By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some Democratic California lawmakers want to make it easier for people to sue gun-makers and dealers for liability in shootings that cause injuries or deaths. Federal law prevents most such lawsuits. An exception is when gun-makers break state or local laws regarding the sale or marketing
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some Democratic California lawmakers want to make it easier for people to sue gun-makers and dealers for liability in shootings that cause injuries or deaths. Federal law prevents most such lawsuits. An exception is when gun-makers break state or local laws regarding the sale or marketing
Continue ReadingBy Russell Kinsaul Click here for updates on this story SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Several area restaurants closed this week because too many employees caught COVID or were out waiting to get tested. A sign on the door at O’Connell’s Irish Pub, near I-44 and Hampton Road, says the restaurant is closed. It goes
Continue ReadingBy Mary Alice Royse Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville police arrested a man Tuesday after he had been on the run since a fatal shooting in 2017. Fugitive Victor A. Walls, 25, has been arrested today said the MNPD. Walls was wanted on a first-degree murder indictment
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A man was trapped under a MARTA train on Tuesday afternoon, according to Atlanta Fire Rescue. The fire department tweeted at 4:44 p.m. that they were working the incident. Shortly after, the power was turned off at the location of the incident.
Continue Reading By SARAH RANKIN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The waiting is over for the last of the drivers who got stranded overnight on an interstate highway in Virginia. The state Department of Transportation says Interstate 95 south of the nation’s capital has reopened. The highway was plowed and prepped after the
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — A rabbi who was badly wounded in a deadly antisemitic attack at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Yisroel Goldstein was sentenced Tuesday in San Diego. Prosecutors say that in a years-long scam, he
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KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Cameron Champ has withdrawn from the Sentry Tournament of Champions after testing positive for the coronavirus. Champ got into the winners-only event at Kapalua with his victory at the 3M Open in Minnesota last summer. The field now is at 38 players. Champ tested positive at home in Houston before leaving
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Joe Ingles entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Tuesday, the first Utah Jazz player to be added to that list this season. The Jazz had been the only NBA team yet to have a player in protocols this season. All 29 others had a player sidelined by COVID-19
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By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, wants to hear directly from then-Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 presidential election despite an extensive pressure campaign led by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to halt the process. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat,
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Preliminary data shows highest fatality count in 15 years
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Israel detectó la semana pasada su primer caso conocido de “flurona”, la infección simultánea por covid-19 y gripe, según confirmó este martes el Ministerio de Sanidad del país a CNN, lo que plantea interrogantes sobre el impacto que podrían tener los dos virus en alguien que los contraiga al mismo tiempo.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Cincinnati sacks leader Trey Hendrickson and three other starters are among five Bengals that have been placed on the COVID-19 reserve list. Center Trey Hopkins and left guard Quinton Spain were sidelined along with safety Vonn Bell. The fifth player is Akeem Davis-Gaither. The Bengals have clinched the AFC North title
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — En Ecuador, un autobús de transporte público se accidentó este martes y dejó al menos tres fallecidos y 18 heridos, según el Servicio Integrado de Seguridad ECU 911. Los afectados “están siendo atendidos por personal médico del Ministerio de Salud y de la Cruz Roja de Ecuador y trasladados hasta
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An FBI dive team has joined the search for a 3-year-old San Antonio girl reported missing two weeks ago. Lina Sardar Khil was last seen in the playground of a northwest San Antonio apartment complex late the afternoon of Dec. 20. Police Chief William McManus said the 12-member FBI Underwater Search
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The city of Columbia and the Salvation Army are opening warming centers due to extreme low temperatures forecasted for Thursday.
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By Emma Tucker, CNN The fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl when an officer’s bullet ripped through a California department store dressing room wall has raised serious questions about whether he was justified in firing his weapon at a man suspected of attacking a woman with a bicycle lock in the store. The Los Angeles
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile into the sea. The Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fired the projectile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday morning. It gave no further details. The Japanese Defense Ministry said that North Korea fired what was likely a
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos who was convicted earlier this month on four out of 11 federal fraud and conspiracy charges, will not be sentenced until September 26, according to a new filing. The prosecution and defense had proposed September 12 for a sentencing hearing in a
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A family that was stuck on Interstate 95 and other roads in Virginia by a snowstorm says they went more than 18 hours without eating or sleeping. Jennifer Travis, her husband and their 12-year-old daughter were driving home to northern Virginia from Florida when the storm stranded them on I-95.
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