LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles home that appears to belong to model and actor Cara Delevingne was destroyed in a fire Friday. One firefighter was taken to a hospital in fair condition with unspecified injuries, and one unidentified person from the house suffered minor smoke inhalation, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Christchurch, New Zealand – (CNN) — Sitting side by side in the mosque’s meeting room, Temel Ataçocuğu and Imam Gamal Fouda hunch over in laughter. To an outsider, they look like two old friends bonding over an inside joke. Beneath the table, though, Ataçocuğu’s knees bounce nervously. His hands shake. His
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — State environmental offiicals say an 11-foot alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally. State environmental conservation police officers seized the 750-pound alligator on Wednesday from a home in Hamburg, which is south of Buffalo, New York. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A senior Hamas official told CNN that he cannot provide any assurances about the wellbeing of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, but rejected a United Nations special representative’s finding that there is “clear and convincing information” that some of them have been sexually abused. “I cannot now reassure
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling revenue continues to soar in New Jersey, where online casinos are accounting for a growing share of the betting pie. Atlantic City’s casinos and their online partners won $182 million in internet bets in February. Sports betting also did well in a month
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A white Connecticut state police trooper has been acquitted of all charges in the death of a Black man who was shot as he sat in a stolen car holding a knife. Trooper Brian North could have faced up to 40 years in prison if he had been convicted of
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a Michigan school shooter will be sentenced on the same day, April 9, for the deaths of four teenagers in 2021. They could face years in prison. Meanwhile, the affected families want to see more change rise out of the
Continue ReadingFrom CNN Staff (CNN) — The prosecutor leading the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia stepped down following a scathing ruling from the Fulton County judge overseeing the criminal case, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Nathan Wade wrote in his letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis that he was “proud of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man who shot and critically wounded another passenger on a New York City subway train may have acted in self-defense and will not immediately be charged with any crime, prosecutors said Friday. “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting. The investigation into this tragic incident
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A jury found Connecticut State Trooper Brian North not guilty of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and two other charges in connection with the fatal 2020 shooting of a 19-year-old accused of carjacking. The trooper was charged with first-degree manslaughter with a firearm, second-degree manslaughter
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump after a judge ruled he had to leave or Willis couldn’t continue to pursue the charges.
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The new documentary “High & Low — John Galliano” covers all the complexities of the famous British designer, one of the most celebrated and controversial figures in the fashion industry. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald and in theaters this week. It features candid interviews
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands Slovaks have rallied in the capital to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to overhaul the country’s public broadcasting amid a wave of anti-government protests. The protesters at the Freedom Square at downtown Bratislava joined President Zuzana Caputova, local journalists, the opposition, international
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A white Connecticut state police trooper has been acquitted of manslaughter in the death of a Black man who was shot as he sat in a stolen car holding a knife. Trooper Brian North could have faced up to 40 years in prison if he had been convicted Friday in
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The public absence of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has grown from a niche royal watcher concern to an international punchline in a matter of weeks. While Kensington Palace said her January abdominal surgery was planned and indicated she would be out of the public eye through March, several unusual
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The family of the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wants her name pulled off an award after the foundation in charge of doling it out named SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch among this year’s recipients. In a statement obtained by CNN, Ginsburg’s family
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA A. BICKEL and ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press A storm’s trail of destruction affected people in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas on Thursday night. At least three people were killed, dozens hurt and even more reported damaged homes or businesses by Friday. Those who survived sorted through rubble, reflecting on the previous
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers found their help at linebacker, agreeing to a one-year deal with free agent De’Vondre Campbell. A person familiar with the move said on Friday that Campbell will sign with San Francisco as soon as he passes a physical. The
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent commissions, moving to resolve lawsuits that claim the rules have forced people to pay artificially inflated costs to sell their homes. Under the terms of the agreement announced Friday, the
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