DETROIT (AP) — Two lawsuits filed by a Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” have been dismissed by a federal judge who found he waited too long to file them. U.S. District Court Judge Judge F. Kay Behm on Monday dismissed
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The Columbia Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a missing person.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Elena Sheppard (CNN) — Earlier this month, we learned that the US Senate’s 100 members will no longer needed to adhere to their business casual dress code. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement that, “There has been an informal dress code that was enforced.” He added that now, “Senators are
Continue ReadingBy Adam Campos Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (WKBW) — The Western New York staple, Chef’s Restaurant, will celebrate its 100th year anniversary this Friday. Chef’s has lived under one roof on Seneca Street in Downtown Buffalo for all of its time in business. The restaurant started as just a
Continue ReadingSTROUD, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot the driver of a semi truck during a traffic stop on Interstate 44. OHP spokesperson Sarah Stewart says the trooper shot the man Wednesday morning near a toll booth east of Stroud, about 55 miles east of Oklahoma City. The names of the trooper
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man charged with murder in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Officials say Kevin Cataneo Salazar fatally shot 30-year-old Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer on Saturday in Palmdale as the deputy sat
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he won’t give up in trying to pass a conservative bill to prevent a government shutdown. The California Republican is confronted with dwindling time and no sure support from his hard-right flank to avert a shutdown by the end
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — Stellantis is immediately laying off 68 employees at the Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg, Ohio, due to the impact from the United Auto Workers union’s targeted strike at the Toledo Assembly Complex, the company said Wednesday. The layoffs will be temporary and are due to storage constraints, Stellantis said
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After years of falling behind, professional sports teams want to take sports betting to the voters.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La gran incógnita en la previa del partido entre el equipo de Gerardo Martino y el Toronto FC sigue siendo la presencia o no de Lionel Messi en el equipo titular. Después de perderse el partido frente a Bolivia por las eliminatorias sudamericanas y no estar presente en el encuentro
Continue ReadingBy CC MCCANDLESS Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — UPDATE (Sept. 20): In an updated statement Wednesday morning, MGM Resorts removed a reference to the Excalibur that was shared Tuesday night. We are pleased that all of our casinos, hotels, dining, entertainment, and resort services are operating normally, and
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a
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Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A rare $10,000 bill dating back to the Great Depression has sold for $480,000 at auction. Issued in 1934, the Federal Reserve note was certified by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) and was Exceptional Paper Quality (EPQ) graded, according to Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions. The Boston note, which features the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MONT BELVIEU, Texas (KTRK) — For the second time in just a matter of weeks, a Barbers Hill ISD student is being punished for the length of his hair. Darryl George’s story made headlines earlier this month after he was initially suspended on Aug. 31
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A dispute about whether Ukrainian grain should be allowed to enter the domestic markets of Poland and other European Union countries has pushed the tight relationship between Kyiv and Warsaw to its lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Polish leaders have
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal magistrate judge has denied Hunter Biden’s request to appear virtually for his first court hearing in the federal gun case against him and set his arraignment for October 3. The initial court appearance and arraignment for President Joe Biden’s son will be before Magistrate Judge Christopher J.
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — In the basements of Orikhiv, Ukrainian troops stand by the walls. Even though they are underground, the huge Russian bombs that routinely land could collapse everything above onto them, and so the edges of their underground world are safer. Imagine these sorts of risk, and the men
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By Brynn Gingras and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The preliminary results of an autopsy on a New England Patriots fan who died after a “scuffle” at a game Sunday “did not suggest traumatic injury, but did identify a medical issue,” the Norfolk district attorney said in a statement. Dale Mooney, 53, collapsed at Gillette
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The key players in the two strikes that brought Hollywood to a halt include little-known leaders, labor lawyers and entertainment tycoons. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, a lawyer who began his career prosecuting criminals, is leading the negotiations that just restarted for the actors union. Across the table
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has taken a major step toward reserving 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, an issue that languished for nearly three decades because of a lack of consensus among political parties.
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