By Mitchell McCluskey, Andy Rose and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Investigators removed 189 sets of human remains from a Colorado funeral home offering “green burials” where law enforcement officials said bodies had been “improperly stored,” according to the local sheriff’s department. The remains were found in the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A New York appeals court judge on Friday rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the ongoing $250 million civil fraud trial, but temporarily halted the process of breaking up the former president’s businesses. Associate Justice Peter Moulton issued the ruling after a brief hearing Friday
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan, Chris Liakos and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Morocco and Algeria have introduced measures to limit the risk of bedbug infestation, as France reportedly grapples with a surge in numbers of the blood-sucking insect. The Moroccan health ministry “has taken all appropriate measures to limit the risk of introduction and spread of
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At $1.4 billion, the Powerball jackpot on the line Saturday night is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize, due to higher interest rates, long odds, fewer ticket sales per drawing and, of course, luck. A combination of all those factors means that unless there is a
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R&B icon Maxwell says he’s preparing a future album that will include teenage songs before his professional music career began, as well as songs he loved that weren’t included on early albums. But before that project drops, his long-awaited “blacksummers’NIGHT” album will arrive, marking his
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say at least 18 migrants, mostly from Venezuela and Haiti, are dead following a bus crash in southern Mexico. Prosecutors in the southern state of Oaxaca say the dead include two women and three children, and that 27 people were injured. Photos distributed by Oaxaca state police showed the bus
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s highest court has ruled that prosecutors can suspend President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s political party, though legal experts had questioned the move. The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that, even the case involves criminal accusations, prosecutors can impose measures that have electoral effects. Without his Seed Movement party, Arévalo may be hamstrung after
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press CAÑON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Police said Friday they have found at least 115 bodies at Colorado ‘green’ funeral home under investigation for improper handling of remains. Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said they are coordinating with other agencies to determine if there is any wrongdoing. The Return to Nature
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk inside with a loaded handgun this week in search of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The man was arrested for illegally openly carrying a weapon, but
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is climbing in a whipsaw Friday after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was up 1.2% in afternoon trading after erasing an earlier drop of 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and JOHN ANTCZAK LAS VEGAS (AP) — The man charged with murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur had little to say when he was arrested outside Las Vegas. But Duane “Keffe D” Davis knew the gravity of it, according to police body camera footage released Friday. “So what they got
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Newly released police body camera video shows officers arresting Duane “Keffe D” Davis on suspicion of murder in the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur off the Las Vegas Strip. Davis, 60, was walking near his home in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson on Sept. 29 when Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group. “Nobody has ever seen anything like we’re
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The data breach last month that MGM Resorts is calling a cyberattack is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million, the Las Vegas-based company said. The incident, which was detected on Sept. 10, led to MGM shutting down some casino and hotel
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to an Iranian women’s rights activist signaled international support for democracy efforts in the Islamic Republic. That was 20 years ago and the winner, Shirin Ebadi, faced harassment that ultimately forced her to flee the country. On Friday, the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is charging higher in a whipsaw Friday after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was up 1% in midday trading after wiping out an early drop of 0.9%. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians have marched in anger at a funeral procession for a 19-year-old killed by Israeli security forces after Jewish settlers rampaged through a flashpoint West Bank town the night before. The youth’s death came as tensions have escalated during the Jewish holiday season. It marked
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower. Trump’s lawyers asked the
Continue ReadingBy KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December. Such appeals have had little effect in the past. Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights activist and
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Donna Kelce is fully aware of what the world wants to know. She also is fully protective of her son Travis Kelce and his personal life. “I don’t talk about it much,” she told CNN Friday. “It’s basically, you know, people’s personal lives and I just stay out
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