ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the shooting death of a rising Texas rap artist on an Atlanta area interstate was arrested as he was exiting a plane at Atlanta’s airport. The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that James Edward Thomas was taken into custody at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on
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CNN By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Former President Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday to block the release of documents from his White House to the House committee investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol, escalating his effort to keep about 700 pages of records secret.
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EL PASO, Texas — Days after a devastating fire at Tony’s Burrito House, a relative of the family that owns the business is now organizing a GoFundMe campaign to help employees and family members. The building was considered a total loss after it caught fire at 2 a.m. on Saturday. The fire was so large that
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Una Corte federal de Argentina avaló la extradición a México del empresario Carlos Ahumada, quien es requerido por presunto fraude contra el gobierno de la capital mexicana, según se explica en la resolución que CNN obtuvo este jueves. En el documento, de 105 páginas y con fecha de 21
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi and David Wright, CNN Former President Donald Trump pushed back on a questioner’s skepticism about the effectiveness and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in a new interview, saying that the “vaccine works” and “people aren’t dying when they take the vaccine.” “Look, the results of the vaccine are very good, and if
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PHOENIX (AP) — The first Native American woman elected to Arizona’s Senate has resigned to take a position with the U.S. Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Deb Haaland. Democratic state Sen. Jamescita Mae Peshlakai said in her resignation letter Wednesday that she will “be more impactful for all of the western United States”
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UPDATE: MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Kim Potter was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter Thursday for the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, which occurred when the former Minnesota police officer testified she mistook her service weapon for a Taser. Potter, wearing a black sweater over a black-and-white blouse, displayed no reaction as the verdicts were
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope and its upcoming replacement are vastly different. The deputy project scientist for the new James Webb Space Telescope says comparing the two is like asking if you love your second child as much as your first. With Hubble pushing 32
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is meeting to consider an emergency order the mayor wants to tackle an opioid epidemic in its troubled Tenderloin district. The emergency order is part of Mayor London Breed’s plan to crack down on drug use and drug dealing in
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By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is meeting to consider an emergency order the mayor wants to tackle an opioid epidemic in its troubled Tenderloin district. The emergency order is part of Mayor London Breed’s plan to crack down on drug use and drug dealing in
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Ecuador informó este jueves que se declaró la “obligatoriedad” de vacunación contra el covid-19 entre la población elegible debido al “al estado epidemiológico actual, es decir, el aumento de contagiados y a la circulación de nuevas variantes de ‘preocupación’, como ómicron”, según un comunicado del Ministerio
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn and his wife, Cristina Bayardelle, are divorcing after about a year of marriage and a statement from Cawthorn cites the difficulty of “balancing the enormity” of transitioning to a congressman’s life. While they agreed he should run, Cawthorn says their lives changed overnight after his election. News
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least four people have died after a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants struck rocks off southern Greece and sank. The coast guard said the bodies were recovered from around a rocky islet near the island of Antikythera, some 235 kilometers (145 miles) south of Athens, after their vessel struck the
Continue Reading By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say Iraq’s foreign minister has called for direct negotiations between Iran and the United States. It’s a rare appeal just days before world powers are set to resume talks over the tattered nuclear accord in Vienna. The top Iraqi diplomat spoke at a news
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN After a “Wheel of Fortune” contestant lost out on a new Audi due to a technicality — even though she answered the puzzle correctly — the car company said it would gift her the vehicle instead. Within a few days of her appearance on the long-running game show, Audi located competitor
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By BRANDON GDULA numberFire Russell Wilson struggled in Week 15 without Tyler Lockett and against a solid pass defense. The Chicago Bears are weaker in the pass defense department. The sims still like him at a near-coin flip to finish as a top-12 performer in Week 16. Tampa Bay’s Ronald Jones is set for a
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s going to get worse. That’s the word from forecasters with the National Weather Service and other climate experts in the state. They said during a meeting this week that New Mexico reservoirs
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not face charges for an incident involving alleged sexual misconduct that was being investigated by the Nassau County District Attorney’s office, the acting district attorney confirmed to CNN. “Our exhaustive investigation found the allegations credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law,”
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By Tyler Mauldin, Judson Jones and Hannah Gard, CNN This holiday weekend is a tale of two Christmases: Heavy snow, rain and wind are forecast for the entire US West Coast, while potentially record-breaking warmth will toast the South. Out West, a warmer system will bring snowfall Thursday to the highest elevations before a much
Continue ReadingRecord temperatures will usher in Christmas Eve across the Plains and push east with Santa’s sleigh for Christmas Day. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.
Continue Reading Associated Press Wall Street delivered another strong year in 2021, as a spike in consumer demand fueled by the reopening of the global economy pumped up corporate profits. Investors faced plenty of challenges, however, most notably a resurgence of inflation and the persistent coronavirus pandemic. Retail investors made their presence felt by boosting GameStop and
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, under pressure to improve worker rights, has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its workers to organize freely and without retaliation. According to the agreement, the online behemoth said it would reach out to both current and former warehouse
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning the public not to eat certain brands of packaged salads, which they say are linked to two small, long-running listeria outbreaks in which three people died. One outbreak is linked to packaged salads produced by Fresh Express and another has
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– La escritora y periodista estadounidense Joan Didion, quien rompió esquemas con su prosa y sus ensayos, murió a los 87 años, según confirmó su publicista a CNN. Las obras de Didion incluyen El año del pensamiento mágico, publicada en 2005, sobre la muerte de su esposo John Gregory Dunne, la cual también
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque authorities are searching for two teenagers who are accused in a February carjacking that police said started with an online sting and that led to a fatal shooting. According to police, 24-year-old Elias Otero was killed in a confrontation with robbers who wanted a $1,000 ransom after his younger brother
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal charges after a female state trooper said she felt “completely violated” by his unwanted touching at an event at a Long Island racetrack in September 2019. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith
Continue Reading CNN’s Melissa Bell breaks down Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference, where he addressed the troop build-up near the Ukrainian border.
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Rutgers will replace Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest after an NCAA committee decided to adhere to an existing policy for making teams with 5-7 records bowl eligible. Texas A&M pulled out of the game in Jacksonville, Florida, scheduled for New Year’s Eve because
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — France has condemned the Malian transitional authorities’ decision to allow the deployment of the Wagner Group, and accused Moscow of funding the private military company’s use of mercenaries in the West African country. “We are aware of the involvement of the Russian government in providing material support to the deployment of the
Continue Reading By JIM MUSTIAN, JEFFREY COLLINS and CANDICE CHOI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden promised to distribute hundreds of millions of free COVID-19 tests and to open more testing sites, but the stepped-up efforts will not come in time for the holidays. Americans have been searching drugstores for scarce home tests or
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