AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Knowles will have a memoir out next spring with a title that will not surprise her many admirers. The fashion designer and mother of Beyoncé, Solange Knowles and “bonus daughter” Kelly Rowland has a deal with Random House Publishing Group for “Matriarch.” The publisher is calling the
Continue ReadingBy Pavlina Osta Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A father is suspected of drunk driving Friday, Oct 25th night, leading to the death of one of his 5-year-old twins and injuries to another. Teaira Harriell would always walk her twin boys to kindergarten on Milwaukee’s north side. Now she remembers
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek, Alysia Burgio Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Police say a 13-year-old Michigan boy who was last seen on Sunday was found safe in Kentucky on Monday. The boy’s father, 58-year-old Christopher Allan Brown, was taken into custody after a traffic stop by the Berea Police Department,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo. The bout created a new generation of fighters and fans that became inspired to keep the country on the global boxing stage. Ahead of the 50th
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Detroit police officer is charged with domestic violence after officials say he threatened to execute a woman. Louis Allen Wilson, 47, was arraigned last week and received a $5,000 personal bond, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah says it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s decision-making Shura Council elected 71-year-old Kassem
Continue ReadingBy Daria Tarasova-Markina, Kosta Gak and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Tuesday it had taken the Ukrainian town of Selydove, southeast of the key city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Russian forces have been advancing on Selydove in the last several weeks, according to frontline reports. It’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed. The damage at the base in Shahroud raises new
Continue ReadingJoaquín Caballero (CNN Español) — El intendente de Villa Gesell, Gustavo Barrera, confirmó en declaraciones a la prensa que un hombre murió como consecuencia del derrumbe del edificio donde funcionaba el hotel Dubrovnik, ubicado en la ciudad argentina de Villa Gesell, en la costa atlántica, a unos 370 kilómetros de Buenos Aires. Por su lado, el
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The Pac-12 Conference will never be what it once was even after the efforts to rebuild it. “I never thought I’d see the Pac-12 fall apart,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. “I mean, what a freakin’ shame that is, but we are where we are.” That could be taken figuratively and
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an analysis of health records by Truveta Research. When the storm hit western North Carolina last month, flooding and other damage
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — South Sudan is not known for its soccer presence. The world’s youngest nation is typically associated with basketball, with several current and former NBA players having roots in the country and the Bright Stars international squad making its Olympic debut earlier this year. But one grassroots competition is beginning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The U.S. House race in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District is one of the closest in the nation and a testing ground for Republicans’ and Democrats’ strategies to reach Latino voters. The district is 40% Latino and both candidates, Republican Gabe Evans and Democratic incumbent Rep. Yadira Caraveo, are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first bite is an assault to the senses. A sugary, citric, fluffy delight. “Pan de muerto” or “bread of the dead” is baked in Mexico every year, from early October to mid-November, amid Day of the Dead celebrations. Shaped like a bun, decorated with bone-like bread pieces and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nationally, Catholic voters have been a crucial swing constituency in recent presidential elections. This year, in the vital state of Pennsylvania, they’ll likely comprise at least a quarter of the electorate — and thus play a pivotal role in deciding the overall outcome. There’s been a see-saw effect in the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Willingham, CNN (CNN) — If Halloween had a fashion handbook, the party scene from the 2004 classic “Mean Girls” would take up a whole chapter. Twenty years have passed since the original Plastics stomped their kitten heels into movie history, but the (now, rather outdated) observation Lindsay Lohan’s outcast-turned-”it girl” Cady Heron makes
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A “staggering array” of witches’ marks have been discovered on the walls of a Tudor property in England. The carvings, which are formally known as apotropaic marks, were at the time believed to provide ritual protection against evil. News of the discovery, aptly timed to coincide with Halloween, was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, are appealing their company’s criminal conviction on safety breaches at the High Court in Auckland. The hearing, which began Tuesday, is scheduled to take three days. Whakaari Management granted tour operators access
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Orlando Magic rising star Paolo Banchero had the best game of his young career on Monday, recording the NBA’s first 50-point game this season in a win over the Indiana Pacers. 2022-23 Rookie of the Year Banchero finished with 50 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists while shooting an
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says the war in Sudan has displaced more than 14 million people, or about 30% of the population, since it broke out over a year ago. It’s the world’s largest displacement crisis this year. Of those, 11 million are internally displaced and 3.1 million have fled to
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