By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speechwriting, in one sense, is essentially being someone else’s mirror. “You can try to find the right words,” said Dan Cluchey, a former speechwriter for President Joe Biden. “But ultimately, your job is to ensure that when the speech is done, that it has a reflection
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people have been flocking to the grave of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Images from OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights group that monitors Russian repression, show a long line of people queuing at Navalny’s grave and laying flowers at the Borisovsky Cemetery in Moscow.
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia won the final qualifier for the upcoming Olympics on Sunday following nine days in which scores of competitors faced volatile weather and painful sea urchin spines. The World Surfing Games competition organized by the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney is once and for all shutting down those rumors that she and her “Anyone But You” co-star Glen Powell are romantically involved. “The craziest rumor I’ve seen is that while I was filming ‘Anyone But You,’ I was having an affair with my co-star Glen Powell,” first-time
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Last month, a jury convicted Jennifer Crumbley of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the 2021 Oxford High School shooting – one count for each student her son killed. The historic trial, and stunning verdict, tested the limits of who’s responsible for a mass shooting. The conviction
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Dean MacNeil no podía comer. No podía dormir. Estaba en piloto automático emocional porque algo “nos hizo un agujero en el alma a mi familia y a mí”. Era el verano de 1991 y MacNeil había hecho un viaje por carretera de Connecticut a Vermont con su hermano pequeño, Scott. Hicieron
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Six alleged Islamic State group members have been killed in a “counterterrorism” operation in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region, the country’s National Anti-Terrorism Commitee (NAC) reported Sunday. According to a statement by NAC, late on Saturday the six men barricaded themselves into an apartment in Karabulak, a town in Russia’s semi-autonomous
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed has been awarded $72.5 million in her lawsuit against the city’s transit agency. A city jury found in favor of 68-year-old Aurora Beauchamp, who was hit by a Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she no longer feels bound by a pledge that required all GOP contenders to support the party’s eventual nominee in order to participate in the primary debates. The Republican National Committee made the pledge a prerequisite for all candidates, and nearly every major one signed, except
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested she’s no longer bound by a Republican National Committee pledge to support the eventual nominee, saying that she’ll “make the decision I want to make” when asked whether she would endorse Donald Trump if he secures the nomination. “I mean, at the time
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters were looking for a savior and “ Dune: Part Two ” is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms, big screen spectacle and the star power of Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve ’s science fiction epic stormed the North American box office this weekend earning $81.5 million in
Continue ReadingBy TSAFRIR ABAYOV Associated Press AP photographer Tsafrir Abayov has been covering the border between Israel and Gaza for almost 20 years. When he saw a group of female Israeli soldiers taking a selfie with a devastated Palestinian neighborhood in the background, he knew he had a photo. He usually photographs tanks at the location.
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s defense minister has described Russia’s leak of a conversation by ranking German military officers as part of Russia’s “information war” against the West. Boris Pistorius said Sunday the aim was to create discord within Germany. In the audio recording leaked by Russian state media on Friday, German military officers can
Continue ReadingBy Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story ROSEMONT, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Tanya Hill-Holliday has defied the odds and made quite the name for herself. At just over 5 feet tall, she may be small in stature, but her fight and dreams were always big. As Women’s History Month kicks off, we sat
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Downs Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A suspect pulled a loaded gun out during a fight with an officer at a West Sacramento Target earlier this week after a retail theft call, police said. Police responded to a call from Target Assets Protection to help with a
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Moeller Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Seven thousand beer lovers braved the wind and rain in downtown Sacramento for the 14th annual Capitol Beer Fest. Rain or shine, this event happens the first week of March. While people up in the Sierra are hunkering down in the snow,
Continue ReadingBy Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story CANADIAN, Texas (KTVT) — Her name is unknown, but the story of her survival will stick with three Flower Mound firefighters for a very long time. “The fire here moved at a speed that I hadn’t seen before,” Wade Woody said. Woody is a Battalion
Continue ReadingKTVT By Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story CANADIAN, Texas (KTVT) — Her name is unknown, but the story of her survival will stick with three Flower Mound firefighters for a very long time. “The fire here moved at a speed that I hadn’t seen before,” Wade Woody said. Woody is a
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Illinois man shot and killed by police in his bedroom last month are calling for the officers involved to be identified and charged after authorities released portions of several body camera videos capturing the shooting. “We never got answers. We
Continue ReadingBy Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul says the abundance of illegal marijuana dispensaries in New York is hurting legitimate businesses, and she’s asking social media companies to help her crack down on illegal pot shops. The space where Bar Veloce is now on Ninth
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