CNN By Christian Edwards and Bianna Golodryga, CNN (CNN) — When the Gaza sunshine was at its hottest, Andrey Kozlov said the Hamas fighters would cover him with blankets, leaving him to stew in his sweat. When he asked about his family, they would say they had forgotten him. When they pulled the blindfold from
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin was dismissed in dramatic fashion on Friday after the judge overseeing the case ruled prosecutors did not properly turn over evidence to the defense. Baldwin’s attorneys had filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing state
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown, Kara Scannell and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the federal corruption trial against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his co-defendants began deliberations Friday after hearing from 37 witnesses over nine weeks of testimony. Jurors were dismissed for the day after deliberating for approximately three hours
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Captain America has a new villain to fight on the big screen. A teaser trailer for “Captain America: Brave New World ” dropped, showing the Red Hulk battling it out with Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson. Comic book fans will recognize the character, but no spoilers here as to
Continue ReadingBy Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Gustavo Ayala Santander is waiting for the United States Fifth Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans to reinvigorate his chances to take a former Fort Worth police to court on excessive force allegations. The 29-year-old is suing the peace officer
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Sex and gender are often conflated or equated in everyday conversations, and most American adults believe a person’s gender is determined by sex assigned at birth. But a new study of nearly 5,000 9- and 10-year-olds found that sex and gender map onto largely distinct parts of the brain.
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Santa Ana police arrested a person suspected of intentionally throwing fireworks into a yard, leaving a dog burned and bleeding, authorities said Friday. Over the Fourth of July weekend, someone drove up to a home in the 1800 block of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Facts Almost seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower annually. Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in the upper reaches of the tower. In 2016, a second (temporary) apartment was built inside the tower by vacation rental
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer Extreme heat can raise the danger of heat-related illnesses and threaten health in a more subtle way — by amplifying the side effects of many common medications. Hot weather, too, can damage medicines such as insulin that require refrigeration. Inhalers can explode. Epinephrine injectors such as EpiPens can malfunction. Meds delivered in
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Stop & Shop is closing 32 underperforming grocery stores across the US northeast as part of the company’s efforts to improve its financial performance. Shoppers are also being squeezed by higher prices at the grocery store, with food prices experiencing modest upticks last month, according to the newest
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Radin Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — In what is being called by prosecutors the largest single case of shoplifting in the history of Long Beach, a woman was arrested Thursday under suspicion of shoplifting 30 times from the same store. The Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities say they have seized $4.6 million worth of cocaine and arrested two U.S. citizens aboard a boat in waters near Puerto Rico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that the boat was carrying more than 500 pounds (230 kilograms) of cocaine. It was intercepted Thursday near
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community. The remains of C.L. Daniel of Georgia were identified through DNA from descendants of his brothers.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case are arguing against dropping any charges after her mistrial. Their motion Friday says the defense request to drop charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly accident is based on what they call “hearsay, conjecture and legally inappropriate reliance as
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona judge is allowing several people facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results to travel to Milwaukee next week for the Republican National Convention. The Arizona delegation to the convention includes three fake electors who have been charged in that state for
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of two galaxies, nicknamed the Penguin and the Egg, locked in a cosmic dance to mark the observatory’s second anniversary. Launched on December 25, 2021, the Webb telescope shared its first science observations of the universe on July
Continue ReadingBy Michael Guise Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Ohio mother died after trying to stop her car from being stolen with her 6-year-old son inside outside an apartment complex in Columbus. Alexa Stakely died at a hospital on Thursday morning after the incident, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Police reportedly
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Whooping cough is making a post-pandemic comeback in Allegheny County and around Pennsylvania. Allegheny County doctors are seeing cases climbing to their highest point in nearly a decade. Acting Director of the Allegheny County Health Department Dr. Barbara Nightingale told KDKA-TV that
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Associated Press TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-year-old fisherman feeling drained if
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Zanger Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are search for several suspects they say are targeting diners at swanky New York City restaurants, robbing them of watches, jewelry and phones at gunpoint. They’ve struck at least six times since March, and tend to target men wearing expensive
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