MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River belonged to a man connected to an investigation into the deaths of eight migrants. Akwesasne police said Friday that the coroner’s office identified the man as a 30-year-old local resident who had been missing since March. Casey Oakes’ boat
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By Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Mar-a-Lago employee referenced in the superseding indictment adding major accusations against former President Donald Trump and a new co-defendant to the case has been identified by two people close to the investigation as Yuscil Taveras, an information technology worker. Taveras oversaw the surveillance camera footage
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Carlee Russell was charged with false reporting to
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September. A person familiar with the postponement plans but not authorized to speak publicly pending an official announcement confirmed the delay Friday. No information about
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NFL players compete all offseason and through training camp to make the active roster of their current team or perhaps elsewhere. Staying there isn’t easy. Especially with injuries a constant factor in such a physical sport. When the regular season begins, each team can have up to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este jueves sorprendió una revelación respecto de visitas a enfermos en el periodo de aislamiento obligatorio por el covid-19 en Argentina. Sylvia Brunoldi, presidenta de la Liga Argentina de Protección al Diabético (LAPDI), sacó a la luz un dato inesperado en el marco de un encuentro en el Centro Cultural
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kara Alaimo (CNN) — Parents are putting AirTags on their kids to keep track of them these days, according to a recent report in The Washington Post. The $29 device sold by Apple allows parents to track their children’s real-time locations — though it doesn’t always work in rural areas or places far from
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El ministro del Interior de Ecuador, Juan Zapata, confirmó en declaraciones al medio local Teleamazonas que un funcionario de la Policía Nacional aparece en un video, que se volvió viral, junto a miembros de una banda criminal en una cárcel de Guayaquil. “Es confirmado, es un agente policial. Se ha
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. The assistant director of the National Statistics Institute told a congressional committee that workers also were forced to hire criminals in order to carry out census interviews. Susana Pérez Cadena said
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COLUMBIA (KMIZ) A Boonville man has been charged after he is accused of shooting another person during an argument. According to court documents, Treveon Coleman shot a victim during an argument on July 16 using a Smith & Wesson M&P .22 Caliber Handgun. The victim told police that Coleman pointed the gun at them several
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” sold at auction Friday for $125,000. Alda held onto the boots and dog tags for more than 40 years after the show ended but decided to
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he froze up midsentence during a press conference on Wednesday. And now his office is trying to tamp down speculation that he might not fill out his term as leader because of his health.
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy developer Orsted over a lucrative tax break the state approved for the company. They say the law is illegal because it was written to benefit only one entity. Protect Our Coast
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By Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy deflected questions about the additional charges filed Thursday against former President Donald Trump in the case alleging mishandling of classified documents during his time in the White House, instead pointing to President Joe Biden. In his latest defense of Trump, McCarthy questioned why
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking mostly clear conditions throughout the day, with temperatures reaching the 102-103 degree range, with the heat index reaching up into the 106-108 degree range, which is why we are still in a weather alert day. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a very slight dip in temperatures tomorrow, but still looking intense in terms of
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sarah Gundle (CNN) — Sinéad O’Connor, who died this week at 56, helped me become a better trauma therapist. In 2002, at the very beginning of my career, I worked on a locked psychiatric ward with a patient who wouldn’t engage in conversation — she would only repeat the lyrics to O’Connor’s song “No Man’s Woman,” which had
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The meme traders are back. Shares of Tupperware (TUP) have exploded by about 165% this week and more than 300% over the last month for no discernible reason. The Florida-based container company has been in hot water for some time. Sales are on the decline and Tupperware
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says the banking sector could withstand a severe economic downturn without depleting their financial buffers against losses. A survey of 98 large and medium-sized banks showed Friday that even in the most adverse scenario, banks would still have enough capital to cover losses and then some. Banks
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track “Utopia.” The LP was originally announced back in 2020. The full-length follows 2018’s “Astroworld,” and the Astroworld tragedy Music Festival that resulted in 10 deaths due to a crowd surge.
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The IOC has assured Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan that she will have a place at the Paris Olympics next year after she was disqualified from a key ranking event for refusing to shake hands with a Russian she had beaten. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach
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