Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una mujer que testificó el martes en el juicio por tráfico sexual contra Ghislaine Maxwell dijo que conoció a la cercana confidente de Jeffrey Epstein y al empresario multimillonario cuando tenÃa 14 años. Según ella, estaba comiendo helado con amigos en un campamento donde él era un benefactor. La mujer,
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday sought to reassure Americans that shelves will be stocked this holiday season despite issues with global supply chains, and that his administration is “using every tool available” to bring down high consumer prices. “If you watched the news recently, you might think the shelves in all
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority justices are signaling they will allow states to ban abortion much earlier in pregnancy. And they’re indicating they may go even further to overturn the nationwide Roe v. Wade right that has existed for nearly 50 years. After nearly
Continue Reading By CHRIS PIZZELLO, STEFANIE DAZIO and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles philanthropist and the wife of music legend Clarence Avant has been fatally shot at home in Beverly Hills, California. Police say Jacqueline Avant was killed in the shooting early Wednesday. She was 81. Police Chief Mark Stainbrook
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve can’t be sure that inflation will fade in the second half of next year, as many economists expect, a fresh sign of the Fed’s growing concern about rising prices. Powell, in comments to the House Financial Services
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve can’t be sure that inflation will fade in the second half of next year, as many economists expect, a fresh sign of the Fed’s growing concern about rising prices. Powell, in comments to the House Financial Services
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Friends, family and an entire Michigan high school are grieving the loss of four students after a 15-year-old sophomore allegedly opened fire during the school day, killing four peers and shooting seven others on campus. A suspect was in custody and charged after Tuesday’s shooting at Oxford High
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Wyandotte County officials say a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment shot two children and his girlfriend before shooting himself. The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s office says the suspect and a 7-year-old girl died after the shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas apartment Wednesday morning. Officers responding to a shooting
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By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch Injuries have added no small amount of uncertainty to fantasy teams this week, but there are still some surefire bets to find the end zone in Week 13. These are my best bets to score at the WR and RB positions.
Continue ReadingBy Nate Eaton Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — The EastIdahoNews.com team is busy this holiday season helping a local man gift $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho. Secret Santa is a real person who wants to remain anonymous and hopes to bless as many individuals in
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were eating Thanksgiving leftovers and shopping sales on Black Friday, astronauts on the International Space Station had a special taco night to celebrate their second successful chile pepper harvest. As with the first historic chile pepper picking on October 29, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei had the honor of
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Max Scherzer have finalized a $130 million, three-year deal, a contract that shattered baseball’s record for highest average salary and forms a historically impressive 1-2 atop New York’s rotation with Jacob deGrom. The 37-year-old Scherzer will earn $43.33 million per
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University Athletic Director Jamie Pollard has announced in an open letter to Cyclones fans his diagnosis of testicular cancer. In the letter released on the school’s website, Pollard said his diagnosis began with groin pain about four weeks ago. After finding a lump and going to a doctor, Pollard
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University Athletic Director Jamie Pollard has announced in an open letter to Cyclones fans his diagnosis of testicular cancer. In the letter released on the school’s website, Pollard said his diagnosis began with groin pain about four weeks ago. After finding a lump and going to a doctor, Pollard
Continue Reading By RYAN KRYSKA and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy has become the fourth student to die from a school shooting in Michigan. The Oakland County sheriff’s office identified the teen Wednesday as Justin Shilling. The shooting occurred Tuesday at Oxford High School in Oakland County. The
Continue ReadingBy JOE VIGIL Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A nonprofit that helps people with intellectual disabilities cheered when the FOX5 Surprise Squad came to the rescue this summer. Thieves ripped off catalytic converters from four work vans belonging to Transition Services. Those vans shuttle crews around to clean up
Continue Reading GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who survived a Michigan plane crash that killed her father and three other people has been released from a rehabilitation hospital. Laney Perdue of Gaylord was one of five people in a plane that crashed on Beaver Island off Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula on Nov. 13. The
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Un grupo armado irrumpió este miércoles en una prisión del estado mexicano de Hidalgo y liberó a nueve reclusos, según informó en un comunicado la SecretarÃa de Seguridad Pública estatal (SSP). El incidente se registró en el Centro de Reinserción Social de Tula, a unos 86 kilómetros al oeste de
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Calling all filthy animals: Airbnb is renting out the “Home Alone” house this month for one hijinks-filled night. The very same Chicago-area home that saw a young Macaulay Culkin get the better of the buffoonish Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern will be available for one overnight stay on December 12. Oh,
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s shooting death have seated four more jurors for her trial, including a woman who said she owns both a gun and a stun gun. Kim Potter, who is white, is charged
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