MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of an eighth grade boy who died after being assaulted by two other students at a middle school four years ago. The settlement with the Moreno Valley Unified School District was
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Autoridades en Colombia investigan el accionar de un grupo de militares que supuestamente intimidó a varios civiles en el norte del país. Un video que circuló en diferentes redes sociales muestra a por lo menos cuatro uniformados, varios de ellos con los rostros tapados, portando armas largas e interactuando con
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By Phil Tenser Click here for updates on this story LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Extreme flooding caused by a downpour that delivered at least 9 inches of rain in Leominster, Massachusetts, caused a large building to crack and crumble, and left behind signs of a river that overflowed its banks. Mayor Dean Mazzarella streamed live
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — He made it look easy. Danilo Cavalcante, at 5 feet tall, seemed the perfect fit as he wedged himself in the narrow space between the walls in an exercise yard of the Chester County Prison on the morning of August 31. The convicted murderer then ascended in a crab-walk
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have failed to override any of the governor’s $555 million in budget cuts. The state Legislature convened Wednesday for its annual veto session. Republican Gov. Mike Parson made hefty cuts to the spending plan lawmakers had proposed. Parson says lawmakers tried to spend
Continue ReadingBy Barry Simms Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The Baltimore City Council held a hearing Tuesday to discuss after promised rent assistance went unpaid, leaving some tenants to face eviction. Many Baltimore residents rely on assistance from the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services and Service Providers. It has contracts with
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Keck Click here for updates on this story CRAWFORD COUNTY, Indiana (WLKY) — Indiana officials have found an employee in Crawford County after the dump truck he was using fell into a quarry pit. Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources says that emergency officials were dispatched around 2 p.m. on Tuesday to a rock
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By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Surveillance video from a performing arts theater in Denver shows Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert being escorted out of the musical “Beetlejuice” on Sunday after “multiple complaints” from patrons. The Buell Theater surveillance video, obtained by CNN affiliate KUSA, shows officials addressing Boebert and her companion at their seats inside
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sister of a Russian-Israeli academic at Princeton University who went missing in Iraq nearly six months ago says the United States should use its influence to help win her freedom. Elizabeth Tsurkov is a doctoral student at Princeton University whose work focuses on the Middle East.
Continue ReadingBy Rob McMillan Click here for updates on this story GARDEN GROVE, California (KABC) — The OC Deaf Equal Access Foundation, better known as OC Deaf, has been hosting get-togethers at the Shakey’s pizza parlor in Garden Grove to help build a stronger bond between deaf and hearing communities. The predominant method of communication for
Continue ReadingDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state media say that Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in a coastal province, killing two soldiers, wounding six and causing material damage. The country’s state news agency is quoting an unnamed military official as saying the missiles hit air defense units on Wednesday in the province of Latakia and that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s search for a new police chief continues as the application process comes to an end. The city hired Public Sector Search and Consulting to search for a new chief after Geoff Jones retired from the position on Aug. 1. Matt Stephens was named the interim chief. The city
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks announced Wednesday that Howard Schultz is stepping down from its board of directors – but the former chairman’s name will be sticking around. Though Schultz is retiring, Starbucks is giving him the title of “lifelong Chairman Emeritus.” Schultz is stepping down as part of a planned
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Court records show a man charged with murder in the stabbing death of his Purdue University dormitory roommate has been found competent to stand trial. A Tuesday court filing shows doctors at Logansport State Hospital found Ji Min Sha competent for trial after months of treatment. Hospital Superintendent Bethany Schoenradt wrote
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — House GOP leaders are engaged in talks with hard-right members in an urgent push to salvage their spending bill plans – but are now considering an abrupt change in strategy: Avoiding a government shutdown at month’s end. Republican leaders in the House had hoped
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the upper 40s north to low 50s elsewhere. Thick river valley fog developing by daybreak. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with a couple patchy clouds. Highs in the mid-upper 70s. EXTENDED: As temperatures once again dip to near the dew point under the influence of light winds and clear skies, we
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has said that Israel would not cave in to foreign dictates on its treatment of the Palestinians. Eli Cohen’s comments came Wednesday in a meeting with his Norwegian counterpart coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Oslo peace accords. His remarks underscored the deterioration
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Google confirmed it will lay off hundreds of staff members who helped recruit and hire employees, as Silicon Valley continues its cost-cutting efforts. The latest cuts come after Google parent Alphabet in January eliminated 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, across the company as it
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — The ‘Barbie’ movie, which turned into a global box office phenomenon in a matter of weeks, appears to be energizing sales of Barbie toys after its summer release. Barbie toy sales in the US increased 25% for the July-August combined months compared to the same two-month period
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ruben Flowers encontró la foto por casualidad. Era principios de 2023 y estaba hojeando álbumes de fotos en casa de su abuela. De repente, ahí estaba: una instantánea de 1994, tomada en la cabina de vuelo de un avión, en la que aparecía él de niño, sentado junto a su padre
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