By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — It appears that the trusty, “sorry-not-sorry that I’m ugly” Crocs foam clog has found a way to get even weirder, this time with some western flair. On Thursday, Crocs unveiled something previously unimaginable. A Crocs cowboy boot, with spurs and all. Should we thank Taylor Swift for
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed surprising pairs of planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula that have never been detected before. The Orion Nebula, a glowing cloud of dust and gas, is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky and identifiable as the
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis on Thursday challenged a forensic video analyst’s interpretation of videos shot by witnesses that show the Black man’s fatal arrest in Tacoma, Washington. Later in the afternoon, Ellis’ sister, Monét Carter-Mixon, said weeks went
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de Perú (PNP) anunció este jueves la captura de 31 presuntos integrantes de una organización a la que señalan como una facción de la banda criminal transnacional El Tren de Aragua, entre ellos uno de sus supuestos líderes Yomar José Delgado Palacio, alias “Nino”, mediante un comunicado
Continue ReadingBy Marcus McIntosh Click here for updates on this story WAUKEE, Iowa (KCCI) — A recent social media post questions the safety of the playground at Triumph Park in Waukee. The post reads that a woman’s grandchild fell from the walkway to a slide at the playground at Triumph Park. The post adds the child
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Three weeks into the United Auto Workers strike, signs of progress have emerged in talks between the union and General Motors. GM said it provided a counteroffer to the UAW’s most recent proposal, which it said is the sixth by the company since the
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former University of Southern California gynecologist charged with sexually more than a dozen students and accused of abuse by hundreds more has died. Attorney Leonard Levine says George Tyndall was found dead in his home Wednesday. Tyndall was 76 and was awaiting trial on more
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $228 million in damages to several plaintiffs who sued a Las Vegas-based bottled water company after its product was linked to liver illnesses. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports jurors determined Real Water and two other defendants in the case were liable for $28.5 million in
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has asked the federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case to dismiss the criminal charges, arguing he has immunity because he was president at the time and also was acquitted by the US Senate after his impeachment. Thursday’s filing
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El presidente Vladimir Putin anunció que Rusia realizó con éxito la prueba de una nueva generación de misiles de crucero con propulsión nuclear. La agencia de noticias estatal RIA Novosti citó a Putin, quien se encontraba en el Foro Valdai de Sochi y allí dijo: “Se ha realizado con éxito la
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Star Wars fanatic who was encouraged by a chatbot girlfriend to slay Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced to nine years in prison for taking his plot to Windsor Castle. Jaswant Singh Chail was arrested on the grounds of the castle with a loaded crossbow on
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Xzibit likes to stick with what he knows. In this case, it is cannabis. The rapper and entrepreneur has a new podcast titled, “Lasagna Ganja.” Co-hosted by Tammy “The Cannabis Cutie” Pettigrew, the series debuted Thursday. “I called it the Lasagna Ganja podcast because there’s layers to everything
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio met Thursday with the business-minded Main Street Caucus, according to a source familiar, as the House Judiciary chairman works to win over the more centrist-leaning members in his party as part of his campaign to be the next House speaker. Jordan is among
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A Central Oregon insurance agent was the target of scammers seeking $2,700, but it wasn’t just a phone or email scam. Instead, someone claiming to be with Pacific Power’s billing department walked into a tenant’s office, demanding immediate payment of a “past due bill” or the power would be turned off.
Continue ReadingBy Sharief Ishaq Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (WDSU) — Greg Brooks, a senior safety on the Louisiana State University football team, has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, medulloblastoma. “For the last three weeks, Greg has been recovering from an extensive surgery to remove a brain
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — En las últimas décadas, las políticas migratorias más duras en Estados Unidos han estado siempre asociadas con los principales referentes del Partido Republicano, tanto en la forma de promesas de campaña como en acciones concretas en el gobierno. La ampliación del muro fronterizo entre Estados Unidos y México fue, de
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, N.J. (AP) — Nadine Menendez, now the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, killed a man with her car in December 2018 and left the scene without being charged. That’s according to new details matching an auto accident that federal prosecutors cite as pivotal in one of Menendez’ alleged bribes to impact a separate
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — A key witness for prosecutors in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried testified that both he and Bankman-Fried committed multiple financial crimes related to their oversight of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. Gary Wang, who co-founded FTX with Bankman-Fried, told jurors — in compliance with an earlier plea deal
Continue ReadingBy Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore police are trying to figure out who killed a former Loyola University basketball star. Jamal Barney, 37, was found dead inside a vacant home Monday in west Baltimore. Family members reported him missing over the weekend and asked police to
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $1.6 million to a major expansion of the La Pine Community Health Center, which provides accessible and affordable health care to residents of southern Deschutes County and parts of Lake and Klamath counties.
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