Man featured in ‘S-Town’ podcast is dead after standoff with police
WVTM By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating the fatal police shooting of an Alabama man who was featured in the popular…
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Poland’s former President Lech Walesa, 80, hospitalized with COVID-19
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An aide says that Poland’s former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 80-year-old Lech Walesa has been hospitalized…
Continue Reading Lawyers for woman accusing Dani Alves of sexual assault seek maximum 12-year sentence for player
MADRID (AP) — Lawyers for the woman accusing Dani Alves of sexual assault are asking for the maximum sentence of 12 years in prison for the…
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El Paso Sheriff’s Office news conference on murder in the El Paso County Jail Annex
UPDATE: In a news conference, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said the murder of a jail inmate was a planned attack where 6 inmates blocked the…
Continue Reading Teen and parents indicted after shootout outside Baltimore high school that left 3 wounded
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore grand jury has indicted a teenager and his parents on allegations they brought a gun to a high school campus and beat…
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U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso sector saw an increase in migrant numbers in fiscal year 2023
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso sector were the busiest in fiscal year 2023. Among apprehensions, rescues, deaths,…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor signs off on $500 million plan to fund repairs and upgrades at Brewers stadium
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that spends half-a-billion in taxpayer dollars to…
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New lawsuit filed against NMSU by four women alleging sexual assault
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A new lawsuit filed against NMSU alleges a commercial driving instructor contracted by the university sexually…
Continue Reading Midwest mystery: Iowa man still missing, 2 weeks after semi holding baby pigs was found on highway
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It has been two weeks since David Schultz’s semi-truck was found on a rural highway…
Continue Reading House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson tells fellow Republicans that sweeping changes to…
Continue Reading Families of 3 Black victims in fatal Florida Dollar General shooting plead for end to gun violence
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers and family members of three Black people who were fatally shot during a racially motivated attack at a north…
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Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Republican senator ends blockade of nominees
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy…
Continue Reading U.S. imposes new round of sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a Belgian involved in procuring electronics for the Russian…
Continue Reading 2 plead guilty in fire at Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant during protest after Rayshard Brooks killing
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Two of three people charged with arson in the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where…
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Ghost kitchens were supposed to revolutionize restaurants. They’re crashing
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Big investors, celebrity chefs and chains rushed to open ghost kitchens during the pandemic,…
Continue Reading Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting…
Continue Reading Judge again orders arrest of owner of former firearms training center in Vermont
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge has again issued an arrest warrant for the owner of a former Vermont firearms training center, ruling that he failed…
Continue Reading In a rare action against Israel, US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose…
Continue Reading Georgia lawmakers advance congressional map keeping 9-5 GOP edge; legislative maps get final passage
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state senators are advancing a new congressional map that would maintain a 9-5 GOP edge in the…
Continue Reading North Carolina Rep. McHenry, who led House through speaker stalemate, won’t seek reelection in 2024
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry won’t seek reelection to the U.S. House next…
Continue Reading Air Force identifies the 8 US crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan and recovers 6 bodies
By TARA COPP and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Special Operations Command has recovered the remains of six of the…
Continue Reading Argentina’s President-elect Milei replies to Musk’s interest: ‘We need to talk, Elon’
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social network X, has shared a video in which Argentina’s President-elect…
Continue Reading Deputy fired and arrested after video shows him punch man he chased in South Carolina
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Body camera video of a deputy who was fired and arrested in South Carolina shows him…
Continue Reading The House will vote next week on formalizing its Biden impeachment inquiry, Speaker Johnson says
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the chamber will vote next week on authorizing its…
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How Hispanic voters’ growing political power in Nevada could offer hope to the GOP
CNN By John King, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — Antonio Munoz remembers admiring Ronald Reagan as a child, in a Las Vegas very different than it is…
Continue Reading A bedbug hoax is targeting foreign visitors in Athens. Now the Greek police have been called in
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s health ministry is seeking police help against hoaxers who tried to scare foreign tourists out of several Athens…
Continue Reading Open Society Foundations commit $50M to women and youth groups’ work on democracy
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The major philanthropy, Open Society Foundations, said Tuesday it will commit $50 million to…
Continue Reading Tom Hanks draws on his love of space for immersive documentary ‘The Moonwalkers’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tom Hanks is a lifelong space buff. The two-time Academy Award-winning actor has channeled his…
Continue Reading Florida discontinues manatee winter feeding program after seagrass conditions improve
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida…
Continue Reading FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and says it’d be ‘devastating’ if it lapsed
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray is making a fresh pitch for the reauthorization of a U.S.…
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