By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The first two suspects were transported on Monday and Tuesday from Haiti’s main penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously estimated — a good sign for the Federal Reserve, which is attempting to cool demand to bring down price increases. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, rose at an annualized rate of
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 remained in jail Wednesday after he was granted bond a day earlier. A lawyer for Harrison William Prescott
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in morning trading on Wednesday following several updates showing that the job market continued cooling, but economic growth remained resilient. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and continued to chip away at the market’s losses in August. The benchmark index is coming off
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube, the latest in a widening crackdown on dissent in the kingdom that has drawn international criticism. The judgement against Mohammed bin
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sentencing for former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted of orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, has been delayed until next week because the judge hearing the case became sick. Prosecutors are
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines in an area that has never before
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story MERRIAM, Kansas (KCTV) — QuikTrip employees stepped up to help a woman over the weekend. Merriam Police confirm officers responded to the busy convenience store location near Ikea Saturday morning. A customer was in the restroom when she noticed something under the door of the
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — An elderly man was scammed out of thousands of dollars Monday afternoon, but police say it could have been worse. A concerned gas station clerk called 911 and told the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department that an elderly man was
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that attorneys for the two plaintiffs say in the lawsuit filed in federal court
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton found herself in the rare position of having to politely decline an invitation to have tea with the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton during a recent trip to London. Speaking with BBC Radio 2 in an interview that aired on Saturday, Parton lamented about how little time
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US pending home sales ticked up in July by 0.9%, rising for the second month in a row despite elevated prices and rising mortgage rates, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. However, year-over-year pending transactions fell by 14%. “The small gain
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A high school student and her biology teacher recently discovered a 30-million-year-old fossil whale skeleton on a farm owned by the student’s family in Monroe County. The whale, which could be 20 feet long, will take at least three to four
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed forces and an allied militia have removed the militia’s commander from his post after his arrest this week led to intense dayslong clashes that killed at least 32 people, including at least three civilians. The clashes had spread to several towns and villages
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Mark Thompson, the former chief executive of The New York Times and director-general of the BBC, will be the next leader of CNN, the network announced Wednesday, taking the reins of the renowned global news organization at one of the most pivotal times in its 43-year history. “There isn’t
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Malaysia has joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory and Malaysia’s maritime areas near the Borneo island ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi. Malaysia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected China’s “unilateral claims” and added
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By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A tax preparer pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday, admitting that he submitted more than two dozen returns that contained inaccurate information leading to hundreds of thousands of dollars in undeserved refunds. Carlos Lee Anderson, 59, pleaded guilty to a single count
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Jesmyn Ward and James McBride and story collections by Jamal Brinkley and Kelly Link are among the finalists for the Kirkus Prizes, for which winners in fiction, nonfiction and young reader’s literature each receive $50,000. Kirkus judges selected six books for each of the three categories, with winners to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street chipping a bit more away from the market’s losses in August. Treasury yields fell early Wednesday after some weaker-than expected readings on the U.S. economy and job market. The S&P 500 was just barely higher, up less than 0.1%. The
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CNN By Mary Gilbert and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia has left its mark on history, proving to be a once-in-a-lifetime storm for parts of Florida. Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 125 mph Wednesday morning in Florida’s Big Bend region – where the panhandle meets
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