TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Four Black rights activists have been convicted in Florida federal court of conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents. The Tampa Bay Times reports that jurors deliberated all day Wednesday and returned the guilty verdicts late Thursday morning. The conspiracy charges carry up to five years in prison. No sentencing date
Continue Reading Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is wading into the state Supreme Court races with a multimillion-dollar commitment to advertising. The liberal-championing group announced it would spend $2 million on seven weeks of radio ads ahead of the November election. The ads would largely focus on the candidates’
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By Alyse Jones and Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story MAYSVILLE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Authorities say three people were taken to hospitals after a pipeline exploded Wednesday morning at a substation in Maysville. The explosion was at a substation owned by Enerfin Resources off Highway 19 between Wallville Road and Highway 74.
Continue Reading Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The French steamship Le Lyonnais, a marvel for its time, was feared lost forever when a maritime disaster in 1856 sent her to the bottom of the ocean off Massachusetts. Generations later, a marine salvage crew is ready to write the next chapter in the history of the passenger
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spanish soccer player Hugo Mallo has been convicted of sexual assault for inappropriately touching a mascot before a La Liga game in 2019. The former Celta Vigo player was found to have inappropriately touched the breasts of the woman who was wearing Espanyol’s parakeet costume while players lined up to salute each
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — A driver was saved from a fully submerged pickup Wednesday evening in New Orleans as Hurricane Francine prompted a flash flood emergency. It happened around 8:45 p.m. at the Canal Street Underpass when a pickup drove around barricades and into
Continue Reading WDSU By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — A driver was saved from a fully submerged pickup Wednesday evening in New Orleans as Hurricane Francine prompted a flash flood emergency. It happened around 8:45 p.m. at the Canal Street Underpass when a pickup drove around barricades and
Continue Reading By Marissa Perlman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A northwest suburban mother is suing her daughter’s middle school, accusing her sixth-grade teacher of using racial slurs in front of a classroom full of students. Lawyers for Amica Richardson said the incident happened one year ago at Ellis Middle School in
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New Orleans (1-0) at Dallas (1-0) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Cowboys by 6 1/2. Against the spread: Saints 1-0, Cowboys 1-0. Series record: Cowboys lead 18-13. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Saints 27-17 on Dec. 2, 2021, in New Orleans. Last week: Saints beat Panthers 47-10; Cowboys beat Browns 33-17. Saints offense:
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AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Solar storms may bring faint but visible auroras to the Northern Hemisphere starting late Thursday and extending into early Friday morning. But, experts say, don’t expect power grids and communications to be disrupted much. People in Canada and northern U.S. states including Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota and
Continue Reading Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills. The lawsuit is the latest legal dispute to emerge against MyPillow and Lindell, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump who has helped amplify
Continue Reading Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. State District Judge Bruce Romanick also said Thursday that the law violates the state constitution because it’s too vague. Under the
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has returned to a time-honored tradition of his: citing junk online polls to claim he was the clear winner of a presidential debate that scientific polls found he lost. He did it in 2016 after his debates against Hillary Clinton. He did it in
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — American Lael Wilcox has broken the world record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world, traversing 21 countries and 18,125 miles in three and a half months. Arriving back in Chicago at 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday – 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes after
Continue Reading By Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Boston mother wants answers after her first grader was left on the school bus for several hours. Ronda Johnson and her two kids just moved to Massachusetts last month. “I have really high anxiety. I am scared. I wasn’t scared at
Continue Reading Associated Press ROME (AP) — The World Food Program’s director is appealing for more money and access to feed 25 million people at risk of famine in Sudan. The UN agency’s director, Cindy McCain, called Sudan “nearly a forgotten crisis right now.” She said that with so many global crises, people’s “eyes glaze over” when
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned. He made the announcement Thursday, just over a week after his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation. People familiar with the matter say Caban was one of several high-ranking city officials whose electronic devices were seized last
Continue Reading Associated Press The man accused in an assault that left a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fighting for his life is facing several additional charges after a grand jury indictment. Officer Travis Brown was critically injured while trying to make arrests during a protest on Aug. 9, the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in the
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Kamala Harris just roasted her opponent on national television. After months of anticipation, the world’s biggest pop star finally endorsed her. She is swimming in a veritable ocean of cash. So why is Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell still feeling anxious about November’s election? “I
Continue Reading Associated Press MESCH, Netherlands (AP) — Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer has returned to the tiny village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago. Thayer, now 99, visited Mesch on Thursday. He was greeted by King Willem-Alexander
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By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Railcars once filled with hustling commuters in the city of Atlanta are now 65 feet below the Atlantic Ocean filled with inquisitive fish, sea turtles and coral. At the end of last year, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) dumped two railcars off Georgia’s coast as part of
Continue Reading By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As Donald Trump mingled and posed for pictures with firefighters on Wednesday – one of several stops to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States – a small entourage of the former president’s inner circle
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron is appearing as a surprise guest on the fourth season of the Netflix show “Emily in Paris,” parts of which were released on Thursday. The show’s main actress, Lily Collins, who plays Emily Cooper, told The Associated Press that Brigitte Macron was “a big fan of the
Continue Reading By Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — A 21-year-old Michigan man was found unresponsive after allegedly driving his motorcycle at speeds over 150 mph and crashing into a vehicle, state police said. At 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Michigan State Police received reports of a crash on northbound I-75, south
Continue Reading By Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Twelve students are reportedly in the hospital after a school bus crash in northern Minnesota Thursday morning. Northern News Now reports that a motorist T-boned a school bus with 20 students on board shortly before 8 a.m. near Town
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Harris campaign is launching a new abortion-focused ad Thursday, capitalizing on what officials believe was one of the most pivotal exchanges between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s presidential debate. Harris’ team prepared the vice president to confront Trump on
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest point since February 2023, in a welcome sign for Americans grappling with a tough housing market. The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.20% in the week ended September 12, mortgage financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s down from last
Continue Reading By Kelsy Mittauer, Katie Standing Click here for updates on this story ALLEN, Texas (KTVT) — This summer, police in Allen spent weeks making undercover purchases at smoke shops across the city, then sending the THC products for testing at a certified lab in North Texas. Investigators wrote up warrants for nine stores; in August
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino and Brynn Gingras, and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned, he said Thursday in a statement, marking the first high-profile departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration since the start of four separate federal investigations into Adams’ office and the NYPD. Adams appointed
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read’s lawyers have filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging a judge’s decision not to dismiss two of three charges against her. The 44-year-old Read is accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her SUV during a snowstorm in January 2022 and leaving him for dead. Her
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