By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre, has died at the age of 88. His death Monday was announced on his verified Instagram account. Local media report that he had been
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Travis Nichols, CNN (CNN) — A second suspect arrested in relation to last week’s mass shooting in Cleveland, Ohio, that left nine injured appeared in court Monday. Kevin Del Valle-Salaman, 24, was taken into custody by Lorain Police on Saturday in connection with the July 9 shooting in Cleveland’s Warehouse District,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN DIAS Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Mayor Eric Adams on Monday appointed Edward Caban as New York City’s 46th police commissioner and Tania Kinsella as the 45th first deputy commissioner. Adams made the announcement outside the 40th Precinct in Mott Haven, where Caban, who is from the
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely suggesting COVID-19 could have been “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people. Kyle Herrig, executive director
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — Ford announced on Monday that it is slashing prices significantly for its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck. Since the F-150 Lightning’s release in mid-2021, the auto manufacturer has raised prices several times, citing in part “significant material cost increases” for key electric vehicle battery components like lithium, cobalt, and
Continue ReadingBy CBS BALTIMORE STAFF Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 71-year-old karate instructor from Hanover faces dozens of charges in connection with the sexual abuse of a child, Anne Arundel County police said Monday. Harry Craig Conaway has 28 criminal charges, including sex offense of a minor, second-degree rape, third-
Continue ReadingBy CBS MIAMI TEAM Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — With the start of the new school year right around the corner, Broward County Public Schools needs teachers, bus drivers, and more. In fact, they are looking to fill 800 positions. To help do that they will be holding
Continue ReadingCHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s national police force has opened a homicide investigation after an opposition leader in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria was found fatally shot at his home. The police force said Monday that it was taking “all appropriate investigative measures regarding the crime of murder” in the violent death of Oleg
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is spearheading a new online marketplace called Empower Global that will specifically feature Black-owned businesses. Combs says he’s not looking for financial benefit after he invested $20 million into Empower Global, which launched last week. Consumers can shop on the curated
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb, singing “This Little Light of Mine” at the end as they lit candles in their honor. Family members, friends and neighbors were
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Danny Freeman and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have identified the two children still missing nearly two days after they were swept away by turbulent floodwaters that killed their mother. Matilda “Mattie” Sheils, 2, and her 9-month-old brother, Conrad Sheils, vanished after intense flooding engulfed parts of southeast Pennsylvania on Saturday
Continue ReadingBy CBS DETROIT Click here for updates on this story DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan (WWJ) — Dearborn Heights police are investigating after vandals damaged the Warren Valley Golf Course in Dearborn Heights Saturday night. According to Jason Pearsall, the managing partner of Warren Valley Golf Course, an unauthorized golf cart entered the grounds through a construction
Continue ReadingBy Aqeel Najim and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter Siraji minaret, was demolished to create road expansion following complaints of
Continue ReadingBy Aqeel Najim and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter Siraji minaret, was demolished to create road expansion following complaints of
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLE ELLIS, DAN SNYDER, ROSS DIMATTEI, TOM DOUGHERTY Click here for updates on this story WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Homes were evacuated for precautionary reasons in Whitemarsh Township early Monday morning after a 40-car CSX freight train derailed near Stenton Avenue and Joshua Road, police said. Police said the train derailment happened just
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Meta will face a hefty fine over advertising practices that violate user privacy, Norway’s data protection authority said Monday, unless the Facebook and Instagram owner takes action to comply with the law. Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet says that behavioral advertising — a common marketing model that
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall’s initiative to train the next generation turned 10 this year. Teen musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA will play eight concerts through July 28, one of three ensembles established by the hall. Conductor Andrew Davis and violinist Gil Shaham are working
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Microsoft and British regulators sought more time from a court Monday as the U.S. tech company uses a rare second chance to overcome opposition to its $69 billion bid for video game maker Activision Blizzard. Lawyers for Microsoft and the Competition and Markets Authority on Monday tried to persuade a judge to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Four years after Jordyn Woods found herself at the center of a Kardashian/Jenner controversy, she’s been spotted out with her one-time close friend, Kylie Jenner. The Daily Mail published photos showing the pair leaving a sushi restaurant together in Los Angeles over the weekend. Woods and Jenner became
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — A pod of more than 50 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a northwestern Scottish island, according to a marine charity on the ground. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), which responded to the report of the stranding on Sunday, said most of the 55-strong
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