Man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from New York park is charged with rape
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — The man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York park has been charged with sexually…
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Man shot outside mosque while selling Islamic goods in Rhode Island, police say
By Sarah Dewberry and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old man was shot outside a mosque while selling goods in Providence on Friday,…
Continue ReadingOhio Catholic priest gets life sentence for sex-trafficking convictions
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has received a life sentence for his convictions on five counts related to sex-trafficking charges in…
Continue ReadingShooter kills security guard before being fatally shot at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Officials say a shooter killed a state security guard in the lobby of New Hampshire’s…
Continue ReadingFive countries ask International Criminal Court to investigate the situation in Palestinian territories
By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan says his office has received a referral from five…
Continue ReadingRio’s iconic Christ statue welcomes Taylor Swift with open arms thanks to Swifties and a priest
By DIANE JEANTET and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Welcome to Brazil, Taylor Swift, it’s been waiting for you. As her…
Continue ReadingAmazon lays off hundreds in its Alexa division as it plows resources into AI
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in the unit that handles its popular voice assistant Alexa as it plows more resources into…
Continue ReadingHigh-ranking Mormon church leader Russell Ballard remembered as examplar of the faith
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Associates and children of a top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remembered him at a funeral Friday…
Continue ReadingBaltimore police fired 36 shots at armed man, bodycam recordings show
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Body camera recordings released Friday show four Baltimore police officers unleashed a barrage of…
Continue ReadingK-pop star Rosé joins first lady Jill Biden to talk mental health
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — K-pop superstar Rosé has joined U.S. first lady Jill Biden at a mental health event to talk…
Continue ReadingSpeaker Johnson says he’ll make 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage available to the general public
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday he plans to publicly release thousands of hours of…
Continue ReadingChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of candor with company
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found…
Continue ReadingGeorgia prosecutor seeks August trial date for Trump and others in election case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor in Georgia is seeking an August trial date for former President Donald Trump and…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects Trump’s request for a mistrial in his New York civil fraud case
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud case has denied his bid for a…
Continue ReadingKaitlin Armstrong is sentenced to 90 years for the 2022 murder of elite cyclist Anna Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson
By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Kaitlin Armstrong was sentenced by a jury Friday to 90 years in prison after being found guilty of first-degree…
Continue ReadingGolden Globes find new home at CBS after years of scandal
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes have found a new broadcast home at CBS after the troubled awards show lost its…
Continue ReadingSnoop Dogg says he’s giving up ‘smoke.’ It caught some of his fans off guard
NEW YORK (AP) — Asking for privacy, hip-hop legend and longtime marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg says he’s going to stop smoking — though he…
Continue ReadingTropical disturbance hits west Caribbean, causing floods in Jamaica and Haiti before dissipating
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A tropical disturbance moving across the western Caribbean knocked out power to thousands in Jamaica and caused two…
Continue ReadingJoe Burrow is out for the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his right wrist
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his right wrist, ending a disappointing campaign for the…
Continue ReadingAlex Murdaugh pleads guilty to state financial charges
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, already serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and…
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