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By Jiani Navarro Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — With the holidays upon us and many people on the roads around this time of year, the Mobile Police Department launched a new campaign to remind everyone to practice safe driving. The Mobile Police Traffic Safety Unit kicked off a holiday
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de León attended his first City Council meeting Friday in nearly two months since a scandal broke over racist remarks by elected officials. Three council members walked out after de León showed up, including Mike Bonin, whose Black son was called a “monkey” by former council
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear a case involving a scam that falsely promoted adult adoptions as a path to U.S. citizenship. The case tests whether a section of federal immigration law is unconstitutional because it is so broad it violates the First Amendment’s free speech guarantees. The high court
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By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from rapper Ab-Soul, the irreverent shoot-’em-up video game “High on Life” and rising comedian Atsuko Okatsuka debuts her first HBO comedy special called “The Intruder.” David Letterman travels to Ukraine to sit down with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a special one-off episode of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1963 Birth place: Orange, California Birth name: Michael Richard Pompeo Father: Wayne Pompeo, machinist Mother: Dorothy (Mercer) Pompeo Marriages: Susan (Mostrous) Pompeo (date unavailable publicly-present); Leslie (Libert) Pompeo
Continue ReadingBy James Felton & Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Hurley Children’s Hospital received a token of appreciation from a grateful mother. The mother said both of her kids are alive because of the care they received at
Continue Reading The Associated Press Wall Street closed lower after a report showed inflation is slowing, though not by as much as hoped. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Friday, marking its first losing week in the last three. The weakness came after the U.S. government reported that prices at the wholesale level were 7.4% higher in November
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Eleven bald eagles were recently found poisoned at a Minnesota landfill. The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota is caring for 10 of them right now, but one already died. Inver Grove Heights police found the first sick eagle
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Suspended Pitt basketball player Dior Johnson pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts on Friday. The 18-year-old freshman pleaded guilty to strangulation and simple assault and was ordered to serve one year of probation, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The strangulation charge was originally
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — U.S. Marine Corps representatives helped fill a plane with hundreds of holiday gifts for children on Friday. The goal was to pack an entire King Air twin-engine aircraft to capacity with toys on the campus of the Pittsburgh Institute of
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to tainted drinking water that contained lead and other toxins. Facts Flint once thrived as the home of the nation’s largest General Motors plant. The city’s economic decline began during the 1980s, when GM downsized. In 2011,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Chewy Inc., up $1.68 to $43.65. The online pet store surprised investors by turning a profit in the third quarter. Broadcom Inc., up $13.64 to $544.72. The semiconductor maker reported results that beat analysts’ estimates and issued a better-than-expected forecast. DocuSign
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Barbara Starr, the Pentagon correspondent who has covered some of the most consequential stories with a signature style and steady hand, is leaving CNN after more than two decades with the network. Starr announced her departure in a memo sent to her CNN colleagues on Friday. “With the expiration of my
Continue Reading By IAIN SULLIVAN Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Leaders and representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries have called on the European Union to come up with a more flexible gas price cap mechanism than the recently proposed one of 220 euros per megawatt hour. The call made at a EU-Med9 summit in Spain
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with stocks broadly lower Friday, after a new report showed that inflation is slowing less than hoped just days before Federal Reserve officials are expected to raise interest rates again. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite each
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INDIO, Calif. (AP) — An 88-year-old Southern California man has been charged with killing a 9-year-old girl with his car in a crash a year ago. The Desert Sun reports Friday that Robert William Hanson of Desert Hot Springs has been charged with counts including vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, reckless driving and driving without
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Bloyd Click here for updates on this story LAFAYETTE, Indiana (WISH) — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested for what police have determined to be a “legitimate” threat to conduct a shooting at a middle school dance in Lafayette. The Lafayette Police Department said officers became aware of the threat around 12:15 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Fowler Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis police on Friday released a critical incident video detailing an October police shooting that killed a man who had taken his girlfriend hostage. Just after 10 a.m. on Oct. 2, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to a report of
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly approved a resolution exempting humanitarian aid from all current and future U.N. sanctions regimes, a vote the United States hailed as “historic” that will save lives and address longstanding problems of sanctions impeding aid deliveries. The resolution was immediately
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