ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who spent 11 years behind bars for a killing before his conviction was overturned is suing the city and detectives who worked on his case, claiming the conviction for a crime he didn’t commit violated his constitutional rights. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Lamont D. Cambell’s
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Three scenic trails in the northern United States have new status as National Park System sites. The Ice Age, New England and North Country national scenic trails were previously administered by the National Park Service as part of the National Trails System. They’re now part of the National Park
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York City (CNN) — Swarovski has opened a new flagship store in New York, and its glitzy interiors will have visitors stepping into a world of candy-colored crystal. The new Swarovski on Fifth is a two-floor, 14,000-square-foot retail space that celebrates the luxury brand’s storied history while offering its collections
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The Queen of Christmas has no problem giving another holiday star her flowers. Mariah Carey is celebrating Brenda Lee’s Christmas classic, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart, 65 years after the song’s initial debut. Lee posted a photo on her Instagram stories of
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Business) — La filántropa MacKenzie Scott está de buen humor en estas fiestas. Scott anunció el miércoles US$ 2.150 millones en donaciones durante el último año en su sitio web, Yield Giving. Dijo en la publicación que la organización sin fines de lucro donó a 360 organizaciones, “a cada una de las
Continue ReadingSol Amaya Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Alberto Fernandez, Santiago Peña, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Luis Lacalle Pou y Luis Arce durante una foto oficial del Mercosur el 7 de diciembre de 2023 (Crédito: MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Friday that Russian and Belarusian athletes who have qualified for Paris 2024 will be eligible to compete as neutral athletes – provided they meet eligibility requirements. The decision applies only to individual athletes and does not include teams from those countries, the IOC
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Danquah Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A woman said a rechargeable flashlight sparked a fire that destroyed her home in Williamson County and she wants to warn others before it happens to them. Cindy Harris recounts the night that she lost everything and said it happened in
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $2.1 billion in donations since November 2022, she said in an online post, bringing her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019. Scott wrote Wednesday on her website in a three-sentence post that she was, “excited to call attention to these 360 outstanding
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CNN By Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Images from Gaza circulating on social media Thursday showed a mass detention by the Israeli military of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds, and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. The exact circumstances and dates of the detentions are
Continue ReadingKGO By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — ABC7 first broke news last week that downtown San Francisco’s vacant office space rate is at an all-time high of 35 percent. Meaning that more than a third of all office space in the Financial District is sitting empty. Something
Continue ReadingBy J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — ABC7 first broke news last week that downtown San Francisco’s vacant office space rate is at an all-time high of 35 percent. Meaning that more than a third of all office space in the Financial District is sitting empty. Something that
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Spotify’s chief financial officer will step down next year, according to the music streaming service, just days after it announced its third round of layoffs for 2023. In a statement announcing CFO Paul Vogel’s departure, CEO Daniel Ek said that the two had “come to the conclusion that Spotify is entering
Continue ReadingBy Zach Fuentes Click here for updates on this story MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (KGO) — A historic flight was made right here in the Bay Area with technology created by a local company. Commercial pilot and engineer Danah Tommalieh’s passion for aviation runs deep. “I grew up next to a small airfield in Southern California.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Arnold Click here for updates on this story SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (KSTU) — A Saratoga Springs woman took to the stage to compete in an annual dance competition last week. Tonya Lundgren participated in “Dancing Up A Storm” at Westlake High School on Friday. Lundgren and her dance partner, Andrew Childs, a 15-year-old
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president says his government blames a surge in human trafficking for the increasing number of Rohingya Muslims who have entered the country over the past few weeks. President Joko Widodo said in a televised news conference on Friday that he received “reports
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By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Wayne Murray clinched the $10 million prize this month in the New York Lottery’s 200X scratch-off game – just 16 months after he won the same amount in its Black Titanium scratch-off game, the state agency that runs the games said. For his latest jackpot – as with his
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Tavss Click here for updates on this story CLEARFIELD, Utah (KSTU) — Everyone’s been warned about the dangers of consuming yellow snow, but there seems to be no concerns with yellow water reportedly being seen in several Utah cities Thursday. Along with a photo of yellow water coming out of a bathtub faucet,
Continue ReadingOpinion by Fareed Zakaria, CNN (CNN) — When one thinks of America’s greatest strengths, the kind of assets the world looks at with admiration and envy, America’s elite universities would have long been at the top of that list. But the American public has been losing faith in these universities – and with good reason. Three university presidents came under fire this week
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University’s president apologized as pressure mounted for the University of Pennsylvania’s president to resign over their testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism that critics from the White House on down say failed to demonstrate they would stand up to antisemitism on campus.
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