By Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Detectives with the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office have found more files on an electronic device belonging to Wayne Parks. After a further forensic examination of Parks’ devices, an additional 8,417 files (videos and images) of child pornography were found on his
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By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations. The preliminary estimate is more than 2.5 times California’s $300 billion annual budget, and does not include
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Keanu Reeves is intensely private about his personal life. But when he does have something to say, he makes it special. Such was the case when the “John Wick 4” star was recently asked by People magazine to identify his last moments of bliss. He replied, “A couple of days
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Natchitoches Parish Detention Center Inmate who is no stranger to escape attempts, escaped a Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Detention Center Transport Van Tuesday afternoon while being transported to the detention center following a two-day jury trial, according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Investigators in Sweden have determined that a powdered substance found in letters received by several county boards is harmless. Swedish media reported that employees were evacuated in some places and at least two people were taken to hospitals after the suspicious letters arrived on Wednesday. A police spokesperson in southern Sweden
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN One of the highest profile jobs in retail will change hands next year. Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette will retire in 2024, the company announced Wednesday. Gennette, 61, has been Macy’s CEO for seven years. He led the 165-year-old department store chain through the rise of Amazon, the Covid-19 pandemic, and industry
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday that Credit Suisse has kept allowing wealthy Americans to dodge tax payments, finding after a two-year investigation that the embattled Swiss bank violated a 2014 plea agreement over allowing tax evasion by its clients. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee pointed
Continue Reading By JULIE PACE and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president invited his powerful Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit the war-torn nation, saying they haven’t been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.” “I want to speak with
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Adidas is backpedaling fast over its latest attempt to protect its iconic three-stripe mark. The German sportswear company said Wednesday it was dropping its opposition to an attempt by a Black Lives Matter campaign group to trademark a logo featuring three parallel stripes. “Adidas will withdraw its opposition to the Black
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By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — On Monday, the Asheville Police Department (APD) located and arrested 21-year-old Calvin Tyler Dion, the man accused of striking and killing a cyclist in a hit-and-run. He was taken into custody near the 290 block of Riverside Drive around 5:37
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Senator Bernie Sanders, who has roundly criticized former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over the company’s blatant attempts to shut down its own workers’ unionization efforts, finally got to question Schultz during a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday. Over the course of roughly two hours
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By Nadia Kounang, Jen Christensen and Deidre McPhillips, CNN With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan. “The FDA remains committed to addressing the evolving complexities of the overdose crisis. As
Continue Reading By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro says both South Korea and the United States have formally requested extradition of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world. Montenegro’s justice minister said Wednesday that
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By Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man from Western North Carolina has been charged after being accused of starting a house fire that killed two dogs. Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood says deputies responded to a home on Ivy Hill Road on Sunday, March
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN The Bank of England has called for urgent action to address a weak spot in the UK financial system as persistent worries about the global banking sector threaten to unleash fresh market turmoil. The central bank said Wednesday that UK banks had enough financial resources to avoid shocks but the pensions
Continue ReadingSergio Gomez (CNN Español) — Capcom sigue de dulce. La empresa japonesa desarrolladora y distribuidora de videojuegos está viviendo una época dorada. Título que lanza, título abocado a ser un éxito de crítica, de ventas o de ambos. El remake de “Resident Evil 4” no es una excepción y se coloca como otro indispensable de
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By Zac Summers Click here for updates on this story BRUNSWICK, Georgia (WANF) — The father of a 19-year-old, who was allegedly tortured by teens and nearly died at a party on the Georgia coast, told police the incident wasn’t the first time his son returned home hurt, a police report revealed. According to the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Guinea Ecuatorial, país de África Occidental, declaró un brote de la enfermedad del virus de Marburgo a mediados de febrero. Hubo al menos nueve casos confirmados por laboratorio, siete de los cuales resultaron en la muerte, y 20 casos probables de personas muertas en este brote, según la Organización Mundial de
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump has gone on the attack against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential rival for the Republican nomination in 2024 — bashing the governor over everything from pandemic policy to Social Security. CNN looked into the accuracy of seven of the assertions Trump has
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