By Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — A Palm Beach County attorney received his very own special law school graduation and doctoral hooding ceremony. Attorney Matthew C. Russell, 88, has been an educator and civic leader in Riviera Beach for decades. Russell said he realized in the
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A helicopter crew recovered on Saturday the body of a climber who died after falling about 1,000 feet (300 meters) while on a steep, technical route in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, park officials said in a statement. Robbi Mecus, 52, of Keene Valley, New York, died of injuries sustained
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A helicopter crew recovered on Saturday the body of a climber who died after falling about 1,000 feet (300 meters) while on a steep, technical route in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, park officials said in a statement. Robbi Mecus, 52, of Keene Valley, New York, died of injuries sustained
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media says a tornado has struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings. The China Meteorological Administration said the tornado hit about 3 p.m. Saturday in Baiyun district in Guangzhou. Videos posted online showed a mid-afternoon sky darkened by clouds and debris
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. and U.S. Sen. David Pryor is being remembered. Funeral services were held Saturday for family, friends and colleagues, including former Arkansas governor and President Bill Clinton. Pryor died at the age of 89 on April 20 from natural causes. Saturday’s memorial was held at a Little Rock
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities say armed assailants have ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in southern Chile before setting their car on fire. It’s the latest attack on police to revive security concerns in the South American country. It remains unclear who carried out Saturday’s assault on Chile’s national police force in the
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — George Mallory is renowned for being one of the first British mountaineers to attempt to scale the dizzying heights of Mount Everest during the 1920s — until the mountain claimed his life. Nearly a century later, newly digitized letters shed light on Mallory’s hopes and fears about ascending Everest,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered a barrage of false claims to media cameras this week as he entered and exited the Manhattan courtroom where he is on trial on charges of falsifying business records in relation to a hush money scheme during the 2016 presidential election. Here’s a
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of testimony in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial. David Pecker finally stepped down from the witness stand after more than 10 hours of
Continue ReadingWABC, CNN By Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the core demands over the past week by the pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia University has been for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military action in Gaza. Columbia’s endowment is worth
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ortega, Kyung Lah, Allison Gordon and Nelli Black, CNN (CNN) — At one campaign rally after another, former President Donald Trump whips his supporters into raucous cheers with a promise of what’s to come if he’s given another term in office: “We will demolish the deep state.” In essence, it’s a declaration of
Continue ReadingCNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn’t be near the Oval Office, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “I think that Biden
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn’t be near the Oval Office, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “I think that Biden is
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians. The president’s scheduled appearance at the White House correspondents’ dinner comes against the backdrop of protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Like most other presidents, Biden
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Diego Rubio and Jáder Obrian scored first-half goals and Brad Stuver notched his second straight clean sheet as Austin FC blanked the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 on Saturday. Austin (4-3-3) jumped in front in the 7th minute when Rubio took a through ball from Obrian and drilled a right-footed shot from
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La madrileña Calle de Ferraz, donde se sitúa la sede del Partido Socialista Obrero Español, lucía abarrotada este sábado por la mañana. Alrededor de 12.500 personas, según datos de la Delegación del Gobierno en Madrid, tomaron un tramo de la calle para mostrar su apoyo al presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez,
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts State Police announced they had busted a burglary ring that stole around $4 million in jewels mostly from the homes of South Asian lived in more than two dozen communities over the past six years. Four people, including two brothers, who were members of the Providence-based gang were arrested and
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each other as they lined up for the chance to claim the state’s top prize in their events. But these teenagers were at the Native Youth Olympics, a statewide
Continue ReadingWOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — Three children were hurt when the minivan they were in rolled down a hill into a concrete baseball dugout in northern Illinois’ Woodstock. The children, ages 12 and 13, were hospitalized with mild to moderate injuries. Police say they were among four children in the parked minivan which is believed to
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California’s president called recent controversies roiling the campus over the Israel-Hamas war “incredibly difficult for all of us.” In her first public statement in nearly two weeks, President Carol Folt condemned this week’s protests — where 90 demonstrators were arrested by police
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