By Web staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A 7-year-old boy is dead following a shooting at a Lithonia gas station, police said. His father is now charged with murder. DeKalb County police responded to a person shot along Rock Chapel Road Monday evening at around 6:30 p.m. The
Continue ReadingBy TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof in a breakout that wasn’t detected by guards for a full hour, authorities said Wednesday as the
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Priscilla Presley appeared at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” the film that chronicles her relationship with Elvis Presley. At a press conference following the premiere, Presley addressed her age gap with the late singer, saying he was “respectful” of her age. The two
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By George Ramsay, Pau Mosquera and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Spanish star player Jennifer Hermoso has filed an official complaint with prosecutors against the president of the country’s soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, over an unwanted kiss after the Women’s World Cup final. The complaint was filed on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Spanish prosecutor’s
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Venice has finally revealed the details for its entrance fee, making it the first city in the world to charge daytripper visitors. Starting in spring 2024, visitors to the floating city will have to pay 5 euros ($5.40) to enter on peak days if they’re not staying the night. But
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The separatist Bosnian Serb leader has threatened to arrest and deport a top international official overseeing peace in Bosnia if he enters the Serb-controlled regions in the war-torn Balkan state. The warning made by Milorad Dodik on Wednesday further escalate tensions in Bosnia that went through a bloody war in the
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso has accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for kissing her on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final, the country’s prosecutors’ office said Wednesday. Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Hermoso on the lips
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Monday marked the 22nd annual Hands Across the Bridge event where thousands gathered to celebrate and support people recovering from addiction. People held hands from Vancouver to Portland across the I-5 bridge connecting the states. The gathering was organized by Hands
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By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 people have been killed, including a child, after a Russian missile struck a market in a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, officials said, one of the worst attacks in months. Ukrainian officials said 32 others were wounded in
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CNN By Meg Tirrell and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online. The medicine, with the brand name Narcan, has a suggested retail price of $44.99 per carton of two doses, maker Emergent BioSolutions said in
Continue ReadingBy Jiani Navarro Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Kansas City man who was born blind defied the odds and was able to fulfill his dreams, throwing the first pitch at the Royals game on Labor Day. “I always thought that sports was something that was out of
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has been accused of “cutting corners” as it published a list of 147 schools in England that are potentially at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete. The list, released Wednesday, suggests that 19 schools have had to delay the start of the new academic
Continue ReadingBREEZY POINT, Minn. (AP) — Three people have been found dead at a resort in northern Minnesota. Police say the bodies were discovered around 8:50 p.m. Tuesday at Whitebirch Resort in Breezy Point. Police haven’t disclosed names of the victims or how they died, but said in a statement there was “no indication of any
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — President Joe Biden expressed confidence that three of the nation’s automakers would avoid a strike at a Labor Day event this week. But it’s tough to find anyone in the auto industry on either side of negotiations ready to agree with that. “No, I’m not worried about
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian officials continue to sound optimistic that the second line of Russian defensive fortifications on the southern front may be easier to penetrate than the first, as Kyiv’s troops try to push through a web of dense minefields in a grinding counteroffensive. Geolocated
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal safety regulators are pushing to get 52 million air bags recalled due to the threat that they could explode, severely injuring or even killing a car’s occupants. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a ruptured inflator from these air bags killed at least two people,
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By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Claremont, New Hampshire (CNN) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu grew animated – and agitated – when asked whether Donald Trump was on an unstoppable march to the Republican nomination. “Oh God no!” said Sununu, who has emerged as one of the former president’s biggest GOP critics. “Not even
Continue ReadingLUXEMBOURG (AP) — A top European Union court has dismissed a claim by several Syrian refugees for damages from the Frontex EU border agency because they were returned to Turkey after landing in Greece, where they expressed a wish to be granted international protection. The EU General Court ruled that Frontex cannot be held liable
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Ever since journalist and filmmaker Ben Raines found the long-lost Clotilda slave ship, he has been on a one-man crusade to raise the wreckage and display it in a world-class museum. The Alabama Historical Commission, which owns the vessel, soon will
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Barbie isn’t one to rest on her laurels. She’s conquered the box office over the summer, breaking numerous records and turning the “Barbie” movie into a $1 billion global sensation. “Barbie” was distributed by Warner Bros., which is owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. Now,
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