AP Sports Writer Welcome to Pitbull Stadium, the home of your FIU Panthers. Florida International announced what could end up as a 10-year agreement on Tuesday with international recording artist, Grammy winner and entrepreneur Armando Christian Pérez — the Miami native better known as Pitbull — to put his name on their on-campus stadium. Pérez
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By S.E. Jenkins Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A pedestrian who was struck by a marked Dallas police squad car Monday night has died, police say. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said an officer was driving on Elam Rd. approaching Cedarcliff Dr., responding to a disturbance call without lights
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WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (AP) — Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers alleging “massive advertiser boycott” deprived social platform of billions of dollars.
Continue Reading By Christina Fan Click here for updates on this story MINEOLA, New York (WCBS) — Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill making it a crime for anyone to wear a mask or face covering to hide their identity in public. The vote on the controversial Mask Transparency Act split along party lines, with 12 Republicans
Continue Reading WLNY By Christina Fan Click here for updates on this story MINEOLA, New York (WCBS) — Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill making it a crime for anyone to wear a mask or face covering to hide their identity in public. The vote on the controversial Mask Transparency Act split along party lines, with 12
Continue Reading By Nick Caloway, Mark Prussin Click here for updates on this story KEYPORT, New Jersey (WCBS) — New Jersey environmental officials are warning people in one Jersey Shore town not to touch anything at the beach, including the water, because it could be contaminated with arsenic. Stone-like materials called slag tested positive for elevated levels
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WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (AP) — A man blamed for the death of his 5-year-old grandson has pleaded no contest to violating Michigan’s new gun storage law. It’s one of the first significant convictions since the law kicked in earlier this year. Karl Robart will face at least 19 months in prison and perhaps more when
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been a rough week for the tech world. A tech sell-off on Monday, spurred by disappointing earnings, helped to drag down wider markets. The “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks ultimately lost $615.6 billion in value on Monday, according to data from S&P
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Fast food giant Yum Brands is going all in on value — but only Taco Bell is performing well enough to immediately bring back inflation-weary customers. Temporary store closings in the Middle East, Malaysia and Indonesia due to the Israel-Hamas war, “in addition to a more cost-conscious
Continue Reading By Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Bears that are no longer afraid of humans have been trailing campers as they search for food in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The Forest Service said in a recent statement that it has received reports nearly every day about “food-conditioned
Continue Reading WBZ By Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Bears that are no longer afraid of humans have been trailing campers as they search for food in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The Forest Service said in a recent statement that it has received reports nearly every day about
Continue Reading Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has come under pointed questioning in court about whether he actually lives in New York. The independent presidential candidate took the stand Tuesday in Albany in a lawsuit claiming he lives in Los Angeles and has falsely listed a New York address in petitioning to
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By George Ramsay, CNN Le Bourget, Paris (CNN) — As of Tuesday, an 18-year-old from Texas can lay claim to being the fastest-ever Olympian – at least when it comes to traveling vertically. When Sam Watson set a speed climbing world record of 4.75 seconds in the Parisian suburbs, where a temporary climbing wall has
Continue Reading By Michael Chen Click here for updates on this story CARLSBAD, California (KGTV) — For the first time since suffering a near-fatal heart attack, a Carlsbad man was reunited with the good Samaritans who helped save his life. Near Carlsbad State Beach on Monday morning, there were hugs and more hugs, after an outcome that
Continue Reading By Aaron Dickens Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, California (KGTV) — Carmen Paniagua is from Nicaragua. She is living in Cesar Chavez Park with her three daughters. Her kids will attend Perkins Elementary School starting Monday. It is down the block. “I am grateful to the principal. He gives us a
Continue Reading By Perla Shaheen Click here for updates on this story CARLSBAD, California (KGTV) — The City of Carlsbad passed a new law last week that bans smoking inside and outside multi-housing units, including condos and apartments. The new law will go into effect in 2025, and Carlsbad is the first city within San Diego County
