By Johnette Magner Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Chester Johnson, the longest serving inmate at Caddo Correctional Center (CCC), has been sentenced to serve 40 years in prison for battery of a correctional facility employee. Johnson was convicted of attacking a nurse who brought him some medicine. Johnson was
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation measure closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, extending a trend of cooling price increases that clears the way for the Fed to start cutting its key interest rate next month for the first time in 4 1/2 years. Prices rose just 0.2% from
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czech explosive experts have detonated a World War II bomb at a major chemical plant in northwestern Czech Republic where it was found last week. Police said that besides few broken windows the blast on Friday didn’t immediately seem to cause serious damage. The plant near the city of Litvinov belongs to
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As we close out the workweek, we are continuing to track temperatures around 110°F. While there is some day-to-day variability in temperatures, moisture, and wind, conditions will remain overall quite stable. The West Coast is being dominated by a high pressure system centered over the Great Basin/Intermountain West. This will help keep our weather very
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Four bears were put down in the Swannanoa Bee Tree community earlier this month after breaking into at least two area homes, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. On Aug. 17, an adult female bear and two of
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Major champion, seven-time PGA Tour winner, Ryder Cup captain – Keegan Bradley’s career CV is already the kind most golfers would take in a heartbeat, but that hasn’t stopped the American from harboring regrets. Among the biggest of them all? Not making friends. “I just came
Continue ReadingA Russian newspaper publisher has been convicted by a court in Siberia and sentenced to eight years in prison after his paper reported on Russia’s attacks on civilians in Ukraine. Local media and rights activists say the court in the city of Gorno-Altaysk convicted Sergei Mikhailov, a prominent journalist in the Siberian region of Altai
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By Dana Karni and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military said it killed three Hamas members, including a commander, as its offensive in the occupied West Bank entered its third day. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday it killed Wissam Khazem, whom it described as the Hamas leader in the city of Jenin,
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Seeking to Poland’s government is easing access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, issuing guidelines to doctors that reaffirm the legality of the procedure when based on medical recommendations. The law allows abortions for health reasons are permitted but the previous conservative government limited some
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strong growth for stocks on Wall Street this year have helped juice gains for savers with retirement accounts. The average 401(k) plan balance stood at $127,100 at the end of the second quarter, up 13% from the same period last year, according to Fidelity Investments. The median 401(k)
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk was published on the presidential website.
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Belén Liotti (CNN) –– ABBA solicitó que el expresidente Donald Trump deje de usar su música para su campaña presidencial, luego de que el grupo se diera cuenta de que había hecho un uso no autorizado de sus canciones en un mitin reciente. Un representante de ABBA dijo a CNN que la campaña de Trump
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Zakia Khudadadi made history on Thursday by becoming the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal at the Paralympics. Khudadadi, originally from Afghanistan but now living and training in France, won bronze in the taekwondo women’s K44 -47kg category in Paris. “This medal is fantastic for
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states. President Nicolas Maduro’s government blamed the outage, which it said began about 4:50 a.m., on “electrical sabotage.” Freddy Nanez, the communications minister, said officials were working to restore power. Venezuela in years past suffered from regular
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Tres palestinos han muerto en ataques israelíes al sur de Yenín, en la Ribera Occidental ocupada, según el ejército israelí. Las fuerzas israelíes han dicho que han matado en un intercambio de disparos a Wissam Khazem, que dicen que es el jefe de Hamas en Yenín después de que fuera identificado
Continue Reading By Laura Klairmont, CNN Phoenixville, PA (CNN) — In the last three years, a record number of unaccompanied migrant children – more than 500,000 – have traveled to the United States, many of them escaping violence and extreme poverty in rural areas of Central America. As an immigration lawyer who works closely with these children,
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A widespread area of the eastern United States will get a taste of early fall weather for Labor Day weekend after July-like heat baked tens of millions of people this week. A potent cold front will sweep across the area and usher in cooler air from Canada this weekend
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down exclusively with CNN Thursday for her first interview since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket. Just days after accepting the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Harris answered wide-ranging questions from CNN’s Dana Bash,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts Republicans will choose candidates to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch in state primaries on Tuesday. The contests top the list of races that will be held across the commonwealth. Democrats have a lock on the state’s congressional delegation, with both U.S. Senate seats and
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, in his third White House bid, has sought to reignite the cultural battles over education that erupted throughout the country in recent years, and on Friday, he will appear before the conservative parents group that helped spark the fight. Trump’s visit to Moms for Liberty’s annual convention
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