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By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Smolkin, a veteran media executive who leads CNN’s global digital news, is departing the network to become the next president and CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting. OPB called Smolkin a forward-thinking journalist and a strong business strategist who can help lead the 100-year-old public media organization through a
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By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — A 4-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were attacked and injured by elk four days apart in a Colorado town. The boy was at a playground near Stanley Park in Estes Park, Colorado, around 1:30 p.m. Monday when a cow (female) elk “suddenly charged and stomped on him multiple
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK Treasury has flatly contradicted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s claim that its impartial officials had calculated that the opposition Labour Party would “put up everyone’s taxes by £2,000.” Sunak made the claim during a televised debate Tuesday ahead of July’s election, as he and Labour leader Keir
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann left his office near the Empire State Building and strolled down a still-bustling Fifth Avenue as the sun set on a hot Thursday evening in Manhattan. The architect, whose customers included Catholic Charities, American Airlines and other tenants at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is seen in
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story BEL AIR, Maryland (WBAL) — The father of the man wanted in Sunday’s shooting at Harford Mall made a plea Wednesday for his son to turn himself in. According to police, Wesley Lyons Jr. shot a man three times during an argument at a preschool
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Of the six women Rex Heuermann is accused of killing on Long Island, four of them were discovered bound with belts or tape and wrapped in burlap along a stretch of Gilgo Beach in 2010. A married father accused by authorities of leading a double life, Heuermann initially faced
Continue ReadingBy Chad Thompson Click here for updates on this story JUNEAU COUNTY, Wisconsin (WKOW) — A Juneau County sheriff’s deputy was hurt while responding to call that was later determined to be a hoax. The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office said the communications center received a call on Saturday at about 11 p.m. from a male
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war. Ruby Chen longs to recover the remains of his 19-year-old
Continue Reading CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old World War II US Navy veteran, died last week while on his way to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, according to Honor Flight Rochester, a veteran’s organization. Persichitti was a “wonderful, pleasant, humble guy,” who was “easy know, easy to talk to,” said Honor Flight Rochester
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top state criminal investigation agency says a French citizen has been arrested on charges of collecting information on military issues. The arrest comes as relations between Russia and France have grown increasingly tense over the fighting in Ukraine. The Investigative Committee said Thursday that the suspect, whom it didn’t identify, has
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The charges brought this week against a warden and eight staffers related to the deaths of two inmates at Wisconsin’s oldest prison are leading to renewed calls to close it and another lockup. The prison at Waupun was built in the 1850s and
Continue ReadingBy Avery Johnson Click here for updates on this story FORT WAYNE, Indiana (WFFT) — State democrats have an issue with the school voucher program, they say it’s taking your tax dollars away from public schools. They’re concerned with the financial distress public schools are in because of the lack of funds. Tax money that
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In her more than 27 years of marriage to Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup likely did not know about the gruesome double life her husband is accused of living, Suffolk County’s top cop says. “If you ask me, I don’t believe, that they knew about this double life that Mr.
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Mari Gilbert did not live to witness the arrest of an architect from Long Island suspected of killing four young women whose remains were discovered in Gilgo Beach more than a decade ago. But the search for her daughter Shannan Gilbert, who went missing in May 2010, ultimately led
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dipped to just below 7% this week, little relief for prospective homebuyers already facing the challenges of rising housing prices and a relatively limited inventory of homes on the market. The rate fell to 6.99% from 7.03% last
Continue ReadingBy MARK BANCHEREAU and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is visiting Africa’s sub-Saharan region of the Sahel this week as Moscow seeks to grow its influence in the restive, mineral-rich region. Russia has emerged as the security partner of choice for a growing number of African governments in the
Continue ReadingBy Adam Kight Click here for updates on this story EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WEVV) — The former owner of an addiction treatment center in Evansville has been sentenced to prison for dealing drugs. Prosecutor Diana Moers says that Michael Hagedorn was sentenced to a prison term of 10 years for dealing drugs plus an additional six
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Office of Inspector General says the Census Bureau didn’t adequately monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census. The watchdog agency said in a report last month that bureau contracting officers failed to make sure standards were followed
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un hombre murió tras caer desde un acantilado de 604 metros de altura en Noruega que apareció en una película de “Misión Imposible”. Preikestolen, conocido en inglés como “Pulpit Rock”, es un acantilado del suroeste de Noruega que domina el fiordo Lysefjord. Es una de las rutas de montaña más
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A class action case challenging the legality of the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, whose opening arguments are scheduled for Thursday, could shake up television rights deals in professional sports and the way teams make money. The case, first brought in 2015, focuses on the NFL’s package of
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