Photographer accuses Taylor Swift’s father of assault in Australia
CNN By Angus Watson, Alli Rosenbloom and Jessie Yeung, CNN Sydney (CNN) — An Australian photographer has filed a police complaint against…
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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington
CNN By Casey Gannon, Jennifer Hansler and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty member of the US Air Force who set himself on fire outside…
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Witness at trial recounts fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Testimony at trial Monday turned emotional and argumentative as an eyewitness recounted the…
Continue Reading Music producer latest to accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual misconduct
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued Monday by a music producer who accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him…
Continue Reading Effort to have guardian appointed for Houston Texans owner dropped after son ends lawsuit
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A lawsuit filed by one of the sons of the owner of the Houston Texans that had sought to have her…
Continue Reading Tennessee House advances bill to ban reappointing lawmakers booted for behavior
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republicans in the Tennessee House have voted to advance a bill that would prevent…
Continue Reading Federal judge reverses himself, rules that California’s ban on billy clubs is unconstitutional
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge struck down a California law banning possession of club-like weapons, reversing his previous ruling from three…
Continue Reading Tennessee bill addressing fire alarms after Nashville school shooting heads to governor
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill requiring that public and private schools…
Continue Reading Peru has declared a health emergency in most of its provinces as dengue cases soar
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru has declared a health emergency in most of its provinces due to a growing number of…
Continue Reading Utah House kills bill banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags and political views from classrooms
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has blocked a bill that would have banned teachers from using their…
Continue Reading Pride flags would be largely banned in Tennessee classrooms in bill advanced by GOP lawmakers
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The GOP-led Tennessee House has passed a bill that would largely ban displaying pride…
Continue Reading Bill supporting development of nuclear energy wins passage in Kentucky Senate
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to lay the foundation to attract nuclear…
Continue Reading Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members have demanded that the…
Continue Reading Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban by creating limited…
Continue Reading Navalny was possibly ‘days’ away from release in a prisoner swap before his death, aide says
CNN By Anna Chernova, Sebastian Shukla, Christian Edwards and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Negotiations to release Russia’s opposition…
Continue Reading Letter containing white powder sent to Donald Trump Jr.’s home
By JILL COLVIN and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Emergency crews responded Monday after a letter containing an unidentified white…
Continue Reading Mohegan tribe to end management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at year’s end
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Mohegan tribe says it will end its management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at…
Continue Reading Shooting stuns indigenous whaling village on Alaska’s desolate North Slope
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny…
Continue Reading Case possibly containing Wayne Gretzky rookie cards sells for $3.7M at auction
REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A case of old hockey cards possibly containing the game’s Great One has fetched more than $3.7 million after it was…
Continue Reading New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in the New York Legislature are rejecting a congressional map drawn by the…
Continue Reading Family Dollar Stores agrees to pay $41.6M for rodent-infested warehouse in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Family Dollar Stores has pleaded guilty to holding food, drugs, cosmetics and other items under…
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UTEP’s Jane Asinde earns CUSA Player of the Week honors
(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Jane Asinde earned Conference USA Player of the Week honors after leading the Miners in both…
Continue Reading Australian police find bodies of couple after officer who was an ex-boyfriend admits to killing them
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police on Tuesday found the bodies of a couple shot and killed by an…
Continue Reading Argentina’s president condemns threat by provincial governor to cut energy supplies in dispute
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has condemned a threat by the governor of the…
Continue Reading US Rep. Andy Kim sues over what he calls New Jersey’s ‘cynically manipulated’ ballot system
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Andy Kim says in a federal lawsuit that New Jersey’s primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates…
Continue Reading Eagles’ Don Henley quizzed at lyrics trial about time a naked 16-year-old girl overdosed at his home
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley was asked in a New York courtroom Monday about a seamy episode from his past: his…
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ABC-7 Listens: Viewer wants sports director Adrian Ochoa to take off his green bracelet
EL PASO, Texas – It’s commonplace for television news anchors to face criticism for their on-air appearance. One ABC-7 viewer was concerned by the…
Continue Reading A New York City medical school goes tuition-free thanks to a $1 billion gift
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former…
Continue Reading The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
CNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”…
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