Update (October 17, 2024): The SISD Board voted to terminate Almaraz “with good reason” in a recent meeting. The vote was unanimous. Update (September 26, 2024): Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 reveal that Almaraz had been working at Socorro ISD since October 2021. Investigators first started looking into him when the principal of his
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Associated Press A former sheriff’s deputy at a northern Virginia jail has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for smuggling drugs into the jail and for running a sex trafficking operation out of a Baltimore apartment. Court records show 37-year-old Robert Sanford Jr. worked night shifts at the Fairfax County jail between 2021
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Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised successful tests of two types of missiles as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel U.S.-led threats. The tests appeared to be the same as the multiple missile launches that neighboring countries said North
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has returned his key to New York City after a request from Mayor Eric Adams in response to the release of a video showing the music mogul attacking R&B singer Cassie. The mayor’s office on Saturday confirmed Combs returned the key after Adams sent letters to the embattled
Continue Reading Howard University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship program in his name. The decision Friday follows a recently released 2016 video that appeared to show him attacking singer Cassie. A statement released on behalf of the Board of Trustees says the
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AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted Sunday that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack, saying in a video apology he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable.” The music mogul, who cannot be charged over the attack,
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Security video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. The video obtained by CNN and aired Friday shows Combs punching and kicking Cassie, who was his girlfriend at the time. The video closely resembles the description of a
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DALLAS, Texas – Both Jena Johannes and Valerie Guha earn Conference USA Player of the Week Awards, CUSA announced Sept. 17. Johannes was named CUSA Defender of the Week for the first time in her career and Guha was tabbed CUSA Goalkeeper of the Week for the second time in her career. Guha played her
Continue Reading Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California now has some of the strictest laws on election deepfakes. The state could be among the first to test out the new regulations ahead of the 2024 election. However, two of three laws signed Tuesday are being challenged in court through a complaint filed in Sacramento Tuesday. Those
Continue Reading Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some Brazilian users have regained access to X despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country’s Supreme Court. It’s the result of the social network apparently changing the way its servers are accessed. But the reunion Wednesday may be short-lived. Late last month, Justice Alexandre de
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By Zakir Jamal Click here for updates on this story September 18, 2024 (LAPost.com) — On August 28, a shooting threat was spread via social media at Birmingham Community High School, in Van Nuys, LA. One week later, thirteen people were shot at a school in Georgia while their peers made frantic phone calls to
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, urgent group chats and heightened fears among parents that their child’s school could be the next Parkland or Sandy Hook or Uvalde — or any other town hit by mass
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Kylie Atwood and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington, DC, next week, according to three sources familiar with the planning. The meeting comes amid concerns over the impact the American election results will have on the Russia-Ukraine war
Continue Reading By Dave Savini Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A federal jury on Wednesday awarded a $750,000 verdict against the Chicago Public Schools for its liability in the belt beating of a fourth grader at school, CBS News Chicago is told. Plaintiff attorneys reported the verdict Wednesday. The sum was less
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Opening statements and testimony have begun in the trial of a former northern Virginia police sergeant charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. Prosecutors said former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett recklessly discharged his service gun. The victim, Timothy McCree Johnson, was suspected of
Continue Reading By Stephen Swanson Click here for updates on this story SIREN, Wisconsin (WCCO) — A boy saved his father’s life during a bear attack earlier this month in western Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the attack happened east of Siren in southern Burnett County. The son first shot the black bear, which
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By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk is using his social media platform to promote misinformation about the presidential candidates in the lead up to the November election, amplifying false claims Wednesday about a Trump rally bomb threat and immigrants eating pets in Ohio. While Musk’s posting of provocative, incendiary content on X is nothing new,
Continue Reading Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed when a gas station exploded and started a fire in a remote Idaho town last week. The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office say 53-year-old Brandon Cook and 62-year-old Wesley Lineberry were both killed in the explosion at the Atkinson Distributing station in Cardiff, Idaho.
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Marcelo Ebrard, designado como próximo secretario de Economía por la presidenta electa Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció este miércoles que el 15 de octubre Sheinbaum se reunirá con los principales empresarios de México y Estados Unidos para explicarles cómo se implementará la reforma judicial. Agregó que durante la cumbre US-Mexico CEO
Continue Reading HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) — The family of a Black man found dead in North Carolina with a rope around his neck is demanding answers from authorities, who say there were no signs of foul play. The Vance County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement Wednesday saying that the North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner’s Office has determined
Continue Reading By Renee Anderson Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hosting an inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, gathering leaders from around the country to discuss strategies for winning the war on rats. “Wow, I didn’t realize we were going to get so many
Continue Reading By Tony Aiello Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — The newest crime fighter in Rockland County has unique abilities, and a name that honors a hero of 9/11. Remy is a “cyber dog.” Her super-sensitive nose detects the odor that emanates from electronic devices. She can sniff out a
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Los miembros de las Naciones Unidas votaron este miércoles para exigir que Israel ponga fin a su ocupación de los territorios palestinos en un plazo de 12 meses. La resolución fue adoptada en la Asamblea General de la ONU tras recibir 124 votos a favor. Catorce países votaron en contra, entre
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iranian hackers sent unsolicited information they stole from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to people who were affiliated with Joe Biden’s campaign over the summer, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers are demanding $6 million in bitcoin from the operator of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they stole during a cyberattack last month. That’s according to an airport official who testified before Congress on Wednesday. The official says the airport has linked the attack to a ransomware gang called Rhysida, and
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — As the U.S. Postal Service faces delivery slowdowns, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, has proposed legislation to impose stricter oversight on who leads the agency. The bill would require the president to appoint the postmaster general and the U.S. Senate to confirm the appointment. If
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign, sending unsolicited emails to people associated with the then-Democratic candidate in an effort to interfere in the 2024 election, the FBI and other federal agencies said Wednesday. There’s no indication that any of
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A longtime donor who has given more than $160 million to Tulane University is the new namesake of the university’s expanding school of public health. The honor for Celia Scott Weatherhead was announced Wednesday by Tulane officials. The university says donations from Weatherhead and her late husband Albert constitute the largest
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso ISD Superintendent Diana Sayavedra just earned a favorable evaluation score from the district’s Board of Trustees, earning herself a pay raise. “In solidarity” with teachers and staff, however, Sayavedra is forgoing her salary increase. “Her decision to forgo a compensation increase speaks volumes about her character and her
Continue Reading Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo of the badly injured man on the night he was punched, kicked and hit with a police baton following a traffic stop. That’s according to testimony Wednesday from Brittany Leake, a
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