By AMY BETH HANSON and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A financially troubled former funeral home owner kept a deceased woman’s body in a hearse for two years at a house where police also found the cremated remains of at least 30 people, authorities said Friday in the latest case to underscore lax
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore County police officer is accused of using excessive force when he pepper sprayed a handcuffed suspect in the face and closed him inside a hot patrol car. Zachary Small has also been charged with reckless endangerment, misconduct in office and multiple counts of assault. Small
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Caitlin Clark made history Thursday as women’s college basketball’s all-time leading scorer. The Iowa star is also an economic powerhouse, putting a spotlight on the multi-million dollar earning potential of some athletes in a new era of profitability in college sports. Clark, 22, has
Continue ReadingBy JoBeth Davis Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — The family of the woman shot and killed after a fight broke out at the Kansas City Chiefs Victory Rally and Parade are thanking the community for an outpouring of support not only for Elizabeth “Lisa” Lopez-Galvan, but also for
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is now diving into AI-generated video. Meet Sora — OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator. The tool, which the San Francisco-based company unveiled on Thursday, uses generative artificial intelligence to instantly create short videos based on written commands. Sora isn’t
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford’s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute over local contract language. The union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on Feb. 23 if the local contract dispute
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The law clerk Donald Trump accused of “co-judging” his civil fraud trial is running for her own seat in Manhattan civil court in the upcoming November elections. Allison Greenfield was a frequent point of contention for Trump’s legal team – even costing Trump thousands in fines for violating
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack can move forward after the former president declined to ask the Supreme Court to decide whether he is shielded by presidential immunity. A federal appeals court in December cleared the way for three lawsuits brought against Trump
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday there was no sign Russia has decided to go ahead and deploy an emerging anti-satellite weapon, the disclosure of which has rattled Washington this week. The White House has confirmed that U.S. intelligence officials have information indicating Russia has obtained such
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says that the apparent death of Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny brings new urgency to the need for Congress to approve tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine to stave off Moscow’s invasion. Speaking at the White House, Biden said
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says it will hold a presidential election as soon as possible given that the country’s top election authority has overturned a decree by President Macky Sall to postpone the vote. Sall in early February sought to postpone the Feb. 25 election
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Mientras la guerra en Ucrania avanza hacia su tercer año y los combates en Gaza agravan la crisis en el Medio Oriente, los observadores de la seguridad mundial siguen de cerca otra parte del mundo: Corea del Norte, donde las últimas provocaciones de Kim Jong Un plantean interrogantes sobre sus intenciones
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The announcement of Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday thrust fresh urgency into the roiling debate in Washington over how forcefully to counter Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, a question of wide-ranging consequence on which President Joe Biden and his likely opponent Donald Trump have adopted diametrically opposed positions.
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday criticized the House for taking a two-week break amid a heated push for additional funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia. After addressing reports of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday, Biden was asked by reporters whether there was any
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police say the deaths of two people who were shot in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be investigated as homicides. The Colorado Springs Police Department says in a social media post that the shootings Friday morning do not appear to be murder-suicide. The victims,
Continue ReadingBy Christl Dabu Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Advocates say a universal basic income program could make a difference in helping people struggling in precarious and low-income jobs. But some wonder if it will effectively tackle the problem of poverty and if Canada could even afford a program. The
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Concerned about the harms of disinformation, Canada’s cyberspy agency has launched a new advertising campaign warning Canadians to be wary about information online that triggers their emotions. “If it raises your eyebrow, it should raise questions. Check the facts before you
Continue ReadingLAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say they are removing all children from the care of a nature-based therapy program nearly two weeks after the death of a 12-year-old New York boy. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday the action “needed to be taken to ensure the health
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Red Bull future engine supplier Ford Motor Co. says it is awaiting the results of an investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior by team principal Christian Horner, but a top executive stressed that Ford holds its company and partners to very high moral standards.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Rachel Dolezal, la mujer blanca y expresidenta del capítulo de la Asociación Nacional para el Avance de las Personas de Color (NAACP) que generó una gran controversia hace casi 10 años por afirmar falsamente que era negra, ha sido despedida de su puesto en un distrito escolar de Arizona por su cuenta
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