By Greg Dailey Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — There are Chiefs fans. And then there was Vernon Taylor. The 66-year-old from Jackson, Mississippi, passed away on July 21 and was buried over the weekend. It was the family’s wish to have a Kansas City Chiefs sticker on his
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El año 2023 en Argentina está marcado por las elecciones, y se espera que los ciudadanos vayan a las urnas el próximo 13 de agosto para las Primarias Abiertas Simultáneas y Obligatorias (PASO), el 22 de octubre para las elecciones generales y, eventualmente, el 19 de noviembre para una segunda
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft billions of miles away. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space, Voyager 2 has been out of touch ever since flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command more than a
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump ‘s mounting legal woes are growing more expensive, leading his political operation to shell out tens of millions of dollars for attorneys’ fees, request a large refund from a supportive super PAC and launch a new legal defense fund. Since
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When the Supreme Court left for its summer recess in June, the justices were at a stalemate on adopting a formal ethics code. Chief Justice John Roberts has been seeking unanimity among the nine justices for firm ethics standards, CNN has learned, but such agreement
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Perú ha tenido seis presidentes en los últimos 6 años. Dina Boluarte es la sexta y también la primera mujer en el máximo cargo del país. Un país que lleva años sumido en una crisis política cuyo capítulo final aún no se escribe. Este 28 de julio, Perú
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By Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — AMC Theaters (AMC) hit a revenue record last week, driven by the overwhelming success of the “Barbenheimer” pop culture craze. In a news release on Sunday, the world’s largest theater chain announced that from July 21-27, it earned its largest single-week admissions revenue since the company’s founding in 1920.
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Thousands of mourners have gathered in south Lebanon for the funeral of a Palestinian military general with the Fatah group, whose killing in a refugee camp in Lebanon sparked fierce sectarian street battles that have killed at least nine people. Three days of
Continue ReadingNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro has been known for years for her colorful clothing and hairstyle. But it has taken one of her six grandchildren to finally convince the 80-year-old lawmaker to complement her fashion-forward look with a tattoo. The Democrat revealed in a statement Monday that she and her
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character — an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and an unforgettable laugh — became a 1980s pop cultural phenomenon, has died at 70. Reubens, who’s character delighted fans in the film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character — an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and an unforgettable laugh — became a 1980s pop cultural phenomenon, has died at 70. Reubens, who’s character delighted fans in the film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has paid its $185 million settlement of a lawsuit by minor leaguers alleging violations of minimum wage laws. Under terms of the settlement agreed to last year, about 24,000 players from 2009-22 were potentially eligible to share the money, with estimated payments to players averaging in the $5,000
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A leading anti-abortion organization has criticized Republican Ron DeSantis for not supporting a national ban on the procedure, calling the Florida governor’s position “unacceptable” as he seeks the GOP nomination for president. The president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, an influential player in conservative politics, took
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama and ending months of politically fueled debate, according to senior U.S. officials. The officials said Biden was
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A man was killed and a woman was injured when their car crashed on Interstate 10 in the Palm Springs area over the weekend, authorities said today. The crash was reported about 3:20 a.m. Sunday on eastbound I-10 east of Wall Road, said California Highway Patrol Officer David Torres of the Indio Area office. A
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A migrants rights group says security authorities in eastern Libya have freed at least 385 Pakistani migrants who were held in trafficking warehouses in an overnight raid. It said the Pakistani nationals were released early Monday from smuggling warehouses near the eastern city of Tobruk. A spokesperson
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Are you waking up in a puddle of sweat — if you can sleep at all? That’s the grim reality for millions of people around the globe suffering through severe, unbearable heat waves. July is the hottest month on record for the planet and very likely the hottest period
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By Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who killed 11 people at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 should be sentenced to death, federal prosecutors argued to a jury on Monday, specifically noting his hatred for Jews and ongoing lack of remorse. “He turned an ordinary Jewish Sabbath into the
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By Alexis Dominguez Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO, KTVK) — A wildlife rescue in Phoenix is seeing a huge increase in animal drop-offs, according to staff. They say the busiest days are after extreme temperatures or high winds from the monsoon. Liberty Wildlife sees about 10,000 animals per year but says
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CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after her conviction earlier this year in the murders of two of her children and for conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife. Vallow Daybell received a sentence of
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