Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are increasingly focused on a Venezuelan gang behind a spate of violent crimes. The Tren de Aragua traces its origin more than a decade ago to an infamously lawless prison. But it has expanded in recent years as more than 8 million desperate Venezuelans
Continue ReadingNORCO, Calif. (AP) — The passenger in a car was killed when a horse smashed through the windshield during a series of crashes on a Southern California interstate over the weekend, authorities said. The first collision occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday when a Toyota Tacoma towing a horse trailer veered to the right and struck
Continue ReadingNORCO, Calif. (AP) — The passenger in a car was killed when a horse smashed through the windshield during a series of crashes on a Southern California interstate over the weekend, authorities said. The first collision occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday when a Toyota Tacoma towing a horse trailer veered to the right and struck
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tom Watson, a hall of fame broadcast reporter whose career included decades as a broadcast editor for The Associated Press in Kentucky, has died. He was 85. Watson’s baritone voice and sharp wit were fixtures in the AP’s Louisville bureau. He wrote broadcast reports and cultivated connections with reporters
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The chief executive in charge of Georgia’s two busy seaports says a strike by dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts seems likely next week. But he’s hopeful it would last only a few days. Griff Lynch is the CEO of the Georgia Ports Authority, which operates state-run ports
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week’s Clinton Global Initiative. Beyond supporting parents and youth throughout this
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about even
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The son of the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday, according to court records. Oran Alexander Routh, whose father is Ryan Wesley Routh, the man prosecutors say set up a “sniper’s nest” at
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According to American Addiction Center, 48.5 million (16.7%) Americans (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in 2023. And 10.2% of Americans 12 and older had an alcohol use disorder. September is Recovery Awareness Month. During this month, new treatment and recovery practices are promoted to encourage the community who has been through
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The people who opened fire in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, late Saturday are suspected of using “conversion devices” in carrying out the attack, and over 100 shell casings were collected at the scene, according to a preliminary investigation from police. The shooting, which left four dead and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida against former President Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. Oran Alexander Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home “in connection with an investigation unrelated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire — all while injured himself. Decades later, and nearly 20 years after his death, his
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The company that built and operated the Titan submersible asked employees to forego their pay as it faced economic challenges, according to former employees testifying before the US Coast Guard panel probing the vessel’s deadly implosion last year. OceanGate employees were asked to “defer our paychecks”
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — You have by now probably heard a few things about “Megalopolis.” Maybe you know that Coppola financed the $120 million budget himself, using his lucrative wine empire to realize a long-held vision of Roman epic set in a modern New York. You might be familiar with the film’s clamorous
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy replenishment ship sustained damage while operating in the Middle East in an incident that remains under investigation, according to a Navy official. The USNS Big Horn was damaged after the ship refueled and replenished Navy vessels operating in the region, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee have advanced contempt of Congress charges against Secretary of State Antony Blinken following a contentious back-and-forth with the Cabinet secretary over an appearance to testify on the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The 26-25 party-line vote Tuesday marked the latest in a series
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Fewer low-income students applied for college financial aid for the current school year after the rollout of an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, was plagued with problems. Submitting the form is required in order to access federal Pell grants,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — New Caledonia has marked the anniversary of its French colonization. There’s tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris. The 171st anniversary of the French takeover Tuesday comes four months after protests by Kanaks against French voting
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