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DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — Federal authorities are seeking a man accused of misusing more than $30 million donated by religious groups and individuals for ministry in China. Forty-five-year-old Jason Gerald Shenk is charged in Georgia with wire fraud, money laundering and other charges in connection with funds raised primarily from religious communities in Ohio and
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their transition, but a small new study found that satisfaction with one such surgery is significant, even over the long term. The study, published Wednesday in
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Reid, the British artist and political activist whose iconic designs for the Sex Pistols became synonymous with the punk aesthetic and anarchist movement, has died, his gallerist John Marchant announced Wedneday. Reid was 76. Reid’s “ransom note” graphics and political boldness helped cement the Pistols’ celebrity and gave
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Update 8/10/23 Authorities confirmed a link in Fang Jin’s case, the disappearance of a man in the area. The man was hired as her tour guide. More Details Original Report 8/9/23 Authorities are continuing to call on the public for help in locating a 47-year-old woman missing in the Morongo Basin area since July 22.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A vehicle driven by a customer struck three people Wednesday in the service area of a Los Angeles auto dealership and fatally injured one of them, a woman who was briefly trapped beneath the vehicle, authorities and witnesses say. The vehicle, driven by a female customer, struck and fatally injured another
Continue ReadingCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has dismissed the case against a woman who was sentenced to life in prison in the death of a man for binding a man’s body and face with duct tape and robbing him when she was 13. Hamilton County Judge Amanda Dunn on Tuesday threw out the first-degree
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still falls well short of being the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be. Instead, the railroad is too often only willing to meet minimum safety requirements. The Federal Railroad
Continue ReadingBy MICKENSON DUVERGÉ and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An aid organization in Haiti says kidnappers have freed a U.S. nurse and her daughter nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped near the capital of Port-au-Prince. El Roi Haiti, the Christian group founded by Alix Dorsainvil’s husband, announced her release on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TV late-night comedy scribe Greg Iwinski, 38, was still only an aspiring writer when Hollywood writers held their landmark strike in 2007-2008. But as he manned the picket lines Wednesday — the day the current strike hit its 100th day, matching the length of the
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has ruled that the retrial of a former Philadelphia police officer charged with assault and endangerment in his actions during protests in the summer of 2020 should be held outside of the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the ruling came Wednesday in the case of ex-SWAT officer Richard Paul
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CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her daughter have been released in Haiti after being kidnapped around two weeks ago. This comes after the abduction garnered international attention and reignited conversation about Port-au-Prince’s kidnapping-for-profit epidemic. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Wednesday, as Wall Street waits for a highly anticipated report on inflation that’s arriving the next day. The S&P 500 was edging down by 0.1% in late trading, coming off a tough run where it’s dropped in five of the last six
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Republicans laid out their intention to accuse President Joe Biden of corruption even without direct evidence that he financially benefited from Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, a clear shift in their strategy that they said was launched to investigate the president. The new strategy is highlighted in
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Caminar un mínimo de 4.000 pasos al día reduce significativamente el riesgo de muerte prematura, mientras que dar 2.337 pasos al día reduce el riesgo de muerte específicamente por enfermedades cardiovasculares, pero “más es mejor”, según un nuevo metaanálisis de estudios. “Cuantos más pasos se den, mejores serán los efectos sobre
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A vehicle driven by a customer struck three people Wednesday in the service area of a Los Angeles auto dealership and fatally injured one of them, a woman who was briefly trapped beneath the vehicle, authorities and witnesses say. The vehicle, driven by a female customer, struck another female customer and
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — As a player who solidified his place in the NFL as a special teams standout with his skill covering kicks and blocking for returns, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Oren Burks has a keen interest in the preseason. With a new rule on kickoffs
Continue ReadingBAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Romania’s foreign ministry says a Romanian citizen who was abducted in northeast Burkina Faso in 2015 where he was working at a mine, has been released. Iulian Ghergut, who was 39 years old when a militant group linked to al-Qaida captured him at the mine where he was working as a
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police say someone fired several shots into a house and wounded a 9-year-old child on Wednesday morning. It was the third shooting involving a child in the St. Louis area in Missouri this week. The shooting happened in north St. Louis County, and the 9-year-old was hospitalized with
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Ancient reptilian carnivores that resembled modern crocodiles were fearsome hunters, but their scaly armor and sharp teeth couldn’t protect them from parasites, scientists have discovered. Paleontologists recently unearthed rare evidence of parasitic infection in a reptile that lived around 252 million to 201 million years ago during the Triassic
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities said at least 27 suspected African migrants have died in the country’s western desert near the border with Tunisia. In a statement posted on Facebook, Libya’s Interior Ministry said the bodies were discovered recently near the border and that a forensic team had been deployed
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