By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story SEMMES, Alabama (WALA) — A woman and her two young children died violently Thursday, although law enforcement investigators said they were trying to determine whether it was as triple homicide or a murder-suicide. Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch identified the mother as 37-year-old Nancy Johnson,
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A man was convicted Thursday of killing his former girlfriend, Amie Harwick, a sex therapist who was once engaged to comedian Drew Carey, by throwing her over a balcony in February 2020. Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was found guilty by a jury of one count of murder and first-degree residential
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police on Friday made their second arrest over the cutting down of a 300-year-old tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in the northeast of England. Hours after a 16-year-old was freed on bail, Northumbria Police said a man in his 60s was arrested and
Continue ReadingBy DEJANAY BOOTH-SINGLETON Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A day after Michigan State University officially fired football head coach Mel Tucker, his attorneys sent a notice to preserve records to the university for possible litigation. According to the letter on Thursday, Tucker’s attorneys claim he was illegally terminated and
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban representatives are in the Russian city of Kazan for talks on regional threats as Russia attempts to maintain its influence in Central Asia. Russian state news agency Tass said the talks on Friday were attended by the Kremlin’s envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov. He said Russia is inclined to keep
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By RAYMOND STRICKLAND Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — It’s 7 a.m. in Detroit, and Amanda Houp is waiting for one of two buses she has to take to get to work. Houp allowed herself two hours to make sure she got there on time, but even that wasn’t always
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By Clare Foran and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Washington (CNN) — Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the longest-serving female US senator in history, has died following months of declining health. She was 90. Feinstein, a Democrat, died Thursday night at her home in Washington, her office said in a statement. Her
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tributes are pouring in for Dianne Feinstein, the trailblazing California senator, who has died at 90. President Joe Biden called her “a true trailblazer.” Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton said the same. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced to colleagues that
Continue ReadingBy KAREN HENSEL, DARCELLE HALL Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A group of University of Miami students thought it was bad being forced to live in a hotel while their apartments were finished. But now that they’ve moved in, they say it’s even worse. Karen Hensel has tonight’s 7
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years but none in Alaska. The Democratic administration is trying to navigate between energy companies that have pressed for greater oil
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINA BORGES Click here for updates on this story POMPANO BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — A violent incident that unfolded in a Pompano Beach movie theater last July has led to the arrest of 27-year-old Jesse Montez Thorton II, who now sits in jail facing charges of aggravated battery with great bodily harm. The victim,
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Zilka Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — For the third year in a row, the Eradicate Hate Global Summit is in Pittsburgh. The conference was influenced by the deadly shooting inside the Tree of Life Synagogue nearly five years ago. From federal law enforcement specialists to mass shooting survivors,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El líder conservador español Alberto Núñez Feijóo fracasó este viernes en su segundo intento para ser investido como nuevo presidente del Gobierno. En la votación realizada en el Congreso, 172 diputados votaron a favor y 177 en contra. Es la segunda vez esta semana que el líder conservador no obtiene
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Pittsburgh police have arrested a woman who they say set her boyfriend on fire and tried to have police believe he did it to himself. Cecilia Perez, 47, of the city’s Carrick neighborhood, is facing several charges, including criminal attempt, aggravated assault,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August, boosted mainly by higher gas prices. But measures of underlying inflation slowed in the latest sign that overall price pressures are still moderating. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that prices rose 0.4%
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After three superbly savage seasons, “The Boys” has graduated to the spinoffs stage, first with the animated shorts “Diabolical” and now “Gen V,” a supes-in-college series that’s every bit as nasty – in mostly good ways – as the flagship series. Cleverly drafting off the anchor show, this
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Higher gas prices heated up overall inflation last month, but the Federal Reserve got some welcome news: Its preferred inflation gauge cooled to its lowest level in two years. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures index, a closely watched inflation measure that excludes gas and food prices, rose 3.9%
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CNN By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The trial in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his eldest sons, their companies and several executives, remains on track to begin Monday after a state appellate court denied Trump’s motion to stay the trial. The denial comes in
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Dominic Conyers, 26, is set to be released from prison early after serving half of his sentence. In 2017, Conyers was sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection to 17-year-old Jaydon Chavez-Silver’s death. According to the New Mexico Department
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By Radina Gigova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Four occupied regions of Ukraine will be included for the first time in a new round of Russian military conscriptions this fall, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday. Autumn conscription will begin from October 1 in all parts of the Russian Federation, according to the ministry, including
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