OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A 24-year-old man accused of capital murder in the 2019 death of a college student he occasionally dated has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge that took the death penalty off the table. Brandon Theesfeld, of Fort Worth, Texas, entered the plea Friday to first-degree murder before Lafayette County Circuit Judge
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By Maggie Fox, CNN An unvaccinated elementary school teacher who took off their mask to read to students ended up infecting more than half of them last May — and they went on to infect other students, family members and community members, California public health officials reported Friday. It’s a prime example of how easy
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By AMY BETH HANSON, JANIE HAR and AMY FORLITI Associated Press A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with a few clouds, humid. Lows in the low to mid-70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the lower 90s. Heat index in the upper 90s. EXTENDED: This evening is quiet and muggy with lows falling into the 70s to start the weekend. Saturday is hot and humid with highs in the
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By AMY BETH HANSON, JANIE HAR and AMY FORLITI Associated Press A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina couple split a nearly $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to two identical tickets. They say the sudden windfall will be put to good use. The North Carolina Education Lottery says Luther Cannon bought two tickets for Sunday’s Cash 5 jackpot at a convenience store in Rocky Mount. He
Continue ReadingSol Amaya Nota del Editor: John F. Banzhaf III es profesor emérito de derecho de interés público en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad George Washington, y fundador y director ejecutivo jubilado de Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Lideró el exitoso movimiento para prohibir fumar en los lugares de trabajo y lugares públicos
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies James O’Brien and Adam Lunn were found guilty of manslaughter
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The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Bill.com, Workday rise; Peloton Interactive, Ollie’s fall
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A self-driving Toyota vehicle was barely moving, but it still managed to collide with a visually-impaired athlete at the Paralympic Games, raising potential concerns about the limitations of autonomous driving technology. Toyota’s CEO on Friday apologized in a video posted to YouTube after one of the company’s self-driving vehicles hit
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kanye West’s latest “DONDA” listening party featured him leaving the stage hand in hand with Kim Kardashian West in a wedding dress. West appeared at Chicago’s Soldier Field for his third listening party, where he had a replica built of his childhood home. But that was just the beginning. Throughout the
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kanye West’s latest “DONDA” listening party featured him leaving the stage hand in hand with Kim Kardashian West in a wedding dress. West appeared at Chicago’s Soldier Field for his third listening party, where he had a replica built of his childhood home. But that was just the beginning. Throughout the
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After the deadly bombing at the Kabul airport on Thursday, many have asked: who is ISIS-K and why are they attacking American troops?
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks rallied to more record highs Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far from pulling interest rates off the record low that has helped the market soar, even if it does begin dialing back its support for the economy later this year. In a highly anticipated speech,
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By Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates in schools will not remain in place, Leon County’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge John Cooper ruled Friday. The court said that under the law the defendants “did not have the authority for a blanket mandatory ban against face mask policy, that does
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By CNN The US intelligence community reached an inconclusive assessment about the origin of the Covid-19 virus following a 90-day investigation ordered by President Joe Biden, according to an unclassified summary of the probe released publicly on Friday. Read the summary below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Four of the five Southern California families still stranded in Afghanistan are in a safe place and are in the process of being removed from the country, school officials tell CNN. Of the five families awaiting evacuation, four are in a secure place and preparing to depart, according to Howard Shen
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The federal eviction ban, which protected millions of struggling renters while frustrating landlords across the country, has ended for the second time in just four weeks. On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the latest eviction moratorium, writing in an unsigned, eight-page opinion: “Congress was on notice that a further extension
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City man has admitted shooting a zTrip driver 26 times during a robbery. Derron Nevels pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said the driver picked Nevels up on Dec. 4, 2018 and when they arrived at
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City man has admitted shooting a zTrip driver 26 times during a robbery. Derron Nevels pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said the driver picked Nevels up on Dec. 4, 2018 and when they arrived at
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