A New York man killed after police say he came at them with swords in his hands was a former elite fencer. The state attorney general’s office says it has opened a probe into the killing of Alan Weber, 54, who died Tuesday night after being shot at his home on Long Island by a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Irán ha surgido como uno de los patrocinadores financieros más generosos de Hamas, proporcionándole al grupo extremista recursos cruciales que necesita para llevar a cabo actos terroristas. Sin embargo, investigadores estadounidenses y de todo el mundo han detectado otra fuente de ingresos que Hamas aprovecha: extensos donantes en línea que ofrecen
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The chief executive over Georgia’s seaports says larger cargo ships will need deeper water and a taller bridge to reach the Port of Savannah in the near future. Georgia Ports Authority President and CEO Griff Lynch said Thursday that the $1.9 billion his agency is investing
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) — Una funcionaria de Estados Unidos condenó las afirmaciones que el presidente Gustavo Petro publicó este lunes en su cuenta oficial de X, antes Twitter, comparando al Gobierno de Israel con los nazis. “Le solicitamos que condene a Hamas, una organización designada como terrorista, por los crueles asesinatos de hombres, mujeres y
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Dollar General has brought back its former chief executive in an attempt to revive its struggling business. On Thursday, the discount chain announced that it had reinstated Todd Vasos as CEO, replacing Jeff Owen. Vasos had previously served in the role for seven years before he retired in 2022.
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are faulting communities in a stretch of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley for failing to develop a plan to adequately protect groundwater. The state’s water resources board on Thursday set an April hearing to determine whether the Tulare Lake Subbasin should be placed on probation under a law aimed
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East. Hezbollah, which like Hamas is supported by Iran, has so far been on the fence about
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal admiralty court in Virginia has canceled a hearing to discuss a contested expedition to the Titanic shipwreck. The cancellation comes after a company significantly scaled back its dive plans. RMST Titanic Inc. owns the salvage rights to the Titanic. It originally planned to possibly
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN, AMY BETH HANSON, MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The legal and financial troubles piled up in recent months at the Colorado funeral home where authorities last week discovered at least 115 decomposing bodies. But the troubles went unnoticed by state officials who have long struggled to effectively
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Each measuring just under 1 centimeter tall, and the width of a fingernail, five newly unearthed mysterious gold treasures found in Hov, Norway, could help unlock secrets of an ancient society, scientists say. The tiny pieces — intricately detailed gold foil figures discovered during excavations of a pagan religious
Continue ReadingCASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say more than 150 tips have come in since they released a sketch of a person of interest connected to the killing of a retired college dean. Honoree Flemming was shot dead a week ago on a recreation trail near the Vermont State University Castleton Campus. The composite
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti has declined to join neighboring Dominican Republic in reopening a key border crossing for trade. That leaves some commercial activity at a standstill and prolongs a diplomatic crisis over the construction of a canal on Haitian soil. Dominican President Luis
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — While Steve Scalise scrambles to secure the House speakership, the man who previously held the job has taken a back seat. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has actively chosen not to play a prominent role in his conference’s battle to secure the next speaker,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare enrollees will shell out about $10 more next year for their monthly Part B premiums, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday. The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will be $174.70 for 2024, up from $164.90 this year. Premiums vary depending on a beneficiary’s
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Ambitious, intriguing and ultimately a trifle confounding, “The Fall of the House of Usher” represents Mike Flanagan’s latest macabre series for Netflix, this time taking a page from Roger Corman by adapting (even more loosely) the works of Edgar Allan Poe. English majors should get a kick from
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It’s Your Thing,” has died at age 84. “There are no words to express my feelings and the love I
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Pearl clutchers, prepare your gasps. Lenny Kravitz, a man who can probably read the room’s need for an escapist’s delight, has released a new TV-MA music video for his single “TK421” that is an ode to abs, a tribute to morning sexiness and definitely not suitable for consumption at
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents in Puerto Rico say they have seized an estimated $35 million worth of cocaine from a boat that ran aground a reef off the island’s south coast. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that it arrested two men from the Dominican Republic and a man from
Continue ReadingAIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man has avoided a possible death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers at his home in 2018. Frederick Hopkins killed two of the officers and wounded five others in Florence County. Hopkins court appearance was unannounced Thursday and reporters following the widely publicized
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A Bend man allegedly sped down NE Greenwood Avenue the wrong way Wednesday afternoon, rear-ended two pickup trucks, then got out brandishing a knife and ran from the scene, police said. He was spotted running through downtown in his underwear until a police officer tackled him near City Hall.
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