-year-old Florida man was bitten by a nearly 7-foot-long alligator Thursday morning at a golf course in Naples, according to local authorities. The man told deputies he was on a walk at the Forest Glen and Golf Course community, where he lives, shortly after 5:00
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As federal investigators look into the Greyhound bus accident in Illinois that killed three passengers, one thing they’ll examine is the role parked trucks had in the wreck. The accident happened just before 2 a.m. Wednesday when the bus struck three trucks that
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Donald Trump is seeking a new court order to essentially neutralize the Fulton County investigation into the former president’s conduct after he lost the 2020 election, as potential indictments loom in Georgia. Trump’s lawyers filed petitions this week attempting to throw out the evidence collected last year by a special
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Since the resignation of its first-ever director, there’s been a lot of uncertainty about what will happen with the county’s Coordinated Houseless Response Office. The latest discussion involves changing the way it will be managed.
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Age is clearly just a number to Novak Djokovic, who is now just one match away from securing a record-equaling eighth Wimbledon title after the Serb beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-4 7-6 in Friday’s first men’s semifinal. Victory ensured the 36-year-old reached a record-breaking
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — California voters will have the chance to remove language barring same-sex marriage from their state’s constitution in 2024’s general election. The California Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday that would repeal Proposition 8 – which voters approved in 2008 to ban the state from
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE SLOAN, ZINNIA MALDONADO Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WCBS) — Family and friends remembered Wayne Brooks Jr., one of the two Newark firefighters killed in the cargo ship fire, at his funeral on Friday. Hundreds of firefighters, many from around the U.S., attended the service to pay their
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — There’s no better way to escape the intense heatwave in Tunisia than to head inside and watch Wimbledon on TV when Ons Jabeur is playing. The 28-year-old Jabeur is the only Arab woman and only North African woman to participate in a Grand Slam tennis
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff, PETER D’OENCH Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Now there’s something you don’t see every day, a bear meandering around neighborhoods in Homestead. A Ring camera spotted the bear walking around the Isle of Oasis area, near the Campbell Drive exit off the Florida Turnpike, not far from
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Drayer, CNN (CNN) — With the current reports about non-sugar sweeteners, you may pause before taking your next diet soda gulp. The World Health Organization recently recommended against the use of non-sugar sweeteners, including aspartame, sucralose and stevia, to control body weight and reduce disease risk. More recently, a semi-independent committee for the
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The government of Canada is recalling six brands of energy drinks, including Prime, over their caffeine content and labeling violations. Canada sets a legal limit on caffeine in energy drinks of 180 milligrams in a single-serving can. Prime Energy, the trendy energy drink made by YouTube stars Logan Paul
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Continue ReadingBy ENOCK MUCHINJO Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A dusty soccer field in one of Zimbabwe’s oldest Black townships is not really a place where you’d expect to come across the richest boxer of all time. But a crowd enjoyed free entertainment on Thursday at an event held in Mabvuku thanks to a visit
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have placed defenseman Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers after one season with the club. DeAngelo was traded from Carolina to Philadelphia last July and signed a two-year, $10 million contract days later. He scored 42 points with 31 assists in a career-high 70 contests last season to rank sixth
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