By John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The Fontainebleau Miami Beach is suing a well-known rabbi, accusing him of defaming the iconic hotel on social media while demanding a sizable donation to his charity. It stems from a video of celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach being confronted by a hotel
Continue Reading By Samantha Chaney Click here for updates on this story STOUGHTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two men who suffered cardiac arrests in separate incidents in the last month had the chance Thursday to thank the Stoughton Police officers who saved their lives. “I’m just so grateful, you know. I feel more appreciative than I can express,”
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AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers topped a record nine teams owing Major League Baseball’s luxury tax this year with an unprecedented $103 million penalty, and the $97.1 million bill for the New York Mets raises their tax total under high-spending owner Steve Cohen to nearly $229 million. The World
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Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — As the stars of Friday’s show in downtown Miami, baby pigs Glinda and Elphaba will never have to worry about gracing the dinner table at a Cuban American family’s home on Christmas Eve. Public pardons for the two piglets were granted by the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Daniella Levine Cava,
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Blaring trumpets and joyful voices resounded in a New Orleans neighborhood earlier this week as about 100 people marched in honor of John “Prince” Gilbert, a founding member of an innovative brass band, who died last weekend. Gilbert played the saxophone for the Rebirth Brass Band, which has been a favorite
Continue Reading Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor has commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man. Gov. Mike Parson decided Friday to free Eric DeValkenaere, who was serving a six-year prison sentence after he was convicted in
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Por Hadas Gold, CNN Elon Musk no solo se está involucrando en la política estadounidense. Acaba de dar su apoyo público a un partido político de extrema derecha en Alemania, Alternativa para Alemania o AfD. Musk, el multimillonario aliado de Trump que desempeña un papel público en la administración entrante, publicó este viernes su apoyo
Continue Reading CNN en Español La Fiscalía General de Venezuela dijo este viernes que excarceló a otras 200 personas que fueron detenidas durante las protestas ocurridas después de las controvertidas elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio, con lo cual, según la institución, suman 733 excarcelaciones. En un comunicado, la Fiscalía dijo que continuará con la revisión de
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total abortion ban. The Costa Rica-based regional court said Friday that the
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By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law Saturday, extending government funding into March, after President-elect Donald Trump upended the effort to prevent a shutdown earlier in the week by coming out against an initial bipartisan deal. After signing the
Continue Reading LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff in rural, coastal Oregon says he’s concerned about letters asking residents to collect information on immigrants. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says the letters have been circulating throughout the county. KPTV reports that the letter asks people to write down the license plate numbers of cars believed to
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There will be lots of sunshine and warm temperatures for the weekend, with light winds. Temperatures will climb to the mid-and upper 60s, with perhaps a 70 for Sunday. Most of next week looks decent, with warm temperatures for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. There will be sunshine and temperatures in the mid and upper
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs activated wide receiver Marquis Brown from injured reserve on Friday, clearing the way for their biggest free-agent acquisition of the offseason to make his regular-season debut on Saturday against the Texans. Brown dislocated the sternoclavicular joint in his shoulder on the first play
Continue Reading Por Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt y Michael Conte, CNN Estados Unidos eliminó la antigua recompensa de US$ 10 millones por el líder de facto de Siria tras una reunión de alto nivel de una delegación estadounidense con el exyihadista este viernes. La subsecretaria de Estado para Asuntos del Cercano Oriente (NEA, por sus siglas en
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first prescription medicine for obstructive sleep apnea: the weight-loss drug Zepbound. The medicine, part of the class known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that also includes Ozempic, was cleared to treat moderate to severe forms of the sleep condition in
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed and another employee and five toddlers were injured when a parent’s car accelerated into another vehicle in the parking lot and both vehicles crashed into a play area, authorities said. The crash happened Thursday afternoon as parents were leaving a holiday
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed and another employee and five toddlers were injured when a parent’s car accelerated into another vehicle in the parking lot and both vehicles crashed into a play area, authorities said. The crash happened Thursday afternoon as parents were leaving a holiday
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Left-handed reliever Hoby Milner agreed to a $2.5 million. one-year contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday, joining the team he grew up watching in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and where he still lives. The sidearm-throwing Milner, who turns 34 next month, can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses for innings: $100,000
Continue Reading COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Hayden Hefner had 19 points and fellow guard Manny Obaseki scored 13 as No. 12 Texas A&M defeated Houston Christian 77-45 on Friday. The Aggies (10-2) built a double-digit lead with 6:50 remaining in the first half on a tip-in by Jaelyn Lee and never glanced back. They shot 47%
Continue Reading Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims. The X owner, an unelected figure, not only used
Continue Reading LUSAKA, Zambia. (AP) — Two people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema using witchcraft. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Friday in a statement that the two suspects, Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, and Leonard Phiri, 43, were allegedly hired by Nelson Banda, the young brother to fugitive lawmaker Jay Banda.
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s hard to believe that it’s been over eight years since viewers were first introduced to the mysterious and intriguingly retro show “Stranger Things,” and even harder to believe that it’s soon all coming to an end. Some of the cast and crew of the megahit Netflix series announced
Continue Reading CULPEPER, Va. (AP) — Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent by a judge. The Washington Post reported Friday that the men were Charles Allie Thompson, William Thompson and William Grayson. Each was killed in rural Culpeper County. Circuit Court Judge Dale
Continue Reading Por Merlín Delcid y Marlon Sorto, CNN en Español La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos declaró responsable a la República de El Salvador de violar los derechos a la integridad personal, la vida privada y la salud en el denominado caso “Beatriz” y deberá adoptar “todas las medidas normativas necesarias” para que no se repita
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — It’s necessary to regulate groundwater in the state’s rural southeast, allowing the designation of a controlled area to stop rapid depletion of the water through agricultural use, the Arizona Department of Water Resources announced Friday. The department’s Director Tom Buschatzke said data analysis of hydrologic conditions in the state’s Willcox basin shows
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A second attempt by Texas lawmakers to bring a man on death row to the state Capitol over doubts that he killed his 2-year-old daughter failed again Friday, dimming the likelihood of Robert Roberson testifying publicly after a last-minute subpoena halted his execution. Roberson, who had been
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A second attempt by Texas lawmakers to bring a man on death row to the state Capitol over doubts that he killed his 2-year-old daughter failed again Friday, dimming the likelihood of Robert Roberson testifying publicly after a last-minute subpoena halted his execution. Roberson, who had been
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer Gold Glove first baseman Christian Walker and the Houston Astros agreed Friday to a $60 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. Houston acquired infielder Isaac Paredes from the Cubs
Continue Reading Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida agriculture suffered more than $190 million in losses from Hurricane Milton, making it the costliest for farmers and ranchers of three cyclones that struck the state in 2024, according to University of Florida researchers. When all the data is in, the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital in Washington. The president and first lady on Friday made a traditional Christmastime visit to Children’s National Hospital. They visited privately with patients and their families for photos. Jill Biden read
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