By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said. The troopers are accused
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad is bringing back some familiar characters this year. The perennial Super Bowl advertiser is bringing back fan favorites the Clydesdales and a Labrador, in a nod to previous commercials that aired during advertising’s biggest night. Ahead of Super Bowl 58, some
Continue ReadingBy Greg Dailey Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A 27-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of her son two months ago. Corrinne O’Connor was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and booked on a $100,000 bond into the Jackson
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CNN By Melissa Alonso, Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado, Danny Freeman, Chris Boyette and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: This story includes graphic descriptions some readers may find disturbing. A man accused of decapitating his father and showing the federal worker’s severed head during a politically charged tirade online is charged with murder after he was
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine said they have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war, despite tensions stemming from last week’s crash of a military transport plane that Moscow claimed was carrying Ukrainian POWs and was shot down by Kyiv’s forces. After the Jan. 24 crash of the Il-76 plane in Russia’s Belgorod region
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Farmers are blocking more traffic arteries across Belgium and France as they seek to disrupt trade at major ports and other economic lifelines. They are also moving toward Brussels on Wednesday on the eve of a major European Union summit in a continued push for better
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A brutal conflict in Europe was fresh in people’s minds and the race for the White House turned ugly as talk of secret societies and corruption roiled the United States. It was 1800, and conspiracy theories were flourishing across America. Partisan newspapers spread tales of European elites
Continue ReadingBy Amyre Makupson Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — “We’re all rooting for our team. We’re so proud. So go lions,” said Kim McNary, a production manager at Rebel Nell. Lions pride is strong in Detroit, but at Rebel Nell, the women are literally wearing it. “You’ve got necklaces, kind of
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — A woman is thanking firefighters for saving her after her car fell into a water-filled ditch over the weekend in Macomb Township. Alison Adams says she was on her way home from her boyfriend’s, traveling on 24 Mile Road near
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The doors close Wednesday on nominations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with peace activists connected to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine among the known entries. The Norwegian Nobel Committee keeps the nominations secret, but those with nomination rights sometimes make their picks public. The
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — An organization constructed a dream for a child battling an illness. Make-A-Wish Southern Florida granted Oliver Benthuysen’s wish to be a construction worker. The four-year-old from Boca suffers from a rare gastrointestinal disease that’s required multiple surgeries. While in the hospital,
Continue ReadingBy SHELDON FOX, JULIAN QUINTANA Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — The parents of an Onlyfans model charged with murdering her boyfriend at a Miami high-rise were arrested after, officials said, they tampered with evidence regarding the case. While Courtney Clenney awaits her trial for her boyfriend’s murder, there is
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay and benefits for America’s workers slowed last quarter, a trend that could affect the Federal Reserve’s decision about when to begin cutting interest rates. Compensation as measured by the government’s Employment Cost Index rose 0.9% in the October-December quarter, down from a 1.1% increase in
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — An array of U.N. organizations have united to warn of “catastrophic consequences for the people of Gaza” if key donor countries don’t resume funding for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main lifeline for people in the besieged territory. The United States and more than a
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Court officials say Spanish soccer player Hugo Mallo will go on trial after being accused of inappropriately touching a mascot before a game in 2019. Mallo denies wrongdoing. He was with Celta Vigo when the alleged incident happened before a league match against Espanyol. The 32-year-old
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state has been sworn in as the nation’s new king under a unique rotating monarchy system. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar took his oath of office Wednesday in a palace ceremony. His business empire ranges from real estate to power
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Farmers blocked more traffic arteries across Belgium, France and Italy on Wednesday, as they sought to disrupt trade at major ports and other economic lifelines. They also moved closer to Brussels on the eve of a major European Union summit, in a continued push for better
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former leader of Scotland has acknowledged that she deleted WhatsApp messages sent during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Nicola Sturgeon insisted that anything of relevance to how policymaking was conducted had been made available for the public record. Sturgeon told the United Kingdom’s public inquiry into the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A painting by Denmark’s former monarch, Queen Margrethe II, is going up for auction. Works by the 83-year-old queen, who is a prolific artist, have featured in various exhibitions, but the opportunity to buy one of her paintings is rare, according to a statement from Bruun Rasmussen auction house
Continue ReadingLEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man in Pennsylvania has been charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after his father was found decapitated. Police are investigating a video on social media that allegedly shows him holding up the head. The father was found beheaded in the bathroom of his home in Bucks County’s Middletown
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