CLEVELAND (AP) — The former director of Cleveland’s troubled Cuyahoga County jail has been convicted of negligently mismanaging the facility where several inmates died three years ago. Kenneth Mills was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor falsification and dereliction of duty but was acquitted of felony tampering with records. He now faces a potential sentence of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Con más de 75 millones de estadounidenses elegibles aún no vacunados, los hospitales de muchos estados abrumados y los temores de que los casos puedan aumentar aún más en el otoño, los expertos y funcionarios están luchando para frenar la pandemia de covid-19 en Estados Unidos. “Lo único que sabemos
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist A wave of thunderstorms moved through California overnight, igniting the night sky as well as more wildfires across the state. “Approximately ~1100 cloud to ground strikes in the state since last evening,” tweeted the National Weather Service in San Francisco. In the Bay Area alone, around 110 confirmed cloud-to-ground strikes
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The Sioux City Police Department took the evidence from J.T. McLean’s body on Thursday, according to a search warrant obtained by ABC 17 News. The inventory lists just the fingerprints and DNA swabs.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty earlier this week to charges in five cases, including admitting to a role in two shootings. According to the Cole County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Jaquan Whirley pleaded guilty on Wednesday to felony counts of receiving stolen property, resisting arrest, first-degree assault, second-degree accessory to robbery,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden desafió este viernes a los republicanos a que pongan a prueba sus nuevos requisitos de vacunación en los tribunales, al tiempo que subrayó el compromiso de su administración con la seguridad de los estudiantes en su visita a una escuela secundaria de la ciudad de Washington. En
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, Madeleine Stix and Ana Maria Luengo-Romero, CNN Casandra shouts to her sister as she races to her bedroom. “She answered!” It’s a relief. Sometimes, the calls to Honduras drop or don’t go through. Her school bus arrives in less than an hour. And the 10-year-old still isn’t sure what to wear.
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press The U.S. has halted U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees after discovering a few cases of measles among Afghans arriving in the United States. A U.S. government document viewed by The Associated Press warned the development would have a severe impact on an evacuation that since Aug. 15 has moved many
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By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN A wide range of telecommunications and social media companies are still grappling with how to respond, if at all, to a request by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol to preserve the records of several hundred people that could play
Continue Reading By MARK LENNIHAN, JOHN MINCHILLO and JULIE JACOBSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years after terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center, the memorial at ground zero is like a lot of city tourist sites. Visitors from around the world come and go, snap selfies and then leave. But for those
Continue ReadingTonight: Temperatures stay well above average heading off into the overnight hours with winds continuing out of the southwest at 8-12 mph. The overnight low drops to 70 degrees. Tomorrow: Temperatures continue to increase to a high of 94 as the humidity slowly starts to increase making it feel muggier outside. There will be mostly
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations is raising the alarm about a Taliban crackdown on peaceful protests, many of them by women demanding equal rights, and journalists covering such events. In one case, two Afghan television reporters were beaten with an iron rod by Taliban fighters at a police
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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Fire officials say a body was found inside a burning home in Mason City this week. The Globe Gazette reports that firefighters were called to the home around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Arriving firefighters began putting out the flames, and once they were able to enter the house, crews discovered a
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Sao Paulo says Brazil right back Dani Alves will no longer be playing for his boyhood club due to delayed salary payments that he is owed. The 38-year-old defender has multiple honors with Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain. Alves did not show up for training
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story September 10, 2021 (Houston Style Magazine) — How do you give an answer to a problem that never existed? Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 – the election integrity bill – into law on September 7th on the basis that the legislation now makes
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By Nicole Chavez, Dianne Gallagher and Jade Gordon, CNN Some clinics and groups helping fund abortion care in Texas are seeing an uptick in calls from people trying to “catch” them running afoul of the state’s restrictive new ban. “We have those people calling saying things like, ‘oh but can’t you slip me in’ because
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DANVERS, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A member of the Cambridge School Committee says her family faced racial profiling and was accused of theft this week while visiting an apple orchard in Danvers, Massachusetts. Now, both the town and the farm are issuing written apologies. In a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Meses después de una polémica batalla judicial entre la compañÃa más valiosa del mundo y uno de los videojuegos más populares del mundo, una jueza ordenó a Apple que permitiera a los desarrolladores usar opciones de pago externas, pero no llegó a llamar a la compañÃa un monopolio. La
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The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry voiced its opposition to President Joe Biden’s vaccine plan on the basis that it takes away businesses’ freedom of choice.
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN A newly formed White House council to promote competition across the US economy and lower costs for American families is holding its first meeting on Friday in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The White House will be rolling out a new website for this council, called the White House
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