By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Trips to a strip club, gun shooting range, and free airfare were some of the perks offered as part of an elaborate scheme by current Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce to woo potential Arizona State University (ASU) football players and their parents while the former NFL player
Continue Reading
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild was resolved Thursday when the Massachusetts governor stepped in to protect Nibi. The state issued a permit to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue
Continue Reading
Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Los estadounidenses que tardan para planear viajar al extranjero ahora tienen un poco más de margen de maniobra que antes. El Departamento de Estado anunció este jueves que el tiempo habitual de tramitación de los pasaportes estadounidenses se redujo a entre cuatro y seis semanas. Previamente, la demora era de entre
Continue Reading
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They began a pilgrimage that thousands before them have done. They boarded long flights to their motherland, South Korea, to undertake an emotional, often frustrating, sometimes devastating search for their birth families. These adoptees are among the 200,000 sent from South Korea to Western nations as children. Many
Continue Reading
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on Korean adoptions. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving South Korea’s foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s
Continue Reading
El Paso, Texas (KVIA-TV)— The 16th annual El Paso Fall Home and Garden Show will be held October 4 through 6 at the El Paso Convention Center. Admission is free, and everyone is encouraged to attend the weekend-long event. The show provides El Pasoans with unique access to everything for their home and landscaping and
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican soldiers opened fire at a pickup truck carrying migrants, killing six people from Egypt, El Salvador, and Peru, in an incident that the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum described as a “regrettable.” The tragic event occured on Tuesday evening when soldiers spotted a vehicle carrying 33 migrants “going at
Continue Reading
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is targeting red and rural counties in the final sprint to Election Day, according to campaign aides, with her appearance in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday just part of a strategy to compete everywhere and narrow Donald Trump’s margins in those counties. “We got to
Continue Reading
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in South Carolina and New Mexico in violation of environmental regulations, a federal judge has ruled. Plaintiffs challenged a plan consummated in 2018 for two pit production sites — at South
Continue Reading
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in South Carolina and New Mexico in violation of environmental regulations, a federal judge has ruled. Plaintiffs challenged a plan consummated in 2018 for two pit production sites — at South
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Eminem asumirá un nuevo papel en su vida: será abuelo. El rapero anunció que su hija Hailie Jade, de 28 años, está esperando su primer hijo. Lo comunicó este jueves a través de un nuevo video musical para su canción “Temporary”, con Skylar Grey. En un momento del video, Jade, una
Continue Reading
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Music superstar Bruce Springsteen is throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the US presidential election. In a video posted to his official Instagram on Thursday, Springsteen said he is supporting Harris in the election, calling it “one of the most
Continue Reading Joaquin Doria (CNN Español) — La marcha federal de este miércoles en defensa del presupuesto universitario en Argentina buscó enviar otra vez el mismo mensaje al Gobierno de Javier Milei. Miles de manifestantes repitieron una fórmula ya probada para defender a la educación pública mientras desde la Casa Rosada esgrimen distintos argumentos para llevar el
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio Nueva York (CNN) — Los miembros en huelga de la Asociación Internacional de Estibadores (ILA, por sus siglas en inglés) volverán a trabajar en los puertos el viernes, anunció el sindicato el jueves por la noche, ya que el sindicato y el grupo de gestión que representa a las líneas navieras, operadores
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In late August, shortly before resigning under a cloud of scandal, New York City’s former police commissioner blocked the discipline of three officers involved in a melee outside a Brooklyn juice bar. That same juice bar owner is now alleging a corrupt “shakedown” scheme involving the police commissioner’s twin
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN (CNN) — After an outstanding season in which she undoubtedly exceeded lofty expectations following a historic career at the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark was named the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote. The Indiana Fever guard’s achievements this year were groundbreaking. She became the WNBA single-season
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York(CNN) — Hace una semana, pocos fuera del movimiento obrero o de la industria naviera conocían a Harold Daggett, el pintoresco y duro jefe del sindicato que ahora está en huelga en los puertos de las costas este y del Golfo. Desde luego, ya no es así. Daggett es el presidente de
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — New before-and-after aerial photos paint a grim picture of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in parts of western North Carolina that have been hard to access after the storm swiped away the state’s roads and bridges. The monstrously sized Category 4 hurricane carved a more than 500-mile path of destruction across
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for a New York City subway rider who was inadvertently shot in the head by police at a station has filed a legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of showing “carelessness and reckless” disregard for bystanders’ lives when they opened fire on a man holding
Continue Reading
CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit from a “Jane Roe” who says she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the award-winning singer. The complaint, filed in a state court in California on Thursday and obtained by
Continue Reading AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to resume working immediately. The temporary end to the
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los
Continue Reading
By Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — A North Texas couple is recovering from a brutal attack at a Dallas Cowboys game, and they want to warn others about what happened. The Gonzalez family attended their first-ever Cowboys game on September 22 at AT&T Stadium. It was a
Continue Reading KTVT, GONZALEZ FAMILY, ARLINGTON POLICE, CNN By Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — A North Texas couple is recovering from a brutal attack at a Dallas Cowboys game, and they want to warn others about what happened. The Gonzalez family attended their first-ever Cowboys game on September 22
Continue Reading
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — More than 180 people were evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught fire while taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy. The incident comes two days after a tire blowout on another of the airline’s Boeing planes during landing led to the
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Cuando los niños padecen una enfermedad crónica y no pueden asistir a la escuela, no es solo la afección en sí la que puede ser debilitante: la separación del aula y de los amigos también puede pasar factura. Para los jóvenes que se encuentran bajo tratamiento a largo plazo o que
Continue Reading By Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story BLAIRSVILLE, Pittsburgh (KDKA) — A two-year animal cruelty investigation has resulted in felony charges filed against two animal rescue workers in Indiana County. The president of Cat Aid Network, Kimberly Rose, and a board member, Pamela Curry, were arraigned Wednesday for charges that included aggravated
Continue Reading
By Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will be back to work on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as it reached a tentative deal with the management group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port authorities. The agreement amounts to a $4-per-hour
Continue Reading
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Michelle Gellar is happy to honor her late friend Shannen Doherty however she can – which may include stepping into a role that Doherty originated in the 1995 cult classic “Mallrats.” Kevin Smith, the director of that film, spoke about his desire to bring a sequel to the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Simon Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Not really, but soon enough, thanks to the third installment of the Philly Specials Christmas album, it’ll sound like it. Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata’s newest album, “A Philly Special Christmas
Continue Reading