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By Russ Reed Click here for updates on this story HINGHAM, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A bear in Hingham, Massachusetts, could not resist a chance to enjoy the good life — and take a dip in a homeowner’s pool. The Stefani family said the unexpected visitor was quite a surprise for their two kids, who happened
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The Billie Jean King Cup has a new part-owner: Billie Jean King herself. The International Tennis Federation and TWG Global, a holding company led by Los Angeles Dodgers principal owner Mark Walter, signed a partnership agreement Thursday for a joint venture to market and promote the women’s tennis competition
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Grieving families are confronting the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at his sentencing hearing. The hearing for Robert Bowers at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh got underway Thursday with some 22 people expected to deliver victim impact statements. It’s coming a day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say several airline passengers rushed to subdue a man who held a sharp object to a flight attendant’s neck shortly after landing in New Orleans, keeping him immobile until deputies could take him into custody. The violent outburst happened Wednesday after a Delta flight from Atlanta landed. The Jefferson Parish
Continue ReadingBy MARIAM FAM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The game was sparsely attended; it was midweek and the outcome wasn’t much in doubt: the Association Sportive des Forces Armees Royales, a powerhouse in women’s soccer here, ended up crushing its Moroccan women’s national professional league opponent 7-0. Regardless, one young fan in the stands
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hasbro is selling its eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in an approximately $500 million deal, after having paid $4 billion for the company four years ago. Hasbro said Thursday that the agreement with Lionsgate includes $375 million in cash and the assumption of production financing loans. The
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hasbro is selling its eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in an approximately $500 million deal, after having paid $4 billion for the company four years ago. Hasbro said Thursday that the agreement with Lionsgate includes $375 million in cash and the assumption of production financing loans. The
Continue ReadingBy Ayah Galal and Cassidy Williams Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The mother of a 2-year-old boy who fell from a window last month faces a manslaughter charge in court. Tabitha Frank, 34, is scheduled to face a judge on Thursday. The 2-year-old boy died after falling from the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Thursday as Wall Street’s red-hot rally for the year cooled a bit more. The S&P 500 fell 11.50, or 0.3%, to 4,501.89 for its third straight loss after setting a 16-month high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 66.63, or 0.2%, to 35,215.89,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Despite months of increasingly positive economic indicators, the American public remains negative about the state of the nation’s economy, with 51% saying they think the economy is still in a downturn and getting worse, according to a new CNN poll. This consistent pessimism, coupled with a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July. All told, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaners say Biden’s win was not legitimate, up
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon may have spared other women from a similar fate by alerting authorities to a man they now suspect in sexual assaults
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon may have spared other women from a similar fate by alerting authorities to a man they now suspect in sexual assaults
Continue ReadingFRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a father who rescued his three children from a New Jersey river drowned after he lost his balance and disappeared under the water. Divers found the body of Rolando Camarillo-Cholula on Wednesday in the Millstone River. Witnesses say the children had gone in the water but soon became
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — An alleged former member of a Syrian pro-government militia has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of crimes against humanity related to the abuse and torture of civilians in the early years of his country’s civil war. Federal prosecutors say the man was arrested in Bremen. He is suspected of committing crimes
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Former “The Bachelorette” star Gabby Windey may not have found love on the show, but she did find it in real life — with another woman. Windey — who co-starred on Season 19 of popular reality dating show “The Bachelorette” — revealed that she’s been in a relationship with
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Oregon Zoo this week welcomed 11 “quarter-sized” northwestern pond turtles. Visitors can watch the hatchlings grow inside the zoo’s Nature Exploration Station. “These hatchlings are very vulnerable to predators,” said Sara Morgan, senior keeper for the zoo’s Great Northwest area.
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CNN By Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Andrea Wedner, whose 97-year-old mother was killed, called the mass shooter “worthless” and a “pathetic human being.” Carol Black cried out the name of her brother, Richard Gottfried, and said she feels guilt that somehow she survived, hidden in a dark closet, but her brother
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police are asking for the public’s help after an unknown suspect knocked a woman unconscious with a metal bottle in NW Portland. Video shows Doctor Mary Costantino walking near a MAX train station when she was hit by a metal water
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Marc Maron has a lot to say about “Barbie.” The comedian and actor called the Greta Gerwig directed movie “f—ing monumental,” and called out those who are bashing it. “I saw ‘Barbie’ and I thought it was a f—ing masterpiece,” Maron said on Instagram Live this week. “I don’t
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