By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police are searching for two people after an FBI agent was carjacked in Washington D.C., as the nation’s capital copes with a spike in carjackings. Investigators offered a reward of up to $10,000 Thursday for information leading to the arrest of the pair accused of stealing the
Continue ReadingBy Marie Lodi, CNN (CNN) — The 1990s gave birth to many fictional style icons whose wardrobes inspire generation after generation. There’s “Clueless” fashion plates Cher Horowitz and Dionne Davenport, “Sex and the City”‘s Carrie Bradshaw, and “Friends”’s Rachel Green, to name a few. Still, not many have had the cultural impact of “The Nanny”
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A detention officer has become the second person arrested in connection with smuggling illegal drugs into Harris County Jail, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Wednesday afternoon. In October, investigators uncovered evidence that a detention officer was potentially selling drugs to people
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By Khalil Abdallah, Nicole Grether, Polo Sandoval and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian college student described how his training as an emergency medical technician helped him respond when he and his friends were shot in Vermont over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Kinnan Abdalhamid spoke to CNN by phone Wednesday night, detailing a harrowing
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Oscars telecast is set to start one hour earlier in 2024, which means we’ll all hopefully be able to bed a little earlier that night. In an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) first, the live telecast of the premier awards event will begin at 7pm
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely tested positive for drugs according to a report released Thursday by state Inspector General Lucy Lang. Flawed testing of suspected drugs were used to put many prisoners
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The city of Palm Desert has been exploring options for redeveloping the Shops at Palm Desert. With new ownership by the Pacific Retail Capital Partners, some of the long-awaited developments requested by the city can soon come to life. According to Businesswire, P.R.C.P is one of the nation’s leading retail real estate development, investment, management,
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James has been cleared by doctors for a full return to basketball four months after suffering a cardiac arrest, and the Southern California freshman is expected to make his collegiate debut soon — with his father saying he wouldn’t miss it. A James family
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk desperately wants to be liked, despite his pronouncement Wednesday that he doesn’t mind being hated. “Hate away,” he told Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times DealBook Summit. The sentiment is, like so much of Musk’s public persona, a lie designed to keep
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN SWANSON Click here for updates on this story SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — At least one person is dead after a large house fire broke out Thursday morning in South St. Paul. South Metro Fire Department Chief Mark Juelfs says the fire, which broke out at about 6:18 a.m., happened at a
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CNN By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken (CNN) — For nearly a decade, US Coast Guard leaders have concealed a critical report that exposed racism, hazing, discrimination and sexual assault across the agency. The 2015 “Culture of Respect” study, a copy of which was obtained by CNN, documented how employees complained of a “boys will
Continue ReadingBy Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken (CNN) — For nearly a decade, US Coast Guard leaders have concealed a critical report that exposed racism, hazing, discrimination and sexual assault across the agency. The 2015 “Culture of Respect” study, a copy of which was obtained by CNN, documented how employees complained of a “boys will be
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço in the Oval Office as he seeks to reaffirm his commitment to Africa. Thursday’s meeting comes as two devastating wars consume much of the Biden administration’s foreign policy focus. The White House meeting
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Two Nevada state troopers were killed Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle while helping another driver, authorities said. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said a suspect had been taken into custody hours after the crash, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. “It’s a terrible, terrible tragedy to have these
Continue ReadingBy DEREK BEASLEY Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Just after midnight tonight, a strong geomagnetic storm is forecast to affect Earth, and a spectacular light show might be visible in Maryland. The chance to witness the aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, in Maryland is only possible
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTIAN OLANIRAN Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Edmondson Westside High School was placed on lockdown Thursday morning after an altercation, Baltimore City Public Schools said Tuesday. Police said the incident happened around 11:30 a.m. Two adults were arrested after entering the school. No injuries have been reported at
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit by Daryl Hall over John Oates’ plan to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission has gone in front of a judge. The jurist in Nashville said Thursday he will decide later in the day whether
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The final member in a migrant smuggling ring that was responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese immigrants who suffocated in a shipping container in 2019 has been sentenced by a London judge to seven years in prison. Caolan Gormley of Northern Ireland claimed he thought he
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — In a story published Nov. 29, 2023, about dams on the Snake River in Washington state, The Associated Press erroneously reported there is no rail link to Lewiston, Idaho. The city is served by a railroad.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE DARNAY, LAUREN LINDER Click here for updates on this story CANONSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — An assistant priest in Washington County is facing more than 200 felony charges related to the alleged theft of over $117,000 in parish funds. North Strabane police charged Father George Athanasiou, 38, of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church, off
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