GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Ex-Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna, the son of retired NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, has agreed to a plea deal that will dismiss five felony child pornography charges stemming from his arrest last November. Kitna instead pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of second-degree misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Eighth Judicial Circuit Judge Susan Miller-Jones
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– CoCo Lee, popular cantante nacida en Hong Kong, murió este miércoles, compartieron sus hermanas Carol y Nancy en una publicación en redes sociales. Según relataron, la artista había sufrido de depresión durante “algunos años” e intentó quitarse la vida el pasado domingo. CoCo Lee fue hospitalizada pero no fue posible revivirla de
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl, who had to travel out of state for an abortion, has pleaded guilty to two counts of rape. Twenty-eight-year-old Gerson Fuentes entered his pleas Wednesday and was sentenced to life is prison. But as part of his plea deal he’s
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman, who previously served as a senior technical adviser for the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack at the US Capitol, is working with the legal team advising President Joe Biden’s son. Riggleman’s work is similarly focused on
Continue ReadingBy TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of abortions being performed in Indiana has dropped steeply even before a court ruling that has a Republican-backed abortion ban set to potentially take effect in the coming weeks. New reports from the Indiana Department of Health show the state’s abortion total during 2022 jumped
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescuers say the collapse and landslide at a garbage dump north of Mexico City was so massive it buried a crane and its operator. The civil defense office in the Mexico City suburb of Naucalpan said Wednesday that the crane operator and his crane were still missing after a hillside collapsed
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wells, CNN Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. (CNN) — Turkey is seeking the repatriation from Denmark of what it says is the severed head of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman statue that was stolen
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Now he may finally have his best chance to deliver a knockout blow to the social network at a turbulent moment. On Thursday, Meta is expected to launch Threads, which the company describes as a “text-based conversation app”
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Now he may finally have his best chance to deliver a knockout blow to the social network at a turbulent moment. On Thursday, Meta is expected to launch Threads, which the company describes as a “text-based conversation app”
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet. Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads,
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet. Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hauser and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Hong Kong-born singer and actress CoCo Lee, whose decades-long career included dozens of successful albums, movies and television shows, died Wednesday, her sisters announced on social media. Her sisters Carol and Nancy said she had been suffering from depression for “a few years” and attempted to
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Sam Kerr had to go in search of a different game when she was told she could no longer play for her chosen Australian rules team. A preteen reject from the homegrown game has become one of Australia’s most recognizable footballers and is destined to
Continue ReadingUNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the evacuation of homes in southwestern Washington near the Columbia River Gorge. The Tunnel 5 Fire that began Sunday in the unincorporated area of Underwood across from Hood River, Oregon, had burned about
Continue ReadingUNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the evacuation of homes in southwestern Washington near the Columbia River Gorge. The Tunnel 5 Fire that began Sunday in the unincorporated area of Underwood across from Hood River, Oregon, had burned about
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Casey Gannon, CNN Washington (CNN) — A man arrested last week with weapons in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood began live-streaming in the area shortly after resharing a social media post from Donald Trump in which the former president posted what he claimed was Obama’s address, according to federal
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Fed officials vigorously debated whether to hike rates again or hold them steady, according to minutes from the most recent meeting, released Wednesday. When the dust settled, officials came to a consensus and voted unanimously to pause the central bank’s most aggressive rate-hiking campaign in decades —
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Senegalese opposition leader Idrissa Seck has described President Macky Sall’s decision to stand down after two terms as “a victory for the Senegalese people.” In a televised address late Monday, Sall dispelled rumors that he planned to run again for office next year, a move considered unconstitutional by his
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Senegalese opposition leader Idrissa Seck has described President Macky Sall’s decision to stand down after two terms as “a victory for the Senegalese people.” In a televised address late Monday, Sall dispelled rumors that he planned to run again for office next year, a move considered unconstitutional by his
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer United States forward Mallory Swanson will miss the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand because of a torn tendon in her left knee. She’s not the only high-profile player who will miss soccer’s biggest tournament because of an injury. England has been especially hard hit with
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