By Web staff Click here for updates on this story WOODLAND, California (KCRA) — Investigators have determined that a toddler was behind the wheel of a truck that hit and killed a 2-year-old girl over the weekend in Woodland, police said on Monday. Woodland police said the truck’s owner had left it running while parked
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Florida’s homeless will be banned from sleeping in public spaces such as sidewalks and parks under a law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure signed Wednesday also promises the homeless more services for issues such as substance abuse and mental health problems. The state Department of Children and
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By Leah Collins, CNN (CNN) — Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has announced that he will be writing and directing an upcoming short film in an ongoing commitment to empower Africa’s creative economy, slated to star music icon Seal and backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu. Backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu, the short film
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Wales is the first part of the United Kingdom to have a Black leader, after Vaughan Gething was elected first minister. The Welsh parliament elected him Wednesday after he won the contest to lead Wales’ governing Labour Party. Gething has a Welsh father and a Zambian mother. He said being Europe’s first
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CNN Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — Georgia Judge Scott McAfee continued his run of Solomonic decisions in his ruling rejecting the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the case accusing former President Donald Trump and a group of his associates of election interference in the
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By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday denied Michael Cohen’s attempt to end his supervised release early after finding Donald Trump’s former attorney likely “committed perjury” in past testimony. Cohen asked to lift his supervised release, which ends in November, based on his testimony in the New York
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un tribunal federal de apelaciones escuchará argumentos este miércoles sobre si se debe permitir que Texas aplique temporalmente su controvertida ley que permite a los funcionarios estatales arrestar y detener a personas de las que sospechan que ingresan ilegalmente al país. La audiencia se produce un día después de
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been a mainstay on The Associated Press All-America team the past few seasons. The NCAA’s all-time scoring leader from Iowa was honored for the third straight year Wednesday, becoming the 11th player to earn the distinction three times. She was a unanimous choice from the 35-member
Continue ReadingBy PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — An appeals court in Montenegro has confirmed that cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon will be handed over to his native South Korea. The Appeals Court of Montenegro said in a statement Wednesday that it approved an earlier ruling by the High Court to extradite Kwon to South
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch parliament has named two new go-betweens to lead negotiations to form the next ruling coalition. Lawmakers approved them Wednesday. The move came four months after the anti-immigration party led by Geert Wilders won a national election. Economist and former lawmaker Elbert Dijkgraaf and
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually get close to the same strict standards set
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The matchup in one of the most competitive Senate races of the year was set Tuesday, when voters chose Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, who had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, to take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall. Moreno is a Colombian-born, American-raised car dealership owner. He
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Los gritos de Jailyn resonaron en las tranquilas calles de Cleveland en plena noche. La pequeña gimió y aulló, pero nadie acudió en su ayuda. Su madre, Kristel Candelario, estaba de vacaciones de verano por 10 días y había dejado a Jailyn sola en un corral para niños con algunas botellas
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago daughter was sentenced to two decades for the 2022 murder of her elderly mother in a Bronzeville apartment. Shirley Gaines pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder on Monday. Gaines was convicted for beating and killing her 87-year-old mother
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized one of the most significant pieces of its ambitious climate agenda: the strongest new tailpipe rules for passenger cars and trucks that will decisively push the US auto market toward electric vehicles and hybrids. But in a concession to automakers
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling means defense
Continue ReadingBy Tre Ward Click here for updates on this story BENSENVILLE, Illinois (WLS) — Any room left in the crowded meeting on Monday night was eventually filled with anger and disappointment from students, parents and faculty as a staff member at Fenton High School in Bensenville is under investigation and accused of inappropriate conduct. “We
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) — Detectives are investigating if a deadly police shooting in Brooklyn was the result of the gunman being mugged, which set off the wild chain of events on Monday evening. Detectives said the 20-year-old gunman, identified Tuesday as Nathan Scott, may
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation’s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. One reason for that is the low cost for consumers of shrimp from India.
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CNN By Scott McLean, Ipek Yezdani and Anna Cooban, CNN Istanbul/London (CNN) — Down a dimly lit alleyway tucked just inside Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, a few dozen men are packed together, shouting, waving, and frantically speaking on their phones, others nervously pacing. This “standing market” — a low-rent version of a chaotic stock exchange floor
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