KYW, CNN By Danny Freeman, John Miller, Celina Tebor and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — Authorities believe they have recovered the bodies of all five family members from a burned-out home near Philadelphia, along with the remains of the relative suspected of unleashing gunfire there Wednesday as police arrived, a prosecutor said Friday. A grandmother
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La cancillería de Nicaragua notificó al Gobierno de Panamá que otorgó asilo político al expresidente Ricardo Martinelli. En una nota ―difundida en el sitio oficialista nicaragüense El 19 Digital―, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores señaló que el exmandatario lo solicitó a su embajada en Ciudad de Panamá. El documento
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer says he heard gunshots but did not witness a sheriff’s deputy shoot and kill a Black man, nor did he see the weapon the former deputy said Casey Goodson Jr. used to threaten him. Testifying Wednesday in the murder trial
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge who presided over the trial that resulted in an $83 million award to writer E. Jean Carroll for her defamation claims against former President Donald Trump says rejecting his lawyer’s midtrial mistrial request was not a close call. Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Two Ohio departments have backed off proposed rules that would have made the state just the second with a policy limiting gender-affirming care for adults. The revised plans Wednesday came after gathering public comment on proposals released last month. Transgender people and their healthcare providers feared the
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking a superior court to reject subpoenas for her and several staff members to testify at a hearing next week where they could face questions about her relationship with her top deputy, characterizing the attempt to dismiss
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Donie O’Sullivan and Jeff Winter, CNN Arlington, Texas (CNN) — The mystery of an AI-generated robocall imitating President Joe Biden’s voice – which election security officials fear signals a new frontier in the disinformation battle ahead of the 2024 presidential election – has been traced back by authorities to a nondescript strip mall
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The current El Niño is now one of the strongest on record, new data shows, catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in the coming months. One of the main ways scientists determine whether El Niño is
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Health Services said Wednesday it has confirmed a rare case of human plague in a local resident, Oregon’s first in nearly a decade. They said the individual was likely infected by their symptomatic pet cat.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The long road of bringing the World Cup in cross country skiing back to the U.S. has hit one final speed bump with the lack of snow in Minnesota. The Twin Cities metro area is on pace for the least snowy winter on record. Race organizers
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have uncovered additional evidence that one of Saturn’s smallest moons, Mimas, is hiding a global ocean beneath its icy surface. Building a stronger case for the presence of water — essential to life as we know it — could help scientists gain a better understanding of where to
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Deschutes County sheriff’s detectives with its illegal marijuana enforcement team raided a residential property south of Redmond Wednesday, finding over 150 pounds of processed marijuana worth $100,000, cash and guns, and arrested the 39-year-old resident after a traffic stop.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN New York City (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday gave his clearest sign yet that his reelection strategy will hinge on making this fall’s vote a referendum on Donald Trump. As he traversed New York City for a series of fundraisers, Biden labeled his predecessor — and likeliest rival this
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached, by the House. A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as it fights Russia is stubbornly stalled. The broken Congress, which failed in stunning fashion this week as Republicans revolted
Continue ReadingBy ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after the country’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence. Martinelli’s attorney Shirley Castañeda said outside the Nicaraguan embassy Wednesday that “his political asylum had already
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s blockbuster concert film “The Eras Tour” will make its streaming debut on Disney+. The Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that the film, now titled “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” will land on the streaming platform March 15. Five new songs will be included with the film, including
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale plans to run for U.S. Senate, upending a race in which many national GOP officials already coalesced around a different candidate as they seek to unseat three-term Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale’s intentions were disclosed Wednesday by two people
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to put his lethal injection on hold and order a new clemency hearing after the previous one resulted in a tie vote. Thomas Eugene Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to put his lethal injection on hold and order a new clemency hearing after the previous one resulted in a tie vote. Thomas Eugene Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants state lawmakers to prioritize increased funding to education in this year’s state budget. Whitmer’s budget proposal unveiled Wednesday followed a State of the State address last month when she announced initiatives to provide free community college for all high school students
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