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HOUSTON (AP) — An effort by Houston area officials to thank residents for taking part in the jury selection process has ended with a mistrial in a murder case. Last week, the office of Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess held its annual Jury Appreciation Week, an event with guest speakers created to “honor jurors.”
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Deborah Birx says the lack of clear, concise and consistent message in the earliest months of its spread resulted in inaction across the federal government. Birx, who served as the COVID response coordinator under Trump, testified for the first time during a hearing Thursday. She also
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Mosaic, Bank of America fall; KB Home, Rite Aid rise.
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By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Freddie Freeman insisted he hasn’t had much time yet to ponder his pending return to Atlanta, where he was the beloved face of the Braves franchise and helped bring a World Series championship to the city last season. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman, who hit
Continue Reading BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Burlington, Iowa, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who was shot to death by police five years ago. The settlement announced Thursday comes nearly five years after Officer Chris Chiprez fatally shot 27-year-old Marquis Jones. Police stopped Jones
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Stung by stubbornly high inflation, Mexico’s Central Bank has announced a three-quarter-point increase in its prime interest rate, to boost it to 7.75%. The Banco de Mexico said in the announcement Thursday that domestic inflation hit an annualized rate of 7.88% in the first half of June, and it doesn’t expect
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Stung by stubbornly high inflation, Mexico’s Central Bank has announced a three-quarter-point increase in its prime interest rate, to boost it to 7.75%. The Banco de Mexico said in the announcement Thursday that domestic inflation hit an annualized rate of 7.88% in the first half of June, and it doesn’t expect
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service, including a face-scanning artificial intelligence tool, having mutual friends verify their age or uploading an ID. Meta, which owns both Facebook and Instagram, said that beginning on Thursday, if someone tries to
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Well before the sun came up Thursday, Jazmin Cazares sat on her sister’s bed and wept for the 9-year-old killed in the Uvalde school rampage one month ago. Then the teenager with purple-streaked hair got up for the four-hour drive to the Texas
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By Emma Tucker and Rebekah Riess, CNN Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of fatally shooting 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas in May, sold her Jeep to an Austin dealership, the US Marshals Service said Thursday. Investigators from the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force learned that Armstrong sold her black Jeep
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We Are One United, a local Palm Springs-based nonprofit, was awarded a $2.1 million grant from the California Board State and Community Corrections Violence Intervention grant program to tackle youth violence in the northern part of Palm Springs. Youth violence has long been a problem in the northern part of the city. The community-focused organization
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Overland Park Police Department has confirmed that two people have died following a shooting Thursday morning in the 8400 block of England Street. Police stated officers received a call after 9 a.m. from Frank Mayfield that someone had been
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County supervisors have revealed financial details of a plan to return ownership of prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. The details are contained in a
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNNBusiness) — Los estadounidenses están recortando gastos en la gasolinera, y no solo la cantidad de combustible que ponen en sus tanques: también están cambiando la forma en que llenan sus bolsas de comida y otros productos esenciales. El desencadenante: el aumento de la inflación. El precio medio de la gasolina
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An elderly couple was rescued from a hiking trail in Indio Thursday just before Noon. The initial call to first responders took place just before Noon at the Indio Hills Badlands Trailhead, which is located on Ave 42 and Golf Center Parkway. CAL FIRE deployed a team to find the couple. They were brought down
Continue ReadingBy Dalal Mawad and Elias Lemercier Eight men were convicted Thursday by the Paris Criminal Court for stealing Banksy artwork from the Bataclan concert hall, one of the sites of the November 2015 Paris attacks. The artwork known as the “sad girl” was on the exit door of the Bataclan and painted in homage of
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The California Highway Patrol is looking to fill 1,000 positions. One of the reasons the department is short staffed is because their academy in West Sacramento was closed during the pandemic. However, it is back open and the department is ready to hire. Jason Montez, San Gorgonio CHP public information officer, has served with the
Continue ReadingBy Mycah Hatfield Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are trying to piece together how a man acting erratically got covered in blood before he barged his way into a southwest Houston home and was later shot to death by responding police officers. Houston police said they were called
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