NEW YORK (AP) — A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning customers that it is unsafe to jump into the sprinkle pool. Plaintiff Jeremy Shorr says
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN (CNN) — A Belgian publisher has removed an opinion column that has been accused of dangerously inciting antisemitic hatred, in which the writer said that the humanitarian suffering in Gaza made him want to “ram a sharp knife through the throat of every Jew I meet.” He later
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Residents and businesses in the Anza area that have been impacted by the Nixon fire can soon acquire resources and services at an upcoming Local Assistance Center, the Riverside County Emergency Management Department announced today. A number of agencies and organizations will be at the Anza Community Hall to provide services related to housing, public
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — US security officials are on alert for possible retaliatory attacks against Democrats following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, according to a new intelligence report obtained by CNN. The threat assessment — prepared jointly by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies, including local police
Continue ReadingHAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A fire that destroyed a vacant landmark building in a southwestern Ohio community this week is considered suspicious because the building had no utilities. The fire at the former Beckett Paper Company building in Hamilton, a Cincinnati suburb, was reported around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The building was completely engulfed in flames
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — A French police officer who killed a teenager during a traffic stop performed for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The family of the 19-year-old who was shot and killed is shocked and angry. An internal police investigation found that the young man had backed up his car and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former Uvalde schools police chief says he thinks he’s been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Arredondo spoke to CNN in his first public remarks in two years about the attack that killed
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — With blue, white and red flags waving in the stands and cheers blaring around them, France’s players took in the moment. Matthew Strazel erupted in dance. Evan Fournier ripped his jersey off and skipped around. Later, the team gathered in a circle at center court as fans erupted in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election. President Kais Saied announced late Wednesday that he was dismissing Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani after only one year in office.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities say two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea. The Houthis did not immediately claim the assaults on Thursday and Friday, though they follow a monthslong campaign by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month. The European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday that July 2024’s average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago. While the slight cooling is good news
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Civil rights icon Andrew Young has come home to the south Georgia city where he first became a pastor in 1955. Young is billed as the star guest at the opening of a traveling exhibit in Thomasville on Thursday. The aptly called “The Many Lives of Andrew Young” will
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of the last remaining Republicans in Congress to have voted to impeach Donald Trump, will survive a primary challenge, CNN projects. But the congressman faces a tough general election contest with an opponent backed by the former president. Newhouse is projected to advance out
Continue ReadingGold-medal-winning Olympic gymnasts Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey are heading back to school. Chiles and Carey — part of the “Golden Girls” squad led by Simone Biles that soared to gold in Paris last week — have both announced they are returning to college, Chiles at UCLA, Carey at Oregon State. Carey, who boosted her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida’s only public historically Black university has completely gone up in smoke. More than $237 million donated by little-known entrepreneur Gregory Gerami have been under intense scrutiny since Florida A&M University announced the contribution in May. A third-party report released this week says officials failed to vet
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s updated hurricane outlook released Thursday says atmospheric and oceanic conditions have set the stage for an extremely active hurricane season that could rank
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal lawsuit accusing Massachusetts Institute of Technology of tolerating antisemitism after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel has been dismissed while a similar one against Harvard University can continue. The MIT lawsuit accused the university of approving antisemitic activities on campus and tolerating discrimination and harassment against Jewish students
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AP Health Writer Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats, federal food safety officials announced Thursday, and the overall number of people sickened rose to 43. The additional death happened in Virginia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are rallying voters across the Midwest this week, looking to build on support from key union leaders as they promote a message of pro-labor policies that they say benefit the middle class. At the leadership level, the Democratic ticket’s been deemed a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Federal investigators say they have uncovered the DNA of a former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The allegations in court papers filed days after
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