By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Many Costa Ricans are welcoming a ruling this week by the country’s Supreme Court of Justice eliminating the requirement that people use their father’s surname before their mother’s on identification documents. In Spanish-speaking nations, people usually go by two last names. In Costa Rica,
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden business associate John Robinson Walker said in a closed-door interview on Friday that President Joe Biden “was never involved” in any of his business dealings with the president’s son, according to Walker’s opening statement provided first to CNN. Walker is among a growing list of Biden family business associates
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story Mt. LEBANON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A substitute teacher at Seton LaSalle High School in Mt. Lebanon was charged with sexually assaulting a student. Damon Michael Gall, 24 years old of Canonsburg, was charged with felony institutional sexual assault as well as corruption of minors and
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Soaring prices for natural gas, electricity and home heating oil in recent years have resulted in a record number of Americans falling behind on their utility bills and applying for help from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. Are you struggling to pay your utility bills?
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story LOWER BURRELL, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman is in custody after she was found hiding in a rusted refrigerator in the woods following a high-speed chase in Westmoreland County. Rachel Mautino was accused of leading police on a chase through New Kensington and Lower Burrell
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Nelson Click here for updates on this story SPRING HILL, Florida (WFTS) — An Amazon driver was charged after he allegedly stole a French bulldog while delivering packages in Spring Hill three days before Christmas. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived at a home on Copper Hill Drive to investigate the
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Newly released investigative reports into last year’s deadly ambush of Fargo police officers show the gunman’s movements in the hours before the shooting. Still images from Mohamad Barakat’s apartment and surveillance cameras show him loading his weapons into a garage and visiting a gun range on
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter retrial of a man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith is nearing its end. Prosecution and defense attorneys spent Friday afternoon delivering closing arguments to the jury that will decide 36-year-old Cardell Hayes’ fate. Hayes shot Smith following a traffic
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all strips used to test drugs for deadly substances now goes to West Virginia’s governor. Republican Jim Justice hasn’t said publicly whether he supports the bill, which has received bipartisan support in the state with the nation’s highest overdose rate. Justice
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. But it stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire, as the South African sponsors of
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Around 2,000 people have rallied outside Serbia’s Constitutional Court to demand that judges annul last month’s election because of reported widespread irregularities. The main opposition group, Serbia Against Violence, has accused President Aleksandar Vucic’s populist government of orchestrating a fraud at the Dec. 17 parliamentary and local ballot, particularly in the
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The Oregon State Marine Board reported Friday that 2023 was a safer boating year across the state than the previous three years. But the number of fatalities is still in the double digits, with 14 last year.
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers seeking to keep Donald Trump off the ballot are urging the Supreme Court to declare he’s ineligible to be president again because he spearheaded the U.S. Capitol attack in an effort to overturn his 2020 election loss. Their legal brief Friday was filled with vivid descriptions
Continue ReadingBy Fiona Sinclair-Scott and Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — How do you begin to talk about something as seemingly frivolous as haute couture fashion against the tumult of today? In many ways, impossibly expensive gowns made for red carpets and the world’s elite never felt so irrelevant or so tone deaf. One idea was put
Continue ReadingBy Christian Olaniran, Mike Hellgren, Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Multiple manhole cover explosions were reported Thursday night in Downtown Baltimore, and hundreds were left without power through Friday morning as crews investigate. Fire officials say the preliminary cause of the explosions is believed to be electrical.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of basketball player LeBron James. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1984 Birth place: Akron, Ohio Birth name: LeBron Raymone James Father: Anthony McClelland Mother: Gloria James Marriage: Savannah (Brinson) James (September 2013-present) Children: Zhuri Nova, Bryce Maximus and LeBron Jr. Other Facts James also
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl. Except if you’re willing to suspend all rational thought and subscribe to an online theory that’s in vogue that the two teams who could be
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl. Except if you’re willing to suspend all rational thought and subscribe to an online theory that’s in vogue that the two teams who could
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust published its Fall 2023 Grants Report Thursday. The report announces: 94 total grants to Pacific Northwest nonprofits totaling $21.9 million.This includes more than $7.5 million through 30 grants to nonprofits serving the Oregon community.The report can be found here. A full list of grantees can be found here. Two
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Corte Constitucional de Ecuador difundió este viernes tres dictámenes relacionados a los pedidos de consulta popular planteados por el presidente Daniel Noboa con el fin de realizar reformas legales en materia de seguridad, justicia y empleo. El organismo de control constitucional emitió un dictamen favorable únicamente para 10 de
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