By Joe Fisher Click here for updates on this story DELRAY BEACH, Florida (WPTV) — At 79 years old, you can still find Bill Murray with a racket in his hands, coaching young tennis players and serving up words of wisdom on the two hard courts at Pompey Park. Murray has been a fixture at
Continue Reading By Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles Zoo is making strides in saving the California condor, America’s largest flying bird, from extinction. The zoo capped off its 2024 condor breeding season with a record-breaking 17 chicks hatched, breaking the record of 15 set in 1997.
Continue Reading By Tim Didion and Spencer Christian Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — Rattlesnakes are always lurking in the collective imagination, here in California. But for researchers at the California Academy of Sciences, they’re just one of hundreds of venomous snakes they could encounter in jungles and deserts around the
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Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Senate committee voted Thursday to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and to subpoena the company’s CEO, Dr. Ralph de la Torre. The subpoena would compel de la Torre to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at a hearing on Sept.
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A potential explosive device was found outside a New York City police station house Wednesday afternoon. Police said two uniformed officers assigned to station house security at the 25th Precinct on 119th Street in East Harlem were approached by a
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. The resolution, which is purely symbolic, echoes an attack line that Republican Donald Trump has taken
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. The resolution, which is purely symbolic, echoes an attack line that Republican Donald Trump has taken
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. The resolution, which is purely symbolic, echoes an attack line that Republican Donald Trump has taken
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An agreement has been made allowing French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. Initially barred from the ceremony due to her hijab, Sylla will now wear a cap provided by the French Olympic Committee. The cap, designed to cover her hair, meets the requirements
Continue Reading By Elijah Westbrook Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — An MTA bus crashed into a Burger King overnight in Kensington, Brooklyn. Investigators believe the bus driver, a man in his 50s, suffered a heart attack before the crash. He was hospitalized in stable condition. Surveillance video shows the B16 bus
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing officials still aren’t ready to name a return date for the two astronauts piloting the vehicle on its inaugural crewed test flight. But engineers do finally have some possible answers
Continue Reading Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the future of an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be settled next month. That’s when the Cypriot energy regulator is due to rule on whether to accept the terms of the project’s Greek operator, which wants Cypriot consumers
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of killing a former Ukrainian lawmaker, local authorities say, after her fatal shooting in the city of Lviv. Iryna Farion, 60, died in hospital last Friday after she was shot in western Ukraine, the mayor of Lviv,
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Los cancilleres de Colombia, Luis Gilberto Murillo, y de Brasil, Mauro Vieira, se reunirán este jueves en Brasilia, informó el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia en un comunicado. Los ministros revisarán la agenda bilateral, que cubre temas sociales, económicos, comerciales, ambientales y culturales. La agenda del canciller colombiano incluye
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.” “We choose freedom,” Harris says in the
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.” “We choose freedom,” Harris says in the
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — No charges have been filed, and Von Miller said Thursday that he considers the case of him allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend as being closed based on feedback the Buffalo Bills edge rusher got from his legal representatives. “No charges were ever filed and the case is closed.
Continue Reading By Joe Holden Click here for updates on this story WEST CALN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Charges against a Chester County couple have been upgraded to first-degree murder and conspiracy in the starvation and torture death of Malinda Hoagland, according to court records and the county district attorney’s office. The 12-year-old died in May, described
Continue Reading AP Business Writer A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company in California, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. According to his lawsuit, Richard Montañez began working for PepsiCo as a janitor
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La próxima presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció este jueves que Zoé Robledo Aburto fue ratificado como titular del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) para su gobierno 2024-2030. Con dicho nombramiento, la futura mandataria mexicana inauguró la lista del gabinete ampliado, que se suma a las 21 secretarías del
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron James
Continue Reading CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system. The Federal Prison Oversight Act, which passed the Senate on July 10 and the
Continue Reading By Jeramie Bizzle Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police are searching for the gunman who shot a man in a wheelchair in Greater Grand Crossing Wednesday night. Police say just before 10:30 p.m., officers responded to the 7400 block of South Perry Avenue, where they found the victim with
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge threw out a bankruptcy case filed by The Gateway Pundit, finding that the far-right conspiracy site was seeking bankruptcy protections in “bad faith” to avoid costly defamation lawsuits stemming from its publication of 2020 election lies. The ruling Wednesday from US bankruptcy judge Mindy Mora means the
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Transit and environmental advocacy groups in New York have filed lawsuits challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to block a plan for a new $15 congestion toll on Manhattan drivers. The two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday in New York Supreme Court. One suit comes from the Riders Alliance, the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Workers have gone on strike at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying. According to the major French union CGT, the IOC paid the hotel where staffers were striking Thursday 22 million euros for exclusive use of the facility during the Games. The CGT says
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the first time in history, Southwest Airlines will ditch its open seating policy in favor of a more traditional boarding process. With the switch to assigned seating, the airline says they will “offer premium seating options to meet evolving customer preferences and increase revenue opportunities”. Southwest will redesign the configurations
Continue Reading Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal authorities say a North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American medical centers, military bases and even NASA. The grand jury indictment announced Thursday in Kansas City accuses Rim Jong Hyok of ransomware attacks and other hacks on targets in
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man and two juveniles suspected in a botched carjacking that led to the death of an Ohio woman were in custody Wednesday on murder charges, police said. Alexa Stakely, 29, saw her SUV being stolen July 11 with her 6-year-old son sleeping inside and was struck by
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