Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Investigators in Wisconsin say an inmate serving time for trying to kill his mother killed his cellmate for being Black and gay. Prosecutors charged 24-year-old Jackson Vogel on Thursday with first-degree intentional homicide with hate crime and repeat offender penalty enhancers. The lawyer who handled Vogel’s unsuccessful appeal of
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed, sweeping overhaul of Mexico’s judiciary that would make judges stand for election, would endanger foreign investment in Mexico. President elect Claudia Sheinbaum has spent weeks trying to calm those fears. But on Friday, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox. The plan was launched on Friday. It came three weeks after WHO declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The estimated budget
Continue ReadingNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say two 2-year-old children were found dead inside a vehicle after accidentally being left there. Police spokesperson Sarah Schettler says the two were found Thursday afternoon by officers responding to a request for a welfare check on the vehicle that was parked on a city street. Schettler says
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estamos a principios de septiembre, en lo que debería ser el tramo más activo de la temporada de huracanes. Los meteorólogos predijeron que ésta iba a ser mala: tormenta tras tormenta, las previsiones más pesimistas de las que se tiene constancia. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel En su lugar, el océano
Continue ReadingBy Bonnie Bishop Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — A judge rejected an appeal request Tuesday from two Cumberland County Jail correctional officers who are being sued for allegedly watching a female inmate while she was giving birth at Maine Medical Center. Jaden Brown, the plaintiff, was pregnant when she
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story SKOWHEGAN, Maine (WMTW) — Two long-lost friends from the Army have just reconnected here in Maine. Ron Dumont, 72, of Skowhegan, and Richard Hightower, 73, of Bastrop, Texas, served together in the 43rd Artillery Delta Team in Blankenheim, Germany, in the 1970s. Dumont is related
Continue ReadingBy Erica Finke Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Shattered glass, boarded-up windows and drywall riddled with bullet holes: that’s the destructive aftermath of a shootout between police and a wanted man Thursday morning. A man who didn’t want to be identified shared the pictures with 12 News showing at least
Continue ReadingMARENGO, Ill. (AP) — A bull that escaped from an Illinois farm spent hours on the run before men on horseback finally lassoed the beast in a scene straight out of the Old West. The bull was captured Thursday evening after the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office warned in a Facebook post that “there is a
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Davies and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Team USA star Oksana Masters was told by Paralympic officials that she needed to “cover up my Ukrainian heart stickers” before competing, the 19-time Paralympic medalist disclosed to CNN in an interview Friday. The Ukrainian-born para athlete told CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies that the alleged demand
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — To Erin Tridle, it felt as though the universe paved the way for her to meet the love of her life years before their actual meeting. “There was a lot of happenstance, fate, whatever you want to call it, that played into this,” is how Erin puts it to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have levied a $33,000 fine on sports betting company bet365 for taking wagers on events in which the outcome was already known, and on games that were not approved for betting. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement revealed Wednesday that the company had numerous
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump plans to ban mortgages for undocumented immigrants, he said in a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday. Trump claimed the measure would help address housing affordability because a “flood” of people entering the country illegally are pushing up housing costs, but
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The city of Paris wants to pay tribute to the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue in her honor. The proposal was announced by city mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday and will be discussed by elected city officials in October. Cheptegei died on Thursday at a Kenyan
Continue ReadingBy Zoie Henry Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — From Milwaukee to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Green Bay Packers fans at home and abroad are gearing up for the first NFL game in the country. 12 News spoke with a lifelong fan who is headed to Sao Paulo for the Packers’ first
Continue ReadingBy Megan Mellado Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Christian and Laurie Campbell are calling for change after they say a SWAT team with the Orlando Police Department raided their home in 2020, following what they say were false allegations that they were involved in an online chat about exchanging
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Estados Unidos ha detectado un aumento de la actividad militar rusa alrededor de cables submarinos clave y cree que Rusia ahora podría ser más propensa a llevar a cabo posibles operaciones de sabotaje destinadas a inhabilitar una pieza crítica de la infraestructura de comunicaciones del mundo, dijeron dos funcionarios estadounidenses
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump lashed out at E. Jean Carroll and several other women who have accused him of sexual assault following a hearing in New York where the former president’s attorneys tried to convince a federal appeals court that he should
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual abuse, Donald Trump stepped in front of television cameras Friday and brought up a string of past allegations of other acts of sexual misconduct, potentially reminding voters of incidents that were little-known or
Continue ReadingBy Dacia Johnson, Bob Hazen Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Her name is Macy and she spends her time comforting others. The therapy dog and her handler, Bear Berman, are heading to Georgia to help those who survived the deadly school shooting earlier this week. “Our mission is strength
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