By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday his family “deserves to be supported just like every American family” in response to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s previous comments on gay marriage. “I will admit it’s a little bit difficult driving the family minivan to drop our kids off at daycare passing the
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s President Gabriel Boric faces a deeply polarized country, rising crime and a divisive upcoming vote on a new constitution. But his life is like a dream while attending the Pan American Games in his country’s capital. Boric drew loud applause at the
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By Carlos Cristian Flores Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Greenville, South Carolina, police officer is raising money to get a wheelchair-accessible van for a student. Christina Bartolome is a junior at Greenville High School. Bartolome is wheelchair-bound and has a speech disability, but will always find a
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is paying a $500,000 settlement to a man whose treatment by a police officer during what turned out to be a false arrest led to days of protests. An attorney for Travis Price says the city of Rock Hill defamed Price by
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett is among four male candidates to run for state legislative seats in Virginia this year who’ve been accused of physical violence against women. Garrett has reentered politics after leaving Congress almost five years ago so he could
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A government agency in Jamaica found that security forces were not wearing body cameras when they fatally shot or injured more than 100 people in the Caribbean island this year. The Independent Commission of Investigation said Thursday that only one body camera was worn during the 106 incidents reported
Continue ReadingBy Jim Keithley Click here for updates on this story LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) — Thomas Giberti, 69, was shot seven times with bullets hitting both his legs when a gunman opened fire at a Maine bowling alley last week. Three days after the shooting, Giberti was discharged from the hospital and was up and walking
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By Orko Manna Click here for updates on this story PLACER COUNTY, California (KCRA) — A Northern California man said he was attacked by otters at Serene Lakes in Placer County, and now he is pushing for state wildlife officials to improve safety. Matt Leffers has visited his family’s cabin on the shores of Serene
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. The herd, which the Colombian government said currently stands at 169 animals, has rapidly reproduced from the original population of one male and three females the drug
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Moberly Police Department is asking residents in the central part of the city to stay inside their homes while officers search for a shooting suspect.
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters in Ohio will decide next week whether to legalize recreational marijuana. Both supporters and opponents say much more hangs in the balance than simply decriminalizing the drug. Issue 2 would allow adults age 21 and over to buy and possess up to 2.5
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Live Nation Entertainment has Taylor Swift and Beyoncé to thank for propelling the live concerts organizer to its strongest quarterly results to date. The parent company of Ticketmaster, which drew the wrath of Swifties and lawmakers after botching ticket sales for the wildly successful Taylor Swift Eras
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — A businessman who orchestrated a $180 million check-kiting scheme and used the proceeds to live a lavish lifestyle and amass one of the world’s most revered classic car collections has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Najeeb Khan, 70, of Edwardsburg, Michigan, told a federal judge Thursday that he
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Jeff Bezos deja la ciudad donde todo empezó para él. El fundador de Amazon anunció en Instagram que se mudará desde Seattle, donde vive desde 1994, a Miami. Explicó que sus padres se mudaron recientemente a Florida, donde él y su familia vivían cuando era más joven, y que quiere estar
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s Cabinet has approved her proposal to make the prime minister’s office directly elected by voters in a bid to make Italy’s governments more stable and lasting. The Cabinet on Friday gave the go-ahead to efforts to change Italy’s post-war Constitution to allow voters
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s intelligence chief has resigned after less than a year in the post saying he wanted to avoid possible further embargos against the Balkan nation. Alesksandar Vulin has fostered closer ties with Russia and has been under sanctions by the United States since July. The U.S.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Mientras EE.UU. se prepara para un invierno muy marcado por el primer fenómeno fuerte de El Niño en años, los científicos de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés) presentan mapas que ofrecen información sobre dónde podría acumularse la nieve. Se prevé que El Niño, un
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By Clare Foran and Aaron Pellish, CNN Indicted Rep. George Santos says he plans to run for his seat in 2024 even if he’s expelled from Congress and insisted that fabricating large parts of his life story would not have any impact on voters next year. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Manu Raju on
Continue ReadingOpinion by Shai Davidai (CNN) — I’m a 40-year-old Columbia University professor and last month I found myself crying in front of dozens of strangers on campus. I wasn’t planning on crying. The tears just came out when I spoke about the danger of antisemitism on US campuses in a video that has since gone viral.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Five hundred years ago, a teenage girl who was part of the Inca culture was sacrificed and buried near the summit of Ampato, a dormant volcano in the Andes Mountains. Since the discovery of her incredibly well-preserved frozen remains in 1995, she has become known by many names —
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