WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Former Pittsburgh Pirates investor and newspaper publisher G. Ogden Nutting has died. He was 87. The newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Nutting’s family business was based says he died Friday. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register published Nutting’s obituary and a separate story on his death Monday. Nutting once held a
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating the city’s curfew during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. City councilors unanimously agreed to the deal Monday without any debate. The lawsuit alleged that the city directed police
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A local news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal has filed its legal defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. The news outlet, Mississippi Today, is arguing that it engaged in constitutionally protected speech. In Mississippi
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police say four people have been found stabbed to death inside a New York City apartment. The dead include two adults, and two young children, ages 1 and 3. Police say the bodies were found just before 3 p.m. Monday on Manhattan’s Upper West Side by officers who were called to
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect. Police arrested
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa can help with things like the weather and recipes, but what about CPR? Perhaps not so much, a new report showed. Only 59% of voice assistant responses actually included information related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to a study published Monday.
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By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who lived in
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Chadwick Boseman may be gone, but he is not forgotten. Monday marked three years since the “Black Panther” star died, and some of his Marvel co-stars took to social media to remember their friend. Lupita Nyong’o, who starred alongside Boseman in the 2018 “Black Panther” movie, on Monday posted
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By Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault-style rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said. The shooting claimed the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre
Continue ReadingDENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake and an aftershock have rocked Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and other parts of the country on Tuesday, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.1 earthquake was centered 181 kilometers northeast of Gili Air, a tiny island
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El pronóstico para Idalia es alarmante: se anticipa una rápida intensificación a medida que avanza por el Golfo de México y se adentra en unas de las aguas más cálidas del planeta antes de tocar tierra, esta misma semana, en Florida. De ser así, se uniría a una creciente lista de
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic proposals during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49. His oldest son,
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By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — A week after clinching Spain’s first Women’s World Cup, the country’s soccer federation is at war with the very players who brought home the trophy. The scandal began just moments after La Roja’s historic 1-0 victory against England, when the head of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales,
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced changes to its wildfire compensation rules after last year’s planned burn by the U.S. Forest Service exploded into the largest and most destructive blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA officials say they are expanding coverage for those impacted for mental health treatment and
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” when they voted recently to weaken her powers and hire a new director of state courts. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler said in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Monday that he “never” faced an impeachment inquiry. Trump made the claim in a social media post the day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said in a television interview that launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is a “natural step forward”
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper and Shohei Ohtani each boast MVP and Rookie of the Year awards along with multiple All-Star Games, two of baseball’s preeminent faces. Oh, Harper and Ohtani are also linked in a rather calamitous way: Each have torn ligaments in their right elbow. Ohtani has
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un miembro del personal de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill murió este lunes durante un tiroteo en el campus y hay un sospechoso bajo custodia, dijo Kevin Guskiewicz, alto funcionario de la institución en una rueda de prensa. El tiroteo ocurrió alrededor de la 1:00 p.m. en los Laboratorios
Continue ReadingWHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Former Pittsburgh Pirates majority owner G. Ogden Nutting has died. He was 87. The newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Nutting’s family business was based says he died Friday. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register published Nutting’s obituary and a separate story on his death Monday. Nutting once held a majority ownership
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women’s World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match. The heads of the regional bodies that make
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