AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In anticipation of three Taylor Swift concerts, which could draw around 150,000 visitors to New Orleans’ Superdome this weekend, state authorities on Wednesday began clearing a nearby homeless encampment. Roughly 75 people who were living in tents beneath an overpass would be relocated roughly two blocks away, Louisiana State
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to lay out her campaign’s closing argument by returning to the site near the White House where Donald Trump spoke before a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She is hoping it will crystalize for voters the fight between defending
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to turn over his Manhattan apartment, luxury watches and a Mercedes to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. But how exactly will that work? Lawyers in the case say the details will be decided in coming days. Either Giuliani will deliver
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Ron Ely, television’s ‘Tarzan’ in the 1960s who was later thrust back into headlines with family tragedy, dies at 86.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then she pulled out a foil-wrapped burrito and rested it against the post. “I know he ate a burrito all his life,” said the 70-year-old fan from North Hollywood who had
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then she pulled out a foil-wrapped burrito and rested it against the post. “I know he ate a burrito all his life,” said the 70-year-old fan from North Hollywood who had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday. The state budget office generated the preliminary figure for direct or indirect damages and potential investments to
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Pepperidge Farm is temporarily renaming its iconic Goldfish crackers after a sophisticated fish entrée to attract older snackers. But
Continue ReadingCNN By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Pepperidge Farm is temporarily renaming its iconic Goldfish crackers after a sophisticated fish entrée to attract older snackers.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Sean McVay has grown a healthy coaching tree in his eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams. Five of his former assistants have become NFL head coaches, while several more have been poached for bigger jobs in college and the pros. One of the biggest branches on that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan media tycoon has been charged in federal court in Florida for what authorities say was his role in laundering money in a conspiracy to siphon more than $1 billion from Venezuela’s state oil company. A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment Wednesday charging Raul Gorrin in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Federal authorities say a former St. Louis prosecutor admitted to misusing thousands of dollars in public funds to pay herself back, after getting fined for mistakes she made while prosecuting a Republican governor. The U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday that ex-prosecutor Kim Gardner had her employees reimburse her out of her office’s contingent
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A month after demanding that New York election officials keep his name on that state’s presidential ballot, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to remove him from the ballot in the battleground state of Wisconsin. In a longshot emergency appeal, Kennedy argued in part that
Continue ReadingLegal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed a University of Pennsylvania researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black. Now, survivors of the program and their descendants want reparations. Families are set to seek reparations from the school
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — These Yankees have minted a new vibe going into their first World Series since 2009. Baseball’s most tradition-bound team, with a grandiose granite-and-limestone stadium and pinstriped home uniforms that have hardly changed since 1936, has added a flamboyant flash to its accessories: Statue of Liberty green. “Been kind
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence. In March of 1979, Kathy Halle disappeared while heading to pick up her sister from a nearby shopping center in North Aurora,
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a former Philadelphia jail inmate is suing the institution, saying officials there caused the death of a diabetic inmate by failing to provide insulin and other medical care. That’s according to a federal lawsuit filed by Louis Jung Jr.’s family on Wednesday. Jung was a pretrial detainee at the
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s third-quarter net income rose 17.3% compared with a year ago on stronger electric vehicle sales, and an optimistic CEO Elon Musk predicted 20% to 30% sales growth next year. The strong performance changed the trajectory of the year for the Austin, Texas-based company, which had seen sales and
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