By BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Melissa Powell endured a harrowing assault during a robbery nearly a decade ago, and although her attacker went to prison, he did not pay a dime of the $4,685 in restitution. Then the defendant, Joseph Scott Caples, came into some unexpected
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — State authorities say the leader of a crime gang notorious for siphoning gasoline from government fuel pipelines has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping. José Antonio Yépez Ortiz had been one of Mexico’s most wanted suspects prior to his arrest on Aug. 2, 2020, following a shootout with
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Governors and state lawmakers are prioritizing climate change as they write their state budgets, devoting money to lowering emissions and guarding against natural disasters such as flood and fire. The spending comes as most states are flush with cash: Tax collections have exceeded expectations, and states
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER and JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press To his critics, Novak Djokovic has been cavalier and reckless in the face of a deadly pandemic. But students of the tennis star’s game note that bending reality has been a secret to his success, until now. The saga playing out in Australia over Djokovic’s refusal to
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER and JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press To his critics, Novak Djokovic has been cavalier and reckless in the face of a deadly pandemic. But students of the tennis star’s game note that bending reality has been a secret to his success, until now. The saga playing out in Australia over Djokovic’s refusal to
Continue ReadingBy TYLER FINGERT Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Photos is how friends and family of 18-year-old Jireh Portis remember her. Pictures and memories are now all they have left. The teenager was killed overnight. Police say at the hands of her boyfriend. “People loved her,” said her father Darrel
Continue Reading By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Lawmakers in Kosovo have held an extraordinary session to reject allowing the country’s ethnic Serb minority to vote in a Serb referendum in Kosovo. The resolution they passed said the move violates the country’s constitution, laws and international practice. Kosovo police stopped at
Continue ReadingBy Alex Corradetti Click here for updates on this story WEST MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Friends of a 14-year-old boy killed in West Milwaukee Wednesday night are mourning his death. According to West Milwaukee police, the crime happened near 39th and National around 3:15 p.m. Police were called to the scene for a suspicious situation
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quest for the fortune left behind by multimillionaire murderer Robert Durst is underway just days after his death. A lawyer for the family of his missing first wife notified the real estate tycoon’s trust Tuesday that it would be seeking more than $100 million from
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Porterfield Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — She was picking up a DoorDash order at Shake Shack when a man tried to steal her car with her kids inside. The attempted carjacking led to a shootout between the suspect and an off-duty detective. She spoke exclusively with CBS 58’s
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Europa tiene una larga y sangrienta historia de guerras, de fronteras brutalmente disputadas y naciones e imperios que labraron destructivos surcos lejos de casa. Pero una triste cosecha de dolor y pérdida después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue seguida por décadas de relativa paz y prosperidad, incluso durante una
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police say they are investigating as a homicide the death of a Topeka man. The Topeka Police Department said Saturday in a news release that officers found the body Friday while responding to a call regarding “a past assault with medical response.” The man was identified as 39-year-old Mack Lee. The
Continue Reading LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting on an Amtrak train as a 30-year-old man from Independence, Missouri. Police were called around 9:15 p.m. Friday to the Amtrak station in Independence where they found that Richie T. Aaron Jr. had been shot while the train had been stopped
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you’re a parent, you’re intimately acquainted with one question that hatches an infinite number of them: Why? If asking and investigating “why” is good enough for Nancy Drew, or the Scooby-Doo gang trawling for the truth in the Mystery Machine, that’s the only motivation we need. From the time we’re
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you’re a parent, you’re intimately acquainted with one question that hatches an infinite number of them: Why? If asking and investigating “why” is good enough for Nancy Drew, or the Scooby-Doo gang trawling for the truth in the Mystery Machine, that’s the only motivation we need. From the time we’re
Continue Reading HOULTON, Maine (AP) — Two radio announcers calling a Maine high school girl’s basketball game have been fired after they mocked players for being overweight. The Portland Press Herald reported that the comments were made by two broadcasters on Houlton radio station WHOU-FM on Thursday during a game between teams from Central Aroostook and Easton.
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HOULTON, Maine (AP) — Two radio announcers calling a Maine high school girl’s basketball game have been fired after they mocked players for being overweight. The Portland Press Herald reported that the comments were made by two broadcasters on Houlton radio station WHOU-FM on Thursday during a game between teams from Central Aroostook and Easton.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda Londres (CNN) — Es difícil imaginar un peor comienzo de 2022 para el príncipe Andrés. El segundo hijo de la reina fue despojado de sus preciados títulos reales y será el único de sus hermanos al que ya no se le llamará Su Alteza Real, anunció el jueves el palacio de Buckingham.
Continue Reading PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Catastrophe has been averted after a dramatic fire near a chemical plant burned through the night and into Saturday morning in northern New Jersey. Its smoke was so heavy that it was detected on weather radar and was seen and smelled in nearby New York City. The fire at Majestic Industries
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has announced he will step down as the country’s Test captain, following a series defeat against South Africa. In a statement posted to social media on Saturday, the batsman said his seven-year tenure had been comprised of “hard work, toil and relentless perseverance to take the team
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