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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas legislative committee recommended Saturday that GOP Rep. Bryan Slaton be expelled for inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old intern. Slaton, from Royse City, could face an expulsion vote by the full House as early as Tuesday. Slaton, 45, has declined to comment on the allegations, and did not immediately
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles teachers have overwhelmingly approved a new contract with the LA Unified School District that will give a significant pay raise to educators, nurses, counselors, librarians and other educational staff in the nation’s second-largest school system. United Teachers Los Angeles announced Friday that its 35,000 members voted by a 94
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By Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN More than 100 migrants were found aboard a train in Texas near the US-Mexico border on Friday in extreme heat conditions, days before a surge in migrants is expected when a Trump-era border restriction ends next week. The train was stopped on Friday after a conductor reported stowaways
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By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday. He was 97. Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday at home, surrounded by loved ones, said his
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN All but six Senate Republicans on Saturday vowed to oppose raising the debt ceiling “without substantive spending and budget reforms,” backing up House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s position. The group of 43 Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, said they are “united behind the House Republican conference in support
Continue Reading CHICO, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a party near a college campus in Northern California, police said. Officers responding around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire found six people shot at an apartment building in Chico, police Chief Billy Aldridge
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN An acclaimed theater director and playwright have been arrested in Russia and accused of “justifying terrorism” for their play about Russian women being recruited online to marry Islamic State fighters in Syria. Yevgenia Berkovich was arrested on Friday alongside the play’s author, Svetlana Petriychuk, after investigators alleged that
Continue Reading AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Fire officials say six people were hurt when part of a heating and ventilation system collapsed at a resort pool in Colorado, and two people have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Aurora Fire Rescue said there were 50 to 100 guests in the pool when the collapse occurred Saturday morning at
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urielblanco (CNN) — Durante las últimas semanas se fueron conociendo los detalles del atuendo de la reina Camila para la coronación, pero, cuando finalmente se presentó en la Abadía de Westminster esta mañana, no decepcionó, pues combinaba un guiño a la tradición con toques más modernos y personales. A su llegada a la ceremonia, Camila
Continue Reading CHICO, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a party near a college campus in Northern California, police said. Officers responding around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire found six people shot at an apartment building in Chico, police Chief Billy Aldridge
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — An off-duty Chicago police officer has been shot and killed as she headed home on the city’s Southside after her shift. Police say the officer was shot about 1:42 a.m. Saturday in the city’s Avalon Park neighborhood. Relatives identified the slain officer to the Chicago Sun-Times as 24-year-old Areanah Preston. The newspaper
Continue Reading By JUSTIN KABUMBA ASSOCIATED PRESS KALEHE, Congo (AP) — The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen beyond 200, with many more people still missing, according to local authorities in the province of South Kivu. Thomas Bakenge, administrator of Kalehe, the worst-hit territory, told reporters on the scene Saturday that
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Being there is better. I didn’t see much of the coronation of King Charles III and neither did many of the 2,300 or so other guests inside Westminster Abbey. We were too far away, or were seated behind the choir, or had our view blocked by a
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN Six people were shot, including a 17-year old who has since died, at a large party in Chico, California overnight, according to local police. At around 3:26 AM on Saturday, Chico Police patrol officers were dispatched to an address of a large party in progress, according to a
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Luckadoo Click here for updates on this story FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A dream that started in a basement has transformed into a thriving outdoor gear business in the mountains. LightHeart Gear was created by Judy Gross after a trek on the Appalachian Trail. “In 2006, I hiked the Appalachian Trail. I
Continue ReadingBy James Felton and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — After nearly 20 years, the Clean & Green program focused on fighting blight in Flint and Genesee County is getting more support than ever. Dozens of groups are helping maintain thousands of vacant properties in Genesee County.
Continue Reading By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday. He was 97. Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday at home, surrounded by loved ones, said his
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Nadia Kounang, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Friday to consumers and health providers to discontinue using and discard recalled Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Tests made by SD Biosensor, Inc. over “significant concerns” of bacterial contamination. SD Biosensor is recalling all impacted tests, which were distributed by
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden showed in Game 1 he could still be as great once as he ever was in his prime. The Beard just overall these days isn’t as great as he once was in his halcyon days with Houston. Harden’s occasional big postseason games for the
Continue ReadingBy Josh Jackson Click here for updates on this story TIFFANY SPRINGS, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Kelsie Sams is homeless. She depends on the Little Food Pantry near 49t h and Waukomis in Northmoor for several meals a week. “Without it, I’d probably be dead,” Sams said. “I mean unless I just go out and
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