BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic, saying the decision by his wife to invoke marital privilege made it impossible for them to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. They said Friday that after his wife opted not to testify, their motion to admit 911
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a medication called Xolair to help lessen the severity of an accidental allergic reaction in people who are allergic to multiple foods. Xolair, which is developed and co-promoted by Genentech and Novartis in the US, was originally approved in 2003 for the treatment
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court is taking a case to decide whether some automatic life sentences for those convicted of murder violate constitutional protections for defendants. The justices said Friday they will hear the appeal by Derek Lee, convicted of a 2014 killing. Lee argues the state’s life-without-parole
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy — though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to “negotiate a
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — The state has removed children from a western North Carolina wilderness therapy camp and stopped all camp admissions after a 12-year-old boy died at the site. According to the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, the boy, who is from New
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El asesinato este jueves de Manuel Hernández, funcionario municipal y aspirante a candidatura a diputado local por el partido oficialista Morena, es el más reciente caso en Veracruz que evidencia la escalada de violencia en el estado en el centro-este de México. De acuerdo con la Fiscalía General del Estado
Continue ReadingBy Dominique Leh Click here for updates on this story WACO, Texas (KXXV) — Cultural jewelry is making a difference in the community — a local woman originally from Kenya is turning beads into a way to help women overcome domestic violence. “A lot of immigrant women, they don’t know about the resources we have
Continue ReadingBy Shelle Jackson Click here for updates on this story WAKE COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — How much litter did you see driving home from work today? It’s a growing problem in Wake County and throughout the state, and it’s costing taxpayers a lot of money. A wrapper here, a bottle there. Even a cigarette
Continue ReadingWRAL By Shelle Jackson Click here for updates on this story WAKE COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — How much litter did you see driving home from work today? It’s a growing problem in Wake County and throughout the state, and it’s costing taxpayers a lot of money. A wrapper here, a bottle there. Even a
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who has ALS, was responding to antibiotics after being hospitalized because of a urinary tract infection and is expected to be released in the coming days. His family also said in a statement Friday that he was having fluid removed from
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference asked a Florida court to pause Florida State’s lawsuit against the conference while its claim against the school in North Carolina moves forward or dismiss the Seminoles’ case altogether. The motion was filed in Leon County Circuit Court. The ACC’s response to Florida
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, Jhasua Razo and Rachel Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage, joining a list of nearly 40 countries and territories globally. Liechtenstein became the latest European country to follow suit after its same-sex marriage bill went into effect earlier this month. Last year,
Continue ReadingBy Elyse Schoenig Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY (KSHB) — Chasitty Logsdon and her family drove all the way from Louisville to Kansas City to see the Chiefs parade. “It was me, my two kids, my five-year-old and three-year-old and then my nieces that are 14 and 10 were there, and
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — In a case a prosecutor said “shocked the conscience of everyone involved,” a judge Thursday imposed the maximum 20-year prison sentence on a woman who admitted causing the death of a 4-year-old boy in her care. Yolanda Denise Coale had been
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for
Continue ReadingBy Claire Bradshaw Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY (KSHB) — The response from the community was almost immediate, according to Chelsey Smith at Community Blood Centers. She is talking about their donors, who she said showed up to donate on Wednesday after the fatal shooting at Union Station. Smith said CBC
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors have filed assault and gun charges against a Washington, D.C., man accused of shooting three police officers trying to serve an animal cruelty warrant, touching off a daylong standoff. The Metropolitan Police Department said Friday the officers were treated for leg and arm wounds at hospitals
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — City crews have taken a first step toward securing an unfinished complex of downtown Los Angeles high-rises that have been vandalized with graffiti and used for dangerous social media stunts since the developer ran out of money. Workers on Friday began removing scaffolding protecting a temporary
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story GALLATIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — Officials say 18 third grade students and a teacher at Vena Stuart Elementary School were transported to local hospitals, including Sumner Regional Medical Center after an incident Friday morning. According to Sumner County EMS, the students and teacher were taken to
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage. Landry’s executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments. Landry says police departments in
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