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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Chilean national who’s been wanted in that country in the killing of leftist singer-songwriter Victor Jara 50 years ago is now in custody in Florida, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Pedro Barrientos was arrested last week during a traffic stop in Deltona, Florida, ICE announced Tuesday. Barrientos,
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stalemated over a new House speaker, the Republican majority is scheduled to convene behind closed doors to launch internal party voting but lawmakers warn it could take hours, if not days, to unite behind a nominee after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. The two leading contenders
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stalemated over a new House speaker, the Republican majority is scheduled to convene behind closed doors to launch internal party voting but lawmakers warn it could take hours, if not days, to unite behind a nominee after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. The two leading contenders
Continue ReadingU.S. stocks are drifting higher Wednesday with yields mostly easing in the bond market, which has been the main driver of Wall Street’s moves recently. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in early trading Wednesday. The Dow was up 136, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.6%. Wall Street has been mostly struggling since the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HARDIN COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — An Iowa man has died after being struck by a gunshot while hunting coyotes on Sunday. Mark Arends, 53, of Alden, was hunting with friends on private property in Hardin County Sunday night, according to a news release from the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa (KCCI) — When it’s game night, Pleasantville’s Jury Ellis leads the football team and the marching band. Ellis is a senior captain on the football team and the drum major for the marching band. He also plays the saxophone. “He’s a great kid.
Continue ReadingBy Kourtney Williams Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — The fight to stay alive for Jewish families living in Israel continues. The safety room looked similar to the one that sits in Jonathan and Deborah French’s basement. The small room with mattresses on the floor acts as a hideaway
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Birkenstock is making its debut on the stock market as Wall Street trades in its wingtips for sandals for a day. The 249-year-old German maker of upmarket sandals set a price of $46 per share for its initial public offering of stock, valuing the company
Continue ReadingWINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Officials say a Connecticut high school student has died after losing consciousness at football practice. Windsor High School student Elijah-Jay Mariano Rivera lost consciousness during practice Tuesday and was given CPR by police and emergency medical technicians. Diistrict superintendent Terrence Hill says in a letter to families that the teen was
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, Nouran Salahieh and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Lidia dissipated early Wednesday morning after slamming into western Mexico as a Category 4 hurricane Tuesday night. But what’s left of the formerly powerful storm will unload heavy rainfall, raising the threat of flash flooding across portions of western Mexico. Lidia’s center was shredded
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. TAMMANY PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — Officials in St. Tammany Parish are working to determine what a milky substance, seen on the surface of Moonraker Lake in Eden Isle, is. Testing has reportedly determined that the substance is not flammable and is pH neutral, meaning
Continue ReadingBy Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Some members of a Maryland running group have their eyes set on Baltimore’s big race this weekend. A Tribe Called Run brings together people who are on the move, no matter if it’s fast or slow. “We’ve built an amazing community
Continue ReadingBy Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Students at Morgan State University returned to class Monday for the first time since the Oct. 3 mass shooting on campus. The shooting injured five people. All of them have since been released from the hospital. With classes and many homecoming
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Pete Davidson says his mom is a “good catch,” so he wants to help her find a boyfriend. Davidson hit “The Tonight Show” and told host Jimmy Fallon that his mom will be in the audience when he hosts the “Saturday Night Live” Season 49 premiere this weekend. “She’s
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — British historian Charles Spencer is working on a book about his years at the Maidwell Hall boarding school and the painful lessons he endured. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that in March it will publish ’“A Very Private School: A Memoir.” Gallery is calling the book
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first candidate has filed to be on the New Hampshire presidential primary ballot, using $2 bills to pay the fee. Mark Stewart Greenstein arrived at New Hampshire’s Statehouse at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Democrat from West Hartford, Connecticut, paid his $1,000 filing fee in cash,
Continue ReadingBy Bradley Davis Click here for updates on this story FLOWOOD, Mississippi (WAPT) — Hartfield Academy’s hard-hitting linebacker Chris Jones experienced an impact Friday morning he says he’s lucky to walk away from. “I remember losing control. I started to spin, and then I closed my eyes. All of a sudden, I was rolling,” Jones
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister says his country, which has the biggest interest in the global diamond trade in the European Union, is supporting a ban on Russian diamonds as part of sanctions targeting President Vladimir Putin’s government for its war against Ukraine. This came during Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose last month at the fastest pace since April, suggesting that inflationary pressures remain despite a year and a half of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers —
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tras los letales ataques de Hamas contra Israel, el expresidente Donald Trump ha recurrido a la estrategia que empleó durante la campaña de 2016 de utilizar el terror en el extranjero – y el temor a futuros ataques en suelo estadounidense – para impulsar políticas de inmigración de línea dura en
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