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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been arrested in Nigeria and Malta as US authorities launched a crackdown on a prolific global cybercrime network known for stealing and selling data from Americans and small businesses, the US Justice Department said Friday. FBI agents in Boston seized computer servers used by the group
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on Friday as a parade of “fabulous women and the men who support them” walked the narrow streets of the old French Quarter handing out hand-decorated bras. The krewe of “Bosom Buddies & Breast Friends” is
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A law enforcement official has confirmed to The Associated Press that a 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg Thursday night and firing twice at a police officer while fleeing through Times Square has been arrested. The 37-year-old woman
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — When senior national security officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in December to prepare for the 2024 election, they faced a pair of stark, simulated scenarios that tested the limits of any federal response to election-related chaos, four people familiar with the meeting told CNN. What
Continue ReadingMALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Millions across Southern California feel 4.6-magnitude earthquake centered near Malibu.
Continue ReadingBy David Custer Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Sara Hinson loves talking about Taylor Swift. “I just enjoy everything about her,” she said. Her husband, Monty, would rather talk football. “Every weekend I’m watching Michigan football, Lions football,” he said. His wife is a “Fearless” Swiftie, but he is
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A city in central Ohio has agreed to a settlement with one of its former K9 officers and a truck driver who were involved in an attack last year. Circleville will pay 24-year-old Jadarrius Rose $225,000 after he suffered bites from a dog that formerly was
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor coronated King Momo, marking the beginning of the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the revelry. “I officially declare Carnival 2024 open!” said King Momo, after Mayor Eduardo Paes handed him a gigantic, silver and gold key. Confetti
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Jost, the co-anchor of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” will get a chance to roast leading political and media figures as the featured entertainer at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association in April. The writer and comedic performer has written for the
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In a fight over keeping the identity of witnesses protected in the criminal document mishandling case against Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith this week detailed myriad threats against prosecutors, judges and other witnesses. One threat against a witness has prompted a federal investigation, the special counsel’s office
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves in nearby towns but not immediately prompting reports of serious damage. No tsunami was expected. The earthquake,
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An aquarium and shark lab in Hendersonville is expecting a miracle birth any day — with some exciting new additions. The Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in downtown Hendersonville has an expectant stingray named Charlotte. But this pregnancy
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future. A study in Friday’s Science Advances
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — Planting for protection. That’s the goal of Gulf Shores City Schools, Dune Doctors and Gulf State Park as students restore the dunes. Forty Gulf Shores High School and Middle School students were selected as “Planting for Protection” mentors. Their job
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for U.S. stocks on Friday sent Wall Street to its latest record, milestone and winning week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and finished a day above the 5,000 level for the first time. It’s the 10th record in less than a month for
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Republican leading a Georgia state Senate committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says he seeks just the facts. But the lead Democrat begrudgingly serving on the panel said after its first meeting Friday that she doubts the committee can overcome its partisan origins.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed an emergency spending package that would provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. About $60 billion would go to supporting Ukraine as it defends itself from the
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A small airplane has collided with a vehicle after it made an emergency landing on Interstate 75 in southwest Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash landing happened near the Pine Ridge Road exit in Collier County, just north of where Interstate 75 heads east toward Fort Lauderdale. The Federal
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the Republican holdup on sending new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia was “close to criminal neglect. The comment came as he huddled with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Friday
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are looking for a 15-year-old who they say shot a Brazilian tourist in the leg inside a Times Square sporting goods store, then fired at police as he ran away. The 37-year-old woman shot Thursday evening is expected to survive. Police said a security guard confronted the
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