By Joseph Buczek, Alysia Burgio Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Police say a 13-year-old Michigan boy who was last seen on Sunday was found safe in Kentucky on Monday. The boy’s father, 58-year-old Christopher Allan Brown, was taken into custody after a traffic stop by the Berea Police Department,
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Entre el 1 y el 2 de noviembre los mexicanos realizan una serie de rituales que tienen su máxima representación en la ofrenda de Día de Muertos: altares llenos de colores, sabores y olores que se colocan cada año no solo en la intimidad de los hogares sino también en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo. The bout created a new generation of fighters and fans that became inspired to keep the country on the global boxing stage. Ahead of the 50th
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Detroit police officer is charged with domestic violence after officials say he threatened to execute a woman. Louis Allen Wilson, 47, was arraigned last week and received a $5,000 personal bond, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah says it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s decision-making Shura Council elected 71-year-old Kassem
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed. The damage at the base in Shahroud raises new
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The Pac-12 Conference will never be what it once was even after the efforts to rebuild it. “I never thought I’d see the Pac-12 fall apart,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. “I mean, what a freakin’ shame that is, but we are where we are.” That could be taken figuratively and
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — South Sudan is not known for its soccer presence. The world’s youngest nation is typically associated with basketball, with several current and former NBA players having roots in the country and the Bright Stars international squad making its Olympic debut earlier this year. But one grassroots competition is beginning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The U.S. House race in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District is one of the closest in the nation and a testing ground for Republicans’ and Democrats’ strategies to reach Latino voters. The district is 40% Latino and both candidates, Republican Gabe Evans and Democratic incumbent Rep. Yadira Caraveo, are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first bite is an assault to the senses. A sugary, citric, fluffy delight. “Pan de muerto” or “bread of the dead” is baked in Mexico every year, from early October to mid-November, amid Day of the Dead celebrations. Shaped like a bun, decorated with bone-like bread pieces and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nationally, Catholic voters have been closely divided in recent presidential elections. This year, in the vital state of Pennsylvania, they’ll likely comprise at least a quarter of the electorate — and thus play a pivotal role in deciding the overall outcome. There’s been a see-saw effect in the state. Donald
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Willingham, CNN (CNN) — If Halloween had a fashion handbook, the party scene from the 2004 classic “Mean Girls” would take up a whole chapter. Twenty years have passed since the original Plastics stomped their kitten heels into movie history, but the (now, rather outdated) observation Lindsay Lohan’s outcast-turned-”it girl” Cady Heron makes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, are appealing their company’s criminal conviction on safety breaches at the High Court in Auckland. The hearing, which began Tuesday, is scheduled to take three days. Whakaari Management granted tour operators access
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says the war in Sudan has displaced more than 14 million people, or about 30% of the population, since it broke out over a year ago. It’s the world’s largest displacement crisis this year. Of those, 11 million are internally displaced and 3.1 million have fled to
Continue ReadingOSLO, Norway (AP) — Four people were injured when a tram derailed and plowed into a computer shop in downtown Oslo. Police said that none of the injuries was serious but the building was evacuated after the crash on Tuesday. There were about 20 people on the tram when it slammed into the shop on
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — So long to all that “free” money. Customers who allegedly withdrew money fraudulently from Chase Bank ATMs using an illegal scheme that blew up on TikTok over the summer could soon have to cut hefty checks back to the bank. These people were able to withdraw funds
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Value meals helped turn around McDonald’s U.S. sales in the third quarter. But that recovery could be dented by an E. coli outbreak tied to the company’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. McDonald’s said Tuesday that its U.S. same-store sales rose 0.3% in the July-September period. Revenue was also up 3% to $6.87 billion.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Pope Francis’ child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued a series of
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CNN, FDA, CDOA, MCDONALD’S PRESS RELEASE, KOAA, KRDO, KUSA, MCDONALD’S MEDIA HANDOUT By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans around the country avoided McDonald’s last week after an E. coli outbreak left dozens of people sick. But McDonald’s is confident that $5 value meals and Big Macs with chicken will help it win
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech power company CEZ has signed a deal with Britain’s Rolls-Royce SMR to form a strategic partnership to develop and deploy small modular nuclear reactors. Under the agreement, CEZ will acquire a 20% share in Rolls-Royce SMR for which it will pay several billion Czech crowns (hundreds of millions of dollars).
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