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By Clarissa Ward, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A missing US man has been found in Syria, where he says he was kept in prison for months after entering the country as a pilgrim. Travis Timmerman spoke to several outlets Thursday, after locals saw him walking barefoot in the streets of southern
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — It may be an archaeologist’s job to unearth astounding discoveries, but every year some people just have an extraordinarily lucky — or strange — day. That was no different in 2024, with a construction worker turning up a nude marble deity hidden some 1,600 years ago, an art historian
Continue ReadingHARRISON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in New York say one person died when a small plane crashed onto an interstate highway in suburban Westchester County. The other of the two people on board was injured in Thursday evening’s crash. It shut down traffic on Interstate 684 in Harrison around 7 p.m. Video shows the damaged
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has placed an employee on administrative leave after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide. USOPC officials sent an email to the U.S. Biathlon national team saying it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud charges, authorities said Thursday. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud charges, authorities said Thursday. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008
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Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Un grupo de 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) acordaron este jueves lanzar la Alianza para la Seguridad, Justicia y Desarrollo, una iniciativa regional contra la delincuencia organizada. El BID —un organismo financiero que trabaja con gobiernos de la región
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — A North Texas nonprofit dedicated to supporting breast cancer patients is running out of time to make the holiday season brighter for those in need. The Barbara Cares Foundation, a Fort Worth-based nonprofit, has $10,000 of funding to give out by
Continue ReadingBy Gino Vicci Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — An on-field verbal altercation between a Detroit Lions fan and Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur last week resulted in the fan losing his season tickets. As a season ticket holder, Fahad Yousif was allowed to hold the American Flag during
Continue ReadingBy Mackenzie Lofgren, Adam Duxter Click here for updates on this story PINE CITY, Minnesota (WCCO) — The Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced Thursday that it has secured a $65,000 settlement with the Pine City Public Schools for alleged repeated racial harassment of a seventh-grade girl. The department says the young girl was repeatedly
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Lucia Click here for updates on this story LEWISVILLE, Texas (KTVT) — When the 911 call came in from a woman saying she’d just been sexually assaulted by a police officer, the Lewisville Police Department wasn’t sure who she was talking about. She said he’d introduced himself only as “Officer Charles.” Investigators determined
Continue ReadingKTVT By Andrea Lucia Click here for updates on this story LEWISVILLE, Texas (KTVT) — When the 911 call came in from a woman saying she’d just been sexually assaulted by a police officer, the Lewisville Police Department wasn’t sure who she was talking about. She said he’d introduced himself only as “Officer Charles.” Investigators
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Ramishah Maruf and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expected to visit with Trump in person in the coming days, as he and other tech founders seek closer
Continue ReadingBy Adam Harrington, John Odenthal Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Newly-unsealed court documents link Chicago rapper Lil Durk to a second murder-for-hire plot. The plot has to do with the murder of Stephon Mack outside the Youth Peace Center of Roseland, 420 W. 111th St., on Jan. 7, 2022. Anthony
Continue ReadingBy Dorothy Tucker Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A prestigious cheerleading team from Kankakee ended up sleeping on the floor of a school—after a charter bus company out of Chicago’s south suburbs took their money and sent no bus. The cheerleaders turned to CBS News Chicago for help—and some disturbing
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is working to surge deliveries of weapons to Ukraine in its final days in office in a concerted effort to put Kyiv on a strong footing going into 2025, according to a senior administration official. The push is in stark contrast to that
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Schiller Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh woman says she’s dealing with raccoons, a mice infestation and countless holes chewed in the walls because of a neighboring house that’s condemned. She called KDKA Investigates after she said her complaints to the City of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny
Continue ReadingBy Raymond Strickland Click here for updates on this story SOUTH JERSEY (KYW) — The family of a South Jersey native and longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan tragically died in November but his loved ones came up with an idea to honor him in a very special way. Kenny Karcher Jr. was a passionate fan of
Continue ReadingBy Elle McLogan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — They finally have a new stove, but it won’t turn on. Retired couple Patricia Bowley and Anthony Chinnici say the range arrived as a replacement weeks ago, soon after CBS New York reported on their long out-of-order stove and oven.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground’s 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state’s fake electors case had been revived in Carson City, the
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