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By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout over a Black journalist who said her celebrated hiring at one of the nation’s largest campuses quickly unraveled due to pushback over her past work promoting diversity. President Katherine Banks said in
Continue ReadingMovie theater operator AMC has ditched plans to charge more seats with better sightlines after competitors did not follow along. It also found that most customers who previously sat in the preferred sightline section continued to choose seats in that section. But it saw little to no increase in people buying front row seats that
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The gunman who ambushed police officers in Fargo, North Dakota, last week had a “binary trigger” that allowed him to fire rapidly, authorities said Friday. The .223-caliber rifle that Mohamad Barakat used in his July 14 attack sounded like an automatic weapon because of how quickly
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Media organizations, including CNN, asked a magistrate judge Friday to unseal court filings related to seven search warrants the Justice Department sought in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. The existence of the seven warrants – which were sought in addition to the warrant
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Molly Gordon is having a good summer, professionally speaking. Her directorial debut “Theater Camp,” which she made with some of her best friends, is in theaters. On the small screen, fans of “The Bear” are falling for her in the popular Hulu show’s second season, too. It’s a moment,
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — New Jersey is suing to stop New York City’s landmark congestion price plan to charge drivers entering downtown Manhattan. New Jersey filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday against the US Department of Transportation, which gave final approval for New York City’s plan. New York City’s plan
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is heading toward another winning week as stocks find some stability following their slide from a day before. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in late trading and on pace for its eighth winning week in the last 10. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Criminals, volunteer fighters and arms traffickers in Ukraine stole some Western-provided weapons and equipment intended for Ukrainian troops last year before it was recovered, according to a Defense Department inspector general report obtained by CNN. The plots to steal the weaponry and equipment were disrupted by
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has executed a man for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumes lethal injections following a pause to review procedures. James Barber was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison on Friday. The
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una jueza federal ordenó este viernes que el juicio en el caso de documentos clasificados que el fiscal especial Jack Smith presentó contra el expresidente Donald Trump comience a mediados de mayo de 2024. La jueza federal de distrito Aileen Cannon dijo que un período de juicio de dos semanas
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ordered Friday that the trial in the classified documents case that special counsel Jack Smith brought against former President Donald Trump begin in May 2024. US District Judge Aileen Cannon said that the trial could begin as early as May 20.
Continue ReadingCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front have been convicted of misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot at a Pride event in Idaho. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports that a Kootenai County jury found Forrest Rankin, Devin Center, Derek Smith, James Julius Johnson and Robert Whitted guilty
Continue ReadingBy ALAN GIONET Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Dale Yamada was overjoyed. After two short operations, his vision was back. “I’ve been on a terrible journey but things are getting better,” he said. It has been a long year for Yamada, who for years worked as a maintenance worker
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza CNN Español) — Irene Vélez, quien hasta este 19 de julio fue ministra de Minas y Energía del presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, es la más reciente funcionaria en salir del Gobierno, con lo que ya son 11 ministros de los 18 en total que han salido en el primer año del
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed human rights advocate says hundreds of boys held in detention camps run by U.S.-backed forces in opposition-controlled northeastern Syria have been wrongly separated from their mothers on the “unproven” belief that they pose a security risk. Fionnuala Ni Aolain aired concerns Friday about lingering “mass
Continue ReadingBOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A fire has caused heavy damage Friday morning to a building that houses the Bowling Green office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul as well as a local law firm. Fire crews were called to the building on State Steet around 2 a.m. Friday and found a heavy blaze that required
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A prominent Russian hard-line nationalist who accused President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was detained Friday on charges of extremism, a signal the Kremlin has toughened its approach with hawkish critics after last month’s abortive rebellion by the Wagner mercenary company. Igor Strelkov, a retired security officer who led
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Homicides are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. That is according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities. Homicides on average dropped 9.4% during the first half of 2023 as compared
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace (CNN) — Federal officials are investigating a Delta Air Lines flight that taxied around the Las Vegas airport for nearly 90 minutes on Monday in triple-digit temperatures, causing at least one person to need medical treatment. “The reports are shocking and we are investigating,” said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who spoke in
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