HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who has been linked to a 1984 kidnapping and rape case in Connecticut by DNA evidence decades later has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A state prosecutor announced Wednesday that 75-year-old George Legere of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced July 21. He was convicted of first-degree kidnapping by
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By Nick Natario Click here for updates on this story EDNA, Texas (KTRK) — Four Industrial ISD baseball players were charged for hurting a teammate, leaving him “traumatized,” according to an attorney. Attorney Susan Soto said that what happened on an Industrial ISD school bus in April continues to haunt a student. “This has been
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, will speak in Alabama next month at an event marking the 60th anniversary of a church bombing that killed four girls in 1963. Jackson will give the keynote address at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,
Continue ReadingGRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon West and its Skywalk attraction are back in business, a day after a person was killed and eight others were hospitalized from a tour bus rollover in Arizona. Hualapai tribal officials say a private tour operator and a visitor’s personal vehicle collided Tuesday near the Grand Canyon
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Polonia desplegará más tropas en la frontera con Belarús tras acusar a Minsk de violar su espacio aéreo, lo que eleva las tensiones entre este miembro de la OTAN y un aliado clave del Kremlin, en un panorama de seguridad cada vez más volátil en Europa. Varsovia dijo que dos helicópteros
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press UNDATED (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s Pollution Control Agency was wrong to issue permits for a long-contested copper-nickel mine. The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 6-0 against the state agency. Justices say regulators ignored environmental warnings about a project previously called PolyMet. The northeastern
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to preside over former President Donald Trump’s criminal case in Washington, DC, has repeatedly spoken out in very strong terms against the efforts to overturn the election and disrupt the transfer of power. Chutkan, a Jamaica native,
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lizzo is addressing a lawsuit filed against her by three of her former dancers. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday and obtained by CNN through an attorney for the plaintiffs, alleges that the three women were subjected to a hostile work environment and
Continue ReadingCNN, KPTV By Sara Smart, Emma Tucker and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in a man’s Oregon home, the FBI says it is looking for additional victims in other states. The man, 29-year-old Negasi Zuberi, was taken into federal custody on suspicion of
Continue ReadingBy Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — All Louisiana public schools are now required to display the national motto of “In God We Trust” inside of classrooms, under a new law that went into effect on August 1. The law known as HB8, which was officially signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards in June, states that
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By Rachel Hirschheimer Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — An alleged Facebook Marketplace scam is caught on camera in Clifton. “It was chaotic,” Clifton resident Milo Moraine said. A Clifton couple found out from their leasing office a person was allegedly luring people to a location near the Clifton Colony Apartments
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge is requiring former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette to appear in person to resolve a felony gun case by pleading guilty to misdemeanors stemming from an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. The judge told Arnette’s attorney Wednesday that he
Continue ReadingBy Emily Sanderson Click here for updates on this story MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — A woman has been arrested after 86 dogs were rescued from a home in Madison Township, where dozens more were found dead. According to Sheriff Richard K. Jones, Ronda Murphy, 60, has been arrested on two misdemeanor counts of cruelty
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Willy the rodeo goat has lassoed the hearts of residents in a rural South Texas county ever since she escaped from an animal enclosure July 15. She was finally found Monday. Residents in Willacy County had searched for her on horses, all-terrain vehicles and by drone.
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy clashes have resumed in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, ending a cease-fire there following a day of relative calm. The clashes between Palestinian factions at the Ein el-Hilweh camp have pitted members of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party against Islamist groups accused of gunning
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) — La beca Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro, uno de los programas sociales insignia del Gobierno del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en México, abrió este martes su periodo de registro 2023 para nuevas vinculaciones. El programa, que está bajo la dirección de la Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS), vincula
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Late Tuesday, Fitch Ratings became the second of the three major credit-rating firms to remove its coveted triple-A assessment of the United States government’s credit worthiness, a move that contributed to sharply lower stock prices in Wednesday trading. Fitch cited the federal government’s rising debt burden
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Following Performance Health Technology’s announcement Wednesday that Oregon Health Plan members are among those affected by a coordinated data hack, the state is urging OHP members to take steps to protect their personal information.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, Jill Martin and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Dekkers, the starting quarterback for all 12 Iowa State football games last season, is among several athletes who have been charged in Iowa district court in Story County in connection with an investigation into alleged student-athlete gambling at Iowa State University and the
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Rochester Museum and Science Center in New York state has returned the ancestral remains of 19 Native Americans to the Oneida Indian Nation. This marks the second repatriation from the museum’s collections to the tribe, which is required by federal law. Museum president
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