AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers to a flash sale — is shuttering its last full-scale store in the mainland United States. The store, located
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the timelines, victims and aftermath of the shootings that occurred in and around Washington, DC in October 2002. Ten people were killed and three injured in sniper-style shootings. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested, tried and convicted of the shootings. Muhammad received
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana election officials say ballots on the state’s online election system for overseas and military voters initially did not include Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate for president. The Secretary of State’s Office says the system went live Friday and one person had voted before a second voter reported
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CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) – An elderly Crooked River Ranch resident fell on a trail and tumbled nearly 50 feet down an embankment while hiking with his daughter at Steelhead Falls Sunday afternoon, suffering life-threatening injuries and prompting a rescue effort, officials said. The man was hiking a very familiar trail with his adult
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department. Malik Shabazz and Trent Walker spoke Monday. The Justice Department last week announced
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Finalmente tuvimos un recorte de tasas, y uno grande. Después de que se anunciara la medida el miércoles, el presidente de la Reserva Federal de EE.UU., Jerome Powell, dijo que los funcionarios tomaron esa decisión para mantener la economía estadounidense en su “buen estado” actual. Las tasas hipotecarias caen a su
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Police Department says that it is investigating whether excessive force was used when an officer shoved a woman who protested the conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon at a peaceful rally over the weekend in central Florida. The police agency said Monday that officers were called Saturday afternoon to
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Struggling Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis is looking for a CEO to succeed Carlos Tavares, but the company says it’s just part of a normal leadership succession plan. Tavares has been under fire from U.S. dealers and the United Auto Workers union after a dismal first-half financial performance. The
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has handed a six-year prison sentence to an American man convicted on charges linked to his attempt to illegally take his 4-year old son out of Russia. The court in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region said Monday that the convict, whose name wasn’t given, visited Kaliningrad in July 2023 to
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Messaging platform Telegram is making some new concessions around safety and user privacy after the arrest of its founder and CEO Pavel Durov in France last month. Durov was arrested and interviewed by French prosecutors over suspected criminal activity on the platform, including gang transactions and trafficking,
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Nicki Brown, CNN Johnstown, Pa. (CNN) — Eian Anderson was dreading coming back to campus this fall. “I was thinking, how can I convince some 18-year-old, fresh out of high school, ‘Hey! Come spend the whole day talking to people you don’t know over the phone for Joe Biden’?” the 22-year-old
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El fiscal general de California, Rob Bonta, presentó este lunes una demanda contra ExxonMobil que afirma que la empresa llevó a cabo una “campaña de engaño durante décadas” en la que el gigante del petróleo y el gas engañó al público sobre las ventajas del reciclaje de plástico. De acuerdo con
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal jury in Texas on Monday rejected voter intimidation allegations against all but one of a group of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on an interstate days before the 2020 election. Only one of the six Trump supporters who were sued in
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Mexican national who is in the U.S. illegally has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend and dumping her body along a Michigan freeway. Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Ortiz Vite entered the plea in a Grand Rapids courtroom and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 31. His girlfriend, Ruby Garcia, was found
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Hezbollah es un grupo islamista respaldado por Irán con una de las fuerzas paramilitares más poderosas de Medio Oriente. La base principal del grupo se encuentra en la frontera entre Israel y el Líbano, donde las repercusiones de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas han sido palpables. Hezbollah e Israel han
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania health care system this month agreed to pay $65 million to victims of a February 2023 ransomware attack after hackers posted nude photos of cancer patients online, according to the victims’ lawyers. It’s the largest settlement of its kind in terms of per-patient compensation for victims of
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Election Board meeting became contentious on Monday as two members of the Republican-controlled board defended their reasons for approving a controversial new election rule requiring county election officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast on Election Day. Friday’s vote was 3-2, with three Donald Trump allies supporting the
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Lynsey Harris sits down with Bethlehem Inn Volunteer Manager Jordan Walker and Development Manager Caroline Greenlaw to discuss how to give the gift of a good meal to those in need.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– En 2017, el juego de mesa para adultos Cards Against Humanity compró un terreno en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México para interferir en la construcción del muro fronterizo del expresidente Donald Trump. Ahora, demanda por ese terreno luego de que otro multimillonario supuestamente se mudó allí sin permiso. Cards
Continue ReadingBy Mónica De Anda Click here for updates on this story COSTA MESA, California (KABC) — A man was hospitalized after he was shot during an attempted robbery at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, and the suspect remained outstanding Monday. The incident happened around 8:40 p.m. Sunday in a parking lot near the Bloomingdale’s
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