By JAY COHEN The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired pitchers Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly in a trade with the Chicago White Sox, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The NL West-leading Dodgers have made pitching a priority in advance of the trade deadline Tuesday. They’ll send outfielder
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state governments, local governments and law enforcement. Important sections Original jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man who hit two protesters, killing one of them, with his car during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Seattle in 2020 has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies. The Seattle Times reports 30-year-old Dawit Kelete pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide in the death of Summer Taylor. He also pleaded
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered her head during Ethan Crumbley’s mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School, which left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021. “I didn’t know if those were my last moments,”
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered her head during Ethan Crumbley’s mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School, which left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021. “I didn’t know if those were my last moments,” Heidi
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT, ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ZEKE MILLER and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is set to announce a $345 million military aid package for Taiwan that includes key defense systems that would be critical against any attack on the island. The package includes man-portable air defense systems, or MANPADS, intelligence and
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed that he texted an event organizer saying, “Someone’s going to end
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las autoridades de Brasil rechazaron una solicitud de Estados Unidos para extraditar a un presunto espía ruso, diciendo que eventualmente sería enviado a Rusia. Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov está acusado de ingresar a EE.UU. con una identidad falsa para espiar a los estadounidenses en el período previo a la invasión
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A man and woman suspected with two juveniles of robbing a jewelry store at the Palm Desert mall are set to be arraigned today on a felony charge of robbery. Mason Tyler Barron, 21, of Hemet and Cleopatra Tredai Jones, 25, of Los Angeles are set to be arraigned on the charge Friday afternoon at
Continue Reading CNN, WVTM By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to staging her own kidnapping and triggering a 49-hour-long search, turned herself in and has been charged with making false reports. The 26-year-old is being charged with falsely reporting to law enforcement officers and falsely
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to staging her own kidnapping and triggering a 49-hour-long search, turned herself in and has been charged with making false reports. The 26-year-old is being charged with falsely reporting to law enforcement officers and falsely reporting an
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Nickolas Wilt is finally going home after spending over 100 days in the hospital recovering from being shot in the head while responding to a fatal bank shooting in April. The 26-year-old underwent brain surgery after the shooting and spent roughly a month on a ventilator, police said. By
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The new prosecutor in Oklahoma’s biggest county announced Friday she’s dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020, including one in which five officers were charged with killing a 15-year-old boy outside a convenience store. District Attorney Vicki Behenna’s predecessor
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La amistad de David Beckham, uno de los dueños el Inter Miami, y el astro argentino del fútbol, Lionel Messi, que recientemente llegó al cuadro rosa de la MLS, al parecer va por buen camino con bromas que van y vienen. Este jueves, Beckham, a quien se le ha
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — WhatsApp ahora te permitirá grabar y enviar videoclips directamente en la aplicación, anunció esta semana la plataforma propiedad de Meta. Los mensajes de video instantáneos pueden durar hasta 60 segundos y están protegidos de manera similar con el servicio de encriptación de extremo a extremo de la aplicación. “Creemos que será
Continue ReadingWEST BATH, Maine (AP) — Defense attorneys in Maine may mount an insanity defense for a man who police say confessed to killing his parents and their friends before firing at people on a busy interstate highway. Joseph Eaton entered pleas of both not guilty and not criminally responsible to multiple charges including four counts
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal (CNN) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David next month as a part of his effort to bring the key Asian allies closer, the White House announced Friday “At the summit, the leaders will celebrate a new chapter
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of manslaughter reckless endangerment and assault but acquitted of manslaughter. Jordan Steinke was the first of two officers to go trial over the Sept. 16, 2022, crash
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes. The order, which the administration is calling “the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The meme traders are back. Shares of Tupperware (TUP) have exploded by about 165% this week and more than 300% over the last month for no discernible reason. The Florida-based container company has been in hot water for some time. Sales are on the decline and Tupperware
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