By MATT SCHOOLEY Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Police in Burlington are looking for a man accused of attacking a dog walker at Mill Pond Reservoir. It happened Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. A family member says the 69-year-old victim was walking with his dog Gigi when a man on
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it has determined that both sides in the ongoing conflict in Sudan have committed atrocities in the western region of Darfur. The State Department said Wednesday that the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese military are responsible for either war crimes, crimes
Continue ReadingBy ELLIE COATAR Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two planes clipped wings while taxiing at O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night. The Federal Aviation Administration said two regional jets came into contact with each other while waiting for gate space at O’Hare at 7 p.m. Tuesday. GoJet Flight 4423 and SkyWest
Continue ReadingCLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Fifty-two endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles suffering from “cold stun” are rehabbing at four facilities in Florida after a flight on a private plane from the New England Aquarium in Massachusetts. The turtles arrived in Tampa on Tuesday, and 16 were sent to Clearwater Marine Aquarium, officials said in a news
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities rescued people from raging rivers and roads submerged by high waters in the Pacific Northwest and continued to investigate the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in Oregon creeks this week as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures
Continue ReadingBy Chandler Watkins Click here for updates on this story WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, Washington (KPTV) — On Tuesday, the Coast Guard said it rescued five people from flooding conditions near Rosburg, Washington. They said watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a request at 10:20 a.m. by the Cathlament Fire Department after four people were
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is investigating the deaths and kidnappings of Americans during the Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7. Garland’s comments came Wednesday as he announced a war-crimes case filed against four Russian soldiers accused of torturing an American during Russia’s
Continue ReadingLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Supreme Court has refused to immediately hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that would allow former President Donald Trump’s name on the state’s presidential primary ballot. The court said Wednesday that the case should remain before the state court of appeals, and not immediately move to the state’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans are scheduled for their fourth presidential debate this week, again minus Donald Trump. It’s a particularly big moment for the young NewsNation television network, which will almost certainly reach its largest audience ever. NewsNation has been trying to cultivate an image of being an
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By Michael Williams and Betsy Klein, Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Congress to resolve negotiations over the future of Ukraine funding, saying “petty partisan politics can’t get in the way” of aid for Kyiv. “History’s going to judge harshly those who turn their back on
Continue Reading CNN By Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is resigning from Congress and will leave at the end of this year, he announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday — a highly anticipated decision that comes two months after his unprecedented ouster from the speakership. McCarthy’s decision will
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CNN By Eric Levenson and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website.
Continue ReadingHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A stampede at a government-organized job fair involving hundreds of young people in Zimbabwe desperate for work has left some limping and others screaming in pain after being stomped on or beaten by security guards Wednesday. The chaos came as job seekers rushed to register for potential vacancies, but no serious
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a satellite and a buoy in love, and Will Ferrell takes a road trip with his best friend who is transitioning in films heading to Sundance this year. Organizers announcement on Wednesday reveals a diverse and robust lineup of 82 feature-length films from
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US warship shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Wednesday in the southern Red Sea, a US military official said. There was no damage to the USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, or injuries to any personnel in the incident, the official said. The
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine Wednesday, President Joe Biden berated their tactics as “stunning” and dangerous. Yet he also signaled an openness to what GOP lawmakers ultimately want:
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela condenó este miércoles las recientes declaraciones de su homólogo de Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, y advirtió que “de manera irresponsable” ha dado luz verde a la presencia del Comando Sur de Estados Unidos en el disputado territorio de la Guayana Esequiba. Mediante
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has published legislation that will let it ignore a part of the country’s human rights laws in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The move triggered criticism from opponents on Wednesday. The bill is part of government plans to overcome
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota wildlife official says that a cougar that was struck and killed on an interstate highway in suburban Minneapolis was more than likely the same animal captured on home security video sauntering across a driveway earlier this week. An SUV struck the cougar Wednesday morning on Interstate 394 in Golden Valley,
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted to advance a GOP-led resolution on Wednesday to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for triggering a fire alarm in a House office building when there was not an emergency. A final vote on whether to pass the censure resolution is expected to
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