By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former investigative journalist for ABC News has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges. Fifty-three-year-old James Gordon Meek of Arlington, Virginia, admitted that he illegally possessed and transported child pornography. He covered national security issues for the network until he resigned last year. Court papers
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Florida family guilty of defrauding the United States by distributing a toxic bleaching agent as a Covid-19 cure, according to court records. Mark Grenon and his sons, Jonathan, Jordan and Joseph Grenon, were convicted of promoting and
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by a national Democratic law firm seeks to once again allow voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, a practice that was barred by the state Supreme Court last year. The lawsuit filed Thursday by the Elias Law Group
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who suffered fractured vertebrae and collapsed lungs after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park has said “yes” to her boyfriend’s hospital proposal. Chris Whitehill said he planned to propose to Amber Harris during their vacation in the park this week, but after spending just one night
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who suffered fractured vertebrae and collapsed lungs after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park has said “yes” to her boyfriend’s hospital proposal. Chris Whitehill said he planned to propose to Amber Harris during their vacation in the park this week, but after spending just one night
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation has concluded that the deadly crash of a Marine V-22 Osprey in California last year was caused by mechanical failure. It ruled out pilot and maintenance errors. The more than 400-page report released on Friday concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California. Personal Birth date: July 30, 1947 Birth place: Thal, Austria Birth name: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger Father: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer Mother: Aurelia Jadrny Marriage: Maria Shriver (April 26, 1986-December 28, 2021, divorced) Children: with Maria
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer Tony Bennett, famous for his signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Personal Birth date: August 3, 1926 Death date: July 21, 2023 Birth place: Queens, New York Birth name: Anthony Dominick Benedetto Father: John Benedetto, grocer Mother: Anna
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the London Underground, also known as “The Tube,” the oldest subway or metro transit system in the world. Facts There are currently 272 stations open and 249 miles (402 km) of active lines. There are a number of old stations and tunnels that are now
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the London Underground, also known as “The Tube,” the oldest subway or metro transit system in the world. Facts There are currently 272 stations open and 249 miles (402 km) of active lines. There are a number of old stations and tunnels that are now
Continue ReadingBy DaVonté McKenith Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — An Apple AirTag and surveillance video helped lead Alamance County deputies to a theft suspect. According to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, last Friday, July 14, deputies were called to a construction site in the 6000 block of NC
Continue ReadingCNNEE Consulta quiénes son las máximas goleadoras de la Copa Mundial Femenina 2023 de Fútbol y quién va ganando la carrera por la Bota de Oro del campeonato como máxima artillera. En 2019, la jugadora estadounidense Megan Rapinoe ganó la Bota de Oro tras anotar seis goles y repartir tres asistencias. Su compañera de selección
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft, Google and other leading artificial intelligence companies committed Friday to put new AI systems through outside testing before they are publicly released and to clearly label AI-generated content, the White House announced. The pledges are part of a series of voluntary commitments agreed to by the White House
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican is pressing ahead with a plan to try to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war with their families. A senior official says the Vatican is working on an explicit request by Ukraine and after Russia expressed an apparent willingness to engage in
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar has unveiled a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1. It’s a powerful symbol of nationalism in a very devout nation. The 228-acre (92-hectare) site in the capital Naypyitaw includes other structures
Continue ReadingMONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River. That’s according to the energy company responsible for the leak from its nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota. Xcel Energy said tritium — a radioactive isotope of hydrogen — hasn’t been detected in the river
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Watching Leo Messi’s expected US debut on TV won’t cost as much as seeing it in person, but it’s not free. Apple TV, which is streaming Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup match against Mexican team Cruz Azul, is charging as much as $49 for Friday’s soccer spectacular.
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors want the rapper Quando Rondo sent back to jail after he crashed a car while free on bond pending trial on gang and drug charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was indicted last month in his hometown of Savannah. He was released from jail June 26
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The news of Tony Bennett’s death at age 96 has created an outpouring of love and condolences from the worlds of music, entertainment, politics and the civil rights movement. Sir Elton John took to Instagram and called Bennett irreplaceable. Martin Scorsese says Bennett was beloved by generations of Italian Americans. Rev.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a
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