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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit order on Sunday asked any more victims to come forward with complaints against a famous Jesuit artist who was essentially let off the hook by the Vatican twice despite devastating testimony by women who said he sexually and spiritually abused them. The Jesuits
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN When Sam Bankman-Fried bought a nearly 7.6% stake in Robinhood, the popular stock-trading app, earlier this year, he financed the deal with more than half a billion dollars borrowed from his own hedge fund — the entity that prosecutors say was illegally funneling customer funds from its affiliated platform, FTX.
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the once powerful New England Mafia boss who was serving a life sentence behind bars for the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner, has died at the age of 89, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Salemme died on Tuesday, according
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Big Apple is getting just a little bit brighter tonight. The world’s largest menorah will be lit on Sunday night in Manhattan to mark the start of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The 36-foot tall menorah was erected in Manhattan’s Grand Army Plaza, near midtown, on Thursday. Israeli artist
Continue Reading HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The faculty senate of Purdue University Northwest is demanding the resignation of CEO and Chancellor Thomas Keon after he mocked Asian languages during commencement. The open letter released Friday called for Keon to step down because the remark insulted Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Keon publicly apologized on Thursday for the
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates were certainly made to suffer, but eventually, they got their hands on the World Cup trophy Sunday, after beating France on penalties in arguably the greatest final in the tournament’s history. It’s a moment that will never be forgotten and Argentina’s heroic players could barely
Continue Reading CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Southern California police responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed an unarmed suspect early Sunday, prompting an investigation by the California Department of Justice, authorities said. A brief statement posted on social media by the Culver City Police Department said the suspect threatened his wife with a handgun,
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers has a right foot injury that’s expected to keep him sidelined for several weeks, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The severity of the injury was still being determined Sunday and that was keeping the team from forming a
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Hannah Sarisohn and Tina Burnside, CNN In the span of three weeks, shootings in Atlanta have killed four children between the ages of 11 and 16, and Mayor Andre Dickens said Sunday the recent trend is unacceptable. “A week before Christmas, families should be preparing to celebrate,” Dickens wrote in a statement.
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines let loose and streets across the country became places of celebration after an epic World Cup final in which the national team beat France on penalties. It was the country’s third World Cup title and the first since 1986. Millions of
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said Sunday her administration will start moving homeless people from tent encampments into hotels and motels through a new program that launches Tuesday. Bass told NBC’s “Meet the Press” host, Chuck Todd, that her plan to move homeless people into rooms immediately will
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said Sunday her administration will start moving homeless people from tent encampments into hotels and motels through a new program that launches Tuesday. Bass told NBC’s “Meet the Press” host, Chuck Todd, that her plan to move homeless people into rooms immediately will
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The head of the Iowa Democratic Party plans to step down in the wake of a vote by the national party to put the South Carolina primary ahead of Iowa’s caucuses. Ross Wilburn announced Saturday that he won’t run for re-election as party chairman in January. In addition to losing
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent President Joe Biden will announce Monday morning that former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III will serve as the US envoy to Northern Ireland, according to a source with knowledge. CNN reported last week that Kennedy would be named to the post, which was has been vacant since
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN This World Cup final was a game that seemed to defy comprehension, conventions and any attempt to describe it. How could anything capture the sound in the stadium when Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup trophy? Or the calmness with which Kylian Mbappé slotted a penalty to equalize in extra time?
Continue Reading By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MORGAN LEE and ACACIA CORONADO ASSOCIATED PRESS EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Texas border cities were preparing Sunday for a surge of as many as 5,000 new migrants a day across the U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic-era immigration restrictions expire this week, setting in motion plans for providing emergency housing, food and other
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Merlina Addams no hace nada por accidente. El miembro más estoico y deliberado de la familia Addams, rara vez hace movimientos innecesarios, incluyendo sonrisas y parpadeos. Entonces, cuando el espíritu de la danza poseyó a la típicamente malhumorada adolescente en el baile de su escuela en la nueva serie de Netflix
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is set to make announcements at its final public meeting on Monday about criminal referrals to the Justice Department. So what is a criminal referral? A referral represents a recommendation that the Justice Department investigate and look at charging the individuals in
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The case of Lamar Johnson is catching nationwide attention including people who were recently released from prison after being wrongfully convicted. Johnson is facing murder charges for the second time accused of killing a man in 1994. This week, Organization
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Marcus Carr had 17 points and five assists as seventh-ranked Texas, playing again without suspended coach Chris Beard, beat Stanford 72-62 on Sunday. Carr sparked an eight-point frenzy in a 48-second span early in the second half that put the Longhorns ahead to stay, and he
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