By Christina Loscar Click here for updates on this story HIGH POINT, North Carolina (WXII) — High Point Police are investigating a case of animal cruelty after a video was posted on social media showing a man beating a dog. Police said Donald L. Roddy, 50, of High Point was charged with cruelty to animals.
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WYFF) — A Haywood County, North Carolina, woman and man will serve time in federal prison for crimes committed through an anti-government website that urged its readers to make citizen arrests of officials based on bogus court documents that they created, officials
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Courts nationwide are delivering a mixed verdict on the future of state laws restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, as legal battles ramp up over the historic wave of bans enacted this year. Judges ruled against bans in Georgia and Texas this week, while
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Courts nationwide are delivering a mixed verdict on the future of state laws restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, as legal battles ramp up over the historic wave of bans enacted this year. Judges ruled against bans in Georgia and Texas this week, while
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The history-making Chandrayaan-3 mission, which landed on the lunar surface two days ago, has deployed its small, six-wheeled rover on an exploratory expedition to better understand the composition of the moon’s soil. The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, said in a social media post that the rover, which
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Después de que el presidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, diera un encendido discurso este viernes en el que anunció que no dimitiría a su cargo y que lucharía “hasta el final”, Jennifer Hermoso desmintió que el beso de la polémica fue consentido. “Quiero aclarar
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Joe Biden, strong backing for Ukraine’s effort to repel Russia’s invasion has been a rare issue where he’s mustered bipartisan support. But this week’s first GOP presidential debate — and recent comments on Ukraine by the 2024 GOP polling leader and former president, Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it will not revive a lawsuit by the family of a Mississippi lawyer who took his own life after he was arrested and accused of providing information to people who snuck into a nursing home and photographed the ailing wife
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three men who were convicted of crimes in the New York City borough of Queens in the 1990s and served long prison sentences have been exonerated after reexaminations of their cases found evidence of false confessions and other examples of malfeasance by police and prosecutors. The
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a crime against humanity with lasting negative impacts. Charles Gladstone, a descendant of former plantation owner John Gladstone, traveled
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An appeals panel has revived a couple’s lawsuit that alleges a Tennessee law unconstitutionally protects a decision by a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency not to help them because they are Jewish. On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled that Elizabeth and
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The United States and European Union Friday slammed comments by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir that his right to life outweighs Palestinians’ right to freedom of movement in the occupied West Bank. “We strongly condemn Minister Ben Gvir’s racist, destructive comments on the freedom of
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A senior State Department official is voicing hope that North Macedonia will be able to make politically difficult changes to the constitution that would help the country’s bid to join the European Union. Gabriel Escobar, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Balkan policy, said Friday in the capital Skopje that the
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press POTTER, Neb. (AP) — When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the South Dakota prairie. Nothing’s better, he says, than hearing the birds light up the area with song at sunrise. “It’s part of the
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US military fighter jets responded to a civilian aircraft that “violated a Temporary Flight Restriction” area near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where President Joe Biden is vacationing, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement. Two NORAD F-16s, and a US Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin, responded to the
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps pilot has died in the crash of combat jet near a San Diego military base. The service says in statement Friday that the F/A-18D Hornet went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday in the vicinity of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The Hornet belonged to Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack
Continue Reading CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Polo Sandoval and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The White House defended its response to the asylum seeker influx facing New York Friday, arguing that without congressional action, the administration is limited in what it can do, following a letter from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul urging more action. The growing
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, Polo Sandoval and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The White House defended its response to the asylum seeker influx facing New York Friday, arguing that without congressional action, the administration is limited in what it can do, following a letter from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul urging more action. The growing number
Continue Reading By Daniel Strauss (CNN) — Republican Party officials have selected Houston to host their party’s 2028 presidential convention, approving the location during a closed meeting on Friday. The announcement is well ahead of the usual schedule for either party in picking a convention city, and the 2024 convention won’t happen until July of next year.
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — One of the first personal computers built by Apple and signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak has sold at auction for more than $223,000. RR Auction says the Apple-1 sold at an auction that closed Thursday has been restored to a fully operational state and came with a custom case with a
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