By JOHN LAURITSEN Click here for updates on this story MINNETONKA, Minnesota (WCCO) — A new year can mean new friends — and people at a senior living facility in Minnetonka made a new pal Thursday. At New Perspective Senior Living, a belated Christmas present is about to arrive. A packed crowd welcomed not a
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER BORRASSO Click here for updates on this story GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Two teachers from Greensburg Salem School District are facing charges for alleged inappropriate restraining methods of students in their care. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Thursday afternoon that an investigation by Greensburg police led
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Javier Milei renunció a la membresía de Argentina al bloque de los BRICS —la alianza económica, política y social conformada hasta ahora por Brasil, Rusia, la India, China y Sudáfrica—, apenas días antes de que el ingreso acordado por el expresidente Alberto Fernández entrase en vigencia, el
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE SLOAN Click here for updates on this story MIDDLESEX, New Jersey (WCBS) — Homeowners in Middlesex, New Jersey brace for the worst every time it rains. They fear their homes will fall into a creek. Steady rain has turned a creek behind several homes on Heather Lane into what looks like a raging
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN GUSOFF Click here for updates on this story HEMPSTEAD, New York (WCBS) — There was a plea Thursday for information from the public to solve a brutal crime against a dog found gravely injured on Long Island. After being stabbed more than a dozen times, the dog has made a full recovery. He’s
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If you want to groove like Barack Obama, you can do so from Afrobeats to Reggaeton. The former president shared his list of favorite songs of the year to his official Instagram on Friday, and it was pretty eclectic. Included was “On My Mama” by Victoria Monét, “Crazy
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Bomb threats and false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses have surged in recent weeks, including some connected to court cases against former president Donald Trump. Judges presiding over cases against him in New York and Washington
Continue ReadingCNN By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko, Mariya Knight, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia has launched the biggest air attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military told CNN, with an unprecedented number of drones and missiles fired at targets across the country, killing at
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Gervonta Davis, a world-renowned boxer from Baltimore, converted to Islam on Sunday in a ceremony at a Maryland mosque, Imam Hassan Abdi said. In the ceremony at Masjid Al-Hidaayah in Woodlawn, Davis performed the shahada – the Islamic testimony of faith
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology from the nation’s largest movie theater chain. The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of “The Color Purple.” The
Continue ReadingBAUDETTE, Minn. (AP) — A passenger died after a commercial transport vehicle crashed through the ice on a Minnesota lake. Meanwhile, state officials are warning people to be wary of ice that is unusually thin for this time of the winter. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the transport vehicle, commonly known as a “bomber,”
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer Boeing is asking airlines to inspect its 737 Max jets for a potential loose bolt in the rudder control system, the airplane maker and Federal Aviation Administration confirmed this week. The FAA said it would be “closely monitoring” the targeted inspections. The agency said Thursday that Boeing issued its
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said Friday. Signing the bill would “be saying that the state, the government” knows what’s better for youth than their parents, Gov. Mike DeWine said. State lawmakers passed House
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The deadliest mass shooting in Maine history propelled homicides to a new high in the state in 2023, topping 50 to shatter the previous record as the end of the year approaches, officials said. Eighteen people were killed and 13 injured in the Oct. 25 shootings
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Harvard was due to respond by Friday to a demand from lawmakers for wide-ranging documents linked to the plagiarism controversy swirling around embattled President Claudine Gay. But it has been given more time to turn over its information. The university’s expected response to the House Education and Workforce
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Spirit Airlines says the person who escorted a child onto the wrong flight last week is no longer working for the company. The 6-year-old was supposed to fly from Philadelphia to visit his grandmother in Fort Myers, Florida, but ended up on a flight to Orlando instead. “To better
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to stay and reconsider its finding that the state’s legislative district boundaries are unconstitutional. Attorneys representing a host of Republican state Senators filed a motion with the court Thursday saying they can’t meet the court’s Jan. 12 deadline for new maps. They also
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Carlo Ancelotti has extended his contract as Real Madrid head coach until June 2026, the club announced on Friday. The Italian’s previous contract was set to expire in 2024 and there had been widespread reports for several months that he was in line to take the head coach role
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a shock decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows paused her decision pending a potential appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said they
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Song, CNN (CNN) — The sun is setting on the Badlands as Amy Fleischer-Madden squints through her camera’s viewfinder, searching amidst the red rock and prairie grass for a figure wearing head-to-toe black. The year is 1999, and the young photographer has been touring with Saves the Day, four baby-faced kids from Princeton,
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