CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A community is in mourning Monday, a day after two police officers and a firefighter were fatally shot in Burnsville, Minnesota, while responding to a domestic incident. Officials identified the three men as officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27 years old, and 40-year-old firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest in a series of wet winter storms blew ashore in Northern California on Sunday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days. Gusts topped 30 mph (48 kph) in Oakland and San Jose as
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest in a series of wet winter storms blew ashore in Northern California on Sunday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days. Gusts topped 30 mph (48 kph) in Oakland and San Jose as
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A man armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition shot at police officers from inside a suburban Minneapolis home that was filled with children on Sunday, killing two officers and a firefighter who was providing medical aid to one of the
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off growing calls to halt the military offensive in Gaza, vowing to “finish the job” as a member of his War Cabinet threatened to invade the southern city of Rafah if remaining
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Jeanne Bonner and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Services at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston resumed Sunday morning with a large security presence, one week after a woman accompanied by her 7-year-old son walked into the megachurch armed with a rifle. “Our God is still on the throne. Our God
Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) — Israel on Sunday condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivializing the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II. The outcry further strained relations between the countries, which have deteriorated since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — As former President Jimmy Carter marked one year in hospice care on Sunday, his family celebrated his resolve and expressed gratitude for the support they’ve received. “After a year in hospice, on a daily basis we have no expectations for his body, but we know that his spirit is as strong
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON and MARK LONG AP Sports Writers DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The 3-0-5 took over the Daytona 5-0-0. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Pitbull and DJ Khaled represented South Florida at the Daytona 500, as the trio of Sunshine State celebrities brought a dose of star power to Sunday’s scheduled race day that
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jorge Soler smiled when asked whether he could become the first right-handed batter to hit a splash shot into McCovey Cove beyond AT&T Park’s right field wall. “I don’t know,” he said Sunday after his $42 million, three-year contract with the San Francisco Giants was finalized. All 102 splash hits since
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A desperate call for help from a home in suburban Minneapolis early Sunday turned deadly for two police officers and a first responder who were shot and killed, according to officials. A suspect in the shooting also died, officials said. The shootings took
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — “Oppenheimer” was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards, taking seven trophies including best picture, director for Christopher Nolan and actor for Cillian Murphy. Emma Stone was named best actress for “Poor Things,” which also won prizes for visual effects, production design, costume design and makeup and hair. Supporting actor
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three.
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Over 300 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported Sunday. The sudden death of Navalny, 47, was a crushing blow to many Russians, who had pinned their hopes for the future
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A convicted murderer who fled from a halfway house in the Phoenix metro area is back in custody, authorities say. Officials with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry said Daniel Cahill was arrested Saturday afternoon by the department’s fugitive apprehension unit in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service. They said
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The 19-year-old son of a former YouTube executive died last week at the UC Berkeley campus where he resided, officials and a relative said. The university confirmed that Marco Troper, a Berkeley freshman, was found unresponsive Tuesday afternoon at the university’s Clark Kerr Campus. Troper was later pronounced dead by emergency
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The 19-year-old son of a former YouTube executive died last week at the UC Berkeley campus where he resided, officials and a relative said. The university confirmed that Marco Troper, a Berkeley freshman, was found unresponsive Tuesday afternoon at the university’s Clark Kerr Campus. Troper was later pronounced dead by emergency
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A person in police custody on unrelated charges is suspected of involvement in the case of an 11-year-old girl who went missing Thursday in Livingston, Texas, according to local authorities. Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her home, around 7 a.m. on February 15, and was supposed to catch a school
Continue ReadingKTRK By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A person in police custody on unrelated charges is suspected of involvement in the case of an 11-year-old girl who went missing Thursday in Livingston, Texas, according to local authorities. Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her home, around 7 a.m. on February 15, and was supposed to catch a
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated to healing and thanksgiving a week after a woman opened fire in one of its hallways before being gunned down by security officers. Osteen’s Lakewood Church has not had services since the Feb. 11
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