By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been sentenced to two life sentences plus 30 years for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business in 2018 with a package bomb, killing her and seriously injuring two clients. The sentencing of Stephen Beal happened Friday in federal court in downtown
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press A judge on Friday dismissed a juror in the trial of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his estranged wife, after the panelist likened the case to the novel and movie “Gone Girl.” Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses. January can be the worst month for these illnesses and vaccination rates are low. When relatives, friends and co-workers are coming down with coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever, keeping viruses at bay means thorough hand-washing,
Continue ReadingBy Abby O’Brien Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A cry of relief rang out in a downtown courtroom on Friday as a Toronto mother formerly sentenced to life in connection with the death of her disabled teenage daughter was acquitted of first-degree murder following a retrial. Ontario Superior Court
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Public health experts are sounding the alarm as Canada contends with a record-breaking wave of dangerous, and sometimes deadly, invasive group A streptococcus (strep) infections. As of Jan. 9, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has received more than 4,600
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas asked a federal appeals court Friday to block the upcoming execution using the “untested methods.” Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Thursday, when a
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate says she will run for governor in 2026. Democrat Toni Atkins made history as only the third person and first woman to hold both of the top jobs in the state Legislature. Atkins was speaker of the state Assembly before
Continue ReadingDEFIANCE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a house exploded in a rural area of eastern Missouri, killing two young children. Emergency responders were called just before 7:45 a.m. Friday to a home in Defiance, about 40 miles west of St. Louis. Two children, ages 4 and 6, were trapped in the house, but the intense
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting three adults and a toddler. The court’s 6-1 majority ruled Friday that Kyle Trevor Flack did not clearly invoke his right to remain silent by saying he wanted to be
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting three adults and a toddler. The court’s 6-1 majority ruled Friday that Kyle Trevor Flack did not clearly invoke his right to remain silent by saying he wanted to be
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has vetoed bills aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails and requiring more transparency in police encounters with civilians. Democratic Mayor Eric Adams’ Friday vetoes set up a faceoff with the City Council, which has said it has enough votes to
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from so-called forever chemicals. DOD officials said Thursday that they planned to install the filtration systems in a lagoon and drainage ditch on the now-shuttered Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is calling on citizens not to support drug cartels or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday he understood that the gangs may be pressuring civilians to appear in
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — On the surface, the platform beneath a new generation of automobiles has little to do with politics and elections. But at Stellantis, new large vehicle underpinnings announced Friday are key to the company’s ability to adjust to European and U.S. government electric vehicle requirements that could
Continue ReadingCNN By Pete Muntean, LJ Spaet, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — An Atlas Air cargo flight en route from Miami to Puerto Rico made an emergency landing late Thursday after a reported engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said. According to FlightAware, the plane was in the air for 14 minutes.
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By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — A black and white milkshake in Raleigh. A mango smoothie outside Allentown. Soul food in Charleston. Back on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden is sidling up to take-out counters, introducing himself to restaurant workers and slipping into booths as he searches for votes, a return to
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it will challenge an auction of artifacts belonging to the country’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela. Friday’s announcement comes ahead of the auction of 75 artifacts belonging to Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected president who spent 27 years in jail for fighting
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jack Burke Jr. loved to play golf as much as he enjoyed teaching it. In a golfing life that spanned just over a century, he delivered the largest comeback in Masters history, built the fabled Champions Golf Club in Houston and left everyone he met with homespun wisdom on
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Compiten las 10 selecciones sudamericanas. Serán 21 días de competencia en la cual se jugarán 32 encuentros. Están en juego dos pasaportes a los Juegos Olímpicos de París. Las selecciones van con poderosos equipos que tienen a Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay como favoritos a ser campeones. Este sábado comienza a
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By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A set of Winston Churchill’s false teeth is expected to fetch up to £8,000 ($10,000) when it goes on sale in England next month. Churchill, Britain’s prime minister during World War II, had several sets of upper dentures that were specifically constructed to maintain his natural lisp and were mounted
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