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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Convention ceremonial roll call vote on Tuesday was a vibe. Emceed by DJ Cassidy, songs were selected by each delegation as they cast their ceremonial votes for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Some of the songs played were “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan for Missouri,
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By Nick Valencia, Zoe Sottile, Shawn Nottingham and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A second former Memphis police officer facing federal civil rights charges in the violent arrest and beating death of Tyre Nichols changed his plea to guilty on Friday in federal court. Emmitt Martin III joined his former colleague Desmond Mills, who also
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines said her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has been an “eye-opening, transformative and endearing journey” in a statement shared on social media on Friday after Kennedy announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump. Hines did not mention her
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A vehicle fire has sparked a brush fire that burned 86 acres near the Interstate 10 freeway in Banning. The fire was first reported at approximately 1:52 p.m. at the 2000 block of E Ramsey Street. Firefighters said that a recreational vehicle caught on fire sparking nearby brush. The fire quickly burned five acres and
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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Men’s tennis world No. 1 Jannik Sinner spent much of Friday’s US Open media availability answering questions about avoiding a suspension despite twice testing positive for a prohibited substance in March. On Tuesday, the International Tennis Integrity Agency revealed the Italian star bore “no fault or negligence” despite testing
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish returned to the San Diego Padres on Friday to a warm welcome from his teammates and got right to work, although he’s not sure when he’ll return to game action. The 38-year-old right-hander was reinstated from the restricted list and returned to the 15-day injured list. Darvish was placed
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — As opening statements in the murder trial of Robert Telles began last week, the Las Vegas Review-Journal was confronted with a nightmarish question: How does a newspaper cover the trial of a suspect accused of murdering one of its own reporters? The once-unimaginable prospect is one the
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) – Cada vez que el papa Francisco llega a un acto público se puede esperar que haya alguna sorpresa. Ya sea por los mensajes que entregará o por las acciones que compartirá: abrazar a los niños, ponerse los regalos que le entregan, acoger a los enfermos y a los discapacitados. Todas las
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras meses de negociaciones frenéticas, en diferentes ciudades y a múltiples niveles, Israel y Hamas están más cerca de alcanzar un acuerdo de alto el fuego. Pero incluso si se alcanza, lo que aún está lejos de ser seguro, podría acabar durando sólo unas semanas antes de que se derrumbe y se
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown attacker having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks acquired prized goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov from Nashville in a deal Friday that sends a 2025 first-round pick to the Predators. The 22-year-old Askarov had reportedly asked for a trade with his path to a starting role in Nashville blocked by Juuse Saros,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A union official said West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family is millions of dollars behind on payments to employees’ health insurance fund at their financially beleaguered hotel. The Greenbrier Council of Labor Unions chair Peter Bostic said “the delinquencies are factual, tangible and documented,” putting workers’ coverage at risk
Continue ReadingOULU, Finland (AP) — Performers at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships in Finland tuned up Friday for the air guitar world’s version of the Olympics, featuring dedicated competitors like “Shred Lasso” and “Guitarantula.” This year’s championships began Wednesday with Airientation in Oulu, Finland. The Dark Horses Qualifications followed on Thursday, culminating with the World
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Associated Press Former MMA fighter and professional wrestler Ronda Rousey has issued an online apology for reposting a conspiracy video about the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting on social media. Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo, said reposting the video was “the single most regrettable decision of my life” and that
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl has been sentenced to life in prison. Rashad Trice acknowledged that he took Wynter Cole Smith from her home in Lansing in July 2023 as part of a dispute with the girl’s mother, his former girlfriend. A
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury swiftly acquitted three security guards of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of a man who was held to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014, a case that was closed without charges years ago but reopened by state prosecutors. The jury of eight women and
Continue ReadingONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Fire has destroyed the wooden grandstands at a historic Southern California baseball field that appeared in “A League of Their Own” and other movies. Firefighters responded at 11:25 p.m. Thursday to a report of a fire at Jay Littleton Ball Park in the city of Ontario, about 35 miles (56 kilometers)
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge says he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state’s constitution would protect abortion rights. Friday’s decision from state Supreme Court Judge David A. Weinstein comes in lawsuit over the language voters will see on ballots explaining
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has brought home the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims who died in a bus crash in Iran this week while heading to Iraq for a pilgrimage. A Pakistani military aircraft on Friday also flew home 23 pilgrims who were injured in the accident on Tuesday night in the central
Continue ReadingIt might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is less than two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly by. The first mail ballots of the general election were sent out Wednesday, the day after the first
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