By Paula Newton and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A 2-month-old was among the dead in a mass killing in Canada that claimed the lives of 4 children, their mother and a family friend, Ottawa police said Thursday. The father of the family survived the attack and emerged from the home injured and asking for
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is rolling out a new rule mandating that school calendars consist of at least 180 days. The goal is to get students more learning time in the classroom and improve academic outcomes. Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero said Thursday that the rule is
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government says it is extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce political battle for power. An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend,
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A former congressional candidate who once ran for office in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a man exonerated after serving more than 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. A criminal complaint filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court alleges
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor will decide whether certain statewide elected officials can carry handguns inside the state Capitol after lawmakers resurrected the measure. The original Senate proposal stalled but lawmakers used another method to bring the idea back Thursday. Indiana lawmakers and their staff already have the right to
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI ASSOCIATED PRESS WHITEHALL, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio lawmakers are looking to ease a looming financial burden on law enforcement agencies in their state that will have to replace marijuana-sniffing dogs after voters approved a plan last year to legalize recreational marijuana use. Nearly 400 police dogs in Ohio
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say the crew of what is considered the world’s largest cruise ship rescued 14 people clinging to a small boat adrift on the ocean. Passengers aboard the Icon of the Seas captured video of the crew using a small vessel to ferry the group to the safety of the
Continue ReadingMANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed additional child neglect charges against the mother of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished last month. A judge also rejected her request for a bond reduction Thursday. Katrina Baur’s son was last seen Feb. 20 at a residence in Two Rivers. Baur was charged last month with one
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN The Senate passed on Thursday an extension — and expansion — of funding for victims of radiation exposure The vote was 69-30, and heads next to the House. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has been pushing to pass additional funding of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, since last year, and
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A former Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy who engaged in sex acts with female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme was sentenced today to five years in state prison. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee, pleaded guilty last month to four counts each of extortion, a public official seeking bribes and
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago have determined there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. National Institute of Standards and Technology investigators told an advisory panel
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s top cannabis regulator says the state probably won’t meet its goal of launching full-scale retail marijuana sales in the first quarter of 2025. Charlene Briner of the Office of Cannabis Management cites the time it’s still expected to take to draft regulations and issue
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting put no blame on local police officers and defended their actions Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer After getting bad news about the biggest offseason addition to their rotation, the Boston Red Sox are making a major long-term investment in the team’s top returning pitcher. Young right-hander Brayan Bello agreed to a $55 million, six-year contract Thursday that includes a club option for 2030. The move
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday morning and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Locals told The Associated Press the assailants surrounded the government-owned school
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed to records Thursday, with easier interest rates beckoning on the horizon. The S&P 500 rallied 1% to set its 16th all-time high so far this year. It’s been on a terrific run and is on track for its 17th winning week in
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron and former US President Bill Clinton were among those paying tribute to Nigerian banking boss Herbert Wigwe as his funeral got underway. Wigwe was a towering figure in African banking and philanthropy and his death has spurred an outpouring of
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial beginning later this month agreed to limit access to juror information, citing the possibility of harassment. Judge Juan Merchan granted motions by prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office to restrict who can know the names of jurors to Trump,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia could become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill that has won final legislative passage. The bill passed by the House of Delegates on Thursday now goes to Republican Gov. Jim Justice. Violators could be fined up
Continue ReadingBy CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Nearly a year after civil war broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, more than 25 million people in northeastern Africa are facing “the world’s largest hunger crisis.” The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says nine in 10 people across Sudan are “trapped” by “relentless violence.” The fighting
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