OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor is dropping a murder charge against a 15-year-old who was accused in the fatal shooting of another teenager at a high school football game. Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna said in a statement Friday that a witness has recanted their identification of the teenager as the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself leading House Republicans with a majority in name only. Unable to unite his unruly right flank and commanding one of the slimmest House majorities in history, Johnson is being forced to rely on Democrats for the basics of governing, including
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In a rare moment of self-reflection this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged out loud what many in his political orbit have privately told him since before he even launched his White House bid. “I came in not really doing as much media,” DeSantis told conservative radio host Hugh
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN January 20, 2024 I am currently reading “How Infrastructure Works” by engineer and materials science expert Deb Chachra. It’s one of those books that has to be read in sips of about 20 pages or so. To do otherwise would be akin to chugging a bottle of barrel-aged Scotch: a waste
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is making part of her closing argument to New Hampshire before Tuesday’s primary with supportive words from the mother of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died in 2017 after being imprisoned by North Korea. In the three-minute television ad
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio and sexually assaulted her multiple times while driving her to Southern California last year pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge Friday as part of a plea agreement, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said.
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTE AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least four Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. The Syrian army said the building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Advocacy groups and critics of former President Donald Trump tried to remove him from the 2024 presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which says public officials who have “engaged in insurrection” are disqualified from ever serving again. Three states — Colorado,
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTE AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian and Iranian state media outlets say an Israeli strike on the Syrian capital, Damascus, killed four Iranian advisers with Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard’s expeditionary. Nour News, which is believed to be close to Iran’s intelligence apparatus, identified two of the dead as Gen.
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza protested Saturday outside the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing frustration over his government’s seeming lack of progress in getting the more than 100 captives released as the war in Gaza drags
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — In November 2004, Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner. Prosecutors alleged that Peterson’s motive for the murders was to escape married life and upcoming fatherhood. His death sentence was overturned in 2020, and he is serving a life sentence without parole. In
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Huge crowds of protesters have descended on cities in Germany as calls for a ban on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gain momentum. Tens of thousands had already braved sub-zero temperatures during the week to protest against the party after it emerged senior AfD members discussed
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTE AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media and an Iranian media outlet say an Israeli strike on the capital, Damascus, killed a commander of Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force and one of his deputies. An official with an Iran-backed group says the building was used by
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTE AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media are reporting that an Israeli strike on the capital, Damascus, destroyed a building. An official with an Iran-backed group says the building was used by members of Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard adding that 10 people were killed or wounded. The
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it has launched a satellite into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The announcement, on state television Saturday, said the launch was part of the space program of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. It comes as
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it had conducted a satellite launch into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The announcement, on state television Saturday, said the launch was part of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ space program. The United States has previously said Iran’s satellite launches defy
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTE AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media are reporting that an Israeli strike on the capital, Damascus, destroyed a building. State TV gave no further details and did not say whether there were casualties. The Saturday morning strike comes amid widening tensions in the region and as the Israeli offensive
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic makes his day session debut at this year’s Australian Open on Sunday when he plays 35-year-old Adrian Mannarino. who is into the fourth round in Melbourne for the first time. Australia’s top player, Alex de Minaur, faces 5th-ranked Andrey Rublev. Defending women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka plays Amanda Anisimova. And
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people have died in a fire at a school dormitory in central China, according to Chinese state media. The fire broke out around 11 p.m. Friday evening local time at Yingcai School near the city of Nanyang, Henan province, Xinhua reported. Local authorities
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The Firebirds defeated the Calgary Wranglers on Friday night by the final score of 4-3. Shane Wright recorded another three-point game, leading CV to the victory and a third-place tie in the Pacific Division. Goals were scored by Connor Carrick, Andrew Poturalski (PP), Ville Petman (SH) and Cameron Hughes. See the game’s full box score HERE.
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