VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway and split in two Wednesday afternoon, damaging cars and sending four people to hospitals, authorities said. The Piper PA-31 with just the pilot aboard crashed about 3 p.m. near a highway overpass in Victoria, some 150 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of Houston,
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VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway and split in two Wednesday afternoon, damaging cars and sending four people to hospitals, authorities said. The Piper PA-31 with just the pilot aboard crashed about 3 p.m. near a highway overpass in Victoria, some 150 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of Houston,
Continue Reading Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to hold “technical talks” to resolve a dispute sparked by Ethiopia’s deal with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. A joint declaration by the two was released in Turkey on Wednesday after the leaders had separate meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. The votes Wednesday culminated two days of speeches overwhelmingly calling for an end to the 14-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group
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By Mauricio Maldonado Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Florida man is facing serious charges after admitting to police he fatally shot his father and wounded his mother over video games. Joseph Voight, 23, told Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies that his father was upset with him about spending the
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By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If you’re feeling overwhelmed by gift giving this holiday season, don’t despair. Plenty of other people are in the
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HOUSTON, Texas (KVIA) — Texas officials sent out an Amber Alert Wednesday afternoon asking residents to be on the lookout for missing 16-year-old Nancy Argueta-Vasquez. The alert says Argueta-Vasquez was abducted in Houston. The suspect, 38-year-old Denis Munoz-Munguia, is driving a brown 2018 Chevy Equinox with Texas license plate VMD1391. Argueta-Vasquez was last seen wearing
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has promised to pay a private security company $1.4 million after some of its employees walked out of the jail in August. The office announced Wednesday it will send the payments electronically by the end of the week. Strategic Security Corporation ended its contract with the county
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board has dismissed protests filed by several Republican candidates trailing narrowly in their races last month who have questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall. The Democratic-majority board agreed Wednesday to throw out the protests of GOP Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin and three legislative
Continue Reading AP Pro Football Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — The NFL will consider expanding replay assist to include facemask penalties and other plays. Officials have missed several obvious facemask penalties this season, including two in a three-week span during Thursday night games. “When we see it, because I see it like yourselves and the fans, I
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Republicans in the North Carolina House pushed through a measure restricting the powers of the incoming governor and other Democrats, overriding outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. The bill passed with 72 members voting for the override and 46 against. Three House Republicans who opposed the measure last month
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Nechirvan Mando, CNN (CNN) — The US’ key anti-ISIS partners in Syria said on Wednesday that the ISIS detention facilities they guard are coming under attack and that they have been forced to halt anti-ISIS operations, complicating the US military’s efforts to prevent the terror group from reconstituting
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Saudi Arabia scored a major win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally appointed as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday. Still, many questions remain about the tournament as well as the 2030 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by
Continue Reading Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by media outlets challenging a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a working police officer after being ordered or asked to step back. Proponents of the law argue it creates a
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The proposals would repeal the state’s red flag law and another preventing people under the
Continue Reading BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament has approved legislation drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico that could effectively ban doctors from protesting against low pay. The law was adopted as the government’s response to a move by more than 3,000 doctors in the country’s hospitals, a majority, to quit their job
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say three men stole 20 cars from a West El Paso rental company. The company is located at 7214 North Mesa. Police first received reports of a burglary on December 2, 2024. Auto Theft Task Force investigators found ten of those stolen cars across the city in
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, Elizabeth Wolfe, Josh Campbell and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Weeks of mysterious drone sightings across New Jersey are prompting heightened security concerns – and mounting frustrations – from residents, military personnel and federal, state and local officials. While the state’s governor says there’s no threat to public safety, other state officials
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Southeastern Conference coaches have picked Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson and South Carolina defensive end Kyle Kennard as the league’s offensive and defensive players of the year. The SEC released the individual awards, voted on by the 16 head coaches, on Wednesday. South Carolina’s Shane Beamer was named coach of the
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday she’s suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness for allegedly violating a public nuisance law, contending that its groundwater pumping threatens the public health, safety and infrastructure of local communities in a rural western county. The complaint filed in Maricopa County Superior Court
Continue Reading AP Film Writer The new film “September 5″ is a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The film, rated R and opening in theaters this week, stays in the newsroom where the sports broadcasters attempt to follow the quickly escalating story. Associated Press Film Writer Lindsey
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Por Jack Guy, CNN Una imagen de una ardilla atrapada en un árbol fue nombrada ganadora general de los Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards de este año, con una rana en una burbuja y un besugo persiguiendo a un águila calva entre los ganadores de la categoría. “Stuck Squirrel” de Milko Marchetti fue elegida ganadora
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Kobayashi “has been found safe,” her family said Wednesday, more than a week after police declared her voluntarily missing amid fears she may have been abducted. “We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah has been found safe,” Kobayashi’s sister, Sydni, and mother, Brandi Yee,
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search and a missing persons investigation in Los Angeles, has been found safe, police said Wednesday. Kobayashi vanished last month in Los Angeles. She missed her connecting flight and planned to explore the city the next day, but
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, comprising 11 of the 15 unprotected players who were picked Wednesday. The 121-loss Chicago White Sox had the first pick and selected 24-year-old right-hander Shane Smith from the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Smith was
Continue Reading Por Gustavo Valdés, CNN en Español Universidades en Estados Unidos están advirtiendo a sus estudiantes extranjeros tomar medidas si quieren viajar fuera del país durante las vacaciones de invierno, al resaltar la incertidumbre sobre los cambios inmigratorios que pueda tomar el nuevo Gobierno de Donald Trump que se inicia el 20 de enero. Algunas les
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This morning, lows hit 23 degrees in El Paso and Las Cruces—the coldest since January. Due to the cold, the ABC-7 First Alert that we had in place since Saturday will no longer be in effect as we slowly warm up. Temps will be a little warmer tomorrow morning and afternoon. Expect the slow warming
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday as he still pushing to win enough votes for confirmation and said he will not back down after allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. Collins said after
Continue Reading Por Steve Contorno y Kristen Holmes, CNN Donald Trump una vez especuló públicamente sobre que Time nunca lo nombraría la “Persona del Año” de la revista. Ahora, el honor le fue otorgado por segunda vez. La revista Time nombró este jueves a Trump como la persona de este año, reconociendo al presidente electo como el
Continue Reading By John Fritze and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — William J. Hennessy Jr., a veteran sketch artist who gave Americans striking views from inside courtrooms during some of the nation’s most important legal dramas, died on Monday. From the Supreme Court to high-profile criminal trials to the Senate chamber during President Donald Trump’s impeachment in
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