LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska tight end Arik Gilbert has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after police received a report of a break-in at a Lincoln store. Gilbert transferred from Georgia and was awaiting a ruling on his eligibility from the NCAA. Police say officers dispatched to SJ’s Liquor and Vape Shop early Tuesday
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government has delayed health and safety checks on food imports from the European Union for the fifth time in three years amid fears that the extra controls will push up food prices and disrupt vital supplies. The latest foot-dragging demonstrates that Britain is still struggling to
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By George Ramsay, Benjamin Brown and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — The Spanish government has taken further steps toward suspending beleaguered soccer chief Luis Rubiales after submitting all necessary documentation to the country’s Court of Arbitration of Sport (TAD). The development comes as pressure continues to mount on Rubiales ever since he gave an unwanted
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning among students at the University of Arkansas, with dozens reporting symptoms and at least four needing treatment in the hospital. Among those affected are two 19-year-olds sorority members who developed a serious complication that can lead to kidney
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is hiring for its safety and elections teams ahead of the 2024 US presidential election and will again allow political ads for the first time since 2019. “We’re currently expanding our safety and elections teams to focus on combating
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CNN, WJXT By Holly Yan and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Despondent and bewildered, Jerrald Gallion’s family had no idea how to tell his 4-year-old daughter that her dad was never coming home again. Gallion, 29, and his girlfriend had just walked into a Dollar General store in Florida when a gunman set on killing
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans felt more pessimistic about the economy in August, following two straight months of growing confidence. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index, which gauges Americans’ attitudes towards the economy and job market, fell to a reading of 106.1 in August, down from 114 in July, reversing the
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has demanded fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries. The Citizens Coalition for Change party dug in on its rejection of last week’s election that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa win re-election and his ZANU-PF party retain its majority in a vote heavily criticized
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By Deidre McPhillips and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Edward Barksdale needed answers and he turned to Cleveland’s SWAT team, the county juvenile detention center and the local police to get them. Barksdale, a pediatric trauma surgeon and the surgeon-in-chief at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals, wanted to know exactly what it
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors say they’ve indicted a former Algerian defense minister for his alleged role in crimes against humanity during the insurrection in the North African country some three decades ago. Former Gen. Khaled Nezzar is now aged 85 and reportedly “on his deathbed.” The Swiss attorney
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CNN By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic roundworm that wriggled between her forceps. “I’ve only come across worms using my not-so-good gardening skills … I find
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s victory at the Women’s World Cup was a momentous occasion for the soccer-crazed country, but the joy on and off the field was soon sullied by the leader of the country’s soccer federation when he planted an unwanted kiss on the lips of a star player
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By Bethlehem Feleke, David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Two men in Uganda are facing separate charges of “aggravated homosexuality,” an offense punishable by death under the country’s controversial new anti-gay laws. A 20-year-old man in the district of Soroti in eastern Uganda was charged on August 18 after he allegedly, “performed unlawful sexual intercourse with one [man] aged
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press The U.S. Department of Justice and an Oklahoma bank have announced a proposed agreement to settle claims that the bank discriminated in lending to Black and Hispanic people. The Justice Department says the American Bank of Oklahoma used redlining in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Tulsa area, including the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Los Angeles County firefighters drove an officer to the hospital after an errant tire slammed into the officer’s patrol vehicle. The collision happened on the southbound portion of the I-605 Freeway in El Monte at around 3:30 p.m., according to authorities.
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The number of available jobs in the United States shrank for the third consecutive month, dropping below 9 million for the first time since early 2021, according to the latest data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, a smaller number of workers quit their
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story El Segundo, California (KCAL) — The boys of the El Segundo all-star team returned home as champions after a dramatic walk-off home run in the Little League World Series cemented their legacy in the history books. “Historic and monumental,” said manager Danny Boehle. “The memories
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — California’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a local school district over its new policy requiring parents to be notified when a child tells a teacher they want to be recognized by a different gender identity or pronoun than the one listed on their birth
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS, MATTHEW DALY and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them. The rule would require that wetlands be more clearly connected to other waters
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. AND MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The party of Guatemala’s president-elect Bernardo Arévalo has appealed to the country’s top electoral authority to lift a suspension by a lower election agency. The party says it was an illegal move aimed at thwarting the anti-corruption campaigner. The petition by Arévalo’s
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