By Matteo Iadonisi Click here for updates on this story CINNAMINSON, New Jersey (WPVI) — 70-year-old Air Force veteran Jim Alturo started his own ‘Cigarette Butt Challenge’ to keep the streets clean in his South Jersey community. It started as a modest retirement hobby: taking a walk and picking up trash along the way. “The
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Mexican tourists have died after a boat carrying 19 people capsized or swamped between Cancun and Isla Mujeres. Authorities said Tuesday that the captain of the boat had been detained. Investigators in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo are looking into whether the boat had been overcrowded, or if
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be freed after a magistrate sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence for inciting violence. Job Sikhala is seen by many as the face of resistance to Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un par de potentes tormentas impulsadas por ríos atmosféricos están a punto de desencadenar una semana de viento e increíblemente húmeda en California en lo que es la primera señal clara de la influencia que se esperaba que El Niño tuviera en el estado este invierno. Las tormentas intensas aumentarán la
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan school official told jurors that he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy killed four fellow students in 2021. Nick Ejak testified Tuesday that he was pulled into a meeting earlier that day at Oxford High School to discuss a violent drawing
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By Matteo Iadonisi Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — “I think whether it’s a sculpture, drawings, or photographs, the images we most respond to are images of other people,” said Arlene Love. That message encapsulates the last seven decades of Love’s lifetime of art. And no matter the medium, Love felt
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An Ohio man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from his attempt in March 2023 to burn down a Chesterland church, a week before it planned to host two drag show events, according to the US Department of Justice.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden dijo este martes a periodistas que tomó una decisión sobre la respuesta de EE.UU. al ataque con drones que mató a tres miembros del servicio estadounidense e hirió a docenas en Jordania. Al ser consultado por Arlette Saenz, de CNN, sobre si ha decidido cómo responder,
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the killer of rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022. Investigators had been searching for Kaitlin Armstrong for more than a month and believed she was moving around
Continue ReadingBy David Caltabiano Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO) — Every day, countless items are smuggled into the country, and one of the most valuable possessions is, surprisingly, insects, according to Arizona State University assistant professor Dr. Lauren Weidner. Weidner is raising awareness about black market bugs and insects smuggled for
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater. The foundation announced Monday that it has named the Great Lakes ReNEW group as one of 10 regional innovation engines across the country. Each will
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By Kareem Khadder, Tim Lister and Richard Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israeli tanks fired live ammunition and smoke grenades after entering a hospital complex in southern Gaza where more than 8,000 people are sheltering, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Tuesday. After surrounding the Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis for more than a
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Parliament has stripped an imprisoned opposition lawmaker of his parliamentary status, defying a ruling made by the country’s top court in September. After months of legal and political turmoil that saw two of the highest courts in Turkey clash, the decision by the Court of Appeals to unseat Can Atalay,
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, dijo este martes que no reconocerá los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de 2024 en Venezuela, pero matizó que esto no significa que no reconozca al Gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro. “No es que no reconocemos, no estamos de acuerdo en absoluto
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos anunció este martes que reactivará las sanciones al sector de petróleo y gas de Venezuela, en respuesta a la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia venezolano (TSJ) de inhabilitar la candidatura de la opositora María Corina Machado. Tribunal Supremo de Venezuela inhabilita la candidatura presidencial de
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Illinois State Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss a challenge to former President Donald Trump’s candidacy, but the decision is not expected to be the final word in the matter, with an appeal all but assured. The panel voted 8-0 on a bipartisan basis to
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO) — A toddler is dead after reportedly overdosing on drugs at a Phoenix apartment, and police say his mother is in custody. On Monday, around 7:30 a.m., Phoenix police were called to an apartment near 32nd Street and Van Buren Street. Officers
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says it handled a record number of automobiles on its docks last year. The state agency reported Tuesday that more than 775,000 autos and heavy machinery units moved through the Port of Brunswick in the 2023 calendar year. That is an increase
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say police shot and wounded a Kansas woman who’s suspected of fatally shooting her 14-year-old son. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that the 43-year-old Wichita woman is expected to survive after she was shot early Monday following hours of negotiations. Police say it started Sunday night when the
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN GOP Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a bill on Tuesday to create a federal law that would help survivors of human trafficking expunge their criminal records for crimes committed as a direct result of being a victim, according to a copy of
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