By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — In 2016, a venture capitalist and Yale law graduate named JD Vance published a memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” The instant bestseller turned Vance into a media star and was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film directed by Ron Howard. Eight years after its publication, Vance’s book has found its way back onto the bestseller lists,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Warner Brothers donated several items used in the filming of one of its new movies to Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore in El Paso. The movie, staring Leonardo DiCaprio, has been filming in the Sun City. ABC-7 is working to learn additional information, such as the title of the film and
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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland, Oregon, on the map as a culinary destination, has drowned in an inner tubing accident. She was 49 years old. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she
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AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento, California, will have a hydration element because of summer heat at the open-air ballpark. “We think that’s the best that we can do in terms of playing surface in the heat,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento, California, will have a hydration element because of summer heat at the open-air ballpark. “We think that’s the best that we can do in terms of playing surface in the heat,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
Continue Reading SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A rights report says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs. The report issued Tuesday by Human Rights Watch says the minors have been held in “inhumane conditions,” and sometimes in the same
Continue Reading Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court says Minnesota’s law banning 18 to-20-year-olds from getting permits to carry guns in public is unconstitutional. Tuesday’s ruling affirms a lower court decision that concluded that the Second Amendment guarantees the rights of young adults to bear arms for self-defense. The three-judge panel cited a landmark
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Memorial Medical Center, one of two major hospitals in Las Cruces, is under investigation by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez for allegedly refusing to treat indigent cancer patients, as well as for violating state law. The AG’s office announced the investigation during a Tuesday morning news conference, where
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By CTVNewsToronto.ca Staff Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Fourteen people have been rescued from widespread flooding in the Greater Toronto Area, with Environment Canada reporting that almost 100 millimetres of rain poured down on the city on Tuesday. The weather agency issued a rainfall warning for the GTA, predicting
Continue Reading By Tony Atkins Click here for updates on this story ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida (WESH) — An Altamonte Springs teen said he’s lucky to be alive after a lightning strike on Monday afternoon. Daniel Sharkey, 17, was doing lawn work for a neighbor, and literally, the next second, he was fighting for his life. He was
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (KVIA) — The ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin WISN is reporting that police officers shot and killed a person about a mile from the main venue hosting the Republican National Convention Tuesday afternoon. A large law enforcement presence, including Secret Service, were spotted at the scene, WISN is reporting. ABC-7 is working to
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Solo en los primeros 10 días de campaña electoral, de cara a las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela, se practicaron 71 detenciones, que correspondieron a 66 hombres y 5 mujeres, según un informe publicado este lunes por Laboratorio de Paz, una organización no gubernamental defensora de los derechos humanos.
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California. Musk posted on X Tuesday that he plans on moving SpaceX from Hawthorne, California to the company’s rocket launch site dubbed Starbase in Texas. X will move to Austin from San Francisco.
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s robust sports betting industry saw a big decline in June, with revenue down nearly 24% from a year earlier. In a state whose lawsuit led to legal sports betting across most of the country, people have been used to seeing revenue from sports bets go straight
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online followers and powerful friends in the American conservative movement, was convicted by a U.S. jury Tuesday of engaging in a massive multiyear fraud that ripped off some of his most devoted
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — A major highway, several other thoroughfares and a key transit hub in Toronto have been flooded as torrential rains washed over Canada’s largest city. Power outages also were reported in multiple areas Tuesday. Toronto police say part of the Don Valley Parkway running from the north part of the city into the
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AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama State’s Eddie Robinson Jr. was hired at his alma mater without any coaching experience, and now he has raised the Hornets to division front-runner status. The Hornets were picked to win the East Division by the Southwestern Athletic Conference head coaches and sports information directors on Tuesday,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las autoridades de Estados Unidos obtuvieron información de inteligencia de fuente humana en las últimas semanas sobre un complot de Irán para tratar de asesinar a Donald Trump, un desarrollo que llevó al Servicio Secreto a aumentar la seguridad alrededor del expresidente en las últimas semanas, dijeron a CNN múltiples personas
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Tras ser liberado bajo fianza, el presidente de la Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF), Ramón Jesurún dio su versión sobre lo que sucedió antes de ser arrestado luego de la final de la Copa América. Asegura que un guardia de seguridad le negó el acceso a la ceremonia
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — In a new interview with a youth culture media outlet, President Joe Biden made false or misleading claims about immigration, inflation, his administration’s spending, and a remark he made about Israel at last month’s CNN presidential debate. Biden sat down Friday with Speedy Morman, a host for Complex. Here is a
Continue Reading Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Argentina (Indec) dio a conocer la cifra de utilización de la capacidad instalada en la industria del mes de mayo que, por sexto mes consecutivo, funcionó por debajo del 60%. Esto significa que de cada 2 máquinas que existen en Argentina
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s election board has certified a political party that wants to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the state’s presidential ballot this fall. The board voted Tuesday to recognize the We The People party. It means the party can place Kennedy on statewide ballots. But the election board’s
Continue Reading Associated Press Vermont’s governor is urging residents to report any damage from last week’s flooding to the state, even if they plan to do repairs themselves, so that counties can meet the threshold for individual federal assistance. The flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl damaged homes, knocked out bridges and washed out roads, leaving
Continue Reading Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A company is now selling $299 sneakers showing an image of Donald Trump with streaks of blood on his cheek and pumping his fist in the air after he was the target of an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. The white high tops are being sold as “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT High-Tops”
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are warning of possible copycat attacks or retaliatory violence after the attempt on Donald Trump’s life, as a visibly stronger security detail surrounds the Republican nominee and President Joe Biden. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has also received Secret Service protection. A threat on Donald
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota’s ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining a permit to publicly carry a handgun violates the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in a unanimous decision that the 2003 law runs afoul of both the
Continue Reading By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks surged Tuesday as Wall Street raised its bets that sky-high borrowing rates could come down in the fall. The Dow surged by 743 points, or 1.9%, closing at a fresh all-time high and notching its best daily percentage gain since June 2023. The S&P 500 gained 0.6%,
Continue Reading Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man whose 750-pound alligator was seized is suing the state Department of Environmental Conservation in an effort to get him back, saying the agency was wrong not to renew a license for the pet he looked after for more than 30 years. Conservation officers entered
Continue Reading WABC, CNN By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — A jury on Tuesday found Sen. Bob Menendez guilty on all counts in his federal corruption trial, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly called on his Democratic colleague to resign. Menendez, of New Jersey, was convicted
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, WABC, NY1, CHRISTINE CORNELL, US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — A jury on Tuesday found Sen. Bob Menendez guilty on all counts in his federal corruption trial, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly called on his Democratic colleague to
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