By Brianna Keilar and Margaret Given (CNN) — Last year, Eddie Peterson lost consciousness at his home in Memphis and stopped breathing. His wife, Lori, saved his life, performing CPR on him until paramedics arrived. Peterson has Parkinson’s. His 76-year-old body is failing him, and has been for decades, but his mind is almost as
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — While much of the oxygen in the US political conversation is sucked up by former President Donald Trump’s forthcoming trials, there is other news to report. What could in hindsight be a milestone moment occurred Tuesday in Washington when the government announced the first 10 prescription drugs
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CNN By Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself. For roughly three-and-a-half hours Monday, Meadows testified about his job at the White House
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CNN By Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself. For roughly three-and-a-half hours Monday, Meadows testified about his job at the White House
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier has played through the scenario in his head. There is a big cheer from the crowd, and he sees a fan running toward him. “Every time I hear the fans go crazy out of nowhere I always turn around,” Kiermaier
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The creme de la creme of late night is teaming up for a good cause while their shows remain on hold due to the ongoing writers’ strike. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver are joining forces for a new limited podcast entitled “Strike Force
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 wrongfully convicted people from across the country have expressed their support for Adnan Syed in a recent court filing as his case continues crawling through the appeal process. The protracted legal saga received widespread attention from the “Serial” podcast and has since pitted crime
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court says police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret. Justices on Tuesday rejected an attempt by state officials to prevent the release of a police report about a 2016 patient death at Connecticut’s only maximum-security psychiatric
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history continues to burn through land and threaten rural communities, which are used to flooding and hurricanes this time of year rather than drought and blazes. Louisiana has had an unprecedented wildfire season as dry conditions and extreme
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Couples filling out marriage certificates in Boston will no longer be required to identify their sex or gender. Officials say the policy adopted Tuesday is the first change the city has made since issuing new gender-awareness guidelines. The goal is to provide more dignity to people whose gender or sexual identities have
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CNN, WTVD By Nick Valencia, Devon M. Sayers and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday is a graduate student at the school, UNC police said in a news release Tuesday. Tailei Qi, the grad student,
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Home crowd favorite Jessica Pegula made the perfect start to her US Open campaign, beating underdog Camila Giorgi in straight sets. Pegula made light work of her Italian opponent, breezing to a 6-2 6-2 opening-round victory in just an hour and 22 minutes. The 29-year-old American is considered by
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Warner Bros. has swapped its wands for pink heels. Summer smash “Barbie” is the highest-grossing global release in the studio’s 100-year history, beating out 2011’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” edged out the saga’s finale by $767,505, according to Comscore projections.
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Aug. 20 presidential election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61% of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres’ 39%. After weeks of uncertainty, the top electoral court finally
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for former NFL player Michael Oher are seeking his school records and information about contracts and payouts related to the film “The Blind Side.” This is part of his highly publicized effort to end a legal agreement between him and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy.
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DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout Albert Okwuegbunam is headed to Philadelphia. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported that the Denver Broncos traded the tight end to the Eagles, along with a seventh-round 2025 draft pick in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round pick. Okwuegbunam was originally drafted to Denver, as a fourth-round pick, in 2020. He
Continue ReadingBy Joe Pagonakis Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Ahmed Salem is a Cleveland Glenville homeowner who reports the three families living in his double home have been dealing with a nightmare ever since heavy storms hit Northeast Ohio late last week. Salem told News 5 the families and their six
Continue ReadingBy Angela Williams Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Just days into Mississippi’s alligator season, a group of local hunters set a new state record. Tanner White, of Flora; Don Woods, of Oxford; Will Thomas, of Madison and Joey Clark, of Jackson, harvested a massive male alligator over the weekend
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite. The expedition is being organized by RMS Titanic Inc., the
Continue ReadingBy Kingston Rivera Click here for updates on this story SEASIDE, California (KSBW) — A Seaside man has been arrested for involuntary manslaughter after one person died from an overdose in the Deer Flats neighborhood. On Sunday, Aug. 20, Monterey police responded to calls of an overdose death. Authorities investigated the circumstances around the death
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