By Jonah Kaplan Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Leo and Lauren Zabezhinsky’s joy of welcoming their new daughter, Jackie, was soon met with a jarring discovery: baby Jackie wasn’t moving well and couldn’t swallow. “Sometimes in life we all get dealt a hand that things happen unexpectedly,” Leo Zabezhinsky said.
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By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A Waffle House employee was shot and killed after a customer became angry while waiting for his food to be prepared, police said. The customer became “agitated and verbally abusive” toward employees at a Waffle House in Laurinburg, North Carolina, on Friday night, according to a police statement posted
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AP College Football Writer The projected College Football Playoff field has a new top seed. Using The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll to fill out the 12-team bracket, Texas now holds the No. 1 seed after taking the top spot in the rankings Sunday. Ohio State is still the projected No. 2 seed
Continue Reading AP College Football Writer Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. The Longhorns moved up a spot from No. 2 and received 35 first-place votes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs, who
Continue Reading AP College Football Writer Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. The Longhorns moved up a spot from No. 2 and received 35 first-place votes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs, who
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CNN By Kit Maher and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Sunday reiterated false claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. Asked to support his claims in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Vance pointed to what he said
Continue Reading CNN By Kit Maher and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Sunday reiterated false claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. Asked to support his claims in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Vance pointed to what he said
Continue Reading CNN By Kit Maher and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Sunday reiterated false claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. Asked to support his claims in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Vance pointed to what he said
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MIAMI (AP) — A relative of the King of Jordan and three other men in Miami face charges of conspiring to make insider stock trades on a business acquired by one of South Florida’s major publicly held companies, MasTec. The Miami Herald reports Federico Nannini, his father, Mauro Nannini, and two of his friends, Alejandro
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II has tapped a longtime aide to serve as the kingdom’s new prime minister. The Royal Court said the king has asked Jafar Hassan to form a new government. Hassan is a former planning minister and the current head of Abdullah’s office. The Harvard-educated Hassan is to replace
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SAN SIMON, Ariz. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others seriously injured in a crash near the Arizona-New Mexico border, authorities said Sunday. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said a tractor-trailer and another vehicle collided around 5 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 10 near San Simon. The southeastern Arizona town is located about
Continue Reading Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. This Sunday, they needed that uplifting balm more than ever. Their community is reeling — confused, frustrated, hurt — from false accusations that they are eating
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain defender Nuno Mendes was the target of abusive and racist comments on social media after a French league game. PSG condemned the abuse and expressed its “full support” Sunday for the Portugal left back, who was targeted following PSG’s 3-1 win against Brest on Saturday. Mendes, who is Black, shared
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Russian strike on an apartment block in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has killed one person and injured at least 40, with fears others are trapped under the rubble, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. Three of those who were injured when a guided aerial bomb
Continue Reading AP Film Writer The Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award has gone to “The Life of Chuck.” The prize hands Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation one of the most-watched prizes of the fall film festival circuit. The festival’s People’s Choice Award is regarded as a reliable harbinger for the Oscars. Since 2012, every winner
Continue Reading By Kit Maher and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Sunday reiterated false claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. Asked to support his claims in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Vance pointed to what he said are
Continue Reading AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — England and English soccer teams could be removed from UEFA competitions if a new regulator is considered to be “Government interference” in the sport. In a letter sent by UEFA to the U.K.’s new culture secretary Lisa Nandy, European soccer’s governing body raised concerns about a proposed independent
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat has capsized in northwest Nigeria drowning at least 40 people. President Bola Tinubu shared the news on Sunday. The accident happened in Zamfara state as farmers were heading to their land. Tinubu promised support for the victims and directed emergency agencies to assess the situation. A police
Continue Reading By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — On an August afternoon last year in Washington, Kamala Harris appeared at a retail village to promote the Biden administration’s economic record. “Bidenomics is working,” the vice president announced, touting the latest round of job numbers. “That is called Bidenomics, and we are very proud of Bidenomics.” It was a fateful
Continue Reading AP Film Writer Moviegoers said yes to more “ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ” this weekend. After its monster opening, the Tim Burton sequel easily topped the domestic box office charts again with $51.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Down only 54% from a week earlier, the North American gross for the Warner
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance isn’t backing away from the false claims he and Donald Trump have been making that Haitians living in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets. Vance and Trump are promoting the claims even Ohio’s Republican governor and other officials insist there’s no evidence
Continue Reading Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Moisés Castillo joined the AP in 1994 at the age of 19, covering Central America and Mexico while based in Guatemala City. He has reported on the end of the civil war in Guatemala, coups and other breaking news in Latin America, numerous natural disasters including earthquakes and volcanic
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar and Elliana Hebert, CNN (CNN) — A low pressure system moving into the West Coast today will bring rare early-season snow and rain to California through Monday. “A winter weather advisory is in effect for portions of the Sierra Nevada above 8,000 feet where up to 4 inches of snow could fall
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top legal adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned abruptly over the weekend, the latest sign of instability in the Democrat’s administration as it deals with multiple federal investigations. Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg resigned abruptly over the weekend, saying she can no longer effectively serve” in
Continue Reading By Dana Karni and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says that three Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were “most likely” killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike. The hostages were two soldiers – Corporal Nick Beiser and Sergeant Ron Sherman – and and civilian man, Eliya
Continue Reading Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s army is set to begin guarding medical staff in Calabria starting Monday. The decision follows a series of violent attacks on doctors and nurses. Prefect Paolo Giovanni Grieco has approved the plan, as reported by local media. The attacks have been frequent in southern Italy, prompting the doctors’ national
Continue Reading YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he killed his father and stepmother with a sword in their Pennsylvania home almost five years ago. Court documents indicate that 43-year-old Levar Fountain entered the pleas to third-degree murder charges in York County Court earlier this month, avoiding a
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials won’t say how former President Donald Trump winning a second term could impact the economy. Actually, the Fed prides itself on avoiding even the suggestion that it is wading into politics. But transcripts of closed-door Fed meetings from Trump’s first term give some clues
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has conjured up an inflammatory false claim about Vice President Kamala Harris’ policy positions — baselessly saying Friday that Harris is talking about forcing Americans to serve in the military. Trump claimed at a rally in Las Vegas that voting for Harris means voting for
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Australian driver Oscar Piastri took an impressive victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, winning enough points that his team McLaren also took the lead in the constructors’ world championship, surpassing Red Bull which has won that title for the last two years. It was an assured performance
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