By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ had just been called up to the majors by the Chicago Cubs and was looking for pictures to hang in his apartment. From that simple desire came a vivid vision and one unlikely partnership with an English artist who made it come to life.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election lists at least 27 lies Trump told about the election – and that’s counting conservatively. The new indictment, handed up Monday by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, is the second
Continue ReadingPLUM, Pa. (AP) — The co-owner of a home that exploded in western Pennsylvania last weekend has died from injuries he suffered in the blast, which also killed his wife and four other people. Fifty-six-year-old Paul Oravitz died Wednesday in a Pittsburgh hospital, four days after the explosion in Plum. He had had severe burns
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork. The
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal legalizing recreational adult use of marijuana in Ohio has made the November ballot. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose determined Wednesday that the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has submitted enough signatures to proceed this fall after state lawmakers failed to act
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo París (CNN) — Dos hombres estadounidenses fueron hallados dentro de la Torre Eiffel este lunes, luego de que pasaran la noche allí, informaron este miércoles las directivas del monumento a CNN. Los dos hombres, que tenían entradas para la famosa torre de hierro de París en la noche del domingo, quedaron “supuestamente atrapados
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Certain kinds of cancer are being diagnosed more often in younger adults in the US, a new study shows, and the increases seem to be driven by cancers in women and adults in their 30s. A government-funded study of 17 National Cancer Institute registries, published Wednesday in the journal
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The most prominent Republican in the race to unseat Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown next year has fired a top aide after social media posts surfaced in which the staffer criticized Donald Trump. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office confirmed press secretary Rob Nichols’ departure
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says the investigation into Tampa Bay Rays All-Star shortstop Wander Franco’s alleged relationship with a minor is being handled by a division specializing in minors and gender violence in the province of Peravia.Ángel Darío Tejeda Fabal, a
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, recently received a lifeline from its creditors, but the business still faces extreme challenges. Given the brand’s prospects, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. official says public threats to return to war in Yemen are hindering efforts to start peace talks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces an increasingly dire economic situation. Hans Grundberg, the U.N. special representative for Yemen, addressed the Security Council on
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader warned Wednesday that he would fight any international armed force deployed to the Caribbean country if it committed any abuses. Jimmy Chérizier, best known as “Barbecue,” also urged Haitians to mobilize against the
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, has died at 88. Moss, inducted with Alpert into the Rock
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials say Illinois will provide funeral and burial services for the migrant toddler who died last week on a bus headed to Chicago from Texas. Jismary Alejandra Barboza González would have turned 4 next week. She died Aug. 10 while on a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A pair of lawsuits claim social media companies and a body armor manufacturer enabled the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. The lawsuits filed by Everytown Law in state court in Buffalo claim that the massacre at Tops supermarket in
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The White House ordered federal agencies to shore up their cybersecurity after agencies have lagged in implementing a key executive order President Joe Biden issued in 2021, according to a memo first obtained by CNN. Multiple federal departments and agencies have, as of the end of
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, Eva McKend and Kim Berryman, CNN (CNN) — After two hours at the Iowa State Fair spent posing for photos, glad-handing attendees visiting the livestock barn and indulging in carnival games and the famous pork chop grill, Tim Scott was heading for the exits when he stopped to meet a group of
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story QUEENS VILLAGE, New York City (WABC) — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration criticized New York City’s response to the migrant crisis on Wednesday morning. In a letter, a lawyer for Hochul criticized Mayor Eric Adams’ administration’s management of asylum seekers in response to a list of
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Local Alert Weather Forecaster / Multimedia JournalistJillian has aspired to work in the television news industry since elementary school. She’s thrilled to make that dream a reality in the beautiful city of Bend.Jillian joined KTVZ News in 2023 after she made her way up the West Coast from San Diego. She is a graduate of
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Glassberg Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — Groundbreaking surgery by doctors at NYU Langone successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney and thymus into the body of a man who is brain dead. NYU Langone says it is a big leap toward a life-saving organ source for patients.
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