By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Senate is backing a plan to give the state’s appointed election board the power to investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s handling of elections. The bill passed 30-19 Friday despite the measure’s sponsor saying that the bill is in “murky water” when it comes to its
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By Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden business associate John Robinson Walker said in a closed-door interview on Friday that President Joe Biden “was never involved” in any of his business dealings with the president’s son, according to Walker’s opening statement provided first to CNN. Walker is among a growing list of Biden family business associates
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story Mt. LEBANON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A substitute teacher at Seton LaSalle High School in Mt. Lebanon was charged with sexually assaulting a student. Damon Michael Gall, 24 years old of Canonsburg, was charged with felony institutional sexual assault as well as corruption of minors and
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Soaring prices for natural gas, electricity and home heating oil in recent years have resulted in a record number of Americans falling behind on their utility bills and applying for help from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. Are you struggling to pay your utility bills?
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story LOWER BURRELL, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman is in custody after she was found hiding in a rusted refrigerator in the woods following a high-speed chase in Westmoreland County. Rachel Mautino was accused of leading police on a chase through New Kensington and Lower Burrell
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Nelson Click here for updates on this story SPRING HILL, Florida (WFTS) — An Amazon driver was charged after he allegedly stole a French bulldog while delivering packages in Spring Hill three days before Christmas. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived at a home on Copper Hill Drive to investigate the
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Newly released investigative reports into last year’s deadly ambush of Fargo police officers show the gunman’s movements in the hours before the shooting. Still images from Mohamad Barakat’s apartment and surveillance cameras show him loading his weapons into a garage and visiting a gun range on
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter retrial of a man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith is nearing its end. Prosecution and defense attorneys spent Friday afternoon delivering closing arguments to the jury that will decide 36-year-old Cardell Hayes’ fate. Hayes shot Smith following a traffic
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all strips used to test drugs for deadly substances now goes to West Virginia’s governor. Republican Jim Justice hasn’t said publicly whether he supports the bill, which has received bipartisan support in the state with the nation’s highest overdose rate. Justice
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By Fiona Sinclair-Scott and Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — How do you begin to talk about something as seemingly frivolous as haute couture fashion against the tumult of today? In many ways, impossibly expensive gowns made for red carpets and the world’s elite never felt so irrelevant or so tone deaf. One idea was put
Continue ReadingBy Christian Olaniran, Mike Hellgren, Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Multiple manhole cover explosions were reported Thursday night in Downtown Baltimore, and hundreds were left without power through Friday morning as crews investigate. Fire officials say the preliminary cause of the explosions is believed to be electrical.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of basketball player LeBron James. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1984 Birth place: Akron, Ohio Birth name: LeBron Raymone James Father: Anthony McClelland Mother: Gloria James Marriage: Savannah (Brinson) James (September 2013-present) Children: Zhuri Nova, Bryce Maximus and LeBron Jr. Other Facts James also
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CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl. Except if you’re willing to suspend all rational thought and subscribe to an online theory that’s in vogue that the two teams who could
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl. Except if you’re willing to suspend all rational thought and subscribe to an online theory that’s in vogue that the two teams who could be
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely this week on the social media platform X. Her ardent fanbase
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Corte Constitucional de Ecuador difundió este viernes tres dictámenes relacionados a los pedidos de consulta popular planteados por el presidente Daniel Noboa con el fin de realizar reformas legales en materia de seguridad, justicia y empleo. El organismo de control constitucional emitió un dictamen favorable únicamente para 10 de
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered minor injuries on Friday and more than $2 million worth of damage estimated to have been reported from a fire University of Missouri Medical School. The two people who were injured were not named, but they were treated and released, according to an email from MU Health Care spokesman
Continue ReadingBy Paul Gessler Click here for updates on this story BEL AIR, Maryland (WJZ) — When she’s not in the stadium for Ravens games, Terri Swartz watches in her home’s “Fan Cave” with her brother Rick. “It’s just really fun and it’s something to look forward to every week,” Swartz said. “(The Ravens) really just
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press New Jersey’s public transit agency is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other proposed power plants in largely minority areas. NJ Transit said Friday it is redirecting $503 million that would have
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Un retrato de Gustav Klimt, del que no se supo nada durante casi un siglo, podría alcanzar varios millones cuando salga a subasta esta primavera. Se espera que el “Retrato de Fräulein Lieser”, que se cree es una de las últimas obras del pintor austriaco, llegue a los US$ 54 millones
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