By JILL LAWLESS Associated Pres LONDON (AP) — As he makes tough decisions to stem Britain’s economic crisis, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will “always protect the most vulnerable.” But some wonder whether he is too rich to relate. The U.K.’s first prime minister of color is an ex-banker who once wore Prada loafers
Continue Reading By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken Singleton. Al Bumbry. Disco Dan Ford. And plenty more that night in Baltimore. “There were quite a few of
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Musk posts video of himself entering Twitter HQ ahead of Friday deadline to close his $44B deal for the company.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Sin jugar, el Barcelona quedó eliminado de Champions League en fase de grupos. La victoria por goleada del Inter ante el Viktoria Plzen dejó sin posibilidades al equipo español. El Barça cae eliminado en fase de grupos por segundo año consecutivo, algo que no pasaba desde la temporada 1998-99. Es
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CHICAGO (AP) — A once-powerful labor leader in Chicago has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 in cash payments from the head of a film studio in the city. John Coli Sr. was sentenced Wednesday in federal court. Coli pleaded guilty in 2019 to extorting the president of Cinespace Chicago
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A once-powerful labor leader in Chicago has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 in cash payments from the head of a film studio in the city. John Coli Sr. was sentenced Wednesday in federal court. Coli pleaded guilty in 2019 to extorting the president of Cinespace Chicago
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A water main break in Baldwin this morning left one home without water. On a rainy morning, it was more than just rainfall coming out of the sky. Residents in the 1300 block of Short Street were treated to a surprise
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Iowa ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms, to headline a rally for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley. The event, set for Nov. 3 in Sioux City, the hub of Iowa’s conservative northwest, comes
Continue ReadingBy Hal Scheurich Click here for updates on this story LOXLEY, Alabama (WALA) — Details of a violent and frightening crime came from Loxley Police Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Police said a woman was beaten and raped inside her home. According to investigators, the suspect forced his way in after banging on her door and
Continue Reading OTTAWA, Canada (AP) — The Canadian government says that France has denied an extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, a former priest accused of crimes against children in the northern territory of Nunavut. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada made the extradition request for Rivoire, who was in Canada from the early 1960s until 1993 but
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade, wrapping up a trial in which he defended himself with bizarre legal theories and erratic outbursts. It took the jury a little
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italy’s new far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has easily won the second of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin. Wednesday night’s vote in the Senate was 115 in favor of her coalition government and 79 against, while there were five abstentions. The coalition needed at least 104
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Marcelo Valadares received a call from the Riverside Sheriff’s Department around 2 am this morning that one of the windows at his shop was shattered. He tells News Channel 3 that this is the second time someone has broken a window in the past three weeks. He recently had another window fixed from the same
Continue ReadingBy Janice Yu Click here for updates on this story TOTTENVILLE, Staten Island (WABC) — Police have released video footage of the five men wanted for questioning in connection to a shooting outside Tottenville High School. The incident was reported Tuesday at 100 Luten Ave around 2 p.m. Officials said a 14-year-old boy was shot
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants available as part
Continue Reading PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A woman was arrested after police said she used a pickax to smash several windows of a home where a baby was sleeping in suburban Southern California. Home security video aired by ABC 7 in Los Angeles showed the woman on the front porch of the home in Pasadena, swinging the
Continue ReadingBy Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story CANDLER, North Carolina (WLOS) — The owners of a popular Candler event venue are opening up after a fire destroyed their home on Saturday, Oct. 22. For nearly six hours Saturday night, firefighters from 10 departments fought to put out a blaze that engulfed a
Continue ReadingBy Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — The city of Midland has identified the contaminant that was discharged into the Tittabawassee River Wednesday night. Maintenance staff at Dow Diamond applied a fungicide and insecticide to the field as part of seasonal field maintenance on Wednesday, the city said.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson and Brendan Tierney Click here for updates on this story FAIRVIEW, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Fairview family is behind bars after police say they played a role in the death of a man who was murdered and then stuffed into a freezer. Michael Charles Lee is charged with criminal homicide in the
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Criminal charges were filed this week, one month after the life of a 20-year-old Milwaukee woman came to a violent end. CBS 58’s Michele Fiore sat down with the victim’s parents. Kania Brunson’s mom calls her daughter her best friend. Two
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