TORONTO (AP) — Author Sarah Bernstein won the Scotiabank Giller Prize on Monday for her novel “Study for Obedience.” The Montreal-born, Scotland-based author accepted the $100,000 award remotely from Scotland, where she had a baby just 10 days ago. Her novel is about a young woman moving to the remote north where after her arrival,
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 35 years, authorities investigating the killing of a small girl found in a dump site, one of Georgia’s oldest unsolved cold cases, have charged the child’s mother and her boyfriend at the time with murder and other offenses, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced
Continue ReadingWJXT, GBI, COOK CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE, DOUGHERTY CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Steve Almasy and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 35 years, authorities investigating the killing of a small girl found in a dump site, one of Georgia’s oldest unsolved cold cases, have charged the child’s mother and her boyfriend at the time
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday ahead of potentially market-moving developments, including a U.S.-China summit and data releases from the U.S., Japan and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.3% to finish at 32,695.93. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.8% to 7,006.70. South Korea’s Kospi added 1.3%
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins hasn’t made many mistakes in the first three games of her college career. Knowing where to wait on the court after being the first player introduced was one of them. Watkins headed to the sideline after her name was called Monday night before
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates says it will buy Boeing Co. aircraft in a deal worth $52 billion. Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum made the announcement on Monday at the Dubai Air Show. He says the deal will see the carrier
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Election Commission has approved all three presidential candidates for next February’s election, including a former special forces general whose running mate is the son of the outgoing president. The commission said all of the candidates had passed the legal requirements. Last month,
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Here on the valley floor, we don’t get to see too much fall foliage. But, if you’ve got an itch to see the fall colors, you can head on up to the San Bernardino National Forest in Idyllwild. The Forest Service recommends taking a drive down Highway 243 from Banning to Idyllwild to experience some
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Danelo Cavalcante, the 34-year-old convicted murderer who led police on a nearly two-week manhunt after escaping a Pennsylvania prison, now faces 20 additional charges for crimes authorities say he committed during his escape. The new charges, filed Monday by Pennsylvania State Police, include felony counts of burglary, criminal trespassing, theft
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The County of Riverside Infrastructure Department has closed a whitewater bridge that is visibly damaged. It has collapsed. The bridge is on Whitewater Cutoff near the Whitewater Rock and Supply Company, parallel to the I-10. From The County of Riverside Public Information Officer: This bridge was closed during Hurricane Hilary back in August due to
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Kopp, Veronica Miracle and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Paul Pelosi recounted publicly for the first time Monday the shock he felt last year as he awoke to a man armed with a hammer in the San Francisco home he shares with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling jurors how he later came
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man was charged Monday with murder for allegedly killing his wife and her parents, then stuffing dismembered body parts into a trash bag, prosecutors announced Monday. Samuel Haskell, 35, was charged with three counts of murder with special circumstances of committing multiple murders
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man was charged Monday with murder for allegedly killing his wife and her parents, then stuffing dismembered body parts into a trash bag, prosecutors announced Monday. Samuel Haskell, 35, was charged with three counts of murder with special circumstances of committing multiple murders
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan, Curt Devine and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that puts sanctions on Iran and protects Jewish institutions. Lawmakers were in Tallahassee earlier this month for a special session, just two months before the Legislature’s regular annual session was set to begin. They approved bills to provide $45 million in grants to secure
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Fox News reporter says in a lawsuit he was targeted and fired for pushing back against false claims about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the suit moved to federal court Monday, producer Jason Donner said he was part of
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court has freed on bail of a former senator jailed more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to silence her investigation of then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on illegal drugs. The European Union Parliament, some American lawmakers and United
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University and a university-affiliated hospital will notify 6,500 former patients of disgraced gynecologist Robert Hadden of the federal sex crimes he was convicted of earlier this year. The plan by the school and Columbia University Irving Medical Center was announced Monday. Patients who were abused by Hadden over his decadeslong
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Monday to push off a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending for now a threat against the Cabinet secretary that has been brewing ever since Republicans took the House majority in January. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hard-right Republican from
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A man who allegedly tossed dismembered body parts into an Encino trash bin was charged today with three counts of murder in connection with the disappearance of his wife and in-laws. Samuel Bond Haskell, 35, of Tarzana, was charged with the killings of his wife Mei Haskell, 37, and her parents, 64-year-old Yanxiang Wang and
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