By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — More than 180 people were evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught fire while taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy. The incident comes two days after a tire blowout on another of the airline’s Boeing planes during landing led to the
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Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Cuando los niños padecen una enfermedad crónica y no pueden asistir a la escuela, no es solo la afección en sí la que puede ser debilitante: la separación del aula y de los amigos también puede pasar factura. Para los jóvenes que se encuentran bajo tratamiento a largo plazo o que
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By Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story BLAIRSVILLE, Pittsburgh (KDKA) — A two-year animal cruelty investigation has resulted in felony charges filed against two animal rescue workers in Indiana County. The president of Cat Aid Network, Kimberly Rose, and a board member, Pamela Curry, were arraigned Wednesday for charges that included aggravated
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By Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will be back to work on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as it reached a tentative deal with the management group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port authorities. The agreement amounts to a $4-per-hour
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Michelle Gellar is happy to honor her late friend Shannen Doherty however she can – which may include stepping into a role that Doherty originated in the 1995 cult classic “Mallrats.” Kevin Smith, the director of that film, spoke about his desire to bring a sequel to the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Simon Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Not really, but soon enough, thanks to the third installment of the Philly Specials Christmas album, it’ll sound like it. Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata’s newest album, “A Philly Special Christmas
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La exfiscal departamental de Tarija, Sandra Gutiérrez, dijo este miércoles que fue destituida por emitir una orden de arresto contra el expresidente de Bolivia Evo Morales y que este mandamiento judicial ya quedó sin efecto. En declaraciones a los medios a las puertas de la Fiscalía de Tarija,
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By Danny Freeman, Camila DeChalus and Nicki Brown, CNN Reading, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Fresh off his vice presidential debate, Tim Walz arrived Wednesday evening at a Puerto Rican-owned restaurant here in southeast Pennsylvania to speak with Latino voters. “This thing’s gonna come down to our ‘blue wall’ states, come down to Pennsylvania,” the Minnesota governor
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles say they are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said during
Continue Reading By Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — An innocent man is free after spending years in prison for a murder the Brooklyn district attorney says he didn’t commit. Keith Roberts, 67, had his name cleared Thursday. He spent eight years in prison for the 1986 murder of
Continue Reading Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents across the Southeast that the storm’s heavy rains and high winds could bring disaster hundreds of miles from the coast. Warnings blared phrases such as “URGENT,” “life
Continue Reading By Victoria D Click here for updates on this story CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts (WJZ) — Gov. Maura Healey has issued a special permit allowing a beaver to stay at a Massachusetts wildlife facility after MassWildlife said she had to be released into the wild. The beaver, named Nibi, has captured the hearts of many people in
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AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Fields has done just about everything right while filling in for Russell Wilson. He’s largely avoided mistakes. He’s evolved from game manager to difference-maker. And he’s done it with an inherent calm that’s quickly won over his teammates. It’s gotten to the point that Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike
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AP Health Writer Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected this year in an ongoing outbreak affecting the nation’s dairy cows, health officials said Thursday. The latest cases were found in workers who had contact with infected cattle in California’s Central Valley, where more than
Continue Reading AP Health Writer Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected this year in an ongoing outbreak affecting the nation’s dairy cows, health officials said Thursday. The latest cases were found in workers who had contact with infected cattle in California’s Central Valley, where more than
Continue Reading IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas State graduate center Ayoka Lee has been tabbed the Big 12 women’s preseason player of the year, and the Wildcats were picked as the team favored to win the league in a vote of the conference’s 16 coaches that was revealed Thursday. In the preseason poll, Kansas State was followed
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Un grupo de botánicos logró cultivar una especie de árbol que se creía extinta a partir de una semilla de 1.000 años de antigüedad encontrada en una cueva del desierto de Judea en la década de 1980. Los investigadores involucrados en el proyecto dicen que creen que la especie de árbol
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Austrian-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is facing additional sexual assault charges involving three additional complainants, court documents how. The latest charges bring the total number of accusers in his case to 13. The 92-year-old Stronach was first charged in early June with five sex-related charges involving three complainants. Peel Regional Police filed more
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police Department detectives are looking into the fatal shooting of a man on the 800 block of Holly Street last night. Police officials say the 33-year-old man was shot “at least” once. Officers found him at the home around 9:48 PM October 2, 2024. Police are not
Continue Reading Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation. Named the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, the Brazilian initiative would reward tropical forest countries for protecting the critical
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — They were the sons of big league ballplayers, the lazy summer days of their youth spent listening to stories about baseball. Their dads were both journeyman pitchers — maybe faced each other a time or two — who bounced from team to team as they tried to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Council on Regional Economic Expansion and Educational Development or CREEED celebrated 10 years of building educational preparation and economic growth and expansion. During the kick off their off first Education Matters Summit, CREEED announced their new website El Paso School finder. The website compares over 240 schools free public schools. Parents
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — A Black teacher and musician told a court about how members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through downtown Boston two years ago. Charles Murrell III, of Boston was in federal court Thursday to testify in his lawsuit asking for an
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Late planners in the United States hoping to travel abroad have a little more breathing room than they once did. The State Department announced Thursday that the typical processing time for US passports is now down to four to six weeks. The previous processing time was six to eight
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammad Tawfeeq and Charbel Mallo, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — When Israel struck the center of Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, it seemed to wipe out what little sense of safety remained in the Lebanese capital. For nearly a week, Israel has been bombarding Hezbollah-dominated residential neighborhoods in
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By Annie Grayer, Haley Talbot and Eric Bradner, CNN Washington (CNN) — New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler acknowledged that he darkened his face as part of a Michael Jackson Halloween costume, which he called an “homage,” after The New York Times reported Thursday that he wore blackface as a college student in 2006. “Obviously
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Nice weather will continue across the Borderland. Lots of sunshine and temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s. Some breezy to low-end windy conditions (gusts around 25-30 mph) both Friday and Sunday behind a couple of weak cold fronts.
Continue Reading Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson. The images emerged Thursday as Lawler, a first-term Republican, is locked in a competitive
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Eight people are running to be the next mayor of El Paso. Three of them are current city representatives. This Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, you’ll hear from the top four candidates based on the number and amount of campaign contributions – businessman Renard Johnson and sitting city representatives Cassandra Hernandez,
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks’ Howard Schultz, who was interim CEO at the time, broke federal labor law in 2022 by telling a California barista who raised concerns about unionization that “if you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company.” A decision by the National Labor Relations
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