By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — Congress will again grill the chief executives of several big tech companies this week, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens. Until now, the social platforms have largely had the same response: We’ll help teens and families make smart decisions
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The controversial intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has pleaded guilty to charges in the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being members of a rebel group, taken from their homes by soldiers and executed in the town of Pativilca. The
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By Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher and Maxime Tamsett, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh, the former South Carolina attorney who was convicted last year of killing his wife and son, will not receive a new murder trial, a judge ruled Monday. Murdaugh’s attorneys had asked for a new trial, alleging the court clerk
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A First Alert Weather Alert will be in place through this morning as we track lingering showers/storms that developed behind the cold front. Rainfall totals were in line with what we anticipated from this storm system, and more rain is on the way early next week. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 10 AM.
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La conductora de televisión, exmodelo y exvedette argentina Susana Giménez cumple 80 años y lo celebra con un festejo digno de una figura nacional e internacional con más de 50 años de trayectoria en el mundo del cine, el teatro y la televisión. El megaevento tendrá lugar en la ciudad uruguaya
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WIS, CNN By Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of
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This month, 21 highschool seniors from all three Coachella Valley school districts are being honored by the Riverside County Office of Education for their personal and academic achievements. The Greater Coachella Valley Student of the Month Program highlights students who continue to strive for success, “…in the face of life’s challenges while maintaining a commitment
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government has pulled back part of the sanctions relief it granted Venezuela last year, following through on its threat after the South American country’s highest court blocked the presidential candidacy of an opposition leader. The Department of the Treasury gave companies transacting with
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association’s outgoing CEO acknowledged at a civil trial in New York that he wrongly expensed gifts, travel, and other benefits to his organization. Wayne LaPierre testified for a second day Monday before the jury in Manhattan, which will decide if he violated the
Continue Reading By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officials arrested a Massachusetts man on a charge of threatening to bomb a local synagogue and kill its members, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said Monday. John Reardon, 59, was charged with one count of using an interstate commerce facility to threaten a person or
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A Minnesota man has been charged in a triple homicide after allegedly dressing as a package delivery driver to break into a home. Alonzo Pierre Mingo is charged with three counts of second-degree murder for the Friday killings in a suburban Minneapolis home. He’s jailed on a $5 million bond.
Continue ReadingNASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and wounding a bishop and assaulting the bride and groom at a church wedding ceremony in New Hampshire has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. Dale Holloway, who acted as his own attorney, pleaded not guilty to the charges stemming from the October
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A broad framework for a hostage release and potential ceasefire in the war between Hamas and Israel was agreed to among negotiators in Paris this weekend, according to an official familiar with the talks. While there is a basic framework that negotiators feel they can move
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia The Colombian government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel group have announced that they will extend their current ceasefire by one week, while delegates from both sides who are meeting in Cuba continue to discuss policies that could secure a longer lasting truce. In a joint statement the government and
Continue ReadingPALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead in Florida’s Space Coast, including a retired priest and a man accused of shooting and wounding two police officers. Police say 24-year-old Brandon Kapas got into a confrontation with Palm Bay officers Sunday afternoon following a disturbance at his family’s home. Kapas shot and
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina hired two-time Super Bowl-winning special teams coach Joe DeCamillis on Monday for that position with the Gamecocks. The school’s board of trustees approved a three-year contract for DeCamillis, 58, worth $800,000 a season. He takes over for special teams coach and assistant head coach Pete Lembo, who left to
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to the deputy attorney general during the procedure. The news comes as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returns to work at the Pentagon following a hospitalization related to prostate cancer that was criticized for
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Atmospheric rivers play a critical role in transporting water throughout the atmosphere by advecting (moving) moisture from the tropics to higher latitudes. When fully developed, they can deliver widespread rain and snow to areas all along the west coast. If an atmospheric river originates in Hawaii, like shown below, it is called a ‘Pineapple Express’.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ashley Park has arrived in Paris as she prepares to get back to work following a serious medical scare the actor experienced in December. The “Emily in Paris” star wrote in a post on her Instagram on Sunday that she’s in the city of lights “recovering and resting” while
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Israel alleges that 13 employees of the United Nations’ main relief agency in Gaza were associated with Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and took part in varying capacities, ranging from involvement in kidnapping hostages to being told to set up an operations room, according to the summary of the intelligence
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