KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal indictment accuses a Missouri man and others of breaking into a prehistoric Native American archeological site and using shovels, rakes and other tools to dig up artifacts, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Seventy-year-old Johnny Lee Brown of Clinton was charged in an 11-count indictment filed
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Julia Buckley, CNN With its cliff-chiseled road, dramatic curves and sheer drops towards the turquoise sea far below, the Amalfi Coast has become an iconic road trip destination. A little too iconic, perhaps — because these days, it has become as legendary for its traffic as for its spectacular setting. Tales of miles-long backups abound,
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By Barbara Starr, Jeremy Herb and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it was providing an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine to fight Russia, a package that includes shipments of additional howitzers, ammunition and coastal defense systems. US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former eastern Iowa police officer faces possible prison time after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl last year while he was on duty. Andrew Patrick Denoyer, 24, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Scott County District Court to three counts of third-degree sexual assault, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Continue Reading Lianne Kolirin, CNN Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg, eastern Germany, despite acknowledging that it is anti-Semitic. The sandstone carving, which has been part of the exterior of Wittenberg Stadtkirche — or city church — since around 1290, depicts two people
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of a few strong to severe storms for areas north of I-70 tonight. THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE: Isolated strong storms have produced nickel to quarter sized hail along with heavy rain over Randolph and Monroe counties, where 2-3″ of rain has
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HALLE, Germany (AP) — Defending champion Ugo Humbert and the second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas have both been eliminated from the Halle Open in the second round. Humbert lost to Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (5), 6-3, and Nick Kyrgios fought back to beat Tsitsipas 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the grass-court tournament. Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev advanced by beating David
Continue Reading GAIBA, Italy (AP) — Top-seeded Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium needed just 45 minutes to ease into the quarterfinals of the Veneto Open, beating compatriot Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-2. She will next face Ylena In-Albon after the Swiss player beat compatriot Susan Bandecchi 6-3, 6-3. Third-seeded Lucia Bronzetti and fifth-seeded Arantxa Rus were eliminated. It
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Tribunal Superior de Bogotá ordenó a los candidatos presidenciales Gustavo Petro y Rodolfo Hernández programar un debate presidencial a más tardar en 48 horas luego de emitido el fallo. Amparándose en el “derecho fundamental de participar en la conformación del poder polÃtico”, el Tribunal Superior le dio la
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN In an international child custody dispute, the Supreme Court said Wednesday that once a US court finds that returning an abducted child to the home country would subject the child to grave risk, courts are not required to consider whether there are some measures that can be
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed, Priscilla Alvarez and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Wednesday brought by a group of Republican-led states seeking to intervene in a case challenging the Trump-era “public charge” immigration policy, a version of which the Biden administration has abandoned. The case did not center on the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — A medida que las turbulentas aguas comienzan a bajar, luego de obligar a cerrar temporalmente el Parque Nacional de Yellowstone y provocar la evacuación de decenas de residentes locales, los responsables del parque y las comunidades del sur de Montana evalúan los daños catastróficos y se preparan para la posibilidad de más
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By Jennifer Korn and David Goldman, CNN Business After nearly 27 years, an iconic Microsoft product is finally being put to rest. Internet Explorer 11 is now incompatible with Microsoft products, as announced by the company in a blog post Wednesday. The move comes over a year after Microsoft first announced its intention to phase
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot has released footage that shows one of the individuals to whom GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia gave a tour on January 5 was outside the building during the insurrection screaming threats about House
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe and Ray Sanchez, CNN Alleged mass shooter Payton S. Gendron faces multiple federal hate crime charges carrying the potential of the death penalty in the killing of 10 Black people last month at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. The charges against the White suspect came as
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — No cuentes con Bill Gates entre los fans de las criptomonedas y los tokens no fungibles (NFT, por sus siglas en inglés). Esas tendencias de activos digitales están “100% basadas en la teorÃa del tonto mayor”, dijo el cofundador de Microsoft este martes en una conferencia de
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN A coal mine in a remote part of Russia is spewing out huge amounts of a very potent greenhouse gas in what has been described as the “biggest” leak of methane ever detected from a single facility. The Raspadskya Mine in Kemerovo region in southern Russia is releasing nearly 90 tonnes
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business High inflation and rising recession risks are darkening the mood in the manufacturing industry. Fifty-nine percent of manufacturing leaders say inflationary pressures are making a recession more likely within the next year, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the National Association of Manufacturers. Three-quarters of manufacturers say inflationary
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press Ask a man about gender equality, and you’re likely to hear the U.S. has made great strides in the 50 years since the landmark anti-discrimination law Title IX was passed. Ask a woman, and the answer probably will be quite different. According to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Monumental Sports & Entertainment is opening a business suite in Washington’s Capital One Arena that will be operational on a year-round basis. The group that owns the NHL’s Capitals and NBA’s Wizards unveiled the project Wednesday in conjunction with professional services company KPMG. The team and company hope the
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