By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday. The former Brazil and Barcelona right back was convicted in Spain
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story LAVONIA, Georgia (WYFF) — A chase that started in Oconee County, South Carolina, ended in Georgia when a woman crashed into several graves, according to police. The Lavonia Police Department said the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office was trying to stop a driver and she didn’t
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The U.S. Labor Department on Wednesday requested that a federal court issue a temporary injunction against Tennessee-based Fayette Janitorial Services after investigators found the company “employed children to clean and sanitize spaces and equipment during overnight shifts” in meat and poultry slaughtering establishments, according to a federal complaint. “Minors were
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — One year after the conclusion of the world’s biggest trial of a four-day work week, a large majority of companies that took part were still allowing their employees to work a shorter week and more than half had made the change permanent. For six months between June and December
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, South Carolina (WYFF) — Two former employees are accused of using a key that one of them didn’t turn in to rob a restaurant of money, according to authorities in South Carolina. Marquise Ra’Chavious Mickle, 21, and Sha’Keidra Laadrian Collins, 25, both of Kershaw,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen is recalling more than 261,000 cars in the U.S. to fix a potential fuel leak that can increase the risk of fires. The recall covers certain Audi A3s and VW Golfs and GTIs from the 2015 through 2020 model years. Also included are 2015 through 2019 Golf Sportwagens, and 2019 and
Continue ReadingBy Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story BELTON, Missouri (KMBC) — What started as a scary situation ended with a new life. A baby boy was born in the back of an ambulance, and it was an experience that will never be forgotten. Victoria Osorio, a mother from Belton, was on Highway
Continue ReadingBy Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — City Commissioners in Boynton Beach are getting rid of three ordinances that have been a part of history for decades. Commissioners said the rules were known as sundown laws and were commonly used throughout the country to enforce segregation. The
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — What you eat and don’t eat can reduce your risk of medical conditions such as heart disease and cancer and increase life expectancy, according to decades of research. But while much of the advice focuses on what not to eat, I also wanted to learn more about when and how people
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to gain new momentum Thursday as the White House said a visit by a senior envoy with Israeli leaders was “going well” and other mediators reported encouraging signs from the warring
Continue ReadingBy Beau Bowman Click here for updates on this story ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — An Ankeny teacher was booked Wednesday into Polk County Jail after being accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. Rachel Whiteside, 34, of Ankeny, is facing several charges stemming from alleged exploitation of a student. Whiteside, a teacher
Continue ReadingBy Deanna Clement Click here for updates on this story VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — On Tuesday afternoon, a Volusia County grand jury handed down the indictment of a woman arrested following her son’s death, according to the state attorney’s office. Talia Nelson’s 14-year-old son Zakye died on Jan. 1. Daytona Beach police said the
Continue ReadingBy Khader Al Za’anoun, Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A small, curly-haired boy walks wearily through the chapel of St. Philip, in Gaza City, northern Gaza, as Israeli drones whir overhead. Smashed concrete and blown-up buildings surround the luminous white walls and pink, stained-glass windows of the church, which has been
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for transparency around the investigation into allegations of misconduct leveled against Red Bull boss Christian Horner. An independent investigation was launched by Red Bull in February after Horner was accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior towards a member of the racing team.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Karl Marx once gifted a signed copy of “Das Kapital” to scientist Charles Darwin, but the book remained largely unread, providing an “amusing insight” into the dynamics between these two intellectuals, according to experts. In “Das Kapital,” economist and philosopher Marx explored how the capitalist system works and, he
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is staging its first new production of Verdi’s opera “La Forza del Destino” in nearly 30 years. The opera is musically glorious but notoriously sprawling and difficult to follow, jumping over different countries and many years. For the new production, which opens on
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Guinness World Records has ruled against a Portuguese dog that died last year keeping the title of oldest canine ever. Following a review, GWR said Thursday it “no longer has the evidence it needs to support Bobi’s claim as the record holder.” Bobi, a reportedly 31-year-old guard dog, had lived on
Continue ReadingBALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York pleaded guilty to two felony counts and faces 47 years to life in prison. Craig Ross Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday under a plea deal to first-degree kidnapping and predatory sexual assault of a child.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — For three days in early 2012, as a hotly contested presidential primary consumed the Republican Party, the Conservative Political Action Conference basked in the spotlight. Thousands of conservative die-hards and hundreds of reporters descended on Washington that February for the annual gathering of the
Continue ReadingBy Christian House, CNN (CNN) — Saul Leiter had a thing for umbrellas. They pepper his mid-century photographs of New York, popping up over years of work: pink umbrellas, red umbrellas, yellow umbrellas. Their owners remain hidden underneath, dry and out of sight, upstaged by their vivid canopies. In “Saul Leiter: An Unfinished Word,” a
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