By Michelle Krupa and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — He was known as very charming, the FBI’s description read: an odd-job man, an antiques peddler, maybe interested in photography. Then, there was the accusation: Roger Dale Parham was arrested in late 1998 on a charge of rape involving a minor, the bureau said. The crime
Continue ReadingBy Garrett Barry Click here for updates on this story ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador (CTV Network) — Marina Goodyear came face to face with her father Monday in a Corner Brook, N.L., courtroom for the first time since he was accused of killing her mother. Goodyear made long eye contact with Dean Penney during
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — El enfrentamiento entre bandas delictivas perturba la convivencia pacífica que ha caracterizado a Costa Rica, advierte el Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ), institución que reconoce que el país cerrará 2023 con una cifra récord de homicidios. Costa Rica —que ocupa el primer puesto entre los países de Latinoamérica en el Índice
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Planes are going to be crowded. Patience will be tried. Some level of aggravation is all but inevitable, especially after all the recent shutdown-related chaos. Throw in a seat-kicker, a tipsy stranger or someone who’s blissfully barefoot, and the holiday odyssey becomes even more challenging. This Thanksgiving, 6 million
Continue ReadingBy David Custer Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A young mid-Michigan mother is fighting for her life hoping to make it to Christmas and that it won’t be her last one. She’s receiving hospice care at home, but she refuses to believe it’s her reality, holding out hope
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing former President Donald Trump is taking issue with special counsel Jack Smith’s office providing him evidence for his federal criminal trial for election interference in the latest spat over a potential delay of the March 4 trial date. On Monday, prosecutors turned over an exhibit
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By Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration proposed new steps Tuesday to conserve and restore the nation’s old-growth forests in a move it projects could combat greenhouse gas emissions and counter the effects of climate change. The proposal from the US Department of Agriculture would amend all 128 forest land management plans
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is defending a decision to remove a piece of artwork on display at its consulate in New York. The pink-and-white quilt in the design of the Greek flag was part of a campaign against domestic violence. The piece was put on display at the consulate Friday. A Greek government
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Residents in a western Pennsylvania county are calling for the resignation of an official who is facing felony animal cruelty charges after authorities say her dog starved to death. Washington County Controller April Sloane was arrested last week at her county office. North Strabane police filed the charges after a necropsy
Continue ReadingBy Rayvin Bleu and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — A couple of weeks ago, two mid-Michigan civilians and a Midland police officer put themselves at risk to rescue people trapped inside a burning van, and on Monday, all three were recognized for their selfless act. David Bleck
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — US and allied law enforcement agencies around the world have seized the main website that a prolific Russian-speaking cyber gang has used to pressure its victims to pay ransoms, according to a notice posted on the website on Tuesday. The FBI also developed a software key that allowed victims of
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s new reproductive rights amendment is urging a local prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home. The felony abuse-of-corpse charge against 33-year-old Brittany Watts, of Warren, has touched off a national firestorm
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been dismissed after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice. None of the records Roggensack produced earlier this month shed any
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it’ll give Northern Ireland 3.3 billion pounds, or about $4.2 billion, to ease a budget crisis if stubborn lawmakers stop boycotting the suspended power-sharing Belfast government. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said on Tuesday that the financial package was a final offer and
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It has been a busy year for bookworms. In 2023, literary heavyweights Bret Easton Ellis, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Attwood and Zadie Smith returned to the scene and published new work, in some cases, for the first time in over a decade. In the summer, authors such as Eliza Clark,
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Only one-third of registered voters approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College finds, with young voters especially likely to express dissatisfaction. The finding aligns with other recent polling this month that showed significant partisan and generational divides
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters. The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, Common Cause North Carolina and eight Black residents filed a
Continue ReadingBULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have yet to determine what caused a house fire in northwestern Arizona that left five children dead. Bullhead City police say the fire broke out Saturday evening while the father of four of the victims was away buying groceries and Christmas gifts. The dead included a 4-year-old girl and
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When the next Powerball numbers are drawn Wednesday evening, a lucky lottery player somewhere in the country could head into the holidays with a $572 million jackpot. When no tickets matched the numbers for the $543 million prize in Monday night’s drawing, the jackpot continued to swell, according to the multistate
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Las líneas del frente en las que Ucrania y sus aliados esperaban lograr un avance en el verano son ahora el ejemplo más claro del sombrío y oscuro invierno que se avecina: el resurgimiento de Rusia y las crecientes pérdidas de Kyiv. “Como nos gusta decir en el Ejército, el plan
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