By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Investigators have located a boat that may have struck and killed the 15-year-old granddaughter of a US diplomat near Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday, authorities said. The boat fits the description of the one that hit Ella Adler, and is in custody, authorities said on Tuesday. The boat’s owner
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the United States and is now poised to put another $12.5 billion toward intractable problems like closing the gender pay gap and increasing women’s political participation, her grantees hope. The additional
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs. Messi, the dog from the film “Anatomy of a Fall,” walked up and down the Cannes carpet on Tuesday ahead of the opening ceremony. Lines of
Continue ReadingBy Amy Maetzold Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Several beaches remain under a bacterial warning in Los Angeles County after a sewage spill last week. The warning was only lifted for Dockweiler State Beach and Venice Beach on Monday, May 13. The warning was issued by the Los Angeles
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Audiences will be forgiven if they forget that Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau are actually playing roles in their new film “Babes.” The raunchy comedy about a pair of childhood friends who navigate two life-changing pregnancies is right in the wheelhouse for the actors, who have known each
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las autoridades francesas lanzaron una persecución el martes después de que hombres armados tendieran una emboscada a un convoy de una prisión en Normandía para permitir que escapara un recluso, matando a dos guardias e hiriendo a otros tres. El violento incidente, extremadamente raro en esa parte del norte
Continue ReadingBy J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — Speeding drivers on North Texas roads have become a serious problem just about everywhere. But in an area of East Dallas, the mix of highways and homes has created a dangerous situation that has a city council member taking action. Even
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to raise its key interest rate in response to signs of stubborn inflation and underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool again. Yet Powell, during a panel discussion in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Venezuela continúa construyendo infraestructura y equipo militar cerca de la frontera con Guyana, mientras el presidente Nicolás Maduro y sus partidarios aumentan sus amenazas de anexar un pedazo de tierra guyanesa rica en petróleo. En un informe compartido con CNN, el Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales (CSIS), con sede en
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92. A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in
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By Kendall Hyde Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPTV) — A U.S. Air Force Pararescue veteran was honored Monday morning in Port St. Lucie as he received a mortgage-free house through the Building Homes For Heroes program. In 2004, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Francis “Frankie” Reilly served as
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Creepy, crunchy, brown-colored shells can be seen all over Mid-Missouri this month as cicadas begin to emerge.
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Independence Day is normally a raucous affair, celebrated with day parties and barbecues in parks, but this year, celebrations — from Monday evening through Tuesday — were muted. In the shadow of the war in Gaza and immediately after the country marked an emotional
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Un número indeterminado de orcas hundieron un velero tras embestirlo en aguas marroquíes del Estrecho de Gibraltar, informó el lunes el servicio de salvamento marítimo español, un nuevo ataque en lo que se ha convertido en una tendencia en los últimos cuatro años. El buque Alboran Cognac, de 15 metros de
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By Joel Lopez Click here for updates on this story FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPTV) — Friends of Levil Smith are mourning the loss of a man they said was like family to them. “With all the violence that’s going on right now, I’ve lost people to like the same kind of violence he went through,
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By Matt Papaycik Click here for updates on this story DELRAY BEACH, Florida (WPTV) — Several brave bystanders rescued a man after his car erupted in flames Saturday night on Interstate 95 in Delray Beach. Delray Beach Fire Rescue said four vehicles were involved in a crash in the northbound lanes of I-95, north of
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly in eastern Ohio until four days after last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment. A whistleblower told
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.” Court documents released Tuesday show that a defense attorney for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a notice of appeal. A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed
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By WXYZ Staff Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WXYZ) — The now famous giant slide on Belle Isle is set to reopen this summer with new safety improvements. During a presentation in front of city council on Tuesday, officials say that they are replacing some padding at the slide and making
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements were expected to occur Wednesday in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez. Federal Judge Sidney H. Stein told lawyers Tuesday that he expected a jury to be picked by mid-morning before openings begin. He told possible jurors earlier that a
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