By DANIELLE RADIN Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Orange County authorities Friday detailed a crackdown on what they say is an organized crime scheme led by Romanian immigrants that target public assistance benefits recipients. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer held a news conference Friday, revealing the
Continue ReadingBy TODD FEURER, SAMAH ASSAD, MICHELE YOUNGERMAN, DAVID SAVINI Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Taxpayers soon will be shelling out $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who was hit by a falling light pole in the Loop that had been rusting for years. On Monday,
Continue ReadingOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years. Authorities say Mike Carroll’s pacemaker showed that he died in 2016 at age 81, but Overland Park police
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE, CLAUDIA LAUER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn’t stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family members and confused tourists trapped without food or water lit up the emergency lines every few
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis is campaigning in South Carolina, and he’s trying to frame his White House campaign as the one that can top GOP front-runner Donald Trump and Nikki Haley in pivotal South Carolina. But some who came out to see him Saturday in Myrtle Beach
Continue ReadingBy ADAM DUXTER Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — If you played the Minnesota Millionaire raffle, it might be worth taking another look at your ticket. Two million dollar tickets — one sold in Delano, another in Dundas — still haven’t been claimed nearly three weeks after the drawing. The
Continue ReadingBy HUNTER GEISEL Click here for updates on this story MIRAMAR, Florida (WFOR) — A puppy on the verge of death was rescued on Friday by two selfless police officers in South Florida. According to Miramar Police, the officers were dispatched to the 6000 block of Southwest 27th Street in reference to a severely injured
Continue ReadingBy JOE BRANDT Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Dr. Claire Fagin, the first woman to lead any Ivy League institution and a former president and dean of the University of Pennsylvania, has died at age 97, Penn announced Tuesday. Fagin took over as interim president at Penn in 1993
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CARLIN Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Police are investigating an 11-month-old boy’s death after they said he was burned by steam from a radiator in an apartment in Brooklyn. Officers responded to the building on East 14th Street in Midwood on Friday after getting a
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story COHASSET, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Security camera footage recorded Friday in Cohasset on Lamberts Lane shows a pack of eight coyotes roaming the snow-covered landscape. Jeffrey Adler, who shared the video with WBZ-TV, said there’s a lot of wildlife in the area and he often sees
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN Español)– El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, confirmó este sábado a través de X, antes Twitter, el fallecimiento de Piedad Córdoba, senadora por el partido de gobierno Pacto Histórico. CNN confirmó con fuentes oficiales que Córdoba fue atendida en la clínica Conquistadores de la ciudad de Medellín, en donde murió, al parecer,
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CNN By Hannah Brewitt, CNN (CNN) — The NFL playoffs are in full swing. The first stage of this year’s postseason began with last week’s “Super Wild Card Weekend.” Now, only eight teams remain in the fight for the NFL’s biggest prize. The divisional round is stacked with exciting matchups, including a postseason debut for
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By Sara Smart and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The good Samaritan who risked electrocution to save a baby in northeast Portland after a power line fell on top of a car and killed three people said she didn’t think twice about jumping in to help. “I wasn’t thinking, like, ‘Oh, I could be
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press The longtime Iowa principal who risked his life to save students during a shooting earlier this month was remembered Saturday not just for his heroic actions that day but for the unconditional love and compassion he showed his family and students during his years at Perry High School. Mourners filled
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British politician who was making a speech calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters. David Lammy, a member of Parliament from the opposition Labour party, was briefly rushed backstage Saturday when a woman approached his microphone and unfurled a Palestinian flag. Lammy was heckled
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire, which has conducted the first presidential primary for more than 100 years, is clinging to its spot on the 2024 election calendar. Why is New Hampshire’s primary first? New Hampshire’s state government jealously guards its status as the first-in-the-nation primary. Iowa traditionally
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Freezing temperatures and wind speeds are creating dangerously cold conditions in a large part of the U.S. stretching from Montana to northern Florida. The region is not expected to begin thawing out until Monday. In the meantime, forecasters are warning residents to be careful when outside. Weather
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and NASSER NASSER Associated Press AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank (AP) — The father of an American teen killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank railed against Washington’s military support for Israel, as hundreds of mourners buried the 17-year-old in the family’s ancestral Palestinian village Saturday. The death of Tawfiq Ajaq
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By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Saturday questioned Donald Trump’s mental fitness after he appeared to confuse her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when talking about the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. “Last night, Trump is at a rally and he’s going on and on mentioning me
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Adam Harrison, one of three sons of reality TV show “Pawn Stars” celebrity Richard “Rick” Harrison, has died in Las Vegas, a family representative said Saturday. He was 39. Harrison family spokesperson Laura Herlovich confirmed Adam Harrison died Friday, said his death was from a suspected drug overdose and issued a
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