ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a 34-year-old man who was being held at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta died after he was taken to a hospital. He was the fourth person to die in Fulton County custody in the span of a month. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday that
Continue ReadingBy NIKKI DEMENTRI Click here for updates on this story OCEAN COUNTY, New Jersey (KYW) — The Coast Guard rescued four people and a dog from a boat taking on water Sunday near the Forked River in Barnegat Bay. A 29-foot response boat — carrying a small crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light in
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press A month after the U.S. Supreme Court severely restricted the federal government’s power to oversee wetlands, the Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature handed state agencies an order: Don’t give the ecologically crucial waters any more protection than newly weakened federal rules provide. It might seem ironic that Republicans
Continue ReadingBy TERESA MEDRANO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — When Patricia Otero watched the president of Spain’s soccer federation tarnish the greatest victory in the history of women’s sports in Spain by forcibly kissing a player on the lips during the Women’s World Cup medal ceremony, she was saddened — but not surprised.
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Being without electricity is more than an inconvenience: not having access to power can impact your ability to keep food and medications cold, see potential danger around you, maintain a comfortable temperature and stay connected to safety services. Here’s what you can do to stay safe if you’re without
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police say an 8-year-old fought off a man in an attempted kidnapping in Lincoln Square Monday afternoon. The child was walking ahead of his guardian at the corner of Ainslie and Seeley when a car pulled up next to the boy.
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to begin voting on legislation to hold the state’s 2024 presidential primary a few weeks earlier. That wouldn’t give the state’s voters much more say in deciding presidential nominees. A Senate committee vote scheduled for Wednesday could change the state’s primary from April
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An attorney for a woman who was shot during a White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field last week denied a report that the woman brought the gun into the stadium and accidentally discharged it. Multiple sources have reported that one of
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has entered a default judgment against Rudy Giuliani in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of participating in fraud during the 2020 election. The judge ordered Giuliani to pay more than $130,000 in lawyers’ fees
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he has raised concerns over China’s human rights record during a visit to Beijing on Wednesday. He also stressed the importance of maintaining a “pragmatic” working relationship with China and reopening channels of communication. The trip is the first by a U.K. foreign secretary to China
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Meg Ryan regresa a la pantalla grande en una nueva comedia romántica. El primer avance de su próxima película, “What Happens Later”, muestra a Ryan atrapada en un aeropuerto junto a su exnovio, interpretado por David Duchovny. Ryan también dirigió la película, basada en la obra de Steven Dietz “Shooting Star”.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An international team of astronomers has unraveled new insights about an object at the center of a cosmic mystery — a pulsar that appears to constantly change in brightness. Now, the scientists think they know what’s behind it. Rapidly rotating dead stars, pulsars are so named because as they
Continue ReadingCNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — When Yashraj Chhabra started thinking about how to propose to his girlfriend, Riiya Shukla, his mind went straight to her favorite Bollywood films. But instead of trying to create a complicated song-and-dance routine, he had another idea: the airport. “In Bollywood movies, I think eight out of 10
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry says he didn’t have the support he needed when he returned home from combat in Afghanistan as he reached out to other veterans in a new Netflix series about the Invictus Games for injured soldiers. The new series launched on Wednesday on the streaming
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday said that it has new intelligence that shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have swapped letters as Russia looks to North Korea for munitions for the war in Ukraine. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby detailed
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are modestly higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday after economic updates showed the job market is still cooling, while growth remains resilient. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, continuing to chip away at the market’s losses in August. The
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN New York (CNN) — The next iPhone could be just weeks away. Apple announced its fall special event on Tuesday, sending out press invites for the morning of September 12th. Invitees will get to attend in-person at the Steve Jobs Theater inside Apple Park, the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, while
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has charged 59-year-old David Bloom, once called the “Wall Street Whiz Kid,” for scamming nine people out of nearly $250,000. Bloom, who was convicted of fraud in New York, was charged with nine felony
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, hours after the U.S. flew at least one long-range bomber to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against the North. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The only person who spent time behind bars as a result of the sweeping indictment related to efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump ‘s 2020 election loss in Georgia was released from jail Wednesday after his bond was set a day earlier. A lawyer for Harrison William
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