By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy visiting Beirut says Washington is looking into possibilities for solving a decades-old border dispute between Lebanon and Israel. Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, spoke in Beirut nearly a year after he brokered a deal on the maritime border
Continue ReadingBy JERMONT TERRY Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Fired-up residents raised their voices Wednesday night at a contentious meeting with city leaders in Hyde Park. The city wants to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a motel in the area – but many residents who packed the meeting Wednesday night
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have decoded an ancient aroma by identifying the ingredients used in Egyptian mummification balms — and resurrected the scent. Those eager to sample this whiff of the past will be able to find what the researchers have dubbed “the scent of the eternity” during an upcoming exhibition at
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced a high-profile journalist to 3 1/2 years for “facilitating extremist activities” and “discrediting Belarus” after she provided data for a renowned human rights group. Fifty-year-old Larysa Shchyrakova will serve her sentence in a high-security penal colony and must pay a
Continue ReadingBy BRAD EDWARDS, JOHN DODGE Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Billy McFarland, who went to prison for orchestrating one of the biggest music festival failures in history, wants you to trust him this time. In April, about seven months after he was released from his prison sentence on a fraud
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In a statement posted online and on social media, the group said this is because they are “facing significantly higher than expected expenses.”
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Ecuador calificó de “atentados terroristas” las explosiones de dos autos en Quito, en hechos ocurridos en las afueras de un edificio del Servicio de Atención de Personas Privadas de la Libertad (SNAI) la noche de este miércoles y madrugada del jueves, según un comunicado del Ministerio del
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WEST COVINA, California (KCAL) — Police were chasing a driver until it came to a sudden and peculiar end. The West Covina Police Department started chasing the suspect after witnessing him speed out of a local motel before driving on the wrong side of the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence nationwide. The proposal comes after a mandate from President Joe Biden to find ways to strengthen background checks following the passage
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces said they had penetrated the “first line” of Russian strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region, in a sign that Kyiv is edging closer to Moscow’s sprawling network of fortified trenches along the southern front. The Ukrainian military claimed its forces were pushing
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — There’s no sign of “Messi mania” abating anytime soon. Ticket prices for this Sunday’s match between Inter Miami and Los Angeles FC are the most expensive for a Major League Soccer game ever, according to TickPick, an online marketplace. Average prices are around $690 — a
Continue ReadingOpinion by Onnie Willis Rogers (CNN) — Becoming a successful gymnast almost always starts with preschool-aged kids in leotards barely able to do a cartwheel. It usually ends in high school — or college, for a few of us — at which point most athletes retire from the sport. When people ask me, a former
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children. A state district judge last week ruled the pending law violated
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said on social media he is a victim of extortion after someone gained access to information in an old cell phone. In an Instagram video recorded in Spanish, Ortiz said that someone hacked the old phone
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager feared for his life when he fatally shot two fellow students at an alternative educational program for at-risk youth, his lawyer said Thursday, rebutting a claim by prosecutors that the shooting was a premeditated attack on rival gang members. Preston Walls, 19,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two people are facing charges after police said they ran a largescale illegal gambling ring centered around backyard volleyball matches at a Milford home. Luis Loja-Caguana is charged with keeper of a disorderly home, gaming or betting, and place for registering
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office. And they have the votes to do it. Republicans
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit pills are involved in a growing share of those deaths. The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert about a sharp increase of fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Kansas City’s prolific pass catcher Travis Kelce has shattered numerous records over his 10-year career and was the unanimous choice by The Associated Press for the top spot among NFL tight ends. A panel of nine AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five players at tight end,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group have been sentenced to more than a decade each in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden
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