DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s military says Israeli warplanes fired missiles on the port of the coastal city of Latakia causing fire without inflicting any human losses. Syria’s state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that several missiles struck the containers area in the port early Tuesday setting some of them on fire.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Denis O’Brien, who served as George Harrison’s manager for much of the former Beatle’s solo career and co-founded with Harrison the production company that backed such hits as “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” and “Mona Lisa,” has died at age 80. Through the actor Peter Sellers, whose career he had helped
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By Jamie Gangel, Michael Warren and Ryan Nobles, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, is cooperating with the January 6 committee, a significant development that will give investigators insight from one of the highest-ranking Trump officials, according to three sources with knowledge of the committee’s activities. CNN is
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El número de casos positivos de covid-19 entre la tripulación y los pasajeros a bordo del crucero Breakaway de Norwegian Cruise Line ha aumentado a 17, según el Departamento de Sanidad de Louisiana. El barco desembarcó en Nueva Orleans el domingo y anteriormente se habían detectado 10 casos de covid-19. Todos
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state court judge in Oklahoma has granted a temporary stay of execution for a death row inmate convicted of killing a security guard during a 2004 bank robbery in Tulsa. Pittsburg County Associate District Judge Tim Mills issued the stay on Monday so that
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo says he’s dropping his SiriusXM radio show. The decision announced on Twitter follows a sexual harassment allegation. In a tweet, Cuomo said the past week has been difficult for his family and is stepping back to focus on what comes next. Cuomo was criticized for breaching
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The New England Patriots will be minus their top tackler, safety Kyle Dugger, for their game at the Buffalo Bills. Dugger was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday. Linebacker Jamie Collins returns after missing the past three weeks with an ankle injury, and was activated off injured reserve hours
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The start of North Carolina candidate filing for U.S. House and legislative seats was blocked by an appeals court panel. But it was restored hours later. A three-judge panel of the intermediate level appeals court issued a ruling on Monday morning telling
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat is expensive. That’s the conclusion of a study presented Monday by The Nature Conservancy. The organization commissioned a look at the costs of rising temperatures in Phoenix, the hottest large metropolitan area in the U.S. The Nature Conservancy worked with Phoenix-based business management consultant AECOM.
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press A prosecutor continues to criticize the decision to keep a teenager in a Michigan school before a shooting that killed four students last week. Karen McDonald’s remarks raise questions about whether staff and the school district will face liability — criminal or civil — in the tragedy. Ethan Crumbley is
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state panel has agreed to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role. The Iowa State Appeal Board on Monday approved the court ordered
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Fred Hiatt, a foreign correspondent who rose in 2000 to become The Washington Post’s editorial page editor, died Monday at a hospital in New York City. He was 66. According to the newspaper, his wife, Margaret “Pooh” Shapiro, said Hiatt had cardiac arrest while visiting his daughter in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov.
Continue Reading EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An appeals court in Washington state has overturned the cold-case murder convictions against a man accused of killing a young Canadian couple in 1987. Detectives arrested William Earl Talbott II in 2018 using genetic genealogy to identify him as the killer of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg. The practice involves
Continue ReadingBy Nic Garcia Click here for updates on this story VISALIA, California (KFSN) — Authorities have identified the four people killed in a plane crash near the Visalia airport over the weekend. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says 78-year-old David Chelini, his 58-year-old nephew Steven Chelini, and his two daughters, 46-year-old Karen Baker and 48-year-old
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Many have likely enjoyed this stretch of relatively calm and quiet weather. The dry has no doubt given folks ample time to enjoy fall outdoors, but when do we stop asking for sunny days, and start counting the days to the next rain chance in the forecast? While it’s been pretty dry lately, the year
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who was executed in Mississippi last month for killing his estranged wife admitted to another killing, and that confession may resolve a 2007 cold case. John Weddle is the district attorney for several counties in northern Mississippi. He told a news conference
Continue ReadingBy KFSN Staff Click here for updates on this story CLOVIS, California (KFSN) — A Clovis High School teacher is charged with having sex with a student. Someone reported an inappropriate relationship between a student and a teacher. Officers arrested 31-year-old Amanda Hubble on Saturday, and she is now out of jail on bond. She’s
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By Ariane de Vogue and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A controversial commission set up by President Joe Biden to explore changes to the US Supreme Court concluded in a draft final report Monday that there was “profound” disagreement over whether to add more seats to the bench but suggested more consensus for term limits for the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud hizo este lunes una fuerte recomendación en contra del uso de plasma de convalecencia para tratar a los pacientes con covid-19, afirmando que no hay indicios de que ayude a los pacientes y que su administración requiere tiempo y recursos. “El Grupo de Desarrollo de
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Sandy Brondello is out as the Phoenix Mercury’s coach after leading the team to the WNBA Finals in her eighth season. The Mercury announced that the team and Brondello mutually agreed to part ways and her contract will not be renewed. Her contract expired after the 2021 season. Brondello led the Mercury
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