By Pauleen Le, David Schuman, Adam Duxter Click here for updates on this story WOODBURY, Minnesota (WCCO) — A substitute teacher at Woodbury High School is accused of reenacting the murder of George Floyd in class with students earlier this week. In a letter to families, principal Sarah Sorenson-Wagner said the incident happened on Monday.
Continue Reading By Dana Kozlov, Tracy O’Brien Click here for updates on this story ANTIOCH, Illinois (WBBM) — Driving by a home in the far northwest suburbs, you might wonder what happened to Halloween, as each day more Christmas decorations keep showing up. The answer is a touching tribute to a loving mom, wife and friend; with
Continue Reading WBBM, ANNA HAYLEY, THE SUNDAY EVENING POST, CNN By Dana Kozlov, Tracy O’Brien Click here for updates on this story ANTIOCH, Illinois (WBBM) — Driving by a home in the far northwest suburbs, you might wonder what happened to Halloween, as each day more Christmas decorations keep showing up. The answer is a touching tribute
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Liam Payne murió por “politraumatismo” con “hemorragia interna y externa”, según el informe preliminar de la autopsia realizada el miércoles por el cuerpo forense argentino que investiga el caso y que CNN obtuvo de la Policía de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Aún falta por conocer el reporte toxicológico. Muerte
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En medio de los combates en el Líbano entre tropas israelíes y Hezbollah, y mientras EE.UU. bombardeaba posiciones de los hutíes en Yemen, las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) anunciaron este jueves la muerte del líder de Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, en Gaza. Israel investiga si murió en un ataque el líder
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AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley’s comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them difficult to spot. The Orionid meteor shower can be unpredictable. It shines like a fireworks display in some years, but is fairly slow in other years.
Continue Reading AP Business Writer Meta says it has laid off some employees, including staff at WhatsApp And Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.” A Meta spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some teams were making changes to align with their long-term goals and location strategy. The Verge, who first reported the layoffs, said
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Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — It takes water to flush a toilet yet tens of thousands of North Carolinians have been without it since Hurricane Helene ripped through the state three weeks ago. The storm swallowed mountain towns, damaged water infrastructure and killed nearly 250 people across the Southeast. Local governments have been overwhelmed
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt says he has no issue with kicker Harrison Butker forming a political action committee designed to encourage Christians to vote for “traditional values.” Butker announced his UPRIGHT PAC last weekend. Hunt says the Chiefs have players “on both sides of the
Continue Reading HELSINKI (AP) — Two German men have died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff. Police say the single-engine, two-seater T-6 Texan plane — a popular American military trainer aircraft introduced in the 1930s and now used mainly in air shows — crashed into a forest
Continue Reading Originally Published: 17 OCT 24 07:47 ET Updated: 17 OCT 24 10:19 ET By Dakin Andone, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Barring intervention by the courts or the governor, Texas on Thursday is scheduled to execute death row inmate Robert Roberson, who claims he was wrongfully convicted of abusing his 2-year-old daughter
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Originally Published: 16 OCT 24 11:42 ET By Sam Tupper (CNN) — Adding a six-week course of chemotherapy to the standard course of treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer resulted in a significant increase in survival rates, a new study shows. The study, published Monday in the journal The Lancet, involved 500 patients from 32 medical centers
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.’s ties with Beijing and seek “pragmatic engagement” despite human rights and other concerns. Relations between Britain and China have turned increasingly frosty in recent years over a
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Friends and collaborators have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who has died in Buenos Aires, Argentina at age 31. Payne’s One Direction bandmates say they are “completely devastated” and they will forever treasure their memories with him. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn
Continue Reading Originally Published: 16 OCT 24 07:50 ET Updated: 16 OCT 24 07:57 ET By Jack Guy, CNN Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. (CNN) — Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s lower house of parliament on Thursday gave quick initial approval to a bill outlawing “propaganda” that discourages people from having children, the latest in a slew of restrictive laws as the Kremlin tightens control over the society amid the fighting in Ukraine. The new legislation, which requires two more readings in
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By Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — Universal Orlando Resort announced Thursday morning that its highly anticipated new theme park, Epic Universe, will open on May 22, 2025, just before Memorial Day weekend. The new park will be the largest of three theme parks at the resort, part of a 750-acre development that will more than
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday. One survivor said among the dead were those trying to rescue people caught
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El pleno del Senado de México aprobó este jueves la iniciativa de reforma constitucional en materia energética que da prioridad al Estado en la generación de energía eléctrica. La reforma ahora pasa a congresos estatales para su votación. El Senado informó a través de su cuenta en X este jueves que
Continue Reading Associated Press The international authority on hunger crises says the Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war. That’s even as the number of people facing the most extreme level of hunger has declined in recent months. The findings come after the United States warned Israel that
Continue Reading AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices. Retail sales rose 0.4% from August to September, up from 0.1% the previous month and the third straight increase.
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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, Dan Heching and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — As the reality of Liam Payne’s death sets in, his family, friends and former One Direction bandmates are still trying to make sense of the devastating loss while authorities press forward in their investigation into the circumstances surrounding Payne’s final moments and fatal
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — American shoppers continue to power the US economy. Spending at US retailers climbed 0.4% in September from the prior month, according to fresh government data released Thursday. That was much stronger than August’s 0.1% gain and was in line with what economists projected in a FactSet poll. Wall
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Paul Pogba is determined to return to soccer following a ban from the sport after testing positive for a banned substance in August 2023. The Juventus star was handed a four-year suspension in February having been provisionally suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (NADO Italia) in September last year.
Continue Reading Anabella González (CNN Español) — Cuando el juez Brian Cogan condenó al exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México, Genaro García Luna, a 460 meses de cárcel (más de 38 años de prisión), una multa de US$ 2 millones y cinco años de libertad condicional, habló de una “doble vida” del exfuncionario mexicano y lo comparó
Continue Reading Associated Press The Rev. Wayne Lee leads an English-speaking church of second- and third-generation Chinese Americans in the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown. His 120-strong evangelical Christian congregation in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania is under the same umbrella as two other immigrant congregations totaling 500 members who speak Mandarin and Cantonese respectively. While those
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says the Secret Service needs fundamental reform” and new leadership, and that “another Butler can and will happen again” without major changes in how candidates are protected. The review faulted the Secret Service for poor
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An independent panel of former law enforcement officials appointed under Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recommended a complete overhaul of Secret Service leadership after reviewing the agency’s security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this summer. In one of the most
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First Alert for Thursday’s rain chances. We continue with our active weather pattern for now. Today the weather impact will be stronger storm potential. Rain chances right now are estimated between 30-40 % with rain chances picking up into mid afternoon and early evening. Rain
Continue Reading Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most-wanted
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