By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with murder in the killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas is seeking to be released to house arrest ahead of his trial in June. A Nevada judge on Tuesday set a Jan. 2
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The ACLU of Montana has filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that defines the word “sex” throughout state code as only male or female, based on a person’s biology at birth. The plaintiffs argued Monday that the law denies legal recognition and protections to
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A Texas man who was part of a romance scam that bilked a Missouri woman out of $1.2 million has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay back the money. Rotimi Oladimeji of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced Tuesday, one year after he pleaded guilty to two
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Con cinco palabras, pronunciadas justo al comienzo de su pontificado, el papa Francisco cambió la conversación católica sobre las personas LGBTQ+. En 2013, cuando un periodista le preguntó sobre los sacerdotes homosexuales, el Papa respondió: “¿Quién soy yo para juzgar?”. A lo largo de la última década, el papa Francisco ha cambiado
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant’s typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere — features that were nowhere to be seen in the planet’s first close-up more than three decades ago. Webb is known for capturing stunning
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Cuando se jueguen los próximos números de la lotería Powerball la noche de este miércoles, un afortunado participante en algún lugar de Estados Unidos podría celebrar la Navidad con un premio mayor de US$ 572 millones. Luego de que ningún boleto acertara los números del premio mayor de US$ 543 millones
Continue ReadingPENDLETON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina couple has been charged with killing four older family members in a gory 2015 Halloween attack in the victims’ home. Amy and Rosmore “Ross” Vilardi remained jailed Tuesday in Anderson County on four counts of murder each. The case hadn’t been added to the state’s online court records
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — The controversial social media platform Parler says it’s planning a comeback after shuttering in April following a string of controversies related to hate speech rules and illicit content. Parler is relaunching in the first quarter of 2024 to “return to its roots as a robust marketplace of ideas,” according
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — On Wall Street, interest rate cuts have recently become less a question of if, but rather, when. The shift came last week after all but two of 19 Federal Reserve officials predicted the central bank would cut interest rates at least once in the coming year, according
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israeli officials are exploring the potential construction of a “humanitarian compound” in northern Gaza to house displaced Palestinian civilians, two Israeli officials and an international humanitarian official familiar with the plans told CNN. The establishment of such a compound would allow some Palestinian civilians to move to northern
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, Kara Scannell and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York has ordered the names of dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims and associates to be made public in 2024, according to documents. The order, issued Monday by Judge Loretta A. Preska, is the latest filing in a settled case by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an American
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Watson, Kara Scannell and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York has ordered the names of dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims and associates to be made public in 2024, according to documents. The order, issued Monday by Judge Loretta A. Preska, is the latest filing in a settled case by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Ruby Franke shared parenting advice with millions of people on her family YouTube channel. On the now defunct channel, “8 Passengers,” she chronicled life with her six children and husband in Ivins, Utah. She posted videos of some of the ways she punished her children, such as withholding food
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Zac Efron transformed himself into a mass of muscle and repressed emotion to play professional wrestler Kevin Von Erich in the new film “The Iron Claw.” It was a taxing role and unlike anything he’d done before both physically and psychologically for which he’s getting some of the best
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquí Un grupo de personas inspecciona los daños causados por un proyectil de artillería que impactó en la maternidad del Complejo Médico Nasser el 17 de diciembre en Khan Younis, Gaza. (Crédito: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday announced it will resume mailing automated reminders of past due taxes to those who owe back taxes, something it had suspended doing in February 2022 due to pandemic-era backlogs. But it also said it will offer failure-to-pay penalty relief to 4.7
Continue ReadingBy First Alert 4 Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Surveillance video reportedly showing the moment a St. Louis police car crashed into a South City bar Monday has been released. The crash happened just after midnight at Bar: PM, located at 7109 S. Broadway. One of the bar
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of false bomb threats that were emailed over the weekend to Jewish facilities across the US are believed to be connected and originating from outside the country, according to the FBI. “At this time, based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children has raised fresh concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Six more people living in the shelter — four children and two adults —
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — As the world grapples with the existential crisis of climate change, environmental activists want President Joe Biden to phase out the oil industry, and Republicans argue he’s already doing that. Meanwhile, the surprising reality is the United States is pumping oil at a blistering pace and is
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