CNN, WSB By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This story contains disturbing content. A Georgia sheriff resigned and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge Monday after he grabbed TV’s Judge Glenda Hatchett’s chest in January 2022, his attorney said. Bleckley County Sheriff Kris Coody was sentenced to 12 months probation and
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the apologies offered by Luis Rubiales, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), for giving Spain midfielder Jennifer Hermoso an unwanted kiss on the lips are “not enough.” Amid widespread criticism of the incident, including from the Association of
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda confirms that Russia has begun shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. Duda said Tuesday the move will change the security architecture of the region and the entire NATO military alliance. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans in March to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
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By JONAH KAPLAN Click here for updates on this story RAINERD, Minnesota (WCCO) — We’ve been following the recovery of former Brainerd High School football player Conner Erickson, 18, ever since he collapsed with a brain injury last September. Conner says he’s almost back to full strength, and there might even be a safe way
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN MITCHELL, WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story GRACE TOWNSHIP, Minnesota (WCCO) — Four members of the Gustavus Adolphus College women’s hockey team were involved in a crash in western Minnesota Sunday afternoon. The four Gustavus athletes were traveling eastbound on Highway 40 in a Chevrolet Equinox when they collided with
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds. Washington, Oregon, Maine and Alaska declined all or most of their federal funds
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds. Washington, Oregon, Maine and Alaska declined all or most of their federal funds
Continue ReadingBy Sugam Pokharel, Dalal Mawad and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The burned bodies of 18 people were found as wildfires ripped through Greece on Tuesday and countries across Europe sweltered under yet another extreme heat wave. The dead, found near a village in northern Greece, may have been migrants, the fire brigade said Tuesday.
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By Brian Flores Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — For two years, Denver Public School’s North High School has offered Arabic as an elective. At first, there was only one session offered. Now there are three, and it continues to grow yearly. Learning a new language is never easy. Dr. Mohamed
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Fire Department says a succession of power outages at a hospital prompted the evacuation of 28 patients in critical condition to other facilities. More than 200 other patients at Adventist Health White Memorial were moved to another building early Tuesday, and a baby boy was delivered by staff
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz and John Miller, CNN New York (CNN) — Dick’s Sporting Goods warned Tuesday that retail theft is damaging its business and would lead to lower annual profits. The sporting goods and athletic clothing seller reported second-quarter results Tuesday morning that included a 23% drop in profit, despite sales that rose 3.6% in
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The first of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election case turned himself in at the Fulton County jail on Tuesday, a process that will be an early signal around how other surrenders are handled. Scott Hall, who works as a bail bondsman in Atlanta, was
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A Black FedEx driver who said he was shot at and chased by two White men while delivering packages in Mississippi last year tells CNN FedEx fired him after denying his request to work from home. D’Monterrio Gibson, 25, was fired because he did not accept a part-time, non-courier
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Threads users, rejoice: the app is rolling out its highly anticipated web version Tuesday. The update — perhaps the most requested by users since Threads’ mobile-only launch last month — puts the new platform one step closer to recreating the functions offered by rival X, the platform
Continue ReadingCNN By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Jitters about the health of the economy aren’t stopping consumers from buying, but they are becoming more value-driven and less picky about what they buy, even when they’re shopping secondhand. In other words, that pink Alexander McQueen blouse with the seam split or not-so-gently-used Gucci canvas
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Jitters about the health of the economy aren’t stopping consumers from buying, but they are becoming more value-driven and less picky about what they buy, even when they’re shopping secondhand. In other words, that pink Alexander McQueen blouse with the seam split or not-so-gently-used Gucci canvas hobo
Continue ReadingCNN By Kostyantin Gak, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — For Dima, the silence away from the horrors can be harder to bear. A fireman in what is perhaps currently the worst-bombed town on earth – Orikhiv, right in the throes of Ukraine’s counteroffensive – Dima’s daily job involves pulling
Continue ReadingBy Kostyantin Gak, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — For Dima, the silence away from the horrors can be harder to bear. A fireman in what is perhaps currently the worst-bombed town on earth – Orikhiv, right in the throes of Ukraine’s counteroffensive – Dima’s daily job involves pulling the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Few social scenarios will spark a debate more heated than wedding guest etiquette. Should dresses always be floor-length? Are plunging necklines considered inappropriate? And perhaps the single-most asked question: Can you ever wear white? Every June since 2014, Google searches querying the choice to wear white as a wedding
Continue ReadingBy Sissi De Flaviis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The remnants of Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, are making their way further north and are expected to affect Canada’s western region this week. “It’s going to move its way
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