By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A special grand jury in Virginia has indicted a former police officer for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a shopping mall earlier this year. Wesley Shifflett was a Fairfax County police officer at the time of the shooting in
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has urged the Parliament speaker to reinstate 15 of his party’s lawmakers and says they were removed from their positions because of a fradulent letter. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa called the removal of the lawmakers part of an attempt by the ruling
Continue ReadingBy FLETCHER RUMBAUGH, TOM DOUGHERTY, HOWARD MONROE Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — For two baseball fans, their love for the Phillies matters a little more than marriage — at least for now. Phillies fans Jamie Crane and Mikayla Teets were saving for their wedding, but the couple opted that potentially
Continue ReadingBy JOSH SANDERS, JOE BRANDT, BRAD NAU, ANDI KORFF Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The driver of a private bus carrying a dozen elderly people was hit in a shooting that wounded two other men, leaving one in extremely critical condition, according to police. Around 9 a.m., investigators from the
Continue ReadingKYW By JOSH SANDERS, JOE BRANDT, BRAD NAU, ANDI KORFF Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The driver of a private bus carrying a dozen elderly people was hit in a shooting that wounded two other men, leaving one in extremely critical condition, according to police. Around 9 a.m., investigators from
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, dijo este jueves en declaraciones al medio estatal TV Perú que este viernes el avión presidencial partirá hacia Israel para evacuar a los peruanos que se encuentran en ese país. Boluarte puntualizó que “estamos disponiendo que el avión presidencial se traslade a Tel Aviv para
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story VACAVILLE, California (KOVR) — A Vacaville city firefighter is now a viral sensation after an image of him on the phone in a sea of San Francisco fans was broadcast during Sunday’s blowout game. Eugene Hernandez was sitting front row, decked out in his Dallas
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — This year’s uptake of the updated Covid-19 vaccine appears to be somewhat slower than last year’s, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 7 million Americans have received a dose of the latest vaccines, HHS
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Argentina se encuentra en el proceso de evacuación de ciudadanos argentinos desde Israel, en medio de la guerra de ese país con Hamas. Argentina ha sido el país de América Latina con más ciudadanos muertos tras los ataques que Hamas lanzó contra Israel el sábado. Desde ese día,
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD RAMOS Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — There will soon be 175 new tiny homes built to help curb the homeless crisis in Sacramento. The construction will take over a vacant office space in south Sacramento on Stockton Boulevard. It’s a temporary solution until WellSpace Health opens its
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large influx of migrants overwhelms the city’s shelter system. Hochul endorsed the city’s challenge to the requirement in
Continue ReadingBy MARISSA PERLMAN Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The police chief and the mayor in suburban Lyons shared more information about a sophisticated, high-end theft ring that spanned multiple states and amounted to millions of dollars. The investigation is centered around a warehouse in the Austin neighborhood filled with stolen
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s citrus production is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state. A forecast released Thursday says that Florida is expected to produce 20.5 million boxes of oranges during the 2023-2024 season, up from 15.8 million boxes last season. Florida growers are
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will build New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm. But it will lose that money if the project is not operating by Dec. 2025 — a year after the deadline approved
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re ever tempted to offer playwright Theresa Rebeck an idea for a new play, maybe hold off. She has quite enough of those as it is. This fall, New York City has become Rebeck’s playwriting playground. She’s directing her own work “Dig” off-Broadway. And
Continue ReadingBy JERMONT TERRY, JERAMIE BIZZLE Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The United Nations is sounding the alarm about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the death toll in the five-day-old Israel-Hamas war continues to climb. Doctors Without Borders said the entire medical system in Gaza could collapse by the
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Sze Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — College admissions decisions disappoint thousands of high-achieving students each year, but one Palo Alto teen’s story is catching the attention of Congress. Stanley Zhong, 18, is a 2023 graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto. Despite earning 3.97 unweighted and
Continue ReadingBy LESLEY MARIN Click here for updates on this story Long Beach, California (KCAL) — A Long Beach man is calling for justice after he was attacked by a group of teenagers after being tricked by a girl asking for help. Joe Kremer was walking home from the gym on October 3, when the incident
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Entertainment, admitted Thursday that he was a “victim of an elaborate criminal extortion” plot. He made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, writing that he fell victim to a “third party who was unknown to me related to false allegations
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A Montana federal judge on Thursday tore into a contested state law that bans TikTok from all personal devices, saying in a hearing that the legislation appears driven by “paternalistic” views of social media users and suggesting lawmakers could have taken many steps short of an attempted ban to
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