By ED WHITE, DEL QUENTIN WILBER and MADDY PEEK Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be murdered, posing their nude or partially clothed corpses amid cheap booze pints, crumbling sheetrock and hypodermic needles. The slayings set Detroit on edge, prompting authorities to dispatch crews
Continue ReadingBy CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age. Another 19-month-old, Freya Baudoin, born prematurely at 28 weeks
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Closing arguments concluded Wednesday in the trial against two Aurora, Colorado, paramedics charged in the wrongful death of Elijah McClain in August 2019. Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec pleaded not guilty to felony charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, after a 500-milligram dose of ketamine they administered to McClain
Continue ReadingKUSA, ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF, MCCLAIN FAMILY, AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Closing arguments concluded Wednesday in the trial against two Aurora, Colorado, paramedics charged in the wrongful death of Elijah McClain in August 2019. Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec pleaded not guilty to felony charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide,
Continue ReadingBy ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press TUNJA, Colombia (AP) — Mikhail Krasnov walks along the steep streets of the Colombian city of Tunja just like any other resident — except he’s no longer just another neighbor. Now people greet the newly elected mayor as he makes his way around town and stop him for pictures. One
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could doom President Joe Biden and his party in 2024. A group of Democrats is offering a new analysis of the most recent campaigns in Georgia and Michigan, pitching those battlegrounds
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of the package that’s central to unlocking stalled aid for Ukraine.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman, CNN Ramallah, West Bank (CNN) — If Ramallah has a center, it is Al-Manara Square. Six roads meet here, and pedestrians weave their way confidently across the tight roundabout, forcing cars to make way. It is always busy. Demonstrators will rally here to protest, but when CNN visited on
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer It’s beginning to look a lot like a hectic holiday travel season, but it might go relatively smoothly if the weather cooperates. Travel over Christmas and New Year’s tends to spread out over many days, so the peaks in the U.S. are likely to be lower than they were
Continue ReadingBy Tamar Michaelis, Sugam Pokharel and Andrew Carey, CNN (CNN) — The voices of three Israeli hostages who were accidentally killed by Israeli troops in Gaza were captured on a GoPro camera mounted on a military dog five days before they were shot, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jaelen House had 20 points in New Mexico’s 78-65 win over UC Irvine on Wednesday night. House added five assists for the Lobos (11-1). Nelly Junior Joseph added 12 points while going 3 of 6 and 6 of 8 from the free-throw line, and he also had
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three trafficked Sumatran orangutans have been sent back from Thailand to Indonesia as part of a joint effort between the countries to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Nobita and Shizuka, both 7 years old, and Brian, 5 years old, had been living at a wildlife sanctuary in
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers are in a far better place than they were for their previous trip to Dallas last month, just after James Harden had joined their lineup. On the best run in the NBA at the moment. Leonard scored 30 points,
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Cindy Von Quednow and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked parts of a California law that would have banned carrying concealed firearms in certain “sensitive places,” including places of worship, public libraries, amusement parks, zoos and sporting events. California is planning to file an appeal of the
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The Indio City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning the Hamas terrorist attacks and anti-semitism, but it wasn’t without controversy. The resolution was pulled from the consent calendar by Councilmember Oscar Ortiz to allow for public comment. This led to 30 minutes of public comment with all of the speakers urging the council
Continue ReadingBy JAMES FEGAN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan had 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 124-108 on Wednesday night. Chicago shot 54.5% from the field and had eight players score in double figures. Coby White had 17 points and reserve
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The early signing period in college football opened with just a little five-star drama. Georgia likely locked up a recruiting crown by flipping an in-state blue-chipper away from Florida State. The consensus No. 1 recruit in the country had Ohio State coach Ryan Day literally sighing with
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas sent a plane with more than 120 migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago in an escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing operation that has given more than 80,000 migrants free rides to Democratic-led cities across the country since last year. The first
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA REY and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei announced sweeping initiatives Wednesday to transform Argentina’s struggling economy, including easing government regulation and allowing privatization of state-run industries as a way to boost exports and investment. The right-wing libertarian announced the moves for South America’s second biggest economy
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has heard diverging arrguments over a request to block what would be the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas. Attorneys for Alabama inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith asked for a preliminary injunction stopping his Jan. 25 execution by nitrogen hypoxia. They say the method
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