By Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — Centers that help abused children are breathing a sigh of relief after a plan to cut federal funding will not go through. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said the funding, which comes from the Victims of Crime Act,
Continue ReadingBy Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A Mobile woman is jailed after police say she shot her husband during an argument. Loretta Easter, 48, remains in Metro Jail — charged with domestic violence second degree. Mobile Police tell us officers responded around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to a
Continue ReadingBy KYW Staff, Jasmine Payoute Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 4-year-old boy was shot inside a barbershop in Philadelphia’s Olney section on Sunday, police say. The shooting happened on the 5000 block of Rising Sun Avenue just after 5 p.m. Police say the boy was shot once in the
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Elon Musk’s legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk’s case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. Twitter’s former security chief Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle “Mudge” — received a
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking clashes with security forces in which at least five protesters were killed. Protesters loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pulled
Continue Reading By MICHELLE A. MONROE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Two people have been killed and five injured — including two police officers — when a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle and wearing tactical gear began a seemingly random attack in Phoenix on Sunday night. According to a statement released Monday morning, the suspect was
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, just over two months before the November election. The White House and local labor union leaders Monday said that Biden plans to speak at Milwaukee’s Laborfest celebration and also
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the decision says the Tennessee Titans have told three-time Pro Bowl punter Brett Kern that he will be released. Kern had been the Titans’ longest-tenured player. He was picked up off waivers during the 2009 season. The
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El último miembro restante de una aislada tribu indígena brasileña murió, dijo el sábado la agencia de protección indígena de Brasil, Funai. El hombre, conocido como el ‘Hombre del Agujero’ había vivido en completo aislamiento durante 26 años en la tierra indígena Tanaru, en lo profundo de la Amazonía brasileña en el
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The massive security fences that had been guarding the perimeter of the Supreme Court were removed over the weekend, even though the building is still closed to the public. A Supreme Court spokesperson declined to comment on security arrangements. Security around the building was fortified last spring
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk’s legal team has subpoenaed former Twitter head of security and whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to appear for a deposition in its legal fight against Twitter over their acquisition deal on September 9. The subpoena, which was sent Thursday and filed publicly on Monday, comes days after Zatko publicly
Continue Reading By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — One Cuban man endured a trek through eight countries that lasted more than a month. Another man paid a small fortune for a furtive speedboat trip. A third decided to risk a perilous passage aboard a homemade raft rather than stay a moment longer on the island.
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Soaring inflation has made almost everything more expensive. And it has significantly increased the cost of one major budget buster — raising kids. It now costs $310,605 for a married middle-income couple with two children to raise their youngest child from birth through high school, according to a recent estimate from
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Honda has struck a deal with Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution to build a $4.4 billion US factory to supply its electric vehicles. The partners haven’t announced where in the United States they’ll build the factory. They said in a joint news release Monday that they plan to begin
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By Pete Muntean, CNN Air traveler complaints in June were up a whopping 270% from pre-pandemic levels, according to new US Department of Transportation data released Monday. Complaints from May to June of this year were up nearly 35% as airlines canceled thousands of flights in the beginning of the summer travel season, the data
Continue ReadingBy Greg Dailey Click here for updates on this story OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (KCTV) — Multiple agencies said Monday morning they were looking for a hospital employee and patient reported missing from a state psychiatric hospital. The Miami County Sheriff’s Office stated 20-year-old Jamey Anderson, who works at Osawatomie State Hospital, left in her vehicle with
Continue Reading By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV (AP) — A U.N. nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission Monday to safeguard the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine, a long-awaited trip the world hopes will help avoid a radioactive catastrophe. The stakes couldn’t be higher for the group
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La temporada 2022 de torneos Grand Slam está a punto de finalizar. Pero, antes de que acabe, tiene un platillo que ningún aficionado al tenis puede perderse: el US Open. El Abierto de Estados Unidos será, como lo dicta la costumbre, el último Grand Slam del año, luego del Abierto de
Continue ReadingBy CBS Team, Astrid Martinez Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — People in the city are worried about the increasing number of criminals using mopeds in snatch-and-grab robberies. CBS2’s Astrid Martinez has more on the crime wave. Blink and you might just become a victim. Riding quickly along roads and
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Yeshiva University filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to block a court order requiring the New York university to recognize a “Pride Alliance” LGBTQ student club. In court papers, the school says that “As a deeply religious Jewish university, Yeshiva cannot comply
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