FRISCO, Texas (AP) — A Texas police department is apologizing after a typo made while checking a license plate resulted in officers pulling over what they wrongly suspected was a stolen car and then holding an innocent Black family at gunpoint. Frisco police acknowledged the traffic stop was caused by an officer misreading the car’s
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By Ashley Killough and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas was handcuffed and placed on the ground face-first by local law enforcement while he was trying to assist a teenage girl in medical distress at a rodeo over the weekend, according to a witness who spoke to CNN. In a
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TONIGHT: Mostly dry conditions will stick with us through the dinner hour, with mild temperatures. We expect thunderstorms to redevelop later tonight, sometime around midnight. We have issued an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day from 10 p.m. tonight through 10 a.m. tomorrow for flooding. You can read more details in our ABC 17 Stormtrack
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Janet Yang has been re-elected to serve as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization said Tuesday. This will mark Yang’s second term as president of the organization that puts on the Oscars and her fifth year as a governor-atlLarge. Yang’s background in Hollywood
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, WILL WEISSERT and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is now taking a leading role in the Biden administration’s response to prospective Republican challengers, and her top target as of late has been Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In Orlando on Tuesday, she again criticized the
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ challenge to debate his state’s new Black history curriculum as “politically motivated,” marking the latest escalation in a quickly growing feud between the former prosecutor and GOP presidential hopeful. Harris, speaking in Florida Tuesday during a previously scheduled event, accused DeSantis
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By Laura Studley, CNN (CNN) — A motion to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed over the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the “Rust” movie set was denied by a New Mexico judge on Tuesday. Defense attorney Jason Bowles took issue with a statement made in a prosecution
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Cole County Public Works continues to work in the area of a fuel leak that happened last week at Lincoln University’s Alan T. Busby Farm.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer It would be an understatement to say that Brendan Quirk took over a USA Cycling organization in turmoil in December 2021. The national governing body had churned through CEOs, each with their own ideas, every year or two for nearly a decade. But the astute businessman and competitive cyclist
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America The former CEO of a respected South Carolina bank will spend seven years in federal prison for helping Alex Murdaugh steal nearly $2 million from clients’ legal settlements. Russell Laffitte was sentenced Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of six charges related to wire and bank fraud
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By Karol Suarez and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a mountainous rainforest region that connects South and Central America, has broken a new record, according to immigration officials in Panama. The Panama migration authority’s deputy director Maria Isabel Saravia told media that 2022’s already-high number of
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Lunchables, which is making its way into school lunchrooms this fall, is testing out yet another destination for parents to find its grab-and-go snack trays for kids–the produce aisle. Kraft Heinz (KHC), which makes Lunchables, said a new offering of its popular packaged meal for the first
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — General Motors said Tuesday is recalling almost 900 vehicles worldwide because the Takata-made air bag inflator may explode, potentially striking drivers and passengers with sharp metal fragments. The vehicles included are 767 2013 models of the Chevrolet Camaro, Sonic and Volt; and the Buick Verano, in the
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lizzo has been sued by three former dancers who claim they were subjected to a hostile work environment and harassment while they were members of the Grammy-winner’s dance team. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday and obtained by CNN through an attorney for the plaintiffs,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Hay un video viral del actor Angus Cloud que pasó casi desapercibido. La estrella de “Euphoria”, quien murió este lunes a los 25 años, trabajaba como mesero en Brooklyn en 2018 cuando una mujer llamada Darleen Justance visitó el lugar de desayunos para celebrar un cumpleaños con amigos. Cuando el video
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador has sent about 8,000 soldiers and police to comb the rural province of Cabanas for street gang members. The operation announced Tuesday is one of the most massive raids since President Nayib Bukele declared a crackdown on the gangs in March 2022. About 1,000 police officers and 7,000 soldiers
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Lizzo has been sued by three former dancers who accuse the Grammy winner of sexual harassment and allege the singer and her production company created a hostile work environment. The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims Lizzo pressured the dancers to engage with nude performers at
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Two prominent Republicans in Michigan, including a Trump-backed candidate who lost his state attorney general bid, are now facing criminal charges in connection with their alleged role in a plot to access and seize voting machines across that state, according to court documents. Matthew
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — The wife of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann and her attorney told CNN she had “no idea” about her husband’s alleged actions and the flood of public attention has been “extremely overwhelming” for the mother and her two children. The days since Heuermann’s
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UPDATE: Wednesday Afternoon A renewed Areal Flood Watch precedes what will likely be another round of flooding tonight into early Thursday morning. Storms will redevelop after 6 p.m. and bring a risk for heavy and repetitive rainfall, but also severe weather. The threat for severe weather will be higher tonight in comparison to the last
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