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Month: September 2023

College football player dies after practice, school officials confirm

By Jonathan Ayestas and Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento City College football player who died Monday following practice has been identified as Justin McAllister. The River Delta Unified School District’s superintendent confirmed that McAllister was a graduate of Delta High School in 2022, saying he

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College professor, former coach faces human trafficking, sexual assault charges

By KPIX Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     PLEASANT HILL, California (KPIX) — A professor and former track coach at Diablo Valley College in Contra Costa County is facing multiple felony charges, including human trafficking and sexual assault, prosecutors said. According to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, 39-year-old Kyle Lee

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Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and governor, won’t seek reelection in 2024

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection in 2024, creating a wide-open contest in a state that heavily favors Republicans and is expected to attract a crowded field. Romney, a former presidential candidate and governor of Massachusetts, made the announcement in a

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Conditions on Earth may be moving outside the ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, according to dozens of scientists

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Human actions have pushed the world into the danger zone on several key indicators of planetary health, threatening to trigger dramatic changes in conditions on Earth, according to a new analysis from 29 scientists in eight countries. The scientists analyzed nine interlinked “planetary boundaries,” which they define as thresholds

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Former NYC buildings commissioner accused of trading favors for cash, Mets tickets and more

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say New York City’s former top building-safety official took cash, New York Mets tickets, a discount on a luxury apartment and other bribes from a real estate developer, a restaurateur and others. Former Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich is accused of repaying them with favors including

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GOP legislative leaders’ co-chair flap has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s latest attempt to draw fair political maps has crumbled amid Republican infighting. Gov. Mike DeWine gaveled the reconstituted Ohio Redistricting Commission to order despite the Ohio Senate president and Ohio House speaker, both fellow Republicans, being at an impasse over who the GOP’s co-chair

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How they got him: Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante arrested after 2-week pursuit in Pennsylvania

UNIONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities say they were able to capture escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante thanks to thermal imaging equipment in the air, search teams working through a stormy night, a search dog and the element of surprise. The 34-year-old Brazilian fugitive was apprehended Wednesday morning after a 14-day hunt across rolling Pennsylvania farmlands

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Putin habla de cooperación militar con Kim mientras el líder norcoreano respalda la guerra de Rusia contra Ucrania

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Vladimir Putin afirmó que Rusia está considerando y debatiendo algún tipo de cooperación militar con Corea del Norte, tras una cumbre en la que el líder de ese país, Kim Jong Un, pareció respaldar la guerra de Moscú contra Ucrania. Los líderes se reunieron en el cosmódromo de Vostochny, en el

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Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man,’ with a movie-star turn by Glen Powell, is a Toronto festival hit

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — There’s been no shortage of hit-man movies at film festivals this fall. You could line them up on a rooftop somewhere, each with their sniper rifles aimed out at audiences. David Fincher’s “The Killer,” Michael Keaton’s “Knox Goes Away,” Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft.” But the one

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Judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public, siding against New Mexico governor

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico’s largest metro area, with criticism mounting and political divides widening over the Democratic governor’s action. The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge

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