Associated Press A jury has found that a commuter railroad is mostly at fault for a fiery and deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing. Tuesday’s verdict lays out how the bill for any damages will be split. The jury found that the Metro-North Railroad bore 71%
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced his retirement at the university’s board of trustees meeting. Thursday’s announcement comes after almost 15 years in the role. Woodson says his term will officially conclude at the end of next June. He told reporters after the meeting that it felt
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are asking the state Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a ruling that allowed signatures from inactive voters to count on petitions for several proposed November ballot initiatives, including one to protect abortion rights. Thursday’s request comes after a district court judge said Montana’s Secretary of State
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been fired for making callous remarks about the death of a graduate student from India after she was struck last year by another officer’s vehicle in a crosswalk. Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired Officer Daniel Auderer on Wednesday for the comments he made in the
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been fired for making callous remarks about the death of a graduate student from India after she was struck last year by another officer’s vehicle in a crosswalk. Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired Officer Daniel Auderer on Wednesday for the comments he made in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Dan Heching and Todd Leopold, CNN (CNN) — Bob Newhart, whose stammering, deadpan unflappability carried him to stardom as a standup comedian and later in television and movies, has died, according to a statement from his longtime publicist Jerry Digney. He was 94. Digney said Newhart died in Los Angeles on Thursday morning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies. The pause comes as a lawsuit proceeds against the rule and other, older requirements. For not enforcing the law, the state will get an extra four months to develop
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has ruled that author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his stabbing to the man charged with attacking him. Suspect Hadi Matar’s lawyers had sought material related to Rushdie’s recently published memoir about the attack as part of trial preparations.
Continue ReadingZURICH (AP) — FIFA has postponed a decision on a Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas, clearing the way for the Israeli men’s national team to play at the Paris Olympics. Soccer’s world governing body had been set to make a decision Saturday at an extraordinary council
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is going on her second trade mission to Europe, with a trip that will include a visit to an airshow in the United Kingdom. The Republican governor on Thursday announced she’s going to the Farnborough Air Show to pitch the state as a location for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scrutiny of the U.S. Secret Service continues to grow after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Office of the Inspector General has expanded its review of the agency to include its Counter Sniper Team. One of the team’s snipers shot Thomas
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Casey Tolan and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump ascended the stage at last weekend’s Pennsylvania rally to thunderous cheers, the campaign staffers present expected to hear a typical stump speech. What they didn’t know: Law enforcement had spotted a suspicious person at the rally nearly
Continue ReadingBy Phil Tsekouras Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Two deaths as a result of a listeriosis outbreak linked to a plant-based milk recall are in Ontario, provincial health officials confirmed Thursday. Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, as well as Great Value brand almond
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Weichel Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, B.C. (CTV Network) — A B.C. woman has been ordered to repay her ex for a ticket to Coldplay’s 2023 concert in Vancouver – in a small claims decision that highlights the distinction between gifts and loans under Canadian law. The Civil Resolution Tribunal
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden on Thursday asked judges to throw out his gun convictions and dismiss his pending tax charges, citing the controversial recent ruling from Judge Aileen Cannon that ended the classified documents case against Donald Trump and threw into question the validity of special counsels like the one prosecuting the president’s
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California Board of Regents are banning employees from posting political statements on the homepages of university websites, saying such comments could be interpreted as the university’s official view. The UC Board of Regents voted for the policy on Thursday. Political statements and personal opinions will be allowed on
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — J. Michael Cline, the founder of movie ticket company Fandango, fell to his death from a New York City hotel Tuesday, a law enforcement official confirmed to CNN. The New York Police Department said that around 10 am on Tuesday, the 64-year-old was found
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland (AP) — The wind caught just about everyone off guard Thursday in the British Open. It came from the opposite direction off the Irish Sea, accompanied by occasional rain, and made Royal Troon a tougher test than anyone was expecting. Turns out that wasn’t even the biggest surprise. Daniel Brown
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and veteran cable TV host who was a founding anchor for CNN and later was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. He was 78. His death was announced Thursday in a post on his official X account,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident — a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado. A long-term employee who is a dishwasher and head biscuit maker spotted the bright orange lobster while unpacking a shipment last Friday
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