COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Catholic priest admits he committed acts of sexual misconduct with a child he met through his pastoral duties. Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias has plead guilty to a federal charge that he transported a minor intending to engage in criminal sexual activity. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina says the
Continue ReadingKENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an officer punching a Black man the officer mistakenly believed was involved in a hit-and-run crash. The incident is another blemish for the southeastern Wisconsin city, which endured days of protests three
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge accused of killing his wife during an argument while drunk texted his court clerk and bailiff afterward to say he had shot her, prosecutors said Friday as they charged him with murder. A court filing from prosecutors says Orange County Superior
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge revoked bail for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, citing probable cause that the accused crypto fraudster attempted to tamper with witnesses. Bankman-Fried was remanded, at least temporarily, to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, while the parties sort out details of
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis-area activists who have been fighting for government compensation for people with illnesses potentially connected to Manhattan Project nuclear contamination won a major victory this week with support from the president. Uranium was processed in St. Louis starting in the 1940s. Reporting in July as
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is preparing to make gun safety a central issue of his reelection campaign, and that will start with the official approval soon and big rollout of a new executive action to massively expand background checks for gun purchases, multiple aides involved tell CNN. Long sought
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Golf’s debate around pace of play is showing no signs of slowing. Two weeks after being disqualified from the Evian Championship for refusing to add a slow play penalty to her scorecard, Carlota Ciganda has upped the tempo at the Women’s Open – but is not conceding defeat in
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking Norwegian climber has hit out at what she calls “misinformation and hatred” surrounding claims she and her team climbed over a dying porter on K2 to summit the deadly peak. Last month, Kristin Harila and Nepali Tenjin Sherpa – known as Lama – smashed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions against four Russians on the board of Alfa Group. That’s one of Russia’s largest conglomerates, with interests in oil, natural gas and banking. The sanctions announced Friday are part of continued efforts to place restrictions on the Russian economy since the invasion
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says an environmental disaster has been prevented with the transfer of 1.1 million barrels of oil from a deteriorating tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen. An international team began siphoning the oil from the dilapidated vessel, the
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — New versions of the Mustang muscle car will begin shipping next week and more than two thirds of the orders include the big, 5-liter V-8 engine, Ford said Friday. Demand for roaring engines remains strong in an era when Detroit automakers are starting to phase out the rumbling gas burners and transition
Continue ReadingBy KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial intelligence development, philanthropists — including long-established foundations and tech billionaires — have been responding with an uptick in grants. Much of the philanthropy is focused on what is known as technology for good
Continue ReadingBRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was missing after being seriously injured in a car crash was finally discovered two days later by a police dog in a dense cornfield in southeastern Michigan, authorities said. “We knew she didn’t have much longer in order to live,” said state Trooper Jeff Schrieber, who found the
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington, Chuck Morris Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Three teens are facing charges after a shooting inside the Bordeaux branch of the Nashville Public Library on Thursday afternoon. Police said detectives are swearing out Juvenile Court arrest orders against two brothers, ages 15 and 16, in connection
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hospital officials have confirmed that Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ investigation comes just weeks after two
Continue ReadingBy WNEM Staff Click here for updates on this story GENESEE TWP., Michigan (WNEM) — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has entered an informal resolution agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve a civil rights complaint. The Title VI Civil Rights complaint was filed by a coalition
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — US inflation has had a snowballing effect on family budgets. The typical American household spent $709 more in July than they did two years ago to buy the same goods and services, according to Moody’s Analytics. That figure underscores the cumulative impact high inflation has had on
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Russian ruble, steadily losing exchange value in a long fall since the beginning of the year, has hit 99 to the dollar. The ruble’s level in Friday trading was its lowest since the early weeks of the Ukraine war. In January, the ruble traded at about 66 to the dollar
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Murrow Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The Clayton County District Attorney’s Office has called a news conference to discuss a 2022 officer-involved shooting case that resulted in the death of a teenager. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, an officer showed up in Morrow on Nov.
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Playing football might increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, new findings from the Boston University CTE Center suggest. Using data from a large online survey sponsored by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, researchers found that participants who had a history of playing organized tackle football
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