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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The chair of Florida’s ethics commission has an ethics problem, but it’s due to working at The Mouse rather than being a rat. Glen Gilzean, the new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district, can’t continue to work in his new job and chair the Florida Commission on Ethics at
Continue ReadingBEL AIR, Md. (AP) — DNA evidence has linked the recent killing of a Maryland woman whose body was found near a hiking trail to a Los Angeles home invasion and assault of a girl earlier this year, authorities said. Both cases remain unsolved. Detectives matched DNA collected from the crime scenes, but they haven’t
Continue ReadingBEL AIR, Md. (AP) — DNA evidence has linked the recent killing of a Maryland woman whose body was found near a hiking trail to a Los Angeles home invasion and assault of a girl earlier this year, authorities said. Both cases remain unsolved. Detectives matched DNA collected from the crime scenes, but they haven’t
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A fire official says a Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off an interstate highway Friday morning as severe weather swept already storm-weary New England. The fire chief in the community of Johnston says firefighters responded to Interstate 295 on Friday morning. The driver
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a wildfire burned toward the city of 20,000, while firefighters on Friday battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze in a city in British Columbia. Thousands of people in
Continue ReadingALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions’ search for help at wide receiver continues. The team said Friday it has waived injured wideout Denzel Mims and signed former Los Angeles Chargers receiver Jason Moore. Mims, acquired last month from the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick, has not practiced the last two
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The first live specimen of a yellow-legged hornet, which “poses a threat to honeybees and other pollinators,” has been detected in the wild in the United States, according to a release from the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The GDA, US Department of Agriculture, and the University of Georgia confirmed the presence
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey and Colin Jeffery, CNN (CNN) — A district attorney in Tennessee dismissed more than 30 cases involving five former police officers who were charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, according to a statement obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ on Wednesday Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy said his
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese Shiite cleric who has angered politicians and religious leaders in Lebanon and Iraq says that groups including Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah are trying to silence voices of dissent within the sect — including his own. Sheikh Yasser Auda’s comments on Friday come days
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has issued a subpoena to Citibank as part of a hunt for information on whether banks shared private customer data with the FBI after the January 6 insurrection. In a Thursday letter to Citibank, Jordan said Citi declined to voluntarily provide
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents. Following 22 days
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez claimed on Friday that he has qualified for next week’s Republican presidential debate and would become the ninth White House hopeful to meet the fundraising and polling thresholds required to participate in the opening face-off of the 2024 campaign. But
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Migos rapper Quavo has released his second solo album, “Rocket Power,” a lively and powerful tribute to his late bandmate and nephew Takeoff. It is Quavo’s first full-length release since Takeoff was fatally shot outside a private party at a downtown Houston bowling alley in
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Los propietarios de algunos negocios están en alerta máxima después del intento de robo a mano armada en una joyería del centro de Palm Springs hace tres días ya que los sospechosos no han sido capturados y es que lamentablemente, los robos minoristas organizados se han vuelto mucho más comunes, por eso la policía de
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Being one the hottest female rappers in the game doesn’t shield you from a healthy bout of nerves. Just ask Latto, who at the age of 24 can already count herself among the new wave of hip-hop queens while also enjoying crossover success in reality TV. The Atlanta
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s largest school district had fewer transportation delays Friday but some snags persisted as most students returned to school more than a week after a busing debacle forced officials to cancel classes. Jefferson County Public Schools officials used the time off to add
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Después de un día de deliberaciones en la corte de Indio, el jurado declaro culpable a Rubén Esquivel de 34 años acusado de asesinar a Vicente Aispuro en febrero 21 del 2020, ese día el sujeto llegó acompañado de una mujer a la casa del hoy occiso ubicada sobre la calle Van Buren cerca de
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. In a 7-5 vote, the Minneapolis City Council passed an ordinance that includes a number of
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden opened a historic summit with Japan and South Korea at Camp David on Friday focused on strengthening security and economic ties at a time of increasing concerns about North Korea’s persistent nuclear threats and China’s provocations in the Pacific.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Irish singer-songwriter Hozier and Idina Menzel, the animated “The Monkey King” from Stephen Chow and Jennifer Lawrence’s R-rated comedy “No Hard Feelings.” The star-studded TV fundraiser for cancer research co-founded by Katie Couric called “Stand Up to Cancer” returns with Elizabeth Banks, Jessica
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