By Sara Turnbull and Andi Babineau, CNN Four former employees of a Mississippi daycare are facing child abuse charges after a viral video surfaced showing an adult wearing a Halloween mask and scaring the children in their care. On Monday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and prosecuting attorneys “met with the parents of the children
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By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writers BOSTON (AP) — Vivian Kargbo thought her daughter’s Boston school district was doing the right thing when officials kept classrooms closed for most students for more than a year. Kargbo, a caregiver for hospice patients, didn’t want to risk them getting COVID-19. And extending pandemic
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Politically connected billionaires from Russia and Venezuela are at the center of a 49-page criminal indictment that reads like a how-to guide on circumventing U.S. sanctions. Charges were unveiled this week in New York against seven individuals who allegedly used a complex network of Hong Kong shell
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By BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored in overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 comeback win over the Vancouver Canucks for their first win of the season. Kaprizov scored his fourth of the season and added two assists. Mats Zuccarello added two goals and Sam Steel
Continue Reading By Andi Babineau, Jamiel Lynch and Melissa Alonso, CNN An officer with the US Customs and Border Protection was unintentionally shot and killed by a fellow officer during a training exercise at a Florida shooting range, police said Thursday. Jorge Arias was serving as a firearms instructor at Trail Glades Range in Miami on Wednesday
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Continue Reading OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson scored twice in the second period and the Ottawa Senators overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Thursday night. Shane Pinto broke a tie in third and Tyler Motte and Alex DeBrincat added empty-net goals. Anton Forsberg stopped 22 shots. T.J. Oshie and Anthony
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman, Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros are off to a perfect start this postseason. Taking the formula that won them 106 games in the regular season — strong pitching and hitting home runs — the Astros kept rolling against the New York Yankees. Bregman
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have acquired star running back Christian McCaffrey from the Carolina Panthers for a haul of draft picks. The Panthers announced the deal that sends McCaffrey back to the Bay Area where he starred in college at Stanford in Thursday
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Detroit Pistons assistant general manager Rob Murphy has been put on leave during an investigation. ESPN is reporting that Murphy is facing an allegation of workplace misconduct involving a former female employee. Murphy was promoted to assistant general
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Rutgers will try to end a 21-game losing streak at home in Big Ten Conference games when it faces Indiana on Saturday at SHI Stadium. The Scarlet Knights have lost three in a row after opening the season with three straight wins. Indiana might be the perfect foe to end the
Continue Reading By Valentina Di Donato, Antonia Mortensen, Sugam Pokharel and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sparked controversy this week when audio released by Italian news agency LaPresse revealed the 86-year-old speaking about his “re-established” relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Berlusconi says in the audio that Putin sent him 20 bottles of
Continue Reading By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Brennan Armstrong helped Virginia overcome a difficult start in the first quarter to account for 349 yards of total offense and help the Cavaliers snap a three-game skid with a 16-9 victory over Georgia Tech. In a matchup of the two lowest-scoring teams in the ACC,
Continue Reading By Samantha Beech, CNN The United States has charged seven Chinese nationals over an alleged long-running plot to intimidate a US resident into returning to China to face criminal charges. The case is related to the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s Operation Fox Hunt, an international anti-corruption campaign targeting Chinese fugitives. The Chinese government launched Operation
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman, Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros are off to a perfect start this postseason. Taking the formula that won them 106 games in the regular season — strong pitching and hitting home runs — the Astros kept rolling against the New York Yankees. Bregman
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are struggling to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energy crisis but avoid an open rift between Germany and France. That would have exposed a divided bloc as it confronts Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — DK Billingsley rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown, Brooks Buce made a career-long 51-yard field goal and Troy edged South Alabama 10-6 in the Battle for the Belt. Troy, which won its fifth straight in the series, moved into the top spot in the West Division. The Troy defense held
Continue Reading By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Hall also scored in regulation for Boston. The Bruins’ Linus Ullmark made 30 saves and stopped all four shots in the shootout. Former Bruin
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Nick Robertson scored his second goal of the night in his season debut at 3:46 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. After breaking up a play at the other end of the rink, the 21-year-old Robertson took a pass from
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Nick Robertson scored his second goal of the night in his season debut at 3:46 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. After breaking up a play at the other end of the rink, the 21-year-old Robertson took a pass from
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Top draft pick Juraj Slafkovsky scored his first NHL goal and the Montreal Canadiens had a three-goal first period in a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night. “It’s amazing. To score my first goal in this building, it’s a dream come true for sure,” he said. “I think nothing
Continue Reading CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Leon Flach scored his first goal of the season in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and the top-seeded Philadelphia Union beat fifth-seeded Cincinnati 1-0. Philadelphia, which is unbeaten at Subaru Park this year, will face the winner of Sunday’s New York City FC-Montreal match in the conference finals. Flach scored in the
Continue Reading By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ondrej Palat scored twice to help the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Thursday night. Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists, Jack Hughes also scored and Mackenzie Blackwood made 16 saves. The Devils won their second straight after opening with
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Desde que tiene memoria, Isabella Silvers ha despreciado el sabor del cilantro. La periodista británica-punjabí de 30 años que vive en Londres dice que la hierba ha aparecido en platos servidos en comidas familiares a lo largo de su vida, entre ellas naan, dahl y mattar paneer. “Tendría que comer torpemente
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The right-wing channel Newsmax has banned Lara Logan from its air after she went on a QAnon-style rant during an appearance on the network this week. In a bizarre interview, Logan told host Eric Bolling that “the open border is Satan’s way of taking control of the world,” and later
Continue Reading By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nick Blankenburg scored the go-ahead goal with 1:23 left in the game as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a two-goal deficit and scored four times in the third period for a 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators. Blankenburg also had an assist. Johnny Gaudreau had
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wesley Matthews hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 23.8 seconds left to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 90-88 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Brook Lopez scored 17 points for Milwaukee in its season opener. James Harden scored
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EL PASO, Texas — The monsoon over the summer and continued rains in the region have more and more weeds popping up all around the city. “I personally have never seen the weeds this big before,” said District 6 Councilwoman Claudia Rodriguez Thursday. Dealing with a short staff for both streets & maintenance and environmental
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday seized on recent comments from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy calling into question future Ukraine aid, framing the position as undermining the US role — and leadership — in an increasingly volatile world. “They said that if they win, they’re not likely to
Continue Reading Jon Sarlin, CNN Business The big news in crypto this week came via a court filing in Texas. FTX, the crypto giant that is led by arguably the most powerful person in the industry, is under investigation by Texas regulators for selling unregistered securities. “The Enforcement Division is now investigating FTX Trading, FTX US, and
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