By MARCIA KRAMER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A judge Tuesday sided with Staten Island lawmakers, saying a controversial migrant shelter should close. The shelter at St. John Villa Academy, located in a mostly residential neighborhood, has been the site of constant protest. The court battle centered on
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio high school football coach has resigned after his team used antisemitic language to call out plays during a game. Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland handed in his notice Monday, a few days after he and his players repeatedly used the word
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — “Free coffee sir,” Tommy Braithwaite offered passersby. For 30-year-old Braithwaite, the word ‘free’ represents a new beginning. “I recently reentered society after a traumatic incarceration,” he said It’s his first day working the Brewin’ Peace Coffee cart on the corner of South
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va, (AP) — A northern Virginia jury has heard testimony from a YouTube prankster who was shot earlier this year by one of his targets. Tanner Cook survived the shot to the chest he received in April at Dulles Town Center in Loudoun County, west of the nation’s capital.
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Two days of significant rainfall have aided efforts to shift work on five Willamette National Forest wildfires from suppression to repair on the lines.
Continue ReadingBy ASAL REZAEI Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped murder charges against Francisco Benitez, who spent 34 years behind bars before a judge exonerated him last month. Benitez, 52, was released from Cook County Jail last month, after a judge tossed his murder conviction. When
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of former NFL player Mike Williams in Tampa after getting information that he may have received unprescribed drugs from someone while hospitalized after a construction site accident. The Tampa Police Department said in an email Tuesday that the probe involves “unprescribed narcotics by an outside party.”
Continue ReadingBy ASAL REZAEI Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped murder charges against Francisco Benitez, who spent 34 years behind bars before a judge exonerated him last month. Benitez, 52, was released from Cook County Jail last month, after a judge tossed his murder conviction. When
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A lengthy police standoff ended late Sunday evening after it was discovered that the suspect had actually fled from the area. According to Los Angeles Police Department, the incident began as a shooting at around 1:50 p.m. near an apartment complex
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Ehling Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of murdering his wife in Kingwood, then forcing police into a five-hour standoff is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. James Anderson, 37, shocked his community and those who knew him when he allegedly shot and
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have arrested an immigration agent after he was accused of raping a Haitian woman in a detention cell at the country’s main international airport in the presence of her 4-year-old son. Prosecutor Milciades Guzmán says that
Continue ReadingBy Ruta Ulcinaite Click here for updates on this story WARREN, Michigan (WXYZ) — After a car accident, one of the first places you’ll head to is the auto shop. However, getting extra parts or a quick fix may be tough with over 40 Big 3 facilities now on strike. Auto shop owners are now
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Fears grew of a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh Tuesday as a senior US official warned of malnutrition among the tens of thousands fleeing the breakaway region for Armenia. Senior US officials – including US Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power and US State Department
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is raising the specter of the war on inflation getting worse before it gets better. In an interview with the Times of India published on Tuesday, Dimon warned that if the Federal Reserve has to keep raising interest rates to cool inflation,
Continue ReadingBy LIAM MARTIN Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Inside the halls of Massrobotics in Boston is a life-changing innovation. John Cunniff, who was born deaf and became mostly blind as a child, often needs a person with him in order to get real-time information. “They communicate with tactile ASL,”
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — As drought tightens its grip in the Central US and water levels on the Mississippi River plummet to near-record lows, a surge of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico is pushing upstream, polluting drinking water for thousands of residents south of New Orleans. With little prospect
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The US government and 17 states are suing Amazon in a landmark monopoly case reflecting years of allegations that the e-commerce giant abused its economic dominance and harmed fair competition. The groundbreaking lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 attorneys general marks the government’s sharpest attack yet against
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH READING, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Police are seeking a criminal summons for a woman who allegedly stole a North Reading client’s pet as part of a dog training scam. The dog was later found dead. Police did not identify the 27-year-old old woman from Haddam,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si eres una de las muchas personas que se han tragado un chicle entero por accidente, es probable que te haya venido una pregunta a la cabeza justo después de esa sensación tan desagradable. ¿Cuánto tiempo permanecerá ahí el chicle? Existe la idea generalizada de que permanecerá en el estómago durante
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s immigration minister has argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection. Home Secretary Suella Braverman says people who face discrimination for their gender or sexuality should not be granted asylum unless they are “fleeing a real
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