Skip to Content

Month: August 2024

Former NMSU Men’s Basketball Players court hearing scheduled for Monday

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Three former New Mexico State University basketball players facing sexual assault charges are expected to be in court Monday. The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office has charged Deshawndre Washington, Doctor Bradley, and Kim Aiken Jr. with a combined 37 felony sex crimes. Washington and Bradley were last seen in court in December of last year,

Continue Reading

Catholic devotees honor St Jude’s relic with watery procession through Mexico’s Xochimilco canals

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was no ordinary Sunday on Mexico City’s famed Xochimilco canals. Instead of tourists and locals hanging out with friends, the brightly painted boats known as “trajineras” were filled with Catholics honoring a relic of St. Jude Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles and patron saint of impossible causes.

Continue Reading

Trump spreads false conspiracy theory about Harris’ Detroit crowd size

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump falsely claimed in a series of social media posts Sunday that “nobody” attended Vice President Kamala Harris’ Michigan rally last week — and said his Democratic rival should be “disqualified” over a “fake crowd picture.” The former president appeared to have fallen for a far-right conspiracy theory — one easily disproved

Continue Reading

Trump spreads false conspiracy theory about Harris’ Detroit crowd size

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump falsely claimed in a series of social media posts Sunday that “nobody” attended Vice President Kamala Harris’ Michigan rally last week — and said his Democratic rival should be “disqualified” over a “fake crowd picture.” The former president appeared to have fallen for a far-right conspiracy theory — one easily

Continue Reading

Concerts banned at SoFi Plaza area after more than 100 noise complaints flooded police

By Mika Edwards Click here for updates on this story     INGLEWOOD, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Following a surge of noise complaints from last weekend’s HARD Summer techno-music festival outside SoFi Stadium, Inglewood is banning music stages at the venue’s elevated American Airlines Plaza. In a statement released Friday, Inglewood Mayor James Butts said the elevated

Continue Reading

Hours after landing, some American Airlines travelers say they’re still waiting for luggage

By Alexandra Simon, Ross DiMattei Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Dozens of American Airlines travelers say they were forced to wait hours for their bags after landing at Philadelphia International Airport Saturday night — and many never even got their hands on their luggage. Passengers traveling from Seattle, Washington

Continue Reading

Feeling saucy? McDonald’s France jokes about pulling classic curry sauce after Steph Curry leads US over France

By Robert Ilich, CNN (CNN) — McDonald’s France had a not-so-thinly veiled response to the men’s basketball final at the Paris Olympics. After Steph Curry drained eight three-pointers Saturday to help lead the United States to gold in a 98-87 win over France, the Instagram account for McDonald’s France posted a message Sunday directed at

Continue Reading

Lack of worker heat protections despite rising temperatures leave patchwork of guidelines, put workers in danger

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Esteban Wood still remembers the time a 74-year-old Mexican farmer in Homestead, Florida, collapsed on the job from extreme heat. In 2018, Wood, the policy director at Florida-based worker advocacy group WeCount!, learned about the case of Jose Delgado, who passed out near the end of a workday without

Continue Reading

Browns QB Deshaun Watson cleared for contact, but will sit out 2nd straight preseason game

AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns starting quarterback Deshaun Watson has been cleared for contact to his surgically repaired shoulder, but he’ll sit out his second straight preseason game when Cleveland hosts Minnesota this week. Watson spent Saturday night’s preseason opener against Green Bay on the sideline as the Browns were beaten 23-10 by

Continue Reading