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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to form a task force to study how it can provide reparations for and other forms of atonement to Black Bostonians for the city’s role in slavery and its legacy of inequality. The unanimous vote means Boston now joins a conversation
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Survivors of the Club Q mass shooting directly tied Republicans’ rhetoric to the massacre at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub and detailed their experiences on the night of the shooting, in prepared testimony read before the House Oversight and Reform committee Wednesday. “To the politicians and activists who accuse LGBTQ people of
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Rebaza and Sophie Tanno, CNN One week into her presidency, Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte is battling to contain widespread protests that erupted after the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. She is the country’s sixth president in less than five years. Boluarte announced Tuesday the government will set up a crisis management
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House has passed sweeping legislation that would overhaul the state’s property insurance system, which has struggled due to insolvencies, high costs and major storms. The Republican proposal previously approved by the Senate Tuesday comes during the GOP-led Legislature’s second special session
Continue Reading CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — One person was taken to a hospital Wednesday after a shooting at a warehouse in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, authorities said. Police say the incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. at an Amazon Flex Warehouse and it did not involve an active shooter. “There is no ongoing danger to the (Chandler)
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Yang Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — Hospitals and health care workers are being pushed to the max in New York as the so-called ‘tripledemic’ leads to a surge in flu, COVID and RSV cases. About 100 nurses gathered in the cold night air outside New
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer testified Wednesday that he witnessed a man attack the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer inside the couple’s home. The suspect, David DePape, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home on Oct. 28,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story RED HOOK, Brooklyn (WABC) — A massive fire broke out at an NYPD impound and evidence storage warehouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, leaving several people injured and some evidence destroyed. The fire appears to have started at an 8,000 square-foot warehouse on Columbia Street
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Former Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller escaped sanctions on Wednesday when a report from the Independent Accountability Resolution Process largely accepted the program’s self-imposed penalties stemming from a NCAA rules violations case that dates back to 2017. Arizona’s athletics program was put on three years of probation through 2025.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ex-Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller escapes sanctions for NCAA infractions, report accepts self-imposed penalties.
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Variety will honor Angela Bassett with the Creative Impact in Acting Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award celebrates Bassett’s body of work, including her latest Golden Globe-nominated turn in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, directed by Ryan Coogler. “Few actresses have stepped into so many iconic roles, from rock queen
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ellen DeGeneres has issued a statement regarding the death of her former talk show’s longtime DJ and co-executive producer, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, saying on Wednesday that she’s “heartbroken” over his passing. “I’m heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light,” she wrote on Instagram. “He was my family, and I loved
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ellen DeGeneres has issued a statement regarding the death of her former talk show’s longtime DJ and co-executive producer, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, saying on Wednesday that she’s “heartbroken” over his passing. “I’m heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light,” she wrote on Instagram. “He was my family, and I loved him
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By LOU KESTEN Associated Press It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic. Some major releases got delayed (2023 could be a doozy), but enough crossed the finish line to keep gamers happy. Indie developers held up their end, delivering innovative challenges and fascinating stories.
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By Devon M. Sayers, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Five people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta on Tuesday after a clash between activists and law enforcement at a site set to be turned into a state-of-the-art training facility for police, state investigators said. The planned $90 million, 85-acre Atlanta Public
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By Michael Bell Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A Baltimore woman who was in town for a court hearing regarding theft charges in June for stealing a $100,000 watch was arrested Sunday for stealing a $12,000 watch and hiding it inside herself, according to authorities. Sarah Richards, 33,
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