By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Hosts France won the opening game of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, beating fellow tournament favorites New Zealand 27-13 on Friday. Damian Penaud’s second half try sparked a second half French scoring flurry in the hotly-contested clash in Paris, while Thomas Ramos added five penalties with his boot. New
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s leaders appear to agree with Justice Department findings that state-run veterans homes failed residents during COVID-19 and continue to violate their constitutional rights, but there’s little clarity on how exactly they’ll address the issues. The Democrat-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy gave the
Continue ReadingFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The pilot of a Florida medical rescue helicopter has told investigators he heard a loud bang before a fire broke out onboard and the aircraft crashed, killing two people. A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report released Friday says pilot Daron Roche told investigators after the Aug. 28 crash that
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CNN By Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested and charged after allegedly stealing a backpack filled with credit cards and personal items from a vehicle at Green Meadows Preschool on Thursday. Julia Anne Elizabeth Nelson, 34, was charged with stealing and fraudulent use of a credit/debit device. Her address on Casenet is listed as Prescott, Wisconsin,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — El dólar estadounidense está disfrutando de su más larga racha al alza en casi nueve años. La divisa se encaminaba este viernes a su octava semana consecutiva de ganancias frente a un grupo de divisas importantes, su mejor racha desde el invierno de 2014-2015. Ha ganado un 5% desde mediados
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Funerals have begun in Florida for the three Black victims of a racist gunman who shot them down at a Jacksonville discount store. The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke Friday at the church service for slain Uber driver Angela Carr. Sharpton has called on elected officials to take action against rising
Continue ReadingHILLSDALE, Mo. (AP) — A municipal worker in suburban St. Louis has been arrested after allegedly running over and seriously injuring a TV station photojournalist. FOX affiliate KTVI reports that the Velda City Police Department was called to investigate last month in the village of Hillsdale. The incident took place as reporters tried to ask
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By Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US could begin withdrawing troops from Niger in the coming weeks, according to two US officials, which would mark a significant change to the American military presence in the country following a coup that toppled the democratically elected government in Niamey in late July. Ultimately,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s attorney general has concluded there was no criminal conduct when four law enforcement officers used a stun gun and beat a handcuffed man in the head with a flashlight while facedown on a porch that was determined to be a homicide. State police say 46-year-old
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A fourth man has been charged in connection with threats and vandalism targeting two public radio journalists in New Hampshire. The U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts says 46-year-old Eric Labarge of Nashua was arrested Friday. He and three others who were previously arrested have been indicted
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal investigators said Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board said manufacturer Pratt & Whitney did not call for inspections to be
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oregon State and Washington State have filed a complaint in Washington state court against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff. It seeks a court order preventing 10 departing members from standing in the way of the two schools’ efforts to rebuild the conference. The Pac-12 currently has
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press A judge sentenced a pair of siblings, the last of more than 30 people who were indicted for an international fentanyl trafficking operation. They were sentenced this week in federal court in North Dakota. Siblings Marie and Vannek Um received 23 years and four years, respectively, in federal prison, with
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities have released additional bodycam and store surveillance footage, offering more details in the death Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother fatally shot by police late last month. The new video, released Friday, shows Young concealing liquor bottles in her purse and
Continue ReadingCATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Three former deputy jailers at an eastern Kentucky facility have been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of an inmate. Boyd County Circuit Judge George Davis announced the sentences on Thursday for Zachary Messer, Colton Griffith and Jeremy Mattox, based on a mediation agreement, The Daily Independent reported. They
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) – – Las cámaras de seguridad fueron claves para la detención de un sospechoso del homicidio de Mariano Barbieri, un ingeniero de 42 años que fue apuñalado el 30 de agosto en Buenos Aires. Un video al que accedió CNN compila el recorrido que la Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool tot he lower 50s with mostly clear skies. Winds remain out of the northeast at 4-8 mph. Tomorrow: Saturday begins with patchy morning fog that looks to clear by mid-morning. Afternoon highs warm near 80 degrees with winds continuing out of the northeast at 5-10 mph. Pollen remains very high with
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for construction of a controversial student housing project in a historic Berkeley park. The legislation Newsom signed on Thursday reaffirms that residential noise will not be considered a significant environmental effect under the
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The perjury and mortgage fraud trial of Baltimore’s former top prosecutor is being moved outside the city due to potential juror bias. A federal judge ruled Friday that local jurors may have been influenced by extensive media coverage of Marylin Mosby’s case. As the Baltimore state’s attorney,
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