LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when their small plane crashed after takeoff from an upstate New York airport, authorities said Monday.
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CNN By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Children and teens in the US are dying of gun-related homicides and suicides in record numbers, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 2,279 firearm homicides in children and teens (ages 1 to 18) in 2021 – double the
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Don Gaetz says he plans to run again for the Florida Senate, which he led as president from 2012 to 2014. He is the father of Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who’s lately been the chief antagonist of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over spending legislation. The 75-year-old Don Gaetz announced Monday
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Casi 3.000 inmigrantes duermen en el suelo de las comisarías y los aeropuertos de Chicago, lo que supone un aumento significativo con respecto a los 2.006 inmigrantes que se encontraban en los tres lugares de alojamiento el 22 de septiembre, última fecha de los datos disponibles proporcionados semanalmente por un
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By JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story MIAMI SPRINGS, Florida (WFOR) — A man has been taken into custody for a road rage attack in Miami Springs. It happened Friday, September 29th, on NW 42nd Avenue just south of NW 36th Street. According to police, Luis Ruiz Herrera got into some sort
Continue ReadingOpinion by Bill Carter (CNN) — “Well, let’s see what’s in the news …” It’s been five months — five months — since the hosts of late-night television shows have had the opportunity to deliver the traditional stand-up monologues that have been, for almost 70 years, the comic commentary on the daily events of American life. They ought to be
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A man has been taken into custody for a road rage attack in Miami Springs. It happened Friday, September 29th, on NW 42nd Avenue just south of NW 36th Street. According to police, Luis Ruiz Herrera got into some sort of
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors in Philadelphia say Monday that more suspects will be charged with smashing into stores last week as law enforcement officials review video of the social-media fueled mayhem. More than 70 people already face a range of charges, such as burglary, conspiracy and riot. The flash mob-style break-ins hit dozens of stores
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed at his home early Monday morning, according to police. No weapons were recovered and there have been no arrests, a statement from police says. Kruger, 39, was shot seven times in the chest and abdomen at
Continue ReadingBy TOM DOUGHERTY Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Josh Kruger, a Philadelphia journalist and activist, was shot and killed inside his home in Point Breeze early Monday morning, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Watkins Street. Kruger, 39, was shot seven
Continue ReadingFOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Two bars accused of overserving a woman who authorities say drunkenly hit a golf cart carrying a newlywed couple away from their reception, killing the bride, have reached a tentative settlement with the groom, who was seriously injured. Two bars agreed to pay “certain sums” to Aric Hutchinson that were
Continue ReadingBy PAULEEN LE Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — One person is dead and six others are hurt after a crash involving a Metro Transit bus in Minneapolis Sunday night. The crash happened just outside of Children’s Minnesota hospital in south Minneapolis, at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 25th
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren’t doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming. The Attorney General’s Office on Friday said it is going
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The story of a Black man beaten to death in Indianapolis in a racist 1845 lynching is now part of the city’s cultural trail in the form of a historical marker. The marker describing John Tucker’s lynching was unveiled Saturday by state and local leaders and members of the Indiana Remembrance Coalition.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Federal authorities have revealed a reason for the unusual secrecy surrounding a Pennsylvania man’s guilty plea and prison sentence for attacking police during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In a court filing on Monday, Justice Department prosecutors say Samuel Lazar supplied the government with information as part
Continue ReadingBy JOSH ELLIS Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — Four people have died after a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Canyonlands Regional Airport north of Moab. Deputies with the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said they received reports of the aircraft going into the ground
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who was the target of a series of police drug raids that led to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in 2020 has been arrested in Louisville on several drug-related charges. Jamarcus Glover, a former boyfriend of Taylor, was arrested Saturday on multiple drug offenses, including using juveniles
Continue ReadingBROKEN BOW, Okla. (AP) — A woman riding a lawnmower next to an Oklahoma airport runway was killed when she was struck by the wing of an airplane. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Samantha Hayes died Friday at Broken Bow Municipal Airport, about 185 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. The pilot of the single
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday. Police say 39-year-old Josh Kruger was shot seven times at about 1:30 a.m. and collapsed in the
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cell phone – and everyone else’s cell phone – this Wednesday at 2:20 pm ET, don’t panic. The federal government said it will conduct on Wednesday afternoon a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts.
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