By JEFF AMY Associated Press Another sports gambling bill is advancing in Georgia, with supporters saying they believe they can legally set up betting under the purview of the Georgia Lottery Corporation without putting the issue to a statewide vote through a constitutional amendment. The Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee voted 8-2 Tuesday to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Halle Bailey chose to keep her pregnancy out of the public eye last year – despite rampant speculation on social media – but now that she’s openly shared news of her son’s arrival, things have gotten heated. The singer and actress, who last starred in “The Color Purple”
Continue ReadingBy Emily Ashcraft Click here for updates on this story TAYLOR, Utah (KSL) — A man who was completely buried in a collapsed trench at a muddy construction site was rescued Monday by a worker who dug him out with a backhoe. The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The incident occurred
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A person who barricaded himself from SWAT officers for hours was detained after he emerged from his condo unit and told police he was asleep the whole time. According to the Houston Police Department, that person was the suspect in an
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, which is one of the most pressing threats to the vanishing species, federal authorities said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified about the dead female North Atlantic right whale
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un par de potentes tormentas impulsadas por ríos atmosféricos están a punto de desencadenar una semana de viento e increíblemente húmeda en California en lo que es la primera señal clara de la influencia que se esperaba que El Niño tuviera en el estado este invierno. Las tormentas intensas aumentarán la
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An Amtrak worker was seriously injured and two other people suffered minor injuries when a passenger train derailed after it hit a tanker truck carrying milk in northeastern Colorado, authorities said. The train worker, a 42-year-old man from Utah, suffered injuries in Monday night’s crash that might
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An Amtrak worker was seriously injured and two other people suffered minor injuries when a passenger train derailed after it hit a tanker truck carrying milk in northeastern Colorado, authorities said. The train worker, a 42-year-old man from Utah, suffered injuries in Monday night’s crash that might
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will pair artists with federal officials overseeing treasured bodies of water in the United States as part of a new initiative to use arts and culture to support water restoration and climate resiliency. The EPA’s artist-in-residence program was announced Tuesday at a daylong
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say two officers had their weapons holstered before a scuffle with a man inside a corner deli when one of the officers was shot by a suspect who was then fatally shot by the wounded officer’s partner. The department on Tuesday is promising full “transparency” about the Friday night encounter
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court. Tuesday’s veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by influencer Andrew Tate to ease judicial control measures imposed while the legal case continues in which he is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Court of Appeal’s decision upheld a ruling by another court
Continue ReadingLA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal 2021 shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry has been sentenced to life in prison. A La Crosse County judge sentenced 46-year-old Khamthaneth Rattanasack on Monday to a life sentence specifying that the Wausau man cannot seek early release
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By Sophia Saifi, Jessie Yeung and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets, his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement Tuesday. The hearing took place Tuesday in a closed court established under the Official Secrets Act in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail,
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Rent is unaffordable for over half of US tenants following years of surging prices. However, many analysts are optimistic that the increase in the construction of multiple-unit buildings and apartments will soon help boost the supply of attainable housing. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Hurtado Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — For months, building debris has piled up where a former business once stood on West Bellfort Avenue. Viewers reached out to ABC13 because they said it’s a hazard for those who live near the area. According to neighbors, the site was
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s naval forces have rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19 crew members off the east coast of Somalia. A navy statement on Tuesday said the ship intercepted the vessel late Monday and forced 11 pirates to release the crew and boat. The crew members
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has returned to Italy amid great fanfare and headed straight to a private meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. Meloni said “Grandissimo” when Sinner walked into her office in the Chigi Palace. Meloni then turned on a replay of match point from Sinner’s five-set victory over Daniil
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Continue ReadingBy Hannah Seligson, CNN (CNN) — For many years, an area on the Pacific coast of Mexico now known as the Riviera Nayarit was so overlooked that people were, as one local put it, “giving away land.” The rocky beaches, viewed as less desirable than the sandy ones an hour to the south in the
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