By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. says he came away from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” thinking about how “context is so critical” to understand significant moments in history. The film tells the story of the controversial theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who oversaw the development of the first atomic
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to file his 2024 candidacy for South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary when he visits the first-in-the-South voting state next week. He’ll become the first GOP hopeful to file in the state. DeSantis’ campaign told The Associated Press that he will sign
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristina Sgueglia, Brynn Gingras, John Miller and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A New York architect was charged with murder in connection to the killings of three of the women who became known as the “Gilgo Four,” according to the Suffolk County District Attorney, in a case that baffled authorities for more than
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island architect was charged Friday with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after detectives pursuing a new lead say they matched DNA
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed optimism that support for a far-right party that’s been surging in the polls lately will shrink to previous levels again by the time of the next national election in 2025. The far-right Alternative for Germany party received 10.3% of the vote in
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s latest winning week closed with a mixed finish on Friday following stronger profit reports than expected from several big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 slipped 4.62, or 0.1%, to 4,505.42 to edge back from its highest closing level since April 2022. The Dow
Continue ReadingOSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) — Two people are dead and a third injured after a small plane crashed into a wooded area near the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Police say 22-year-old Hayden Ritchhart, of Carrollton, Missouri, and 19-year-old Evan Vandiver, of Richmond, Missouri, died in Thursday’s crash. Fifty-four-year-old Gary Vandiver, of Richmond,
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — The Ferguson Police Department has launched a new recruitment strategy where it will pay residents to help bring in new officers. “Who best to recruit for the police departments are the people who live in this community,” says Chief
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, describió este jueves por primera vez lo que se discutió en un evento del Kremlin al que asistieron 35 comandantes de Wagner, incluido el jefe del grupo, Yevgeny Prigozhin. La reunión se llevó a cabo el 29 de junio, pocos días después de que los
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — How many actors does it take to make the movies and shows produced by studios and streaming services? SAG-AFTRA, the actors union that has had 160,000 members on strike since last week, is afraid that artificial intelligence will lead to far fewer employed actors in the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Panamá Juan Carlos Varela, quien gobernó el país de 2014 a 2019, ya no podrá entrar a Estados Unidos, luego de que el secretario de Estado Antony Blinken lo designó este jueves como inelegible para ingresar al territorio del país, al señalar que participó en “actos
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, Brynn Gingras, John Miller and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A New York architect was charged with murder in connection to the killings of three of the women who became known as the “Gilgo Four,” according to the Suffolk County District Attorney, in a case that baffled authorities for more than a
Continue ReadingBy Karli Barnett Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A north Georgia man has died after falling into a manhole while working. Robert Hall, 34, worked at a plumbing company contracted to do a job at Armuchee High School in Rome. He lost his life Thursday when he fell into
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Last month, a local health department in Texas received notification that a pregnant woman living in the area had tested positive for syphilis and had fallen behind on her ob/gyn care. It was a troubling situation, one that has become increasingly common as sexually transmitted infection
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A former Birmingham art dealer pleaded guilty to carrying out a $1.5 million scheme and defrauding 10 customers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Wendy Halstead Beard, 58, was charged with wire fraud, stemming from a multi-year scheme between March 2019 and
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Mega Millions jackpot that was up for grabs Friday night worth an estimated $560 million will grow again after no big winners were drawn – the first of two substantial lottery drawings to end the week. Friday’s winning numbers were 10-24-48-51-66 and the Mega Ball was 15. Four
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — The fiancée of the man who fell off the Ambassador Bridge into the Detroit River on Wednesday is thanking the people who saved his life. “I just want to say thank you for everyone who brought him back to me and
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — A rocket being developed by the Japanese space agency has exploded during testing but there were no reports of injuries. That’s according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. The cause of the accident at the facility in Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan is still being investigated. It’s unclear when tests
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has deployed the army in four of its provinces after at least 21 trucks carrying goods were set on fire on national roads in various parts of the country in the span of five days. As of Friday, authorities
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — President Mahmoud Abbas, the 87-year-old veteran who has led the Palestinian Authority for nearly two decades, is trending on Palestinian social media – but not in the way he might like. When he made a rare flying visit to Jenin this week, eight days after the largest Israeli
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