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By Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story CLOVIS, New Mexico (KOAT) — A man is facing a federal charge after he is alleged to have killed two people and kidnapped a 10-month-old baby in eastern New Mexico. Alek Collins, 26, of Houston, is accused of killing two people and abducting a baby
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — In emotional testimony Thursday morning, family members of Robert Card, the man responsible for two shootings that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, testified before the independent commission formed to investigate the October 25, 2023, mass shootings. “If you were to ask me what one thing I would
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A man convicted of killing at least six women in Kansas City has died. Terry Blair, 62, died at a hospital in Potosi, Missouri. An autopsy is planned, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. A spokesperson for the Missouri
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En medio de dos semanas dramáticas de renuncias y acusaciones contra la organización de Miss USA, Miss Hawaii USA Savannah Gankiewicz – que originalmente había quedado como primera finalista en el concurso de Miss USA 2023— ha dado un paso adelante para ser coronada Miss USA. “Aunque esta decisión no
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104 opposition activists who have fled the country. The action announced on Thursday was the latest step in the crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race in the nation’s third-most populous county. Harris County, where Houston is located, is a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — When Cheri Ferguson started taking Ozempic last year, she said, she hoped to lose about 50 pounds she’d gained during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over about three months, she told CNN in June, the medicine – which is approved for type 2 diabetes and used off-label for weight loss –
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region of the U.S. The move announced Thursday would limit future climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fuel. It drew instant pushback from Republicans in
Continue ReadingBy John Iz Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — A woman driving on I-95 jumped out of her burning car while it was still moving and survived, according to West Palm Beach police spokesman Mike Jachles. “Just when you’ve thought you’ve heard it all, something like this happens,”
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro, Amanda Musa and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Another US tourist was arrested Monday in Turks and Caicos after being accused of carrying ammunition into the islands. That makes this the fifth arrest in recent months of a US national on ammunition possession charges in the British Overseas Territory, a chain of
Continue ReadingBy Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story JUPITER, Florida (WPBF) — He lost his front right paw and is critically anemic, but a dog is now recovering at a Jupiter animal hospital after being the victim of an apparent gator attack. The staff at Furry Friends named the dog Brady after he
Continue ReadingROHNERT PARK, Calif. (AP) — The chancellor of the California State University system has suspended the president of its Sonoma campus for announcing an agreement with pro-Palestinian activists to pursue an academic boycott of Israeli institutions as well as “divestment strategies.” The message by Sonoma State University President Ming-Tung “Mike” Lee was issued “without the
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Brasil anunció este miércoles que dará un apoyo de 5.100 reales, unos US$ 990, a las familias que durante las últimas dos semanas perdieron sus muebles, electrodomésticos y otros bienes a causa de las lluvias e inundaciones que afectaron al estado de Rio Grande do Sul. Durante
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele saw no reason to change anything in his swing or think any less of his game after yet another close call at ending two years without winning. The idea was to “keep chugging along.” Thursday looked more like a sprint, right into the
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A fiery crash involving a tanker truck has shut down a stretch of Colorado’s main east-west highway on the outskirts of Denver. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the crash Thursday on Interstate 70 near Morrison involved the tanker and up to six other vehicles. The Colorado Department of Transportation says that
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York. A federal criminal complaint in Buffalo says the investigation began in September 2022 when Border Patrol agents tracked a drone from Youngstown, New York to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and back. Investigators say
Continue ReadingBy Lisa France, CNN (CNN) — Drake got some good news on Thursday when nominations for the BET Awards were announced. The rapper leads with seven nominations, including album of the year for “For All The Dogs (Scary Hours Edition),” best male R&B/Pop artist, best male hip hop artist and two for video of the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El líder chino, Xi Jinping, y el presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, se comprometieron este jueves en Beijing a profundizar su asociación estratégica, en una clara muestra de su creciente alineamiento ante el avance de las tropas rusas en Ucrania. Putin —cuya delegación incluye altos funcionarios de defensa y seguridad—
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press VERON, Dominican Republic (AP) — As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. Politics in the two Caribbean nations
Continue ReadingGALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The bridge connecting Galveston, Texas, to Pelican Island remains closed after a barge crashed into a pillar supporting the span, causing it to partially collapse. Oil leaking from the barge led to the closure of about 6.5 miles of the waterway. Officials have not said how much fuel leaked into the
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