By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With an unscripted clash between President Joe Biden and a Georgia congresswoman at Thursday night’s State of the Union speech, the killing of a Georgia nursing student was further cemented as a political rallying point in the 2024 race for president. Twenty-two-year-old Laken Riley has become the
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has his hopes set that Republican voters in Mississippi and three other states will push him over the top Tuesday night in his quest to clinch his party’s presidential nomination for the third election in a row. Further down the ballot are a
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The manslaughter trial of James Crumbley continued in a Michigan courtroom Friday, just weeks after his wife, Jennifer, was convicted in relation to their son’s mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021. Their son, Ethan Crumbley, killed four students and wounded seven others. Here
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story OLIVETTE, Missouri (KMOV) — A son is accused of killing his mother in Olivette. Jaylen Johnson, 25, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the death of Monica Johnson-McNichols, 56. His bond was set at $100,000. Johnson-McNichols was found fatally shot in
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By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Khader Zaanoun, Sophie Tanno, Paul P. Murphy and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when airdropped aid packages fell on them in the Al Shati camp west of Gaza City, according to a journalist on the scene. Khader Al Zaanoun told
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — Thunderstorms are bubbling up across the South, opening the door for significant flooding, damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes to pound the region through Saturday. Flood alerts are in effect for nearly 15 million people in the South, including parts of Atlanta, through much of
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CNN By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Red Bull has suspended the female employee who accused F1 team principal Christian Horner of inappropriate behavior, according to multiple reports. Speaking with reporters in Jeddah ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, Horner said he couldn’t talk about the reported suspension due to “confidentiality
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on the power supply of the electric car company Tesla near Berlin. A spokeswoman said there is an initial suspicion that a terrorist organization may have been involved in the attack. In such cases,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Concerns are being raised after a malfunction on Oahu’s Skyline light rail train on Thursday. Some customers say the train changed destination and reversed back in the west direction. About 30 riders reportedly had to get off the train at the Kualakai
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman is dead after reportedly shooting herself following a chase in Natchitoches early Thursday morning. Natchitoches police identify the woman as Georgia Stenson, 51. She was pronounced dead at the scene. NPD Assistant Chief Brad Walker said the chase
Continue ReadingOpinion by Elena Sheppard (CNN) — There is something slightly unnerving about the new reality show “Side Hustlers.” The premise of the five-part Roku series is that, under the guidance of supermodel and investor Ashley Graham and Good American CEO and entrepreneur Emma Grede, a select few hopeful entrepreneurs ready to ditch their day jobs will be able to quit their
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN and GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Throughout the billion-dollar “Barbie” film, an instrumental version of Billie Eilish’s hit “What Was I Made For” weaves in and out, soundtracking the famous doll’s existential crisis. In the final scene — no spoilers! — Eilish’s crackling, saccharine falsetto is finally heard
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — For more than a century, many people of Irish descent have faced a daunting predicament when searching for details about their families’ pasts. A 1922 fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin at the outset of Ireland’s Civil War destroyed census, vital and probate records. While some
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The Congressional committee investigating campus antisemitism sent a letter to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday seeking a wide range of documents on how the school is protecting Jewish students. The letter from Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Republican chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee,
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena and Anna Bahney, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans are in the throes of the worst housing affordability crisis in decades. Baby Boomers aren’t parting with their homes, insurance costs are skyrocketing, mortgage rates are sky-high and half of renters say they can’t afford their monthly payment. Some have given up on ever owning
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — After being rocked by years of quality and safety issues, Boeing is changing the bonus formula it uses to pay more than 100,000 nonunion employees. Instead of basing most of white-collar employees’ bonuses on financial results, bonuses will now be based mostly on safety and quality metrics.
Continue ReadingBy Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Since 2013, veterans have come to Henderson County to plant food, attend therapy and see all that the 8-acre Veterans Healing Farm has to offer. But that is about to change. The organization is being forced to leave its
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce may have been the buzziest subject of football season, but for award season, Jimmy Kimmel isn’t so sure the celebrity couple will get a mention in his opening monologue at the Oscars on Sunday. When asked if he plans to talk about Swift and
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By Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story NEBO, North Carolina (WLOS) — It’s official — a McDowell County woman’s potato plant has set a world record. In August 2023, News 13 spotlighted Cecelia Smith in a Carolina Moment feature. The Nebo woman grew her plant, named “Gertrude,” and it has reached a
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland teenager was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Pulaski County early Thursday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened at 6 p.m. on Rawlins Road one mile west of Highway T when a 16-year-old boy drove too fast on a curve in a 1994 Chevrolet 2500.
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