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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of Columbia University students who were arrested for occupying a campus building as part of a pro-Palestinian protest will have their criminal charges dropped. At a hearing in Manhattan criminal court, prosecutors said they would not pursue criminal charges for 31 of the 46 people
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration. The state’s Republican governor signed the bill into law on Tuesday. Proponents hope the new law will deter people from committing sex crimes
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Wily, a former sumo wrestler who became known for his role as confidential informant Kamekona Tupuola on both “Hawaii Five-0” and “Magnum P.I,” has died, his friend and a “Hawaii Five-0” producer both said Friday. He was 56. “Hawaii Five-0” executive producer Peter M. Lenkov
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer IndyCar is back in action this weekend on the Laguna Seca road course in California and spectators may need a spotter’s guide to figure out who is even in the field following a wild sequence of driver movement that has upended the free agent market with more than
Continue ReadingBy Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — A Des Moines Public Schools teacher is putting one foot in front of the other and running across the state of Iowa. Cory Berkenes started his 300-mile-long journey Wednesday in Omaha. Thursday marked day two of the trek as he
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Hernandez Click here for updates on this story SAINT LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — Habitat For Children Ministries has been helping expecting mothers in Haiti via ‘mobile midwives’ for several years, but now they are days away from opening a brick-and-mortar facility of their own. The Women and Children Medical Clinic is scheduled to
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez dijo este jueves en su cuenta de X que es víctima de una persecución política, tras algunas decisiones que tomó la Fiscalía General de la Nación tras el cambio del fiscal a cargo, en el juicio que enfrenta por cargos de fraude procesal
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are appealing portions of a federal judge’s order this month that blocked several state laws that restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed. Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore filed a notice Thursday to seek a review by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Anthony Rogers, his brother Johnny Rogers and their friend Jacob Ratliff spoke with KOAT near Highway 70 on the outskirts of Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Thursday, June 20, amid the South Fork and Salt Fires. All three told KOAT that
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new study finds the popular obesity drug Zepbound may help treat sleep apnea, a dangerous disorder in which people struggle to breathe during sleep. The research found that people who took tirzepatide reduced the number of episodes per hour in which their breathing slowed or stopped completely while
Continue ReadingBy Julian Paras Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Natalie Padilla has been missing her daughter, Anastasia Ferriera, since May 15, 2023. Anastasia is now 20. “Just trying to get through every day and continue to look for her,” Padilla said. More than 400 days have passed. Yet nothing
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press Capital murder charges have been filed against two men in the strangulation death of a 12-year-old Houston girl. Her body was found in a creek after she snuck out of home to walk to a convenience store. Court documents show Johan Jose Rangel Martinez and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos were
Continue ReadingFORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say two people were killed and six wounded when a shooter opened fire Friday at a grocery store. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce. State Police say the shooter was critically injured after being shot by police. A law enforcement officer was among
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Amy Osmun dio por hecho que no volvería a ver a Mike Gilberstadt. Se habían conocido hacía apenas 10 horas. Ahora estaban en el aeropuerto Schiphol de Amsterdam, uno frente al otro, ambos posponiendo las despedidas. Pero el tiempo apremiaba. Ambos debían tomar vuelos de conexión: Amy a Escocia y Mike
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KATV, CNN By Taylor Galgano and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Families were shopping at a local grocery store in a small Arkansas town on Friday when the sound of gunfire reverberated through the store, sending them running for cover or huddling in a freezer. Katrina Doherty – who had been shopping for dinner with
Continue Reading By Esha Mitra and Kathleen Magramo, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Nights are getting uncomfortably and dangerously hotter in India’s capital as people in the world’s most populous nation feel little respite from unrelenting temperatures. Northern India has endured a scorching summer, with one part of Delhi reached 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump expresó este viernes su apoyo a la exhibición de los Diez Mandamientos en las escuelas, después de que el gobernador republicano de Louisiana firmara una nueva legislación que exige que las escuelas públicas del estado los exhiban en todas las aulas. “ME ENCANTAN LOS DIEZ MANDAMIENTOS EN LAS
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump made a longshot argument Friday that the Justice Department prosecutor who charged the former president with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate was illegally appointed and that the case should therefore be dismissed. The challenge to
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Extreme summer weather continues to impact much of the US on Friday and into the weekend with a dangerous heat wave ratcheting up in New York and the I-95 corridor, deadly and destructive wildfires still burning in New Mexico and potential tropical threats. Here’s the latest:
Continue ReadingFORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say two people were killed and eight wounded in a shooting that occurred Friday at a grocery store in south Arkansas. Arkansas State Police say the shooting occurred Friday at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce. State Police say the shooter was critically injured after being shot
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