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By PATRICK ORSAGOS and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer has been put on leave while he’s investigated for releasing his police dog on a surrendering truck driver, even after state troopers told the officer to hold the dog back. The Circleville police chief said Officer Ryan Speakman was
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The case of a Missouri doctor whose body was found in an Arkansas lake more than a week after he was reported missing remains shrouded in mystery. Forty-nine-year-old Dr. John Forsyth, an emergency room doctor in Cassville, Missouri, was last heard from
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — UK holiday operator TUI has canceled all flights to the Greek island of Rhodes for the next few days as authorities continue to fight raging wildfires. In a statement sent to CNN on Tuesday, TUI said it would not be “operating any outbound flights to Rhodes
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has given a 20-year sentence to a gynecologist who sexually abused dozens of patients for over two decades at prestigious New York hospitals. The judge says Robert Hadden’s crimes were shocking and unprecedented. The former doctor cried Tuesday as he said he was
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine will be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed language about the state’s obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of its constitution. The Maine Legislature gave its final approval on Tuesday to a proposal to restore the language that
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher as Wall Street waits to hear from some of its most influential companies, and whether their huge rally this year was justified. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Tuesday, its highest level in more than 15 months. The Dow added 26 points, or
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The controversial overhaul of Israel’s judicial system risks plunging the country into further turmoil that will hurt its economy and security, Moody’s Investors Service warned on Tuesday. “There is a significant risk that political and social tensions over the issue will continue, with negative consequences for Israel’s
Continue ReadingToy maker Mattel is renewing its licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products. Mattel will continue as a Warner Bros.’ toy licensee for categories including preschool, plush, dolls, vehicles, games, and novelty toys. It will develop and market products for more than 50 Warner Bros. Discovery brands and franchises including DC Universe, DC
Continue ReadingToy maker Mattel is renewing its licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products. Mattel will continue as a Warner Bros.’ toy licensee for categories including preschool, plush, dolls, vehicles, games, and novelty toys. It will develop and market products for more than 50 Warner Bros. Discovery brands and franchises including DC Universe, DC
Continue ReadingBy KATHRYN POST Religion News Service EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (RNS) — More than five months after a train carrying noxious chemicals derailed down the street from the hydraulic equipment supply store where he works, Tim Cumberlidge is still trying to find out exactly what he was exposed to. “It’s not been a good ordeal all
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jewell Loyd has never been part of a losing streak like the one that Seattle is on right now. The Storm have dropped a franchise-record nine straight games heading into Tuesday night’s game at New York. Her rookie year Seattle lost five in a row
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A far-right activist who led the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon now must pay millions of dollars in damages after a hospital in Idaho won a defamation lawsuit against them. The lawsuit by St. Luke’s Regional Health accused Ammon Bundy and his associate
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tiffany Haddish says her former relationship with rapper and actor Common was “the healthiest, the funnest relationship I’ve ever had.” Until it wasn’t. In a recently published interview with the Washington Post the actress recounted meeting Common on the set of the 2019 movie “The Kitchen,” in which
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday publicly reprimanded the judge who oversaw the death penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, after a Florida commission overseeing the conduct of the state’s judges recommended the formal reprimand in June. The Judicial Qualifications Commission had found Judge Elizabeth Scherer’s
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Thousands of crime victims each year are confronted with the difficult financial reality of state compensation programs that are billed as safety nets to offset costs like funerals, medical care, relocation and other needs. Many programs require victims to pay for those expenses first and exhaust all
Continue ReadingBy Destinee Patterson Click here for updates on this story NASH COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Nash County family said someone stole more than $1,000 in donations from them. The family lost everything in an EF-3 tornado that come through the community last week. “We had just a couple seconds to get in [the
Continue ReadingWRAL By Destinee Patterson Click here for updates on this story NASH COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Nash County family said someone stole more than $1,000 in donations from them. The family lost everything in an EF-3 tornado that come through the community last week. “We had just a couple seconds to get in
Continue ReadingBy Jedd Rosche, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested that House Republicans may be approaching the point where they’d pursue an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, the California Republican’s most explicit threat of impeaching the president to date. “We’ve only followed where the information has taken us. But Hannity, this is rising to
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Zach Johnson says he would prefer his job as U.S. Ryder Cup captain be as difficult as possible when it comes to putting together his 12-man team. “That means the guys are in a good state and in good form, which is really ultimately what’s
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — UPS has reached a tentative contract with its 340,000-person union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide. The agreement was announced Tuesday, the first day that UPS and the Teamsters returned to the table after
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