By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express will acquire the dining reservation and event management platform Tock from Squarespace for $400 million cash. AmEx began making acquisitions in the dining and event space with its purchase of Resy five years ago, giving cardmembers access to hard-to-get restaurants and locations. Tock,
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an argument pressed by gun rights groups that the prohibition violated the Second Amendment. The 8-1 decision in one of the court’s most closely watched cases limited the scope of a blockbuster ruling the
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — According to the Milwaukee Police Department, an officer shot two people and an unborn child is dead following an armed carjacking and pursuit on Wednesday, June 20. Around 2:23 p.m., officers tried to stop a vehicle near 17th and Vliet. The vehicle
Continue ReadingWDJT, BING MAPS, CNN By Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — According to the Milwaukee Police Department, an officer shot two people and an unborn child is dead following an armed carjacking and pursuit on Wednesday, June 20. Around 2:23 p.m., officers tried to stop a vehicle near 17th
Continue ReadingBy FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A park on the south side of Mexico’s capital lights up with a multicolored glow of lightsabers as a man slashing a white saber through the air shouts: “Check the defense!” Onlookers watch curiously and a dog walker asks about the duel, which breaks out four
Continue ReadingBy RODRIGO ABD Associated Press SUCUSARI, Peru (AP) — It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon So far, it goes nowhere. The bridge is part of a federal highway project to connect
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if Kyiv is acting in self-defense. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder says Ukraine can fire back wherever
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have rested in the case of a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by hitting him with her SUV. Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the 2022 death of Officer John O’Keefe. The defense will present its case
Continue ReadingBy Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Police are investigating after a north Baltimore doctor had a flag torn from his porch for a third time. Dr. John Parkerson shared video with 11 News that shows a person run up and rip the flag off its pole on
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Colin McCullough and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The US restarted delivering aid into Gaza using its temporary pier on Thursday, according to US Central Command. The US dismantled the pier temporarily on June 14 for the second time since the pier was originally anchored on May 17. The pier was dismantled
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press Fans looking for something different at the Olympics might want to check out kitesurfing. But don’t blink — it’s the fastest sport in the Summer Games. Riding a surfboard that’s harnessed to a parachute-like sail above and perched on a skinny hydrofoil below, athletes can top 80 kilometers per hour,
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro is famous for its beaches and vibrant parties in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer. The city now has a growing attraction for winter: humpback whales. The tourism agency of Rio sister city Niteroi across the Guanabara Bay on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — For people in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s summer and you might be inspired to get outdoors to move more. But the weather is getting too warm in some places for people to exercise safely outside. We know that adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity weekly.
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Homes in America are the most expensive they’ve ever been, according to one measure. The median price of a previously owned US home climbed for the eleventh consecutive month in May, up 5.8% from a year ago, to $419,300, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. That’s the
Continue ReadingBy Richard Crouse Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The passing of Donald Sutherland will be accompanied by well-deserved tributes saluting his prodigious acting talent, his seven-decade career and his ability, as son Kiefer said, to never be “daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly.” It will be noted
Continue ReadingBy Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Dixie Dingman, known as Grandma Dixie, was released from Iowa Methodist Medical Center Tuesday after an EF-4 tornado in Greenfield broke her back, 10 ribs, and destroyed her home. Dingman narrowly escaped death when the tornado hit her home directly
Continue ReadingBy Pat Foran Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An Ontario woman said she felt used and embarrassed after handing over nearly $50,000 to a psychic who promised to rid her of evil spirits. “I was feeling lost, I was sad and I saw a billboard that said a psychic
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CASS COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — A California man was sentenced in Iowa on Tuesday after authorities found a hit list of high-ranking U.S. officials, including the president. Kuachua Brillion Xiong was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of supervised release. In 2021,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Add Austin Butler to the crew of Ryan Gosling fans. During a recent appearance on “Today,” the “Elvis” star recalled feeling starstruck by Gosling. “It’s when you don’t expect to see somebody…so I saw him outside of a hotel that I was staying in, and I had to
Continue ReadingBy Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story PALM CITY, Florida (WPBF) — A woman who ran a dog training and boarding facility in Palm City was arrested Wednesday, accused of abusing a dog in her care. Nikki Camerlengo was charged with one count of felony animal abuse. Investigators with the Martin County
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