By Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Uber is promising to replace a suburban mother’s Christmas gifts for her kids, after the courier driver she hired to deliver the toys mysteriously cancelled the trip after picking up the presents. Ki’ani Macklin spent her last $200 on Christmas gifts for
Continue ReadingBy Erica Mokay Click here for updates on this story SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A pair of educators in the South Park School District are doing all they can to make learning for kids fun as they head into their holiday break. All is calm inside the halls of South Park Elementary and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The trailing Republican in a tight North Carolina Supreme Court race has suffered legal setbacks in his bid to overtake his Democratic rival. First a federal judge refused on Friday to block immediately the State Board of Elections from issuing a certificate that Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs won
Continue ReadingAssociated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that the state’s Republican governor and not a local Democratic official has the power to fill a vacancy in the prosecutor’s office for the state’s most populous county. A spokesperson said St. Louis County would appeal St. Louis Circuit Judge Brian May’s decision Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Roberts, Scott Jacobson Click here for updates on this story SOUTH JERSEY (KYW) — A South Jersey man diagnosed with terminal cancer is getting some help to fulfill his final wish from a community of Eagles fans who are proving this team goes way beyond football. Daryl Hutchinson is a lifelong Eagles fan
Continue ReadingBy Wakisha Bailey, Bill Seiders Click here for updates on this story COATESVILLE, Pennslvania (KYW) — A Pennsylvania teenager is once again helping his neighbors get into the holiday spirit with extreme decorations. Joe Veneziale first wowed CBS News Philadelphia viewers with his spooky Halloween decorations at his home in Coatesville, Chester County. Now, the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. has won a trade dispute panel resolution on Mexico’s bid to ban genetically modified corn for human consumption. U.S. growers welcomed the decision announced on Friday, calling it “a major win.” Mexico’s Economy Department said it disagreed with the ruling by a panel of experts convened under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The Fontainebleau Miami Beach is suing a well-known rabbi, accusing him of defaming the iconic hotel on social media while demanding a sizable donation to his charity. It stems from a video of celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach being confronted by a hotel
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Chaney Click here for updates on this story STOUGHTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two men who suffered cardiac arrests in separate incidents in the last month had the chance Thursday to thank the Stoughton Police officers who saved their lives. “I’m just so grateful, you know. I feel more appreciative than I can express,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — As the stars of Friday’s show in downtown Miami, baby pigs Glinda and Elphaba will never have to worry about gracing the dinner table at a Cuban American family’s home on Christmas Eve. Public pardons for the two piglets were granted by the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Daniella Levine Cava,
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Blaring trumpets and joyful voices resounded in a New Orleans neighborhood earlier this week as about 100 people marched in honor of John “Prince” Gilbert, a founding member of an innovative brass band, who died last weekend. Gilbert played the saxophone for the Rebirth Brass Band, which has been a favorite
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor has commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man. Gov. Mike Parson decided Friday to free Eric DeValkenaere, who was serving a six-year prison sentence after he was convicted in
Continue ReadingPor Hadas Gold, CNN Elon Musk no solo se está involucrando en la política estadounidense. Acaba de dar su apoyo público a un partido político de extrema derecha en Alemania, Alternativa para Alemania o AfD. Musk, el multimillonario aliado de Trump que desempeña un papel público en la administración entrante, publicó este viernes su apoyo
Continue ReadingCNN en Español La Fiscalía General de Venezuela dijo este viernes que excarceló a otras 200 personas que fueron detenidas durante las protestas ocurridas después de las controvertidas elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio, con lo cual, según la institución, suman 733 excarcelaciones. En un comunicado, la Fiscalía dijo que continuará con la revisión de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total abortion ban. The Costa Rica-based regional court said Friday that the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law Saturday, extending government funding into March, after President-elect Donald Trump upended the effort to prevent a shutdown earlier in the week by coming out against an initial bipartisan deal. After signing the
Continue ReadingLINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff in Oregon says he has contacted the FBI and is increasingly concerned about a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community asking people to write down the license plate numbers of possible immigrants. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release on Thursday condemning the letters that
Continue ReadingLINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff in Oregon says he has contacted the FBI and is increasingly concerned about a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community asking people to write down the license plate numbers of possible immigrants. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release on Thursday condemning the letters that
Continue ReadingPor Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt y Michael Conte, CNN Estados Unidos eliminó la antigua recompensa de US$ 10 millones por el líder de facto de Siria tras una reunión de alto nivel de una delegación estadounidense con el exyihadista este viernes. La subsecretaria de Estado para Asuntos del Cercano Oriente (NEA, por sus siglas en
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first prescription medicine for obstructive sleep apnea: the weight-loss drug Zepbound. The medicine, part of the class known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that also includes Ozempic, was cleared to treat moderate to severe forms of the sleep condition in
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