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By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers are reviewing the specifics of plans to remove a barrier to getting a concealed carry handgun permit in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling, while also placing new restrictions on who can get a permit and limiting where people can carry firearms.
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former Georgetown University tennis coach has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school. The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the toughest punishment handed down
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By Rosa Flores, Chris Boyette and Michelle Krupa, CNN The alleged driver of a tractor-trailer where sweltering conditions led to the death of 53 migrants this week in San Antonio didn’t realize the truck’s air conditioning unit had stopped working, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday in the investigation into the deadliest human
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Taylor Romine, CNN In an attempt to slash the wide-ranging impacts of plastic pollution, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the country’s most sweeping restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging on Thursday, the same day the Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to tackle the worsening climate crisis.
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By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed against the British’s government decision last month to order his extradition to the U.S. The appeal was filed Friday at the High Court, the latest twist in a decade-long legal saga sparked by his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents. No
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose Sharks fire coach Bob Boughner.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic. Travelers seemed to be experiencing fewer delays and canceled flights early Friday than they did earlier this week. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic. Travelers seemed to be experiencing fewer delays and canceled flights early Friday than they did earlier this week. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Jacob Lev, CNN Mychelle Johnson, wife of Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, posted a series of photographs showing what appear to be injuries to her face and body on Instagram and a hospital discharge document, two days after her husband was arrested and charged with a felony in Los Angeles. Johnson
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. financial analyst Peter Schiff says he will fight to be able to sell a bank he established in Puerto Rico even though authorities have suspended its operations as part of an investigation. Euro Pacific International Bank obtained a license in 2017 to operate
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Thompson Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Two years ago, Dawn VanArsdale and her father lost their furry best friend. She visited her dad’s house in Ashland one November day in 2020, as she had done countless times. There, her father’s beagle mix played, chased birds
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate. Biden will also recognize Sandra Lindsay,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ha dicho que normalizar las relaciones bilaterales con Venezuela es un proceso que no se hace “de la noche a la mañana”. Desde su elección como presidente el pasado 19 de junio, uno de los retos que tiene Petro es cómo acercarse
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips forced General Motors to build 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second quarter. The Detroit automaker said in a regulatory filing Friday that most of the incomplete vehicles were built in June, and that it expects most of them to be finished and sold to
Continue ReadingBy Billings Gazette Staff Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — A Washington airline passenger on Thursday admitted allegations that he interfered with a flight crew by jumping on a beverage cart and pushing a flight attendant into a seat, screaming and trying to take off his clothes on a
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, continuing a dismal streak as markets worry about high inflation and the possibility that higher interest rates could bring on a recession. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 12:18 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBy Homero de la Fuente, CNN The DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, has responded to a letter from sixteen LIV Golf series players who are threatening legal action after they were sanctioned for participating in the first event of the controversial Saudi-backed series in London. In a statement shared with CNN, DP World
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN US Android app developers will be able to claim money from a new $90 million fund Google will establish as part of a wider settlement with app makers over the tech giant’s app store practices, the company said Thursday. The proposed settlement is designed to address app developers’ years-long allegations
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN US Android app developers will be able to claim money from a new $90 million fund Google will establish as part of a wider settlement with app makers over the tech giant’s app store practices, the company said Thursday. The proposed settlement is designed to address app developers’ years-long allegations that
Continue ReadingBy Steve Rundio Click here for updates on this story LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (La Crosse Tribune) — A 30-year-old La Crosse man with 14 open cases in three counties is being held in the La Crosse County Jail after allegedly killing a two-month old kitten. Kenneth L. Becker was charged in La Crosse County Circuit
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