By Fredreka Schouten and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp does not have an obligation to investigate members of the State Election Board who have come under fire for enacting last-minute changes to election procedures in this battleground state, according to an opinion issued Friday by the state’s attorney general, Chris Carr.
Continue ReadingBy Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago Police deputy chief and officer surrendered for arrest Thursday on criminal damage to property charges. Police said Grand Central Area Deputy Chief Roberto Nieves, 53, and police Officer Jacob Gies, 26, surrendered Thursday at the Central (1st) District police
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Hablar de racismo no le resulta fácil, sobre todo porque lo ha vivido en su propia piel. Sin embargo, siempre que le preguntan al respecto, Vinicius Jr., jugador brasileño del Real Madrid, encuentra las palabras con las que abordar el asunto. Incluso lo ha hecho entre lágrimas, tal y cómo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain. The city’s top tourism official, Roberto Onorato, says the goal is to make the experience more enjoyable for tourists and the area less aggravating for residents. He also said it could help discourage tourists from feeding
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Although it has been nearly four years since hurricanes Laura and Delta decimated southwest Louisiana and caused an estimated $22 billion in damage nationwide, some residents say they are still far from recovery. Delays in Congress and a lengthy process to approve federal funding forced people in a
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a Vistara airline flight en route to Germany from India has made a forced landing in Turkey following a bomb threat. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Flight VTI027 from Mumbai to Frankfurt landed at the airport in Erzurum, in eastern Turkey, with 247 passengers and crew. All passengers were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen, Dianne Gallagher, Aaron Cooper and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The start of voting in North Carolina, which was scheduled to begin Friday with the mailing of absentee ballots, will be further delayed to let legal proceedings play out after an appeals court ordered the state to remove former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83. The death Thursday of the Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger was
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sérgio Mendes, a singer and composer who helped popularize the bossa nova music of his native Brazil, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family shared in a statement with CNN. Mendes was 83. “His wife and musical partner for the past 54 years, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, was by his
Continue ReadingAssociated 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
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