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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of one of two people who had been missing following a deadly landslide last week in the southeast Alaska community of Wrangell. Alaska State Troopers say the body of 65-year-old Otto Florschutz was found late Thursday afternoon. One person, 12-year-old Derek Heller, remained missing following the
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The city of Albuquerque banned New Mexico Crusaders for Justice from participating in this year’s Twinkle Light Parade. According to the city, the victim’s rights advocacy group was in violation of the rules at last year’s event. The ban results
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By Brad Parks, Bill Kirkos and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — An Illinois appeals court on Friday affirmed “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct convictions for making false reports to the Chicago Police Department in 2019 that he was a victim of a hate crime. Smollett can appeal the decision to the Illinois Supreme Court. A
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — A George Santos lo expulsaron del Congreso de Estados Unidos en una votación histórica. Su permanencia en la Cámara de Representantes fue corta pero el impacto de su escándalo y su expulsión puede ser duradero. La supermayoría de sus colegas votaron en una decisión muy poco común en el Congreso.
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Nearly a week after three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and seriously wounded while taking an evening walk, relatives of two of the victims have arrived in Vermont from the war-torn West Bank, grappling with a new reality that has shattered their lives and
Continue ReadingBy Jatara McGee Click here for updates on this story UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — A Clermont County man is on suicide watch and being housed separately following his arrest on 44 sex crime charges. Union Township police body camera footage released to WLWT Thursday shows Monte Cecil, 60, walking off his job in handcuffs.
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Smollett who appeared in the TV show “Empire,” which filmed in Chicago. He challenged the role
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Parents of school shooting victims in Tennessee can seek a court order to keep the writings of the shooter from ever being released to the public. The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the parents, the Covenant School and Covenant Presbyterian Church all have a
Continue ReadingBy Emily Sanderson Click here for updates on this story EDGEWOOD, Kentucky (WLWT) — A northern Kentucky teen accomplished an exciting bowling feat, and part of it was captured on video. A parent shared video with WLWT of Dixie Heights High School student Alyssa Bechtol. Alyssa is 13 years old and goes to Turkeyfoot Middle
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Investors have mostly concluded that the Federal Reserve is done hiking interest rates, and are already looking toward rate cuts next year, possibly as early as in the first half of 2024. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says: Not so fast. “Having come so far so quickly, the
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The City of Indio is gearing up for a festive weekend starting with their Annual Tree Lighting Friday night followed by the International Indio Tamale Festival Saturday and Sunday. Friday night’s Tree Lighting takes place in Downtown Indio off Towne Street and Bliss Avenue. The tree lighting kicks off at 5 p.m. There will be
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators voted on Friday that New England’s long-shuttered shrimp business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing moratorium indefinitely. The shrimping business was based mostly in Maine and produced small, pink shrimp that were a winter delicacy in New England and across
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy on how to spend nearly $115 million the federal agency awarded the project last year. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the agreement was the
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — For the first time in 11 years, Katie Ledecky has lost a 400-meter freestyle race in an American pool. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh took the title at the U.S. Open championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. McIntosh took the title in a meet record of 3 minutes, 59.42 seconds. Ledecky touched next,
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president’s bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Court of
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has caused some raised eyebrows by wearing a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. He chose the neckwear after a diplomatic spat between the U.K. government and Greece over the Parthenon Marbles. The king’s late father, Prince Philip, was
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies. The state announced this week that the West Virginia Pregnancy Center Coalition was
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — A decade before she would become a historic first, Sandra Day O’Connor wanted the president to name a woman to the US Supreme Court. And she let the White House know. It was 1971 and then-Arizona state Sen. O’Connor wrote to President Richard Nixon telling him, “It
Continue ReadingBy Simon Cullen, Max Foster and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — King Charles has worn a tie emblazoned with the Greek flag, just days after the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a meeting with his Greek counterpart in a diplomatic dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. The King wore
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A Chinese boarding school designed to let students unwind and “waste time mindfully” has been named 2023’s World Building of the Year. Featuring a rooftop park, treehouses and elevated walkways in a “floating forest,” the Huizhen High School in Ningbo, Zhejiang province in eastern China, won the coveted title at the
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