By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Tennessee court has decided a Black man convicted of aggravated assault deserves a new trial because evidence was improperly admitted and the jury deliberated in a room filled with tributes to the Confederacy, according to court documents. Judge James Curwood Witt Jr. said in an opinion filed last week that
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A homeless camp visible from Interstate 240 in Asheville is about to be cleared. Officials said the camp is on state highway property and those living there will have to leave by the end of the week. The encampment, which
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Neo and Trinity have still got it. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are reprising their roles as Neo and Trinity in “The Matrix Resurrections,” the fourth installment in “The Matrix” franchise. In the latest trailer for the eagerly awaited film, the pair are shown getting into some serious action. “I
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By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House touted a series of positive milestones for the administration’s pandemic response Tuesday as the nation experiences rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about the new Omicron variant. It comes as the US is experiencing rising cases — the highest case count since September — with nearly 60,000 people currently
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By Gregory Lemos The Mississippi man put to death on November 17 for the 2010 murder of his wife and sexual assault of her 12-year-old daughter confessed in his final days to also murdering his sister-in-law. First Circuit District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday David Neal Cox penned a note to the DA’s office that disclosed
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Environmental activists argued the Navy’s suspension of its World War II-era fuel tanks at Red Hill is just a first step, but simply not enough to protect public health. They said a suspension doesn’t necessarily solve the problem. The Sierra Club of
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By STEPHEN WHYNO and JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writers China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL competition. The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed China’s participation after reviewing players’ eligibility. Players who will
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By AAMER MADHANI and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are squaring off over the massive buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. The U.S. president is eager to use his video call with Putin to serve notice that Moscow will face economy-jarring sanctions if it
Continue Reading By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer An eight-year project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research has reached a conclusion. About half the scientific claims didn’t hold up. The Reproducibility Project reported its results Tuesday. The team repeated 50 experiments from cancer biology papers published from 2010 to 2012 in
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Thousands of desperate Afghans were unable to flee the Taliban following the fall of Kabul because the British government’s response to the crisis was disorganized and slow, a whistleblower has claimed. Britain’s then-Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab took several hours to respond to urgent requests, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted vital
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story LIVINGSTON, Illinois (KMOV) — For Terry Wray and his neighbors, picking up the mail isn’t a simple walk to the end of the drive way. Instead it’s a 20 minutes drive to the neighboring town. “You cannot mail anything in Livingston,” explained Wray. He’s the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Esta semana llega a su fin la fase de grupos de la edición 2021-2022 de la Champions League, el torneo de fútbol de clubes más importante del mundo. En esta última jornada de la fase de grupos (la número seis) se jugarán ocho partidos este martes y otros ocho el miércoles.
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook over its own admitted failure to stop the spread of hate speech that contributed to violence in Myanmar. This week, law firms in the United States and United Kingdom have launched a legal campaign against Meta, Facebook’s parent company, over allegations that executives knew of
Continue Reading By Gloria Borger, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will no longer cooperate with the House select committee investigating January 6 insurrection, according to a letter from his attorney to the panel, which was obtained by CNN on Tuesday. “We agreed to provide thousands of pages of
Continue ReadingBy TORRENCE BANKS Click here for updates on this story Moore County, Tennessee (WSMV) — A EF-1 tornado was confirmed in Moore County Monday. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the tornado hit at 7:42 a.m. near Normandy and Tullahoma. The tornado crossed Brinkley Road which led to several trees being uprooted. Afterward, it
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, an attorney for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says Meadows will not cooperate with a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, citing a breakdown in negotiations with the panel. Attorney George Terwilliger said in
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y su par de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, mantuvieron este martes una cumbre virtual en medio de la creciente tensión por una posible invasión rusa a Ucrania. El encuentro comenzó minutos después de las 10 a.m. hora de Miami, según informó un funcionario estadounidense,
Continue ReadingBy ALLEN DEVLIN Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A midtown condo complex is on edge after security camera footage showed a masked man break into their mailroom around 1:38 a.m. Monday with a crowbar and then use a large machete to break into mailboxes, stealing the letters and parcels inside.
Continue Reading Jack Guy, CNN US billionaire Michael Steinhardt has surrendered 180 stolen relics worth an estimated $70 million and agreed to an “unprecedented” lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities, officials in Manhattan have said. Investigators found that Steinhardt, one of the world’s largest ancient art collectors, was in possession of looted artifacts smuggled out of 11 countries
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French Open director Guy Forget has stepped down. The French Tennis Federation says Forget’s contract was to expire at the end of the year. The federation adds his replacement at the helm of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament will be announced soon. Forget had been running the tournament at Roland Garros since
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