Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera has been narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and discrimination because of national origin. U.S. District Judge Analisa Nadine Torres in Manhattan issued a 23-page decision
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Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — La vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos Kamala Harris escribió una carta al candidato opositor de Venezuela Edmundo González y a la líder María Corina Machado la semana pasada, comprometiéndose a apoyar “una entrega de poder respetuosa y pacífica” tras las polémicas elecciones presidenciales de julio. La carta, en la que Harris
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By Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Moving season in Boston only means one thing: Trucks slamming into Storrow Drive overpasses, their roofs ripping off. It’s an annual tradition that happens over and over and over again. State releases comedic video to avoid “Storrowing” The State Department of Conservation
Continue Reading WBZ By Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Moving season in Boston only means one thing: Trucks slamming into Storrow Drive overpasses, their roofs ripping off. It’s an annual tradition that happens over and over and over again. State releases comedic video to avoid “Storrowing” The State Department of
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, even though the coalition won only about 60% of the votes in the June 2 elections. The ruling Friday would give the governing party the two-thirds majority
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UPDATE: ABC-7 has been made aware that the incident in which “Edgar T.” punched an officer and the incident in which he ran a stop sign are two separate events. Below is the amended account of the arrest. Road security agents in Juarez who arrested an El Paso man for driving under the influence also
Continue Reading Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors have filed charges against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker, pushed her out and ran over her before going to a park and stabbing her dog to death. Forty-eight-year-old Jahmed Kamal Haynes was charged Friday
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Boston Red Sox player Danny Jansen will make Major League Baseball history Monday by playing for two teams in one game, a team spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park Monday to complete a suspended game between the two teams
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla.; Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Pat Ryan, D-N.Y.; retired Lt. Gen.
Continue Reading By Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The wife of Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell is accused of trying to kill their vulnerable adult son by drug overdose. According to a complaint filed in Ramsey County, Julie Louise Myhre-Schnell, 64, of St. Paul faces one felony count
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State beat Oregon 2-1 in their second-ever matchup and first in Las Cruces on Aug. 22 at the NM State Soccer Complex. Goals from Ariana Leamons and Brooke Schultz propelled the Aggies to their first-ever win over a Power-four conference opponent. “They’re a high press team and really like disrupting your rhythm
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has decided it won’t fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper challenging new laws that eroded his power to choose members of several boards and commissions. The state Supreme Court denied on Friday the requests from Republican legislative leaders
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By Michael Mitsanas, Tanbirul Miraj Ripon, Helen Regan, Rebecca Wright and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Khin Mar Cho worries for her 4-year-old son as she struggles to scrape together enough food to feed him in a makeshift displacement camp at a crowded monastery in western Myanmar. Soldiers had stormed their village of Byine Phyu,
Continue Reading By Derek James Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota (WCCO) — A big part of the Minnesota State Fair is the food. A lot of it is deep-fried, sugary goodness. So where do bugs fit into all of that? Believe it or not, the insect protein market could be worth
Continue Reading WCCO By Derek James Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota (WCCO) — A big part of the Minnesota State Fair is the food. A lot of it is deep-fried, sugary goodness. So where do bugs fit into all of that? Believe it or not, the insect protein market could be
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Ciudad Juárez and the Borderland are ready to start the celebrations in honor of the eighth anniversary of Juan Gabriel’s death on Aug. 28. In a 10-day multicultural festival, Juárez authorities plan to remember “Juanga” with parades, concerts, memorials, and marathons, among other events. Celebrations will start tonight outside Juan Gabriel’s
Continue Reading Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — “Si alguno piensa que con las sociedades anónimas el fútbol argentino se va a salvar, eso es una total mentira”, dijo Claudio Tapia, presidente de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), al presidir una elección de asambleístas. Con esa frase dejó en claro la postura institucional de la AFA
Continue Reading By Nikki DeMentri Click here for updates on this story DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Museum is preserving Bucks County’s past while inspiring future generations in the art world. “Basically, a big puzzle,” James Mowery said. Mowery meticulously assembles the pieces of a large mosaic, spelling out a story that
Continue Reading KYW By Nikki DeMentri Click here for updates on this story DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Museum is preserving Bucks County’s past while inspiring future generations in the art world. “Basically, a big puzzle,” James Mowery said. Mowery meticulously assembles the pieces of a large mosaic, spelling out a story
Continue Reading Associated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown attacker having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a
Continue Reading By Steve Maugeri Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Dwight Spencer has been out of prison since 2017, and he’s still having trouble finding steady work. Spencer was convicted of felony drug possession charges in Florida in the 1990s. He was also convicted of federal charges and spent 20 years in
Continue Reading By Doug Williams Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS/WLNY) — The world-famous Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster closed Friday after a malfunction that forced riders to be rescued on Thursday. The Department of Buildings has now issued violations. Coney Island’s Cyclone closed for maintenance after getting stuck Video from Thursday shows
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Las muestras de cerebro humano recogidas en una autopsia a principios de 2024 contenían más fragmentos diminutos de plástico que las muestras recogidas ocho años antes, según una prepublicación dada a conocer en línea en mayo. Una prepublicación es un estudio que aún no ha sido revisado por pares ni publicado
Continue Reading Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — The U.S. military and a war monitor say a drone strike in northwest Syria has killed a Saudi extremist from an al-Qaida-linked group. The strike on Friday was carried out by a U.S.-led coalition that was established years ago to fight the militant Islamic State group. The man targeted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies working off-duty jobs as security guards at Cielo Vista Mall stopped 40-year-old Adan Gutierrez as he allegedly tried to steal from a jewelry store. On Thursday, the jewelry store employees alerted the deputies that a man who was thought to have stolen from another business
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man plead guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general’s office in February, federal prosecutors say. Twenty-six-year-old Kyle Calvert pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to the charge of malicious use of an explosive device. Calvert faces a minimum sentence of five years and
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than 13 years. South Carolina was once one of the busiest states for executions, but for years had had trouble obtaining lethal injection
Continue Reading Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an unproven method to reverse medication abortions. The judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction citing free speech rights. The order is part of a lawsuit against state
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AP College Football Writer Big 12 presidents are scheduled next week to discuss potentially inviting UConn to the conference after school officials made an in-person pitch to the league that included a hefty investment in the Huskies’ struggling football program, two people familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press on Friday. The people said
Continue Reading GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl a second life sentence. Rashad Trice acknowledged that he took Wynter Cole Smith from her home in Lansing in July 2023 as part of a dispute with the girl’s mother, his former
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