By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A retired Republican state senator from North Dakota has been charged with traveling to Prague intending pay for sex with a minor, and with receiving images depicting child sexual abuse. The four-page federal indictment against longtime state Sen. Ray Holmberg was unsealed Monday. Prosecutors say the
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday, while Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmatí won the Ballon d’Or Féminin – the annual soccer awards celebrating the best players in the men’s and women’s game. Messi, who won his first Ballon d’Or in 2009,
Continue ReadingSHEFFIELD, England (AP) — South Yorkshire Police are investigating the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson after his neck was cut by a skate blade in an English game. The police have urged the public to avoid speculation about the incident. The English governing body has reacted by making all ice hockey players
Continue ReadingTOK, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say an Alaska State Trooper fatally shot a man who was brandishing a rifle outside a motel in the community of Tok. The state Department of Public Safety says the trooper was responding to a 911 call about a man trying to break into a motel room. The agency says
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By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Days after the nation’s deadliest mass shooting of the year left 18 dead and the subsequent manhunt for the gunman shook Maine, a series of shootings over Halloween weekend killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens across several states. The rampage at a bowling alley
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The wife of a Grammy-winning sound engineer who was killed by police in January has filed a lawsuit against the city of Nashville and a police officer. The suit alleges that Officer Ashley Coon used excessive and unreasonable force when he shot and killed Mark Capps
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump attempted to rewrite history in a speech in Iowa on Sunday, falsely claiming he had campaigned for the presidency in 2016 on a promise that Mexico would pay for “a piece” of his border wall. Trump, now running again for the Republican presidential nomination, has
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have come to a tentative agreement, the union and company announced Monday afternoon, just two days after the union expanded the strike at America’s largest automaker. The tentative deal could bring an end to the union’s
Continue Reading By Ryan Young and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) — The family of a Mississippi man who was fatally struck by a Jackson Police Department cruiser in March – but who only found out about it six months later, after he had been buried – want his body exhumed and independently autopsied, and for the Department
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Police in Connecticut have announced criminal and internal affairs investigations into an officer seen on video using a stun gun on a shoplifting suspect three times. Police body camera video released Monday shows Naugatuck Officer Nicholas Kehoss pulling the stun gun trigger, including when the man was on the ground
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Aaron Judge was working out at home in California along with wife, Samantha, on Oct. 20 when he received a call from Jason Zillo, the vice president of communications and media relations for the New York Yankees. “You got a minute? This is very important,” Judge
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A 25-year-old Mexican citizen was arrested after Border Patrol agents allegedly found $78,000 worth of cocaine hidden in their vehicle. The arrest happened Wednesday at around 7:30 p.m. at the Highway 86 checkpoint in Borrego Springs, near the Salton Sea. Check Out: Two 18-year-olds allegedly found with more than 99 lbs of fentanyl pills near
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days. Timeline 1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January 16, 1979 – The Shah flees Iran and goes to Egypt. February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is making another attempt to create a new student loan forgiveness program and released some details Monday about the types of borrowers being considered for eligibility. The administration is in the very early stages of developing the new program. A finalized proposal isn’t expected until
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR H.CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico’s southern border. The migrants complain that processing for refugee or exit visas takes too long at Mexico’s main processing center in the city
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say a heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an attack at a Colorado amusement park. Authorities in Colorado say 20-year-old Diego Barajas Medina was found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on Saturday before it opened to the public. Medina
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked the state from enforcing older abortion restrictions. The order Monday from a district judge suspended laws that have spelled out what providers must tell patients and have forced patients
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Salma Hayek recalled the “special bond” that she shared with Matthew Perry in an emotional tribute she posted to Instagram on Monday. “Two days ago, I woke up to the shocking news that Matthew Perry is no longer with us. It’s taken me a couple of days to process
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union’s six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file.
Continue Reading CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Shimon Prokupecz and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — New details are emerging about the US Army reservist who authorities say killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, last week – including previous warnings about him from the Army and his family, and two attempts by law enforcement to
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