CNN By Holly Yan, CNN Athens, Georgia (CNN) — The five pairs of sneakers resting in front of a popular wooded trail serve as a daily reminder of the run Laken Riley never finished. In the nine months since Riley was bludgeoned and killed in the University of Georgia’s Oconee Forest Park, students and recreational
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The California Attorney General’s office aims to implement more oversight of Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls after reports that the detention centers have failed to improve safety conditions. “The County of Los Angeles is responsible for safeguarding the safety and well-being
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur has won another term in the U.S. House after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Kaptur’s winning margin in final results certified Wednesday averted an automatic recount in her northwest Ohio race. Fourth-term state Rep. Derek Merrin had been endorsed by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Leaders of the main opposition parties in Congo have called for nationwide protests against President Felix Tshisekedi’s plans to draft a new constitution. Last month, he announced that a national commission will be set up next year to draft a new constitution for the Central African country, raising concern
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The office of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, says he will wrap up his official duties in early January amid an abuse scandal in the Church of England. Welby resigned last week after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about serial
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Ohio on Wednesday. Kaptur, who was first sworn in to the House in 1983, is the longest-serving woman in congressional history. The Ohio Legislature under Republican control redrew the Toledo-based district’s boundaries in decennial redistricting to include more rural communities, turning it from
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story WESTMINSTER, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Local News Man allegedly stabbed while defending his daughter from homeless woman in Westminster, police say losangeles By Dean Fioresi Updated on: November 19, 2024 / 11:14 PM PST / KCAL News A man was stabbed while defending his daughter from
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Kieran Culkin will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Awards. Culkin will be honored for his performance in the film, A Real Pain. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025. The event
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner, Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — We’re learning more about one of the victims in the deadly stabbing spree in Manhattan. Angel Gustavo Lata was a 36-year-old construction worker and the first to be fatally attacked on Monday, allegedly by 51-year-old Ramon Rivera, who
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente electo Donald Trump eligió a Matthew Whitaker, quien se desempeñó como secretario de Justicia interino durante el primer mandato de Trump, como su candidato para ser embajador de Estados Unidos ante la OTAN. “Matt es un guerrero fuerte y un patriota leal, que garantizará que se promuevan
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WOLO, CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Susan Smith, who has served 30 years of a life sentence for drowning her two young sons in 1994, was unanimously denied parole by the South Carolina Board of Paroles and Pardons during an emotional hearing Wednesday. Smith testified on her own behalf, pleading for her release
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By Jessi Mitchell Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A new state-of-the-art trash system in NYCHA’s Polo Grounds Towers in Harlem promises to tackle energy, rodent and recycling issues. It is the first public housing building in the country to use the pneumatic technology. First pneumatic system to collect
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Las temperaturas récord de los océanos, alimentadas por la contaminación que calienta el planeta, han acelerado decenas de huracanes atlánticos en los últimos años, haciéndolos más potentes y peligrosos al aumentar la velocidad de sus vientos. Todos los huracanes de la temporada de 2024 en el Atlántico se hicieron más fuertes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she’ll be just the second woman in the high-profile, high-pressure post. The move announced Wednesday comes at a critical time for the nation’s largest police department, shoring
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Macon-Bibb County spent $4.5 million last year to buy the hotel in a federal bankruptcy proceeding. Media outlets report that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As prosecutors push to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, his lawyers are urging a judge to ignore them and scrap the case before he takes office in January. Trump’s lawyers said in a letter Wednesday that continuing with the case will interfere with the former and future
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By Sam Tupper, CNN (CNN) — Melinda Pratt’s Monday began like any other: waking up the kids, turning on the TV and making her morning coffee. “I had it on my news channel, and I heard the carrots thing, and I leaned to look at the TV, and the Bunny-Luv carrots were on the screen,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle” gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday afternoon, but only one walked away victorious after paying a hefty price. The gold piece — minted in Carson City, Nevada, in 1870
Continue ReadingBy Tom Dougherty Click here for updates on this story EVESHAM, New Jersey (KYW) — A second teenager has been arrested and charged with arson for their role in sparking a wildfire in Evesham, New Jersey, that burned more than 50 acres, according to police. Evesham Township police say a 14-year-old boy from the Marlton
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