Associated Press ROME (AP) — The trial into the brutal killing of a 22-year-old woman has started in Italy. The case shocked the country and fueled debate over the cultural roots of surging gender-based violence. Authorities say Giulia Cecchettin’s 22-year-old ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta has confessed to fatally stabbing her in Fosso near Venice on Nov.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Los delitos violentos disminuyeron en todo Estados Unidos el año pasado, según las nuevas estadísticas del FBI, que muestran una drástica caída en el número de asesinatos. Los datos muestran que los asesinatos y homicidios culposos disminuyeron en Estados Unidos casi un 12% de 2022 a 2023, el mayor descenso en décadas,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies. Attorneys for the U.S. Naval Academy say the school should be allowed to continue using race as an admissions factor because prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger
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Continue ReadingBy Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, Kansas (KMBC) — Halley Vincent, the youngest indie bookstore owner in America at just 15 years old, is searching for a new location for her store, Seven Stories Bookstore, in Shawnee after her current building was sold. “We had a lot of people who
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Working five days a week has long been the corporate cultural norm. But some companies are exploring the option of letting employees work four days a week. The chief executive of an organization that promotes the idea says they’re hoping to reduce workplace burnout and retain talent seeking a better work-life balance.
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging the company carried out a “decades-long campaign of deception” in which the oil and gas giant misled the public on the merits of plastic recycling. The complaint accuses the company of using slick marketing and misleading
Continue ReadingBy Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story FAIR OAKS, California (KCRA) — Earlier this year, Renee Kumamoto planned to build a small home in her backyard. She hired the Fair Oaks-based company, Anchored Tiny Homes and paid them $168,000 to build the accessory dwelling unit. “We refinanced our house at a high
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A man convicted of a deadly 1992 robbery at an Oklahoma City convenience store faces his execution date this week after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended his clemency in August. Emmanuel Littlejohn claims he did not kill convenience
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story MOORE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — At a Southmoore football game on Thursday, a 7-year-old girl named Scout lived out her dream of singing in front of a huge crowd. It takes a lot of guts to sing the national anthem publicly, much less do it when
Continue ReadingCNN By Pamela Brown, Jeremy Herb and Shoshana Dubnow, CNN Washington (CNN) — Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she’s received a six-figure paycheck – a highly unusual move for the spouse of a candidate. The former
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — The Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections said Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, was misspelled as “Tom” Walz in some ballots that were emailed to overseas voters last Friday. “The error was isolated to 257 electronic ballots,” the Florida county’s elections supervisor Wendy Sartory Link,
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Tracy Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Brightline is marking one year of high-speed rail service connecting Orlando to South Florida. Since launching, the demand for the service has continued to grow, as Brightline has carried millions of passengers over millions of miles. Barbara Drahl, Brightline’s senior vice
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday
Continue ReadingCNN By Dianne Gallagher and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Several top operatives on Republican Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, just days after a CNN report uncovered inflammatory comments the candidate made on a porn website. Robinson’s campaign announced Sunday evening that general consultant and senior adviser Conrad Pogorzelski III, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s new president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a broader conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn’t want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Erik Menendez is slamming the “dishonest portrayal” of his life in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Menendez was convicted with his older brother, Lyle, of the fatal 1989 shootings of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez. The two brothers, who are serving life sentences for
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Violent crime declined across the United States last year, according to new statistics from the FBI, including a dramatic drop in the number of murders. The data show murder and non-negligent manslaughter dropped in the United States nearly 12% from 2022 to 2023 – the largest decline in decades,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Kmart, once one of America’s leading discount retailers, is closing its last full-size store in the mainland United States. The store, in Bridgehampton, New York, on Long Island, is due to close October 20, according to an employee who answered the phone at the store Monday morning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s military says at least 30 bodies were found on a boat drifting off the coast of Dakar along a route used by migrants. The military spokesperson said that the advanced state of decomposition of the bodies is making the identification process difficult. In recent years the number of
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