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Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is asking forgiveness for a host of sins on the eve of the next phase of his big reform project. Francis led top cardinals in apologizing for everything from the destruction of the planet to the discrimination of women on Tuesday. The penitential liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEA GIRT, N.J. (AP) — The federal government has given a key approval to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey. The decision comes even as residents in the coastal town where its power cable would come ashore worry that it could go through underground toxic waste. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy
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By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor reported from a southern Ukrainian city shortly after its liberation from Russian control. “The
Continue Reading CNN By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor reported from a southern Ukrainian city shortly after its liberation from Russian control.
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Police have arrested a 15-year-old in Iowa in the fatal shooting of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer. Chicago police said in a news release Tuesday that their officers and U.S. marshals arrested the teen the day before in Cedar Rapids on a murder warrant and that he was extradited
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the challenges of running a prison system. The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia’s prison systems are ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups. The
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A carjacking victim who tried to hang onto the side of a moving truck that he just had taken from him last week has died from injuries he sustained when he was ultimately run over by the vehicle. The
Continue ReadingBy Kelsi Thorud Click here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KPIX) — A project to repair a portion of a wastewater treatment plant in Vallejo is causing a stench in the surrounding area, and residents aren’t happy with the projected timeline. When Christine Brown and her husband moved to Vallejo back in 2018,
Continue ReadingKPIX By Kelsi Thorud Click here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KPIX) — A project to repair a portion of a wastewater treatment plant in Vallejo is causing a stench in the surrounding area, and residents aren’t happy with the projected timeline. When Christine Brown and her husband moved to Vallejo back in
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Indigenous people face disproportionate number of missing and murdered people with high numbers of unsolved cases. There have been two cases late last month, one involving a Morongo Tribe member. California launched Feather Alerts in 2023 to create a new system to help the state find Indigenous who have gone missing “under unexplainable or suspicious
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Even before law enforcement raided his homes, the rapper, producer and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs faced a host of legal issues. Since November 2023, he has faced multiple separate civil lawsuits accusing him of a range of sexual misconduct and other illegal activity. One of those
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will tour damage caused by Helene in Georgia and North Carolina, as the devastating and deadly storm has also roiled the political calendar just over a month from Election Day. Harris will visit Georgia on Wednesday and will survey damage in North Carolina in the coming
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A ban on all hemp products with “any detectable quantity of THC” is in effect under an emergency order by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). In response, the state is facing a lawsuit. Retailers can
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A new rideshare app in Colorado aims to revolutionize the way drivers and riders connect. Driver’s Co-Op Colorado addresses the concerns of rideshare drivers regarding pay and working conditions while offering riders a familiar and affordable option. The app operates like
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kate McKinnon came up with the idea for “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” about 10 years ago but didn’t begin writing in earnest until she left “Saturday Night Live” in May 2022. The novel for middle-grade readers, is inspired by McKinnon’s own childhood where she was
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story TAYLOR, Michigan (WWJ) — A 13-year-old Taylor girl has been charged in connection with fatally stabbing her 7-year-old sister over the weekend, prosecutors say. On Saturday afternoon, Taylor police responded to a home in the 14200 block of Banner Avenue for a reported stabbing. When
Continue ReadingBy Doug Myers Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Meet Jasper, the newest addition to the Fort Worth Zoo and the second baby mandrill born there this year. Zoo officials announced the arrival of the male monkey on Monday, just over two weeks after his Sept. 13 birth to
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Hundreds of teenagers and young adults in North Texas are diagnosed with cancer every year, yet survival rates haven’t improved much in recent decades. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, but one Fort Worth foundation is working to improve pediatric
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in another civil lawsuit, marking at least the 12th misconduct lawsuit he’s faced in as many months. In the complaint, filed in New York and obtained Friday by CNN, Jane Doe alleges she was unwillingly drugged
Continue ReadingBy Mugo Odigwe Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Three men were shot inside a car in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood on Monday night. Just before 10 p.m., three men were inside a car, in the 9300 block of South Stewart Avenue, when shots were fired. Two of the men, both
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