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By Marnie Hunter, CNN A passenger who allegedly took psilocybin — the hallucinogenic chemical found in certain mushrooms — before boarding a United Airlines flight in Miami last week was arrested after allegedly assaulting two members of the flight crew. Cherruy Loghan Sevilla is charged with interfering with a flight crew and assaulting two flight
Continue ReadingBy Etant Dupain and Caitlin Hu, CNN United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to consider deploying forces to Haiti to address growing humanitarian and security crises in the country. Guterres’ comments come just days after the Haitian government itself asked for international military assistance as the country deals with rampant gang
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By PETER SMITH Associated Press United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape — one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominations, their steeples visible on urban streets, in county seats and along country roads, their ethos marked by a firm yet quiet faith, simple worship and
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — ¿Acaba de insinuar Madonna que es gay? Ese es el debate después de que publicara un video en su cuenta verificada de TikTok. En él, la legendaria cantante sostiene un par de lo que parecen ser bragas rosas con un escrito en el video que dice: “Si fallo, soy gay”.
Continue ReadingBy GILES HUDSON Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — A fight between a husband and wife ended in a shooting Sunday afternoon in Plano. It happened around 1:45 p.m. at an apartment complex on North Medalist Circle near Alma Drive. According to police, the husband threatened to hit his wife
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans — the latest legal challenge to the program. The suit, filed Monday by the Job Creators Network Foundation, argues the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SCHUMAN Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Activists are sleeping outside Minneapolis City Hall Sunday night in protest of last week’s encampment evictions of people experiencing homelessness. “We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters,” said Simeon Aitken, an activist. Young Eagle, a member of Ho Chunk Nation
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Undersea explosions late last month ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which until Russia cut off supplies at the end of August was its main supply route
Continue ReadingBy John Dias Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police say an argument aboard an MTA bus turned deadly late Sunday night. Now, they’re searching for two suspects in the case. The victim, identified as 55-year-old Lamont Barkley, was stabbed to death around 10 p.m. near East 149th Street and
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There were the young women in fresh fall coats, a guy in a suit, hoodied parents with kids, all maneuvering for selfies with the White House south facade. The plant fans and the history fans leaned in to admire the perennials and centuries-old trees on the lawns
Continue Reading By JAY REEVES Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the government’s count, she and her husband, Ralph, are part of a success story.
Continue ReadingBy Rayvin Bleu and Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Residents got a chance at a clean slate thanks to an expungement assistance initiative. “It’s really important that we recognize that people make changes in their life and they’re trying to do better,” said Shanell Boos, from Peer
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN For centuries, the US celebrated Christopher Columbus as the intrepid explorer who discovered the Americas — a symbol of the American ideals of entrepreneurship and innovation. The story of the Italian navigator taught to generations of schoolchildren is shrouded in mythology. But for the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the Americas long
Continue Reading Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say Eritrea has extended its offensive into their region, as diplomats scramble to convene peace talks to resolve the almost two-year-long conflict. In a statement Monday, the Tigray forces said that Eritrea’s military has launched an “extensive offensive” in the direction of Rama, Zalambessa and
Continue Reading By ADAM SCHRECK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia retaliated Monday for what it claimed was a Ukrainian terrorist attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its biggest and most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months. The lethal barrage against multiple cities smashed civilian targets, knocking out power and water, shattering
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Taking 8,600 steps a day will prevent weight gain in adults, while already overweight adults can halve their odds of becoming obese by adding an additional 2,400 steps — that’s 11,000 steps a day, according to new research. Studies show the average person gains between 1 and 2 pounds (0.5 to
Continue Reading By HERBERT MOYO Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Lesotho business mogul Sam Matekane’s upstart party, Revolution for Prosperity, has won 56 of the 120 constituencies in the general elections. The results were announced by the Independent Electoral Commission on Monday afternoon. Celebrations have erupted on the streets of the capital, Maseru, upon the news
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Russian missiles that rained down Monday on cities across Ukraine, bringing fear and destruction to areas that had seen months of relative calm, are an escalation in Russia’s war against its neighbor. But are they a turning point in the war? That question, military analysts say,
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — It’s a unique story at a volunteer fire department in the Metro East as a daughter follows in her father’s footsteps. Megan Korte grew up with the East Side Fire Protection District being like a second home to her.
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists often have to be friendly to sources to get information. But what happens when they are friends? National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg has tested those limits throughout a legendary career covering the Supreme Court. She details her close friendship with the late Justice Ruth
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