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By Lisa Petrillo Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — For more than 40 years, Mark Potter was a Miami-based veteran of network TV news, an investigative journalist on the front lines. “I covered everything from you know, Pablo Escobar, the Colombian drug war, Mexican drug war, the border wars and on
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Monday, giving back some of their huge gains made last week on hopes the worst of the nation’s inflation may finally have passed. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%, or 35.68 points, to 3,957.25 after drifting between
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A third railroad union has rejected a tentative labor deal, a move that further raises the odds that America’s 110,000 freight railroad workers will go on strike early next month. The rank and file members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers voted against a tentative agreement reached
Continue ReadingBy Mugo Odigwe Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The first social equity marijuana dispensary in Illinois has opened its doors in Chicago. Ivy Hall Damen, in Bucktown, opened Monday, and its ownership team is 61% Black. Recreational marijuana use and sales have been legal in Illinois since the start of
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By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A group of anti-abortion doctors in Mississippi say the validity of the state’s law banning most abortions remains uncertain. The doctors argue in a lawsuit filed Monday that another legal victory is required to clarify the ban and protect them from possible punishment by
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel confirmed has confirmed that the United States government has started an investigation into the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, condemning the probe as a “grave mistake” and vowing not to cooperate. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz made the statement on Twitter Monday, saying Israel has made it
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California house where Steve Jobs co-founded Apple is a historical site, and now the sandals he wore while pacing its floors have been sold for nearly $220,000, according to an auction house. The “well used” brown suede Birkenstocks dating to the mid-1970s set a record for the highest price ever
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, easing back after posting a big gain last week on hopes that the worst of the nation’s inflation may finally have passed. The S&P 500 lost 0.9% Monday after drifting between gains and losses for much of the day. Some analysts have called Wall Street’s rally
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Charlie Baker, the moderate Republican governor of Massachusetts, said former President Donald Trump‘s influence hurt their party in this year’s midterm elections as voters demonstrated they “aren’t interested in extremism.” In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Baker said Trump “hurt the party’s chances on Election Day, not just here in
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Thousands of researchers and student employees at the 10 University of California campuses went on strike at 8 a.m. today in an effort to secure improved pay and working conditions. UC officials are in contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers regarding four separate academic bargaining units: postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers, academic student employees (teaching
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 25-year-old man was killed when he was knocked off a tractor-trailer he was dancing on top of on the Eastex Freeway last Thursday, Houston police said in a release. The deadly crash happened in the 2500 block of the Eastex
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, burst into tears a few minutes into her testimony Monday when asked to identify Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand at his trial. Siebel Newsom spent 15 minutes on the stand
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, burst into tears a few minutes into her testimony Monday when asked to identify Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand at his trial. Siebel Newsom spent 15 minutes on the stand
Continue ReadingBy JANELLE BURRELL Click here for updates on this story WILMINGTON, Delaware (KYW) — On Thursday, we’ll present our 13th annual Ronald McDonald House Charities Telethon, raising money to help the four Ronald McDonald houses in our area. Here’s a little more on one family who stayed at the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware. It
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver trapped inside a vehicle has been extracted after having slammed into an apartment complex off the Gulf Freeway, SkyEye video shows. “They put him on a stretcher. He had a neck brace on, and I’m going to be honest,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Monday.com Ltd., up $6.91 to $102.10. The project management software developer reported strong third-quarter financial results. Moderna Inc., up $7.83 to $179.03. The vaccine maker gave investors an encouraging update on the development of its latest COVID-19 vaccines. Biogen Inc., up
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Wiggins Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (Advocate Channel) — Federal law enforcement officials thwarted a potentially violent attack on Jewish and LGBTQ+ people, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger announced Thursday. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in New Jersey, Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville,
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER, TOM HAYS and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges over his interactions with Ukrainian figures in the runup to the 2020 presidential election, federal prosecutors revealed in a letter to a judge Monday. Prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s
Continue Reading A federal appeals court St. Louis has thrown up another roadblock for President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness. The court on Monday agreed to a preliminary injunction halting the program in one of several cases challenging the debt relief plan. With the forgiveness
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno suffered “serious burns” but said Monday that he was doing OK, according to reports. “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire,” Leno said in a statement to The Associated Press. “I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.” The cause
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