By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man who is serving a life sentence for a fire that killed five children in suburban Detroit after critical evidence that cast doubt on the case was never shared with the defense before the 2006 trial, a prosecutor said
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A House oversight committee and the Commerce Department have reached an understanding that could lead to a settlement of a lawsuit filed by the legislative panel after the Trump administration ignored subpoenas for records on how the 2020 census was conducted. Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop Wisconsin’s wolf hunt this fall and invalidate a state law mandating annual hunts, arguing the statutes don’t give wildlife officials any leeway to consider population estimates. The lawsuit comes after hunters blew past their
Continue ReadingBy Kelsey Stewart Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — Ashton Lambie missed the world record — and his goal of under 4 minutes — by three seconds. A competitive track cyclist and Lincoln native, Lambie was devastated after the attempt earlier this month. He had one more shot at
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff, CNN Business China has barred online gamers under the age of 18 from playing on weekdays and limited their play to just three hours most weekends, marking a significant escalation of restrictions on the country’s massive gaming industry. Starting this week, minors will be allowed only an hour of play time between
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Chaney Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, Montana (Independent Record) — Nine young hound dogs that were apparently dumped in the mountains near Boulder last week have been rescued so far, and authorities are looking for more. Jefferson County Sheriff Craig Doolittle said someone gathering firewood in the area found three
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons Tuesday to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman, in a case that attracted pleas for mercy from around the world and in recent years has been denounced as
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Pedro Delgado Campaña, expresidente del directorio del Banco Central de Ecuador y primo del expresidente Rafael Correa, fue detenido en el estado de la Florida, EE.UU., el 27 de agosto por posible violación de la ley de inmigración de Estados Unidos, según le dijo este lunes a CNN el
Continue ReadingBy Bobby Radford Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Missouri (Daily Journal) — Nearly $40,000 has been raised for the St. Francois County Shop With a Cop program after a friendly wager between two local businesses turned into a giving spree. On Friday night, two area rival high school football teams, the North
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Wegley Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — In the fifth demonstration in seven nights since a 17-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student reported being sexual assaulted at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity Aug. 23, organizers Monday lit candles in a visible display of support for sexual assault
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell in August to the lowest level since February amid rising concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant of the coronavirus and worries about higher inflation. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped to a reading of 113.8 in
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Progressive Democrats, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are calling on President Joe Biden to give the Federal Reserve a sweeping makeover by replacing Jerome Powell as chairman. “We urge President Biden to reimagine a Federal Reserve focused on eliminating climate risk and advancing racial and economic justice,” the lawmakers
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — A pet cougar living in NYC was surrendered last week and is now headed to a sanctuary in Arkansas. The 11-month-old, approximately 80-pound female cougar was surrendered from a Bronx home on Thursday night. The Humane Society of the United States,
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk right to
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk right to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SOUTH SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A young lifeguard was killed and seven other people, including three other lifeguards, were injured when lightning struck a Jersey Shore beach Monday afternoon, authorities said. It happened in the area of 21st Avenue Beach in South Seaside
Continue Reading Rodrigo Aguiar (CNN) — Muchos recuerdan la inquietante fotografÃa: una mujer con un traje formal de negocios y perlas, cubierta de pies a cabeza de polvo blanco, con las manos extendidas y un gesto de impotencia, que se abrÃa paso para salir de la colapsada torre norte del World Trade Center en Nueva York el
Continue ReadingBy Rob McCartney Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — It’s been two years since Andrea Georgeson was found shot to death in her car in Omaha. Now, for the first time, the lead detective in the case has announced a possible lead in her murder. Detective Brandon Hahn believes Georgeson’s
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economy grew by 20.1% in the April-June quarter from the same period a year earlier, when it suffered a record contraction, the government announced Tuesday, raising hopes of an economic recovery. It was India’s fastest pace of growth since it began publishing quarterly gross domestic product figures in 1996, and
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economy grew by 20.1% in the April-June quarter from the same period a year earlier, when it suffered a record contraction, the government announced Tuesday, raising hopes of an economic recovery. It was India’s fastest pace of growth since it began publishing quarterly gross domestic product figures in 1996, and
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