ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from an Orlando amusement park ride in 2022 have won a $310 million verdict against the attraction’s Austrian builder. Late Thursday, the Orange County jury ordered that the manufacturer Funtime pay $155 million each to Tyre Sampson’s parents, Nekia
Continue Reading Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani think tank says a Baloch separatist group is becoming as big a national security threat as the Pakistani Taliban. Last month, the Baloch Liberation Army killed dozens of people in the restive southwest Pakistani province of Balochistan. The deadliest assault was a suicide bombing at a train station.
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By Lauren del Valle, Gloria Pazmino, Eric Levenson and Celina Tebor, CNN New York (CNN) — A judge granted a motion from Manhattan prosecutors to dismiss the more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny on Friday in his trial over the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last
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By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News (KFF Health News) — The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases. Now, after backlash against public health interventions culminated in President-elect Donald Trump’s
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party’s hard right and anger over the historic impeachment last year of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Dade Phelan’s decision, a victory for the
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Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party’s hard right and anger over the historic impeachment last year of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Dade Phelan’s decision, a victory for the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — More than one million pairs of oven gloves are being recalled due to a burn hazard, after dozens of injury reports. Video and e-commerce retailer QVC is recalling about 1.1 million of its “Temp-tations Oven Gloves” because they fail to provide sufficient heat protection. According to a Thursday notice published by
Continue Reading AP Business Writer A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok as soon as next month, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump says preparing to enter the White House for the second time looks a lot different from the first time. She said Friday that now, “You know what you need to establish. You know what kind of people you need to hire for your office.” She
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By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN New York (CNN) — TikTok has lost its bid to strike down a law that could result in the platform being banned in the United States. A US appeals court upheld the law in a ruling Friday. Denying TikTok’s argument that the law was unconstitutional, the judges found
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrating the end of the 100th anniversary Year of Czech Music, an event held every decade in the year ending in 4, Semyon Bychkov is conducting through pain in leading the Czech Philharmonic on a North American tour to New York and Toronto. He had lumbar decompression surgery in
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By Kristen Holmes, Shania Shelton and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he has confidence in Pete Hegseth, even as he acknowledged “people were a little bit concerned” about his pick to lead the Pentagon amid a series of allegations related to drinking and sexual misconduct. “Looks like Pete is
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By Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A Boston city councilor was arrested by FBI agents Friday morning after she was indicted for an alleged kickback scheme that netted her thousands of dollars in cash from a staffer in exchange for a large bonus. Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson represents
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales took another step Friday in her return to public life following cancer treatment, in hosting her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey. Dressed in a festive red coat featuring a large black bow on the collar and black buttons, the princess, often referred to simply
Continue Reading By Blair Young Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A fiery tractor-trailer crash shut down southbound Interstate 95 Thursday morning, causing major traffic delays at the tunnels. According to the Maryland Transportation Authority, the crash around 6 a.m. caused a fire and a fuel leak on I-95 south at the entrance
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UPDATE: El Paso Police say a 64-year-old woman was ejected from the vehicle she was driving after a hit-and-run crash on the 5300 block of North Loop in the Lower Valley Thursday night. Special Traffic Investigators say the woman driver was eastbound on North Loop when she made a U-turn and was struck by an
Continue Reading By Jake Shindel, Tori Yorgey, Jason Newton, Greg Ng Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Strong winds fueled a fast-moving, massive fire at a north Baltimore lumber yard that has been burning for hours, sending flames dozens of feet into the air at the height of the fire. WHAT WE KNOW
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A man is recovering from serious injuries after leaping onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled by the animal, according to police in Canada’s Ontario province. A man and a woman in the town of Fort Severn had left their home before 5 a.m. local
Continue Reading By Felix Cortez & Ricardo Tovar Click here for updates on this story DEL MONTE FOREST, California (KSBW) — A woman hiking in Pebble Beach was tied to a tree by an armed man early Wednesday morning, leading to a search for the suspect. There is no active shooter in the area even though there
Continue Reading By Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story BOONE, North Carolina (WYFF) — A Boone, North Carolina, man was sentenced to eight years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release today for using the dark web to transport child pornography, according to the Department of Justice. Jacob Elijah Kilgore, 29, was also
Continue Reading By AJ Sisson Click here for updates on this story SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) — More than two years after the death of Saudi Lee, the 31-year-old shot and killed by a former Savannah Police Department officer, the Claiborne Firm, which represents Lee’s family, released new body camera footage from the moment shots were fired. Attorneys
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton needs help finding Dolly Parton. The iconic country star shared Thursday that casting has begun for a forthcoming Broadway show about her life, “Dolly: an Original Musical.” “Now I’m announcing the search for Dolly,” Parton said in a video. “Whether you’re chasing your dreams from a
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It was a rare instance of Lionel Messi stepping on a soccer field and having no idea what was happening. There they were, more than 250 Inter Miami academy players, a slew of kids lined up at midfield in a formation that spelled out three letters: MVP.
Continue Reading By Tom George Click here for updates on this story CARY, North Carolina (WTVD) — A Cary man is getting a lot of attention for his dazzling display of lights all for a good cause. For 17 years, Rick Grandinetti has lit up his home to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Ahmed Al Sharaa, an Islamist militant in his late 20s, moved back to Syria from Iraq in 2011 with six men and a monthly stipend of $50,000 from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become the world’s most wanted terrorist. His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Deciding whether Juan Soto tops Shohei Ohtani for baseball’s largest contract could be in the eye of the beholder because of all the deferred money in Ohtani’s deal. Ohtani agreed last December to a $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, easily exceeding the previous high
Continue Reading By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — Izzy Santulli shows a bottle of perfume, leans back, shakes her head and grimaces in the video she’s filmed of herself. The creator of beauty and skin care content on TikTok and Instagram pushes the product off to the side with a judgmental look on her face. In another
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso, Pauline Lockwood and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Elon Musk “in the last few days” to discuss a revival of talks to secure the release of hostages currently held in Gaza, according to a source close to President Herzog. The source told CNN Herzog had made the
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for NASA administrator — tech billionaire and spaceflight trailblazer Jared Isaacman — is sending shock waves through the space community, eliciting excited responses from industry leaders who view Isaacman as a changemaker as well as concerns about conflicts of interest. Isaacman, who has twice traveled
Continue Reading PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An armored vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-caliber bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of the violence confronting the United Nations-backed force almost daily in Port-au-Prince. Kenyan police were deployed to Haiti earlier this year to help quell gang violence. On
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