Continue Reading By Spencer Soicher Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, California (KGTV) — A mother says her 12-year-old daughter set up a lemonade stand with a friend over the weekend in Rolando Park. But what started as a fun way to earn money ended with phone calls to the police. Missy Shaird claims
Continue Reading By Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Massachusetts family says their hearts were touched by a surprising act of kindness. They didn’t know that some rare coins were mixed in with an item they sold at a yard sale until they were returned with a note. It’s
Continue Reading WBZ, SPIEWAKOWSKI FAMILY, CNN By Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Massachusetts family says their hearts were touched by a surprising act of kindness. They didn’t know that some rare coins were mixed in with an item they sold at a yard sale until they were returned
Continue Reading By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The family of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit against two more pharmaceutical companies for profiting from her immortal HeLa cells without their consent. Lacks’ family is suing Novartis and Viatris, alleging these multibillion-dollar biopharmaceutical corporations unjustly enriched themselves by profiting from
Continue Reading WJZ By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The family of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit against two more pharmaceutical companies for profiting from her immortal HeLa cells without their consent. Lacks’ family is suing Novartis and Viatris, alleging these multibillion-dollar biopharmaceutical corporations unjustly enriched themselves by profiting
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Yuval Sharon, an American known for innovative productions, will direct the Metropolitan Opera’s next stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and “Tristan und Isolde,” both starring soprano Lise Davidsen and conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Nézet-Séguin’s contract has been extended by six years through 2029-30. Sharon’s “Tristan” opens March
Continue Reading Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Elected officials and union leaders in Baltimore are calling for safer and more humane working conditions for the city’s public works employees after a man died from heat-related illness last week while collecting trash on a hot day. Critics say the recent death of Ronald Silver II is a tragic
Continue Reading By Patrick Chalvire Click here for updates on this story ISLAMORADA, Florida (WSVN) — Authorities seized 25 packages of cocaine that washed ashore in the Florida Keys following Hurricane Debby. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the packages weighed approximately 70-80 pounds and were discovered by a Good Samaritan on Sunday near a pier
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EL PASO, Texas—The El Paso Fire Department signed a five-year contract with Air Methods to establish Fire STAR (Shock and Trauma Air Rescue), an air medical transportation service to enhance the community’s emergency medical response capabilities. Fire STAR will provide rapid air medical transportation, ensuring critically injured and ill patients receive timely and specialized care.
Continue Reading By Kathleen Ditton, Alex Browning Click here for updates on this story AVENTURA, Florida (WSVN) — A man and woman were arrested on child abuse charges after allegedly leaving their 2-year-old child in a hot car while they shopped at Target in Aventura. Police responded to the Target at 21265 Biscayne Blvd. at around 11:15
Continue Reading Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Since Venezuela’s disputed presidential election nine days ago, officials from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have been in constant contact with representatives of both Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González, seeking a solution to the country’s political crisis. The three nations, whose current leftist presidents are Maduro
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities claim that a Ukrainian force launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region but was being beaten back by troops and local border guards. The Russian Defense Ministry said as many as 300 Ukrainian troops, supported by 11 tanks and more than 20 armored combat vehicles, attacked the Russian
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Alexandra Ferguson Jerusalén (CNN) — El ministro de Finanzas de Israel, Bezalel Smotrich, dijo que “puede ser justo y moral” matar de hambre a 2 millones de residentes de Gaza hasta que se devuelvan los rehenes israelíes, pero “nadie en el mundo nos lo permitiría”. En un discurso pronunciado el lunes en la Conferencia Katif
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) –La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris eligió al gobernador Tim Walz de Minnesota como su compañero de fórmula, invitando al exprofesor y veterano de la Guardia Nacional del Ejército a unirse a la boleta demócrata y ayudar a liderar la lucha del partido para derrotar a Donald Trump. La selección —que Harris informó
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