BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police in Argentina have detained a man on suspicion of killing a 12-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his house amid anger over escalating drug-related violence in the city of Rosario. The unrest in Argentina’s third-largest city has come after a threat was directed at soccer superstar Lionel Messi last week.
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press The death toll rose to two on Monday following a stampede at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, that authorities said may have been triggered by unfounded fears of gunfire. The Memphis rap stars GloRilla and Finesse2tymes had finished performing Sunday night at Rochester’s Main Street Armory when something
Continue Reading BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 17-year-old has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and other crimes in the fatal shootings of a girl he was dating and two other people in suburban Chicago. The Will County State’s Attorney’s Office identifies the suspect as Byrion Montgomery. He has also been charged with
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press An employee of Catholic Charities in Omaha, Nebraska, alleges in a lawsuit that she suffered emotional distress when the organization held an active shooter drill but didn’t tell employees it was fake. The employee, Sandra Lopez, says in her lawsuit that administrators went along with the drill despite knowing it
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A resident and members of Myanmar’s anti-government resistance say soldiers have rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people. It was the latest in what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death by Mississippi Capitol Police last year told some state lawmakers Monday that she strongly opposes giving the state-run law enforcement agency wider territory to patrol inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. “That
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea, a day after the U.S. flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber in a demonstration of strength against the North. The
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Hope Hicks met Monday with Manhattan prosecutors who are investigating hush-money payments made to women on the ex-president’s behalf — the latest member of the Republican’s inner circle to be questioned in the renewed probe. Hicks and her lawyer, Robert Trout,
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By Shania Shelton, CNN Florida, West Virginia and Missouri withdrew on Monday from the Electronic Registration Information Center, the bipartisan multi-state partnership aimed at helping states maintain accurate voter rolls. ERIC is a nonprofit system that helps participating states keep their registration rolls accurate and up to date by analyzing voter data and sharing reports
Continue Reading By ALFREDO PEÑA and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Four Americans who traveled to Mexico last week to seek health care got caught in a deadly shootout and were kidnapped by heavily armed men who threw them in the back of a pickup truck, officials from both countries said Monday. The
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Una jueza de instrucción de República Dominicana envió este lunes a juicio a Fausto Miguel Cruz de la Mota, acusado de matar al ministro de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Orlando Jorge Mera, el 6 de junio de 2022 en las instalaciones del ministerio. La medida judicial la confirmó la
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston’s Justin Turner needed 16 stitches after he was hit on the face with a pitch in Monday’s game against the Detroit Tigers. The 38-year-old fell to the ground after getting hit by right-hander Matt Manning. Medical personnel rushed to the plate, and Turner was bleeding and had a towel
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By CNN’s Philip Wang and CNNE’s Abel Alvarado Thousands of sea lions have died in Peru amid an outbreak of bird flu, according to Peru’s National Service of Protected Areas by the State (SERNANP). Avian flu, also known as H5N1, has spread across multiple species in the country. An initial outbreak among birds was first
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Proposed initiatives may face a new hurdle to qualifying for the Arkansas ballot. The state Senate has approved a measure that more than triples the number of counties where signatures supporting ballot measures must be gathered. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk. Supporters
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It’s Monday March 6, which means it’s the first day of Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Each day, we’re going to cover a variety of topics to help keep you ready in in the know when inclement weather comes into your area. The best way to receive information on inclement weather in your area is to
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to terms with quarterback Geno Smith on a three-year contract that keeps the AP comeback player of the year in the Pacific Northwest. The contract is the first big payday in Smith’s career. He will go into 2023 as the
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By Steve Contorno, CNN In the coming weeks, Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to show Floridians — and the country — just how much further he is willing to go than any other Republican leader to turn his state into a conservative vision where abortion is nearly outlawed, guns can be carried in public without
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to take appropriate precautions at its meat-packing plants during the early days of the COVID pandemic. In the lawsuit, filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court in Tyson’s home state of
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three Republican-led states on Monday pulled out of a bipartisan effort among states to ensure accurate voter lists, undermining a system with a demonstrated record of combating voter fraud. The moves, encouraged by former President Donald Trump, are the latest indication of
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Chris Evans and Ana de Armas are back in action. Four years after co-starring in the 2019 murder mystery “Knives Out,” the actors have teamed back up in the Apple TV+ movie “Ghosted,” where they have to work their way out of a romantic gesture gone awry. The trailer for “Ghosted”
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