By KATHLEEN FOODY and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials in Texas, police said. Police in Joliet, Illinois, said on Facebook that at about 8:30 p.m. Monday 23-year-old Romeo Nance was located
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers. By running ads for “free” tax services
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Longtime Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg announced Monday he has been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and has begun treatment. “Last week, I learned that I have been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer,” Sandberg, 64, wrote in an Instagram post. “I have begun treatment, and I am surrounded
Continue ReadingBy Celine Alkhaldi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Medical facilities in Khan Younis in southern Gaza have been battered amid an Israeli assault in the area Monday, Palestinian health officials said, as the number of people killed in Israel’s siege on Gaza continues to rise. Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in the latest offensive
Continue ReadingCAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Gigi Riva, the all-time leading goalscorer for Italy men’s national team who was known as the “Rombo di Tuono” (Rumble of Thunder), has died. He was 79. The Italian soccer federation confirmed Riva died on Monday as tributes started flooding in for the player, who earned his nickname because of the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Norman Jewison, an Oscar-nominated Canadian director whose decades of work yielded a diverse resume that included Sidney Poitier-led drama “In the Heat of the Night” and 1971’s “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died, according to his publicist. He was 97. Jewison died “peacefully” on Saturday, his publicist Jeff Sanderson
Continue ReadingCriminal gangs are trying to extort ‘protection’ payments from taxi drivers in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun. It is a problem that has long beset the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, where killings of drivers and torching of taxis has become commonplace. On Monday, prosecutors detained five men who had been demanding about $12
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Monday it will begin the process to reinstate the Climate Protection Program in the first quarter of the year following a December ruling from the Oregon Court of Appeals that upheld a challenge invalidating the program. The court decided that DEQ did not fully comply with
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Christine Sinclair, the world’s top international goal scorer among both women and men, will play one more season for her club team, the Portland Thorns. The team announced Monday it had signed the free agent forward to a one-year deal. Sinclair, 40, is one
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Perú destituyó como comandante general de la Policía Nacional al teniente general Jorge Luis Angulo Tejada, tras considerar que cometió “negligencias muy graves” en el control y conducción de la institución, anunció el Ejecutivo en una resolución publicada en el Diario Oficial. “Se han evidenciado negligencias muy graves
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Waukesha, Wisconsin (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday pinned blame squarely on Donald Trump for the reversal of Roe v. Wade, saying the former president is “proud that women are silently suffering” without a guaranteed right to abortion. “The previous president expressed his intentions quite clearly. And fast
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON and PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writers The visual of one of the nation’s most popular athletes knocked to the floor after a fan who was staring at her phone collided with her while storming the court was a stark reminder of the dangers athletes face when crowds get out of control. Iowa
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Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives have advanced a bill that would activate a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors. Some Georgia Republicans want the new commission to discipline Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for winning indictments of former President
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Legislators in Jackson County, Missouri, voted Monday to override the veto of Jackson County Executive Frank White and place the renewal of a sales tax on the April ballot to help fund a new ballpark for the Kansas City Royals. The tax of three-eighth
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators are laboring to win support for a deal on border policy as they enter what could be a pivotal stretch for a painstakingly negotiated compromise that could open the door for Republican support to replenish U.S. wartime aid for Ukraine. A core group of negotiators
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Serie A club Udinese has identified a fan who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and banned him for life as it vowed to do the same for the other “evil people.” That comes amid calls for tougher sanctions from authorities following another weekend when
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission has dismissed a challenge against Donald Trump’s candidacy based on his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The panel rejected the case on procedural grounds Monday, finding that the commission didn’t have jurisdiction to address the matter. The outcome is a victory
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tras casi dos años de conflicto, el mercado mundial de diamantes está a punto de sufrir las consecuencias económicas de la guerra en Ucrania. A principios de enero, la Unión Europea incluyó en su lista de sancionados al mayor productor mundial de diamantes, la empresa rusa Alrosa, y a su CEO,
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors say their investigation into New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is continuing as he faces numerous corruption charges, including that he acted as an agent for a foreign government, and pressure by fellow Democrats to resign. Prosecutors referenced the ongoing investigation numerous times in a letter to the
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