Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An agreement has been made allowing French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. Initially barred from the ceremony due to her hijab, Sylla will now wear a cap provided by the French Olympic Committee. The cap, designed to cover her hair, meets the requirements
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By Elijah Westbrook Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — An MTA bus crashed into a Burger King overnight in Kensington, Brooklyn. Investigators believe the bus driver, a man in his 50s, suffered a heart attack before the crash. He was hospitalized in stable condition. Surveillance video shows the B16 bus
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing officials still aren’t ready to name a return date for the two astronauts piloting the vehicle on its inaugural crewed test flight. But engineers do finally have some possible answers
Continue Reading Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the future of an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be settled next month. That’s when the Cypriot energy regulator is due to rule on whether to accept the terms of the project’s Greek operator, which wants Cypriot consumers
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of killing a former Ukrainian lawmaker, local authorities say, after her fatal shooting in the city of Lviv. Iryna Farion, 60, died in hospital last Friday after she was shot in western Ukraine, the mayor of Lviv,
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Los cancilleres de Colombia, Luis Gilberto Murillo, y de Brasil, Mauro Vieira, se reunirán este jueves en Brasilia, informó el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia en un comunicado. Los ministros revisarán la agenda bilateral, que cubre temas sociales, económicos, comerciales, ambientales y culturales. La agenda del canciller colombiano incluye
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.” “We choose freedom,” Harris says in the
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AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.” “We choose freedom,” Harris says in the
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — No charges have been filed, and Von Miller said Thursday that he considers the case of him allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend as being closed based on feedback the Buffalo Bills edge rusher got from his legal representatives. “No charges were ever filed and the case is closed.
Continue Reading By Joe Holden Click here for updates on this story WEST CALN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Charges against a Chester County couple have been upgraded to first-degree murder and conspiracy in the starvation and torture death of Malinda Hoagland, according to court records and the county district attorney’s office. The 12-year-old died in May, described
Continue Reading AP Business Writer A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company in California, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. According to his lawsuit, Richard Montañez began working for PepsiCo as a janitor
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La próxima presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció este jueves que Zoé Robledo Aburto fue ratificado como titular del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) para su gobierno 2024-2030. Con dicho nombramiento, la futura mandataria mexicana inauguró la lista del gabinete ampliado, que se suma a las 21 secretarías del
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron James
Continue Reading CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system. The Federal Prison Oversight Act, which passed the Senate on July 10 and the
Continue Reading By Jeramie Bizzle Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police are searching for the gunman who shot a man in a wheelchair in Greater Grand Crossing Wednesday night. Police say just before 10:30 p.m., officers responded to the 7400 block of South Perry Avenue, where they found the victim with
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge threw out a bankruptcy case filed by The Gateway Pundit, finding that the far-right conspiracy site was seeking bankruptcy protections in “bad faith” to avoid costly defamation lawsuits stemming from its publication of 2020 election lies. The ruling Wednesday from US bankruptcy judge Mindy Mora means the
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Transit and environmental advocacy groups in New York have filed lawsuits challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to block a plan for a new $15 congestion toll on Manhattan drivers. The two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday in New York Supreme Court. One suit comes from the Riders Alliance, the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Workers have gone on strike at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying. According to the major French union CGT, the IOC paid the hotel where staffers were striking Thursday 22 million euros for exclusive use of the facility during the Games. The CGT says
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the first time in history, Southwest Airlines will ditch its open seating policy in favor of a more traditional boarding process. With the switch to assigned seating, the airline says they will “offer premium seating options to meet evolving customer preferences and increase revenue opportunities”. Southwest will redesign the configurations
Continue Reading Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal authorities say a North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American medical centers, military bases and even NASA. The grand jury indictment announced Thursday in Kansas City accuses Rim Jong Hyok of ransomware attacks and other hacks on targets in
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man and two juveniles suspected in a botched carjacking that led to the death of an Ohio woman were in custody Wednesday on murder charges, police said. Alexa Stakely, 29, saw her SUV being stolen July 11 with her 6-year-old son sleeping inside and was struck by
Continue Reading The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Lubbock City Council has voted to strip funding from a popular free monthly arts walk, after a council member suggested the event promoted a drag show. The 5-2 vote on Tuesday strips the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts of $30,000 of tax dollars collected from
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — El tiempo caluroso y seco está avivando la actividad de los incendios forestales en el oeste de Estados Unidos y Canadá, con fuegos que han afectado viviendas, dejado heridos y han obligado a evacuaciones. El mayor incendio forestal activo de Estados Unidos ha calcinado más de 113.000 hectáreas en el este de
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The United States Attorney’s Office held a press conference Thursday, July 25th at 12:00 PM at 200 North Church Street Las Cruces, NM 88001. They announced the results of a multi-agency effort to disrupt transnational human trafficking and smuggling. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Las Cruces said that law enforcement have dismantled
Continue Reading By Jaide Timm-Garcia, Isabel Rosales, Amanda Musa and Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — J.R. Reed’s three kids were scattered in different states across the country this week. They all had tickets to get home — on Delta. But they couldn’t even get onto planes. Delta paused its unaccompanied minors program during the airline’s meltdown in
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Justice Department watchdog has found that former Attorney General Bill Barr was personally involved in the decision to publicize an incident from the 2020 election – nine mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being discarded in a dumpster in Pennsylvania – that flamed the false narrative
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By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Princess Diana’s letters to her family’s former housekeeper are going on sale, providing an “insight” into her life behind closed doors, including wedding preparations to the then-Prince Charles, and details of Prince Harry and Prince William’s childhood relationship. Violet Collison, nicknamed Collie, was the head housekeeper at Park House
Continue Reading By Todd Feurer Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Most Chicagoans who want to go to Saugatuck travel by car, but one man left Chicago for southwest Michigan on a jet ski. Frank Giannelli is jet skiing 100 miles across Lake Michigan for “Get Behind The Vest,” the effort by the
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has advanced a proposal that would require political advertisers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads. But it’s unclear whether new regulations may be in place before the November presidential election. The proposed rules announced Thursday could add a
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