ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community has reached a plea agreement that could resolve criminal charges stemming from the other two killings. Muhammad Syed’s attorneys confirmed Thursday that the agreement will be considered by
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Two deaths from West Nile virus have been reported in Wisconsin and one in Illinois, the first such deaths in those states this year, according to the state health departments. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that it has received reports of 18 deaths from
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — La presidenta electa de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, rechazó este jueves que tener mayoría oficialista en el Congreso represente el inicio de una dictadura. Desde afuera de su casa de transición, Sheinbaum aseguró que el partido Morena siempre ha luchado por la democracia y en contra de los fraudes electorales.
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – A pilot, his passenger and dog escaped injuries Thursday when their small jet on a flight from Hillsboro landed at Sunriver Airport without its landing gear down and skidded to a stop on the runway, police said. Sunriver police officers and firefighters responded shortly after 12:30 p.m. to the reported aircraft
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After 12 weeks in space, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to return home from the International Space Station on September 6 — albeit without its two-person crew. The troubled spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory around 6 p.m. ET, and it will spend about six hours maneuvering
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Last Sunday, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue teams were dispatched to three missions. That brings the number of operations this summer to 40 in total, with one big weekend to go. Summer and winter are typically SAR’s busy seasons, but June through August sees a higher number of dispatches. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he made “an honest mistake” in failing to correct a White House fellowship application 18 years ago when he wrote he had received a Bronze Star for his military service in Afghanistan that he never ended up receiving. Moore released a statement Thursday after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a Jewish family had the free-speech right to blanket their yard with signs decrying hate and racism after their next-door neighbor hurled an antisemitic slur at them during a property dispute 10 years ago. The court ruled Simon and Toby Galapo were exercising their rights under
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday’s court-imposed deadline for completion looms. The Ministry for Energy and Mines said in a statement Wednesday evening that it shut one of 247 wells in the 43-ITT block
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy rescued two Iranian mariners in distress last Friday in international waters, US Central Command said in a news release. Sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, which is operating in and around the Gulf of Oman, rescued the Iranian civilians from the water. The
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two 18-year-old men charged with killing former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor have pleaded not guilty. Robert Barceleau and Sergio Estrada entered the pleas in a Los Angeles court Thursday to charges of murder, grand theft and attempted robbery. Wactor was fatally shot when he interrupted thieves stealing
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Thursday he will implement a policy as president that would pay for in vitro fertilization treatments, without specifying how the treatments would be paid for. “I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A former police officer in Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to five years in prison for fatally shooting a 27-year-old man who had been sleeping in the driver’s seat of a car stopped at a traffic light. Former Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Enis Jevric pleaded guilty in February to involuntary manslaughter and
Continue ReadingBy Logan Smith Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — A Colorado warehouse worker was convicted Thursday of enriching himself by collecting the pay of “fake” co-workers and then arranging the killing of the supervisor who discovered the plot. Jerrelle Smith, 44, was found guilty of murder and racketeering charges by an
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez obtuvo este jueves el segundo lugar en la carrera de 100 metros dorso clase S2 de la paranatación femenina y le dio a México su primera medalla en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París 2024. La deportista mexicana –originaria del estado de Jalisco– ganó la medalla de plata
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SOLANO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The Solano County Sheriff’s Office has launched the Doe Cold Case Project, focusing on unsolved crimes in the county where the victim’s body has never been identified. New eyes and new technology are leading to new discoveries already within the
Continue ReadingKOVR By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SOLANO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The Solano County Sheriff’s Office has launched the Doe Cold Case Project, focusing on unsolved crimes in the county where the victim’s body has never been identified. New eyes and new technology are leading to new discoveries already within
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block a ban on firearms at the State Fair of Texas, one of the state’s biggest annual celebrations. Fair organizers earlier this month announced a ban on guns after a shooting last year on the 277-acre (112-hectare) fairgrounds in the heart
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador is nearly 2½ years into a state of emergency that has suspended key civil liberties. But President Nayib Bukele says the security advances achieved during that time are now sustainable without it. Bukele tells Time magazine in an interview published Thursday that “In the near future, we
Continue ReadingBy Antonella Francini, Emmanuel Miculita, Anna Chernova and Zahid Mahmood, CNN (CNN) — French prosecutors told CNN they have requested more information from Switzerland over allegations that Telegram founder Pavel Durov conducted “acts of violence” against one of his children. Irina Bolgar, the former partner of the Russian-born billionaire and the child’s mother, made the claims
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