Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A leading rights group says Rwanda’s army and a militia it backs shelled camps for displaced people in eastern Congo. Human Rights Watch also accused Congo of abuses against civilians. A new report by the group Thursday said that since the beginning of the year, Rwanda’s army and the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings. At least six people were killed and 91 were wounded, Lebanon’s health ministry said. It was the biggest
Continue ReadingBy Adam Harrington, Matthew Cramer Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An anonymous donor has given a gift of $100 million to the University of Chicago to help support the school’s Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression. The gift is believed to be the largest-ever higher education gift in support of
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story SUNLAND, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Surveillance video shows a pair of burglars slamming a pickup truck into a San Fernando Valley liquor store before stealing several bottles of top-shelf liquor, police said. The dramatic break-in occurred about shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday at Liquor Market
Continue ReadingBy Adam Harrington, Edie Kasten Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The federal government is suing Chicago’s Admiral Theatre—accusing the exotic dance club of sexual and racial discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the Admiral of creating a hostile environment toward the entertainers. The lawsuit claimed the Admiral subjected
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general has sued pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The lawsuit claims the company was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis. Russell Coleman filed the lawsuit this week in state court. It contends that Express Scripts and its affiliated organizations
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Tahirali / CTVNews.ca Interactives Editor Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Anxiety is rampant among the two younger generations of adults, according to a new survey. The “2024 Zillennial Study,” conducted by Leger, found that 75 per cent of respondents said they’ve experienced anxiety before, with nearly
Continue ReadingBy Todd Coyne, CTVNewsVancouver.ca Journalist Click here for updates on this story Victoria, British Columbia (CTV Network) — Scammers are increasingly using emails to extort money from victims by threatening to reveal compromising photos, videos and personal information to their friends and family members, according to a new warning from Mounties in Metro Vancouver. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Hilary Clarke and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses whose long career ranged from starring opposite Laurence Olivier in “Othello” on stage and screen, to roles in “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” has died, her sons announced in a statement shared by their publicist Clair Dobbs.
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would sell alcohol at Memorial Stadium in 2025 if the university’s Board of Regents gives its approval at its next meeting. The proposal is listed on the agenda for the October meeting in Kearney next Friday and was first reported by The Omaha World-Herald. Nebraska would become the last of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge had ordered a mental health evaluation for a California man arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured five people had planned to kill deputies and a judge. U.S. Magistrate Judge A. Joel Richlin in Los Angeles ordered the evaluation after Nathaniel McGuire, 20, interrupted his arraignment
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive — and where — as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow. But they say the U.S. also
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive — and where — as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow. But they say the U.S. also
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani, who pushed the company into embracing weight-loss drugs, is leaving the position after a two-and-a-half year stint. Under Sistani, the 61-year-old company bought a telehealth platform that connected patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, representing
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, who died Friday aged 89, appeared in dozens of films over more than 60 years. Roles ranged from her iconic turn in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” to her Professor Minerva McGonagall in seven Harry Potter films, and films from Shakespeare’s “Othello” to the animated “Gnomeo & Juliet.” She
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced. Wolf, an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd — the Bucks’ G League affiliate — was 59. “Throughout
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old has filed a lawsuit over the ownership of the ball Shohei Ohtani made baseball history with when he became the inaugural member of the 50-50 club. On September 19, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar went where no player has gone before, hitting his 50th homer and stealing his
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train its artificial intelligence technology. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hixson rejected Meta’s bid to bar the deposition of Zuckerberg in a decision Tuesday, saying there
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN Palace of Laeken, Belgium (CNN) — Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing political leaders on Friday at the official residence of the King of Belgium, a country
Continue ReadingBy CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Millions of people from coastal Florida to the Blue Ridge Mountains are reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The storm made landfall September 26 on Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane – the strongest on record to strike the area. As one of the largest
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