CHICAGO (AP) — The father of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in what authorities allege was a hate crime has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Oday Al-Fayoume filed the lawsuit last month against the suburban Chicago landlord charged in the attack that left his child dead and the boy’s mother seriously wounded. The
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A Jefferson City man is suspected of driving while intoxicated after being badly injured in a crash Saturday night in Cole County.
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By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The NCAA’s most powerful conferences delivered an urgent plea to congressional leaders last week: We need your help to save college sports – and need it now. The commissioners of the Big Ten, Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference quietly lobbied leaders in both
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By Alaa Elassar and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Mirna El Helbawi sits on a Cairo rooftop, her face illuminated by the moonlight and a phone in her hands, as she texts a terrified father whose wife and children are trapped in Gaza. “I don’t want a single thing from this world right now,” he
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Beyoncé ruled the box office this weekend. Her concert picture, “ Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” opened in first place with $21 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from AMC Theatres Sunday. The post-Thanksgiving, early December box office is notoriously slow, but “Renaissance” defied the odds.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 3-month-old baby in Alabama died after being bitten by a “wolf-hybrid” kept as the family’s pet, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. Around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and county animal control officers responded to a 911 call about an apparent animal
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a bone to pick with the new speaker. Ahead of the Thanksgiving recess, the Georgia Republican was frustrated that GOP lawmakers helped defeat her effort to force a vote on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. And Greene – who has
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault, the U.S. military said. The Iranian-backed Houthis claimed two of the attacks. The strikes
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Glenys Kinnock, a former British cabinet minister, member of the European Parliament and wife of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, has died. She was 79. Her family says Kinnock died Sunday at her London home some six years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She was remembered as being an outspoken leader
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris attempted to reassert her role in the upcoming presidential election during a global climate summit over the weekend, hoping to mobilize young voters animated by tackling climate change. Harris directly addressed young leaders in her remarks at the COP28 climate conference Saturday, saying:
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU and SAMBU ASSANA Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says a shooting incident in the nation’s capital was an attempted coup against his government. Embalo said this on Sunday in his meeting with security forces, confirming fears over the latest threat to democracy in the increasingly
Continue Reading By Yulia Kesaieva and Benjamin Brown, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating whether Russian troops killed two Ukrainian service members after the pair had surrendered. The probe, which is being overseen by the Ukraine prosecutor general’s office, was announced a day after video of the incident was shared by Ukrainian government on
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CNN, WABC By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Wow, suddenly Christmas seems right around the corner. If you’re thinking of going old school this year when it comes to your true love, we should warn you that the cost of the dozen gifts outlined in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song hit
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Wow, suddenly Christmas seems right around the corner. If you’re thinking of going old school this year when it comes to your true love, we should warn you that the cost of the dozen gifts outlined in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song hit an all-time
Continue ReadingMEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks following flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Eleven people are still missing, officials said Sunday. Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor said Sunday he has opened an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old German-Filipino tourist near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, allegedly by a man who had been under surveillance for suspected Islamic radicalization. Jean-Francois Ricard said in a news
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Four people are dead, including two children, and one person was critically injured in a stabbing in Far Rockaway, Queens, on Sunday morning, police said. Two police officers were injured responding to the home, where a fire also broke out, and the suspect is dead. An
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Thomas Randele was dying of lung cancer and had a secret. In March of 2021, with his daughter at his bedside in suburban Boston after his first chemotherapy session, he made a stunning confession: He was a fugitive, and had been one for more than five decades. More than 50 years
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Sunday launched an investigation into allegations that Russian forces killed surrendering Ukrainian soldiers — a war crime if confirmed — after grainy footage on social media appeared to show two uniformed men being shot at close range after emerging from
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Shireen Quaizar was wracked with doubt. For years, the school psychologist has been active in Muslim-Jewish interfaith dialogue, but the Israel-Hamas war left her reeling. “What are we doing with talking to each other?” she recalled thinking, frustrated by a conversation about the exact number of
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