By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women over two years, preying on them so he could steal jewelry and other valuables, was slain Tuesday by his cellmate while serving a life sentence, prison officials said. Billy Chemirmir, 50, who was convicted last year in the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a notice of intent on Tuesday to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing two people at a Jefferson City bar in November. Damien Davis, of Kansas City, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action,
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Scientists say climate change made the devastating storm along the Libyan coast up to 50 times more likely and 50% more intense. They also say in an analysis released Tuesday that intense rainfall over central Greece and parts of Bulgaria and Turkey were up to 10 times more likely and
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Pink diamonds are extremely rare and coveted — a now-closed mine in Australia has been the source of 90% of the colored gemstones. Polished pink specimens of the highest grade can sell for tens of millions of dollars. But a discovery made in the same area may help reveal
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British inquiry has found that migrants awaiting deportation suffered physical and verbal abuse at a government-run detention center. It recommended on Tuesday that no one be kept in such “prison-like” conditions for more than 28 days. Inquiry chairwoman Kate Eves said migrants suffered “shocking treatment” at the Brook House Immigration Removal
Continue ReadingBy CAITLIN LILLY Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — In what has arguably been a long time coming, Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Monday officially set an opening date for the property on the northern end of the Strip. According to a news release, Fontainebleau will officially open its doors
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Shannen Doherty was showered with love over the weekend. The actress reunited with some of her “Beverly Hills 90210” costars for a 90s Con panel in Tampa, Florida. Doherty has been living with stage 4 cancer. Toward the end of the event the audience gave her a standing
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ outlook on national politics is best summarized as “dismal,” according to a wide-ranging new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday. “Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government,” the report’s authors write. “But today, Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Este martes 19 de septiembre se realiza el segundo Simulacro Nacional en México en los 32 estados del país. Se espera que participen millones de personas y por primera vez habrá cuatro hipótesis para distintas regiones del país. Estos escenarios servirán como ejercicio de evaluación de los protocolos de preparación y
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The news of a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after Azerbaijan shelled Armenian forces, toned down fears of a third full-scale war over the region, But it also left significant unresolved questions. Under the agreement mediated by Russian peacekeeping forces, the separatist authorities of the region
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Ray Epps, who became the focus of right-wing conspiracy theories that law enforcement coerced Trump supporters into storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been charged with a single misdemeanor related to the riot. Federal prosecutors filed the charge – disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Nigel has strengthened into a Category 2 storm far out over the Atlantic Ocean. The Miami-based center said Tuesday afternoon that Nigel’s top sustained winds rose to 100 mph, up from 90 mph earlier in the day when it was a Category 1 hurricane. The system
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CTV NETWORK By Paula Newton and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s accusation that India may have been involved in the assassination of a Sikh activist on its soil has triggered a growing spat with Ottawa and New Delhi both expelling senior diplomats, sending relations between the two countries plunging. The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions came
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the center of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor offense in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Epps, who claimed in a
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — New testimony from a number of FBI and Internal Revenue Service officials casts doubt on key claims from an IRS whistleblower who alleges there was political interference in the federal criminal investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes. According to transcripts provided to CNN, several FBI and
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A Nigerian court has freed on bail more than 60 people arrested last month during a police raid on a suspected gay wedding, their lawyer told CNN after a bail hearing Tuesday. More than 200 people were arrested at the alleged wedding party in the southern Delta State on
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian state media have reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in Belarus from Ukrainian regions which Moscow says it has annexed. The group of children from the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions includes children from towns which were captured by the Russian army in
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on seven people and four companies in China, Russia and Turkey who officials allege are connected with the development of Iran’s drone program. Tuesday’s sanctions come after Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday denied his country had sent drones to Russia for
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By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Fraudsters have robbed Europe’s largest copper producer of €185 million ($198 million) worth of the metal, possibly with the help of insiders, the company said Tuesday. After carrying out an extraordinary inventory on August 31, Germany’s Aurubis found that it had paid inflated invoices for shipments of scrap
Continue ReadingBy ZOE STROTHERS, ROB POLANSKY, DYLAN FEARON Click here for updates on this story WESTPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Westport man had his Aston Martin carjacked from inside his garage over the weekend. Police said they responded to a residence on Bayberry Lane at 3:50 p.m. Sunday for a report of a burglary and carjacking.
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