Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The assassination of Hezbollah’s leader by Israel is a monumental and demoralizing blow to the Lebanese militant group he led for 32 years. It also marks a significant inflection point for Lebanon and the region. The announcement of his death Friday triggered tears and celebrations across the Arab world, pointing
Continue ReadingBy Reg Chapman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A certified nursing assistant school designed to combat the shortage in health care workers is celebrating a major milestone Friday. WCCO introduced you to Latasha Lee last December, as she was looking for students for her school. Now, she’s graduating her first
Continue ReadingBy Ted Scouten, John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE (WFOR) — The family of a McArthur High School junior who was killed in an apparent lightning strike this week said his death and the way he died is “unfathomable.” According to family and friends, Cameron Day, 16, was riding his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative races. The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter. The craft crashed and sank in a New York City river in 2018 and left passengers trapped in their safety harnesses. The verdict came this week in the lawsuit over
Continue ReadingBy Tammy Mutasa Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Video of the attack on correction officers at a maximum-security prison in Lancaster, Massachusetts has been released. Five officers were hospitalized after the incident at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center on Wednesday. One officer was stabbed by an inmate at least a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin has urged a New Mexico judge to stand by her decision to end his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie. State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they also experienced symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The person, a health care worker, was not tested because their symptoms resolved before the investigation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded, according to a report released Friday that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission. In a 49-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger argued that the Republican-controlled state cannot “make it a crime to communicate freely” about legal abortion options
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump believes he will win four electoral votes from Nebraska, but it’s the fifth one that he is increasingly fretting about – leading the former president and his Republican allies to mount a last-ditch effort to try and change state election law only weeks before ballots are cast.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Central Oregon couple say they feel defeated after learning their daughter’s year-long sex abuse case could be dropped, without their knowledge. “We were told that everything that’s going on in the last year has been for no reason, dismissed,” the victim’s stepmother said. “Absolutely devastated, heartbroken that our kid isn’t going
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs was one of the Lebanese militant group’s top military officials. He was in charge of its elite forces, and had been on Washington’s wanted list for years. Ibrahim Akil was a member of Hezbollah’s highest military body, the
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Four days of hearings on the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible which killed all five people on board concluded this week with more damning testimony recounting multiple safety incidents over the years. Patrick Lahey, the CEO of Triton Submarines, testified at the hearing on Friday he was
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El soldado estadounidense que cruzó la frontera de Corea del Sur a Corea del Norte el año pasado fue sentenciado este viernes a un año de confinamiento y baja por deshonra tras declararse culpable de los cargos de deserción y agresión. El soldado Travis King se declaró culpable en una
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, CNN, and Verónica Calderón and Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the United States is partially responsible for a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa that has left dozens dead in the past two weeks, with bodies repeatedly found on public streets and
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US soldier who ran across the border from South to North Korea last year was sentenced Friday to one year in confinement and dishonorable discharge after pleading guilty to charges of desertion and assault. Pvt. Travis King pleaded guilty at a court martial in Fort Bliss, Texas, to
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, detenido esta semana acusado de asociación delictiva y tráfico sexual, se declaró inocente el martes y se le ordenó permanecer bajo custodia hasta su juicio federal en Nueva York. ¿Qué le espera al magnate de la música de 54 años? ¿Y qué hay de los empleados
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday the Farmers Conservation Alliance in Bend has earned a $200,000 Energizing Rural Communities award from the U.S. Department of Energy. “In my meetings and town halls throughout Oregon, I hear regularly from farmers and ranchers about the negative impacts the climate crisis is
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A South Korean vlogger who claimed to have terminated her pregnancy at 36 weeks is being investigated for murder in a case that’s prompted horror in South Korea and raised urgent questions about why the country has no abortion laws. Seoul National Police began investigating
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