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By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say three people are dead, including the shooter, after a shooting at a high school Monday morning. Speaking at a news conference, Police Commissioner Michael Sack said the three dead included a woman, a teenage girl and the shooter, described
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi was 10 when wearing the veil became compulsory at the non-religious, French-speaking school she attended in Tehran. Previously, boys and girls were taught together, but she was soon also separated from her male friends in the name of a cultural revolution instigated by revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday temporarily blocked Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony to a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state. Thomas’ order is intended to prevent Fani Willis, Fulton County district attorney, from compelling Graham to testify
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s foreign minister says the country’s new center-right government will fulfil all requirements under a deal with Turkey to join NATO and will concentrate the country’s external relations to its immediate neighborhood while abandoning the previous government’s “feminist foreign policy.” In an interview with The Associated Press
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two weeks of early voting started Saturday in Nevada, one of the most competitive states in this year’s midterm elections. Democrats have edged out Republicans in the swing state in recent years, but this year they’re facing headwinds from anxiety about the economy. The governor’s
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CNN, KMOV By Holly Yan, Rebekah Riess and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people and wounded several others at his former high school left a note saying his struggles led to “the perfect storm for a mass shooter,” St. Louis police said. Orlando Harris graduated from Central Visual and Performing Arts
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic Kachin rebels say air strikes by Myanmar’s military have killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the minority group’s main political organization. The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday agreed to temporarily freeze a lower court order requiring the testimony of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in front of an Atlanta-area special grand jury that is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. Thomas acted alone because he
Continue ReadingBy Matteo Iadonisi Click here for updates on this story HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Becoming a K-9 officer was always a dream for Lawrence McLaughlin of the Haverford Township Police Department. “We each have our own dog that we all take home with them. We get to name them, pick them out,” said Officer
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak was set to become Britain’s next prime minister after the governing Conservative Party chose him as its leader on Monday in the hope that he will be a safe pair of hands to guide the country at a time of economic and
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN Major US airlines are criticizing the Biden administration’s latest plans to publicly pressure them into offering additional passenger benefits. The group that represents the nation’s largest air carriers, Airlines for America, says the Department of Transportation’s latest ask of air carriers involves delayed passengers and would be “punitive” rather than provide
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN All we want for Christmas is you, Mariah Carey. It was announced Monday that the “Queen of Christmas” will be performing two holiday shows. The first on December 11 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, and the second on December 13 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. “Merry
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks shook off a shaky start and closed higher Monday, extending their gains from last week, as investors geared up for a heavy week of earnings from big technology companies. The S&P 500 rose 1.2%, with technology, health care and financial stocks accounting for a
Continue ReadingCNN, KABC, KFSN By Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Prosecutors said in opening statements of Harvey Weinstein’s second criminal trial Monday that eight women will testify in court they were sexually assaulted by the powerful Hollywood mogul. “Each of these women came forward independent of each other, and none of them knew one another,”
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN A new teaser trailer for the fourth season of “Succession” is short but delivers the drama. It also confirms when viewers can expect to see the new season of the HBO show. (CNN and HBO are both part of Warner Bros. Discovery.) The teaser aired during the “House of the Dragon”
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business The clock is ticking for Elon Musk to complete his deal to buy Twitter. The billionaire Tesla CEO has until 5 p.m. ET on Friday to close his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter or face a trial that was previously delayed to allow both parties to close the deal. The
Continue Reading By Bill Kirkos and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN On the day his state trial was set to begin on charges of aiding and abetting in George Floyd’s killing, a former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Monday. J. Alexander Kueng, who was slated to stand trial with Tou Thao, was charged with aiding and abetting second-degree
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Jurors in the re-trial for quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia heard Monday from a key forensic expert. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended earlier this year with a deadlocked jury. Julie Osburn, a Palm Springs Police Department crime scene technician, was on the stand.
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Dos víctimas y el presunto atacante murieron en el tiroteo de este lunes en la escuela Central VPA de St. Louis, según el comisario del Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de St. Louis, el teniente coronel Michael Sack. Durante una conferencia de prensa, Sack dijo que el atacante y una mujer
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy The Wisconsin race for governor has no clear leader, while Democratic gubernatorial candidates hold the edge in Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in the three key states. Wisconsin‘s incumbent Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has the support of 50% of likely voters, while Republican Tim Michels has
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