By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, Ohio (WLWT) — The season of wonder is also the season of plunder for thieves known as porch pirates, who take advantage of the high volume of packages being delivered to homes this time of year. Taylor Nicole Dibella, 23, is facing seven charges
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in two years. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits rose by 7,000 to 218,000 for the week ending Nov.
Continue ReadingBy David Aguilar Click here for updates on this story ROSEVILLE, California (KCRA) — Newly obtained documents detail more about what led to twin boys in Roseville drowning in a home pool. The report from Sacramento County’s Child Protective Services states that the foster caregiver taking care of the 2-year-old children “failed to provide adequate
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Goodson Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A person was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff overnight in northeast Oklahoma City. The standoff started around 10 p.m. Tuesday after police said a person fired shots at their neighbor before hiding out in their mobile home near Northeast
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The public defender’s office spoke out after a woman was released by a judge on Oct. 30, but she wasn’t physically allowed to walk out until days later. Oklahoma County Public Defender Bob Ravitz said it’s a problem that keeps
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has faced Western critics while attending international security talks in Northern Macedonia. Lavrov arrived in Skopje to attend meetings hosted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The diplomats of several OSCE member nations, including
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Un tribunal de enjuiciamiento de la Ciudad de México sentenció a 75 años y 10 meses de prisión a Diego Armando Helguera por el feminicidio de María Fernanda “Polly” Olivares, y por tentativa de feminicidio en perjuicio de Fernanda Cuadra, a quienes atropelló con su automóvil la madrugada del 12 de
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British health secretary Matt Hancock is defending his record at the U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry, contesting widespread accusations of incompetence in leading the response to the biggest public health crisis Britain faced in a century. The inquiry is questioning government officials about their political decision-making during the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street ticked higher early Thursday ahead of the most recent data release on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.3% before the bell and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.5% higher.
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have arrested four people who allegedly killed an 18-year-old woman in the purported name of honor after a picture of her sitting with a boyfriend went viral on social media. Authorities said Thursday that the woman’s father and three other men were detained
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nearly all the world’s nations finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change, seen as a major first-day breakthrough at this year’s U.N. climate conference as early cash
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Meta took down thousands of Facebook accounts based in China that were impersonating Americans while posting on partisan issues like abortion and health care, the tech giant said Thursday while warning that “foreign threat actors are attempting to reach audiences” online ahead of the 2024 US election. The fake
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Something is different on the comics pages this week. In the panels of “Mutts,” there’s the long-delayed sight of freedom. Patrick McDonnell, the cartoonist who draws the popular strip, is freeing his character Guard Dog, liberating an animal who has become for decades a symbol
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday. The network of nearly 4,800 fake
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday. The network of nearly 4,800 fake
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Obliterated” is such an amusing concept, executed with utterly reckless abandon, that it mostly steamrolls over is abundant excesses and the challenge of stretching it out over eight episodes. Proudly raunchy in a way that recalls Amazon’s “The Boys,” this series from the creative team behind “Cobra Kai”
Continue ReadingBy David Close and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Just 11 weeks after new New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had surgery to repair his torn left Achilles tendon, the soon-to-be 40-year-old has now returned to practice. In September, head coach Robert Saleh said Rodgers would be “out for the year” after the four-time NFL
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company chief who took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai amid concerns about what some say are contradictory dual roles. United Nations and climate talks leaders might have relieved
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES and HERNÁN MUÑOZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Four migrants have died yards from shore in southern Spain after being forced out of the boat they were traveling in. The Spanish government press office in the southern province of Cadiz said Thursday that 31 other people also were forced off the boat
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