By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The FBI in Louisiana has been asked to assist the Baton Rouge Police Department in its criminal and internal investigation after attorneys filed a second federal lawsuit against the department, several individual police officers and the city in connection with an alleged torture warehouse dubbed the “Brave Cave,” according
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city’s two airports to winterized camps with massive tents before cold weather arrives. GardaWorld Federal Services and a subsidiary sealed the one-year $29.4 million deal with Chicago on
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample is expected to land in the Utah desert on Sunday, NASA said, where recovery teams have been training for months for its arrival. If all goes according to plan, a capsule will return the largest sample collected since Apollo astronauts brought back lunar rocks decades
Continue ReadingBy TODD FEURER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Round Lake Area Schools District 116 closed all of its schools on Thursday, after a high school student attacked a member of the staff, apparently because he was upset about being expelled. Police said, around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, officers were called
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Some 500,000 children and families have had their Medicaid coverage reinstated after many states improperly terminated their enrollment because of a systems issue, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday. At issue is the states’ use of existing data to automatically determine the eligibility of certain Medicaid
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un niño de 3 años murió el miércoles cuando su familia intentaba cruzar el río Grande cerca de Eagle Pass, según un comunicado del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas (DPS, por sus siglas en inglés). Las autoridades indican que su Unidad Marina Táctica recibió información sobre un niño
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE COMSTOCK Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A Rowland Heights Chevron gas station caused widespread outrage after it posted a sign banning women from a certain ethnic background. The sign contained two ethnic slurs commonly used to portray Romanis as traveling thieves. “It’s been used against them as
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The “face” of the Hawaiian Airlines logo, which has decorated the tails of its airplanes for decades, has passed away. Leina’ala Ann Teruya Drummond, Miss Hawaii 1964, died of cancer Monday at the age of 77 in Hilo, Hawaii. The Hawaiian native worked at the airline
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SALISBURY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Gary Simard, a 44-year-old Methuen father of four who rushed into the water in an attempt to save his son from a dangerous rip current on Wednesday, has died. Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker said Simard “had been enjoying the day
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the support of its members and the community, Mid Oregon Credit Union collected $2,261 and numerous overflowing bins of school supplies for local students during its annual Supplies 4 Schools fundraiser. During the month of August, Mid Oregon accepted school supplies and cash donations at its seven branch locations in
Continue ReadingBy Jim Dolan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — Two old friends come together again – this time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edgar Degas, his vibrant colors against a stark background. Édouard Manet, whose subtle shadings of blues and greens lead one to the other. These two
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will release a capsule containing an estimated 8.8 ounces of asteroid rocks and soil
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will skip the APEC summit in November in San Francisco and says it’s because his country “has no relations” with Peru. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed previously that Peru’s current government was installed by a coup and that he still considers ousted president Pedro Castillo
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Recently released court documents show that two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is making an explosive allegation that India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, but thus far Canada’s allies are voicing measured concern about what happened. They are calling for a full investigation. But none of Canada’s key allies
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story KINGSBRIDGE, New York (WABC) — Crime scene investigators Thursday returned to the Bronx day care where a 1-year-old died and three other children were injured after it’s believed they were exposed to fentanyl. Investigators also returned Wednesday night and executed a search warrant for hidden
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Researchers, including those from Oregon State University, have shown in a mouse model and lab cultures that a compound derived from hops reduces the abundance of a gut bacterium associated with metabolic syndrome.
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper 2 Chainz says his official studio album with Lil Wayne, expectedly titled “COLLEGROVE 2,” will be out before 2023 is over. Chainz says the long-awaited project, a sequel to their 2016 mixtape, is “rapping at a high level — steel sharpens steel.” Various
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — Explore the world from the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The California Academy of Sciences has exhibits and experiences for explorers, young and young at heart. And one of those experiences could be seeing the oldest living aquarium
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