LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Four years after Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as the head of Liberty University amid a series of personal scandals, he and the evangelical school founded by his father have announced a settlement. In a joint statement released Friday, the university and Liberty’s Board of Trustees said it has agreed to pay
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By Tara John, Stefano Pozzebon, Mia Alberti, Jennifer Hansler and Avery Schmitz, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Protests broke out in several Venezuelan cities on Monday after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared a winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud. In the capital Caracas,
Continue Reading Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a man who was identified as a possible new suspect in the 1991 killing and sexual assault of a Virginia woman who was visiting Hawaii killed himself last week after police took a DNA swab from him. The Hawaii Police Department says they matched DNA taken from Dana
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Remember the universal childhood experience of writing a fan letter to someone you admire? (Mickey Mouse, I hope you still have that note I gave you at Disneyland in 1999.) Well, a new Google ad says artificial intelligence can now do that for you. It’s not going
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The 2024 UTEP football season will get off to a rousing start on Wednesday, Aug. 21! Join coach Scotty Walden for the “UTEP Football Kickoff Party” in the GECU Terrace at Sun Bowl Stadium. The event will start at 6:30 pm and conclude at 8:30 pm. Billed as “UTEP’s Biggest
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — An earthquake shook the Los Angeles region Monday afternoon. The US Geological Survey reported a 4.9 magnitude quake with an epicenter near Barstow, California – about 103 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The quake was at a depth of nearly five miles, according to the USGS. The magnitude was
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, N.J. (AP) — Want some doggie time, but can’t take care of one full-time? Animal shelters around the country will let you take one out for the afternoon, kind of like borrowing a library book. In New Jersey, the St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center plans to send 1,000 dogs on day trips
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Avery Schmitz and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard. The scene is from another battle in
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By Suzanne Phan Click here for updates on this story BAY POINT, California (KGO) — In the East Bay, many families were forced out by the Point Fire are back home Saturday. That fire burned about 470 acres Friday night with containment now at 70%. Retardant drops may have helped save these houses, but it
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iran is using covert social media activity and related influence operations in an effort to undercut the candidacy of former President Donald Trump, a US intelligence official said Monday in an updated assessment of threats to the November election. The US intelligence community has “observed Tehran working to influence
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Associated Press Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area that has weathered tremors for decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A sequence that began in 2021 erupted with its largest quake on Friday, a magnitude 5.1 in the most active area
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Associated Press Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area that has weathered tremors for decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A sequence that began in 2021 erupted with its largest quake on Friday, a magnitude 5.1 in the most active area
Continue Reading Associated Press Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area that has weathered tremors for decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A sequence that began in 2021 erupted with its largest quake on Friday, a magnitude 5.1 in the most active area
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A proposal in Iowa’s capital city to cut back on the number of birds people can raise in their backyards has led to a chicken parade in protest. WOI-TV reported that residents who’ve had their feathers ruffled carried some of their chickens with them Monday from the Iowa Statehouse to
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Update (October 10, 2024): Perez is set to go on trial on May 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM. Update: The jail released Perez on bond on July 31, 2024. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say that officers arrested and charged 23-year-old Jorge Miguel Perez with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after
Continue Reading AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff is making it look easy at the Paris Olympics so far. She added a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina in the second round of singles to her growing collection of lopsided results. The performance wasn’t perfect. But as Gauff says: The score is
Continue Reading By Tom George Click here for updates on this story HOLLY SPRINGS, North Carolina (WTVD) — A Holly Springs teenage lifeguard is recovering after nearly losing his life to save a 7-year-old boy from drowning. The community is now rallying behind the lifeguard being hailed a hero. Youssef Bounagui has been at WakeMed for over
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Had Snoop Dogg pretended to take a toke from the Olympic torch he helped carry to open the 2024 games, few people would have been surprised. But the now cannabis entrepreneur and elder statesman of hip-hop is in his respectable era – he’s a little older, a little
Continue Reading Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams has experienced some ups and downs during his first eight days of training camp. Despite his occasional struggles, the first pick of the 2024 draft from Southern California believes he’s making progress. “I think I’m on track to be ready,” Williams said.
Continue Reading Associated Press SABAC, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied in several towns in Serbia to protest a lithium excavation project the Balkan country’s government recently signed with the European Union. The protests were held simultaneously in the western town of Sabac and the central towns of Kraljevo, Arandjelovac, Ljig and Barajevo. The deal
Continue Reading FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Police in New Jersey say a woman was fatally shot by an officer responding to a mental health crisis call. That’s according to the attorney general’s office, which investigates officer-involved deaths. The office says it happened early Sunday in Fort Lee. It says police said officers were responding to a
Continue Reading Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge in North Dakota on Monday canceled a trial scheduled for August in a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban as unconstitutional. It wasn’t immediately clear why. State District Judge Bruce Romanick is expected to rule soon on whether to dismiss the complaint in the lawsuit originally filed
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El plan de Kamala Harris como compañera de fórmula era pasar por alto a J. D. Vance y considerarlo nada más que un instrumento de Donald Trump. Pero ahora que ella es la probable aspirante demócrata, su campaña considera que el senador de Ohio es una gran desventaja, por lo que
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Tras las elecciones del 28 de julio en Venezuela, el Consejo Nacional Electoral proclamó a Nicolás Maduro como presidente para un tercer mandato y el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia ratificó la sentencia que validó esa proclamación. Pero la oposición mayoritaria aseguró que el triunfo es propio y así lo sostuvieron
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans defensive lineman Denico Autry was suspended for the first six games of the regular season on Monday for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers. Autry denied he knowingly ingested a banned substance but said he would accept the suspension. Autry said he discovered the pharmacy that filled a prescription for
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced that it will send $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including an array of munitions for air defense systems, artillery, mortars and anti-tank and anti-ship missiles. The package announced Monday includes $1.5 billion in funding for long-term contracts through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, and
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun say gunmen arrived on a jet ski and opened fire at a rival dealer on the beach, killing a 12-year-old boy before fleeing. Prosecutors said in a statement late Sunday that the boy died earlier that day after suffering gunshot wounds. The boy was
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman who witnessed the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump firsthand will lead the House task force charged with investigating what went wrong and recommending solutions to help ensure such an attack doesn’t happen again. Republican Rep. Mike Kelly represents the city of Butler, where the July
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman who witnessed the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump firsthand will lead the House task force charged with investigating what went wrong and recommending solutions to help ensure such an attack doesn’t happen again. Republican Rep. Mike Kelly represents the city of Butler, where the July
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. At least two others were taken captive. The Sahel specialist, who says he counted bodies in
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