By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months. In her order released late Friday, U.S. District
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months. In her order released late Friday, U.S. District
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to build momentum for upcoming regional summit on the Amazon rainforest and enhance efforts for its protection. The encounter took place in Colombia’s Leticia, a small town in the Amazon’s
Continue ReadingBy LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a mammoth homer in the first inning and added a two-run homer after a video review in the fifth and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 Saturday. Josh Donaldson hit his 10th homer and Harrison Bader hit a two-run double
Continue ReadingHEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England (AP) — Cameron Smith is one round away from winning for the first time in 10 months. Smith had a pair of bogeys at the start of his round in LIV Golf-London. His card was clean the rest of the way for a 67 and a three-shot lead. This is Smith’s last
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A scooter-riding gunman killed an 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a string of random shootings that stretched across two New York City boroughs, police said Saturday. A 25-year-old man was taken into custody without incident and his identity was not revealed by police, Assistant Police Chief Joseph Kenny said
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El estado de Texas comenzó este viernes a desplegar una barrera marina flotante en el Río Grande en un intento por disuadir a los migrantes de cruzar la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, dijo el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott. Abbott publicó un video de 15 segundos en Twitter que
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting four people from a scooter in New York City Saturday, killing one and injuring three others. Thomas Abreu, 25, was arrested and faces several charges including murder, two counts
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s anti-government protest movement gained new momentum on Saturday night as tens of thousands of people spilled into the streets of cities across the country to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the judicial system. The grassroots movement has staged protests for
Continue ReadingBATUMI, Georgia (AP) — England has won the European Under-21 Championship for the first time in 39 years after James Trafford saved a stoppage-time penalty to preserve a 1-0 win over Spain in the final. Trafford repelled Abel Ruiz’s spot kick, awarded after a VAR review in the sixth minute of added time, and kept
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Missouri Governor Mike Parson vetoed state funding that would help with flooding and erosion issues in the Metro. Wildwood was denied $500,000 in funding, which Mayor Jim Bowlin says the city was going to match a percentage of and add
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox reinstated left-handed reliever Joely Rodríguez from the 15-day injured list Saturday before their game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park. The 31-year-old Rodríguez had missed a little more than a month because of left shoulder inflammation. To make room, they optioned right-hander Justin Garza to Triple-A Worcester
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people ages 15 to 18 were injured in a shooting after an argument broke out between two groups at a house party in El Paso, Texas, authorities said Saturday. The shooting happened Friday night at a house where El Paso city police
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Oakland Athletics scheduled starting pitcher Paul Blackburn has been scratched because of an illness for Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The team made the announcement about 90 minutes before the scheduled start. Blackburn is scheduled to be replaced by right-hander Austin Pruitt.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, Jessica Jordan and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors will now take effect after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction against the law. The appeals court granted a stay of a lower court injunction, which had been blocking enforcement of a part of the state’s
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Mientras los swifties y otros se regocijan con el lanzamiento de “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” de Taylor Swift, una reedición del tercer álbum de estudio de la estrella de 2010, una canción inédita, tiene a algunos rascándose la cabeza. “When Emma Falls in Love”, una de las canciones ‘From the Vault’
Continue ReadingBy Eric Naktin Click here for updates on this story Waianae Coast (KITV) — The message at Friday’s anti-bullying sign waving event at Maili Beach Park was clear – “Stronger Together”. The mother of a child with severe disabilities, Melissa Harper-Osai, says her child was violated at James Campbell H.S. in Ewa Beach. The alleged
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Sergio Pérez has the quickest car in Formula One. He can’t make it count in qualifying. Pérez hasn’t qualified in the top 10 for five grands prix in a row after placing 16th in qualifying for the British Grand Prix and said he was struggling
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Hendersonville, like Asheville, is facing a homelessness crisis. And News 13 has learned 35-year-old Amber Nelson, listed as homeless on murder warrants, was known to community members as an addict and woman who struggled with severe mental illness. Warrants released
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Folks living in areas of Western North Carolina may have felt some rumblings on Friday night and Saturday morning. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports two small earthquakes occurred just across the state border in Tennessee and in Virginia.
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