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By Oliver Darcy New Twitter owner Elon Musk offered several of the journalists he banned from the social media website earlier this week the ability to return to the platform if they deleted the tweets he falsely claimed shared his “exact real-time” location. The move from Musk came after he posted an unscientific poll on
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former Long Island high school teacher accused of injecting a teen with a COVID-19 vaccine at her home without his parents’ knowledge has been sentenced to community service and probation. On Friday, 55-year-old Laura Parker Russo pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of attempting the unauthorized practice of medicine on
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy New Twitter owner Elon Musk offered several of the journalists he banned from the social media website earlier this week the ability to return to the platform if they deleted the tweets he falsely claimed shared his “exact real-time” location. The move from Musk came after he posted an unscientific poll
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Some of our favorite space missions are closing out the year in a big way. Artemis I made a literal splash(down) when it successfully returned to Earth on December 11. Engineers are studying the data collected by the Orion spacecraft now to prepare for the first crewed flight of Artemis II
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge ruled that the master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse that caught fire, killing 36 people during a party in 2016, did not violate terms of his probation after prosecutors said a search of his home turned up weapons. Derick Almena is supervised by the Alameda County
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Saturday set bond at $50,000 for the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people at a July 4 parade near Chicago who is accused of helping his son get a gun license. Robert Crimo Jr. looked somber and tired as
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Twitter restableció las cuentas de varios periodistas que fueron abruptamente suspendidas de la plataforma este jueves después de que Elon Musk afirmara falsamente que los reporteros habían compartido su ubicación “exacta en tiempo real”, una medida que puso en serio cuestionamiento el supuesto compromiso de Musk con la libertad de expresión.
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas, CNN Stephen “tWitch” Boss is being remembered for the joy he sparked by his friend and former colleague, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” executive producer Andy Lassner. In a moving tribute to Boss, Lassner wrote about the many lives the late star touched. “So many people on social media are posting pictures of
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says the violent Jalisco drug cartel has kidnapped a colonel who commanded a detachment in the gang-dominated northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas. The kidnapping of Col. José Isidro Grimaldo Muñoz occurred farther south while he was on vacation in the state of Jalisco,
Continue ReadingBy CHARLIE DE MAR Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Several Chicago aldermen are fed up with violence and say it is time to crack down on illegal guns. This week, the City Council passed an ordinance allowing police to impose fines and jail time on people caught with an illegal
Continue ReadingBy NICK STARLING Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — It’s a little bit of country in the middle of a city; Fort Worth’s historic Stockyards District attracts visitors from all over. “We’re just taking it all in right now and enjoying what we’re seeing,” said Erin Murray, who’s visiting
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing a close, with 15 slayings — a perilous situation underlined by a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of the country’s most prominent journalists. Two gunmen astride a motorcycle
Continue ReadingBy JOE GORCHOW Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE (WFOR) — On a sunny weekday afternoon Waseem Khawaja stood with CBS4’s Joe Gorchow as the pair looked over the lake at Wimbledon at Jacaranda. The smile on Khawaja’s face quickly faded as the two entered his condo. “It’s frustrating and sad to
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER BISRAM Click here for updates on this story WOODBURY, New York (WCBS) — There are disturbing allegations against a nursing home on Long Island. CBS2’s Jennifer Bisram spoke with a family who says their loved one’s life was forever changed after staying there. “My mom is the rock of the family. She’s a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER DEROSE Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s a sad morning in Brighton Heights after three people have died in an overnight fire – two children and one young adult. The fire started shortly before 2 a.m. at a home in the 3400 block of McClure Avenue. It’s not
Continue ReadingBy MARLEE GINTER Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Only Zeppelin the dog knows how he ended up hundreds of miles from home, but his owner is just glad to know how he’ll get back. “We kept looking for him for quite some time. We were very sad,” said Sandra O’Neil.
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Stores are drowning in a glut of merchandise this holiday season, keeping the discounts fast and furious in the runup to Christmas. And the deals are only getting juicier. So if you have the patience and the willpower to wait to grab a few bargains for yourself, you’ll be richly rewarded.
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN An A-League derby match in Australia was abandoned after fans invaded the pitch, injuring a goalkeeper in an ugly scene on Saturday. Video shows chaos erupting after a flare landed on the pitch, with fans pouring onto the field and surrounding match official Alex King and Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover.
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who supplied songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins and found lasting fame penning Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1991 hit “Something to Talk About,” has died. She was 67. Eikhard died Thursday at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville, Ontario,
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Chris Paul is winning both on and off the court. Just hours after helping the Phoenix Suns defeat the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night, Paul received his bachelor’s degree in communications from Winston-Salem State University. Paul, the Suns’ star point guard, made it from Los Angeles to North Carolina to
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