By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives. But the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday the new rule is flawed because it excludes freight trains, like the one that derailed and caught fire in eastern
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives. But the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday the new rule is flawed because it excludes freight trains, like the one that derailed and caught fire in eastern
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By Jeremy Diamond and Michael Schwartz, CNN Southern Israel (CNN) — The signs of Israel’s massive mobilization for a potential ground invasion of Gaza are all around here. The highways are strewn with military vehicles – trucks full of ammunition, armored personnel carriers and tanks – as well as civilian cars and buses packed with
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Vice President Kamala Harris. Personal Birth date: October 20, 1964 Birth place: Oakland, California Birth name: Kamala Devi Harris Father: Donald Harris, an economics professor Mother: Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a physician Marriage: Douglas Emhoff (2014-present) Education: Howard University, B.A. political science and
Continue ReadingMIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities briefly ordered evacuations for most of the town of Middleton, Idaho, after they said a gas pipeline exploded at a nearby rural intersection. Canyon County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Douglas Hart says someone using an excavator ruptured the line and caused the explosion late Thursday morning. The 22-inch natural gas pipeline
Continue ReadingBy NEAL RILEY Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A Cape Cod woman is suing a popular New Hampshire ski resort following a tubing accident that she says left her with “catastrophic injuries.” Zoia Tsoleridis, of Centerville, filed the lawsuit against Loon Mountain earlier this month in federal court.
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer did little to dent the credibility of the government’s key witness in the former crypto mogul’s fraud trial Thursday, meandering through a cross-examination of Caroline Ellison that at times left even the judge puzzled and impatient. During the prior two days of
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By Jennifer Hansler, MJ Lee and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Qatar have reached a “quiet understanding” not to allow Iran to access any of the $6 billion in Iranian funds that were transferred to Qatari accounts last month as part of a deal to free Americans detained in Iran for
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, criticó este miércoles al actual mandatario Alejandro Giammattei por no pronunciarse sobre la actuación de la fiscal general Consuelo Porras y las demandas de diversos sectores para que sea separada del cargo. Arévalo leyó una carta frente a una multitud en la Plaza de
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 31-year-old San Francisco man has been identified as the driver who was shot and killed by police after crashing a car into the Chinese consulate. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the driver Thursday as Zhanyuan Yang. The crash has drawn condemnation from the White House and Chinese
Continue ReadingBy MIKE TOOLE Click here for updates on this story FOXBORO, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Foxboro Police have applied for criminal complaints against three men from Rhode Island in the death of New England Patriots fan Dale Mooney last month at Gillette Stadium. Mooney got into a fight in the stands during the Patriots game against
Continue ReadingDECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A police chief in Alabama apologized Wednesday for his department giving incorrect information about what was said before officers shot and killed a homeowner during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion wrote in a statement that the department gave an inaccurate description of officer’s commands
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The case of a Tennessee man charged with trying to enter his former Jewish school with a gun and firing shots at a contractor who was working there can now be presented to a grand jury for a possible indictment. A judge signed off on Joel
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — A billboard truck drove near Harvard’s campus Wednesday displaying the names and photos of Harvard students whose organizations signed a statement blaming solely Israel for the deadly attacks by Hamas. The “doxxing truck” appeared days after the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, a coalition of Harvard student groups,
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon calls it FrankenSAM. It’s a project that cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine from an array of parts from around the world. But now, as congressional gridlock delays funding for the war in Ukraine, the Frankenstein-like program for surface-to-air missiles has become more
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One of the leaders of the nationwide protests that have paralyzed much of Guatemalan commerce for nearly two weeks is a young one-time law student who is now leader of one of the country’s most important Indigenous organizations. Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei has tried to
Continue ReadingBy LAUREN PASTRANA Click here for updates on this story DAVIE, Florida (WFOR) — A South Florida native whose parents moved here during World War II is making Miami proud. Carol Clarkson knows how expensive groceries can be and that’s why she puts her bargain hunting skills to use for a good cause. “I like
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm will traverse nearly 1,500 miles of the US through the weekend and unload snow, severe thunderstorms and flooding rain along its path, culminating in the eighth consecutive dreary weekend in parts of the Northeast. The storm will dump the first significant snow of
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street CEO Marc Rowan is calling for the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania to resign and donors to close their checkbooks over an alleged failure to condemn antisemitism and hate. Rowan, the CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management, wrote in an op-ed posted
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general has asked the state’s highest court to reward the GOP-controlled Legislature for following through on a decade’s worth of court-mandated education funding increases by closing a lawsuit filed by local school districts. The action requested Wednesday by Attorney General Kris Kobach’s
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