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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, where it will stand on behalf of his native North Carolina. The bronzed sculpture of the prolific Charlotte-born evangelist was made public during a Thursday ceremony in the Capitol attended by House
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan convened for the first time this week an in-person meeting of ambassadors and chiefs of mission representing countries whose citizens were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, CNN has learned, as a ceasefire and hostages release
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania man was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly threatening to kill President Joe Biden and his Cabinet in a video posted online. Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department. CNN has reached out
Continue ReadingBy Pavlina Osta Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — It was a dream delayed for a lifelong Waukesha resident but not a dream denied. A woman who was born around the time of the Great Depression just became a Carroll University graduate. It’s not everyday someone receives an honorary degree,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday took another step toward reclassifying marijuana as a lower-risk substance, opening for public comment its proposed loosening of federal rules in a step the president deemed “monumental.” “Today my administration took a major step to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Nadine Menendez, the wife of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has been charged with acting as a foreign agent and taking bribes, has breast cancer, the New Jersey senator said Thursday. Nadine Menendez is also charged in the case, and both have pleaded not guilty. Nadine Menendez is set to go on trial
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de España desarticuló a inicios de mayo la infraestructura que el cártel de Sinaloa usaba en España para transportar y distribuir droga en el país y el resto de Europa, informó en conferencia de prensa este jueves el cuerpo de seguridad. Esta operación terminó con cinco detenidos
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper who’s charged with murder for fatally shooting a motorist as he tried to pull away from a traffic stop is set to go on trial in September. Trooper Ryan Londregan not guilty Wednesday in the death of Ricky Cobb II. It was the first hearing in the case
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson said Thursday that police radio traffic and the body camera footage of the Florida sheriff’s deputy who killed the Black U.S. Air Force airman reinforce their assertion that the deputy was directed to the wrong
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has given the campaign $8 million to help with its efforts to make the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, DC. The wealthy Silicon Valley patent attorney announced the donation during a comedy show fundraiser
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story MT. JULIET, Tennessee (WTVF) — As a teenager, a man faced something that threatened to take away so much he loved in life. He didn’t let that happen. The story of what he did next is a powerful show of strength in more ways than
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CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dr. Ahlia Kattan should already be back home in California with her three young children. Instead, she’s spending her days and nights at Gaza’s European Hospital on the outskirts of Rafah. Kattan, an anesthesiologist and specialist in critical care, is one of at least 22 American physicians trapped
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa urged the United Nations’ top court on Thursday to order a ceasefire in Gaza during hearings over emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah. It was the third time the International Court of Justice held hearings
Continue Reading Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El cierre de los consulados de Ecuador en México, anunciado el sábado por la Cancillería ecuatoriana en medio de la crisis diplomática entre ambos países, genera preocupación e incertidumbre entre los ecuatorianos que viven en territorio mexicano, dijo a CNN la presidenta de la organización no gubernamental Ecuatorianos Residentes en
Continue ReadingBy Marcus McIntosh Click here for updates on this story CHARITON, Iowa (KCCI) — A Chariton woman is in a battle with the city to keep her emotional support animal. The issue is Angel Queener’s support animal is a goose, and geese are prohibited by Chariton municipal code. Queener bought her goose, Blue, as a
Continue ReadingKCCI, FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By Marcus McIntosh Click here for updates on this story CHARITON, Iowa (KCCI) — A Chariton woman is in a battle with the city to keep her emotional support animal. The issue is Angel Queener’s support animal is a goose, and geese are prohibited by Chariton municipal code. Queener bought her
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has evoked language adopted by the far-right Proud Boys extremist group as he supports Donald Trump at his New York hush money trial. Gaetz posted a social media photo of him with other congressional Republicans standing behind Trump outside the courtroom Thursday and wrote, “Standing back,
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Cantrell Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tennessee (WTVF) — Brought together by heartache, two families in Rutherford County, the Ayesh family, and the Sullivan family are going through the unimaginable right now. 10-year-old Asher Sullivan is still in the hospital after being hurt, during last week’s storms. 11-year-old Yousuf
Continue ReadingBy Hannah McDonald Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Spending a birthday or holiday in the hospital can be really hard. But for one woman with heart failure, spending Mother’s Day at the hospital was the ultimate gift. Back in August, Melissia Boynton, 47, found out she had congestive heart
Continue ReadingWTVF, BOYNTON FAMILY, CNN By Hannah McDonald Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Spending a birthday or holiday in the hospital can be really hard. But for one woman with heart failure, spending Mother’s Day at the hospital was the ultimate gift. Back in August, Melissia Boynton, 47, found out
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