By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay in a city jail while he awaits a retrial in a rape case or be sent back to California to continue serving a prison sentence. The fallen movie
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Allow Brian Kelley to reintroduce himself. Best known as one-half of the country super-duo Florida Georgia Line, Kelley will release a solo album, “Tennessee Truth,” on Friday. It is a collection of 12 anthemic country songs ripe for a road trip and tailgate in equal
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson signed the legislation Thursday in his Jefferson City Capitol office. According to Planned Parenthood, only Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have successfully
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last sedan still sold by General Motors’ biggest selling brand, will end production this year, the company announced. Malibu production will end in November as the factory that builds it, the Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas, is reconfigured to build a new generation
Continue ReadingOpinion by Rosa Prince London (CNN) — Former US President Donald Trump seems to be going out of his way this week to try to divert the public’s attention, and many of us can guess why. “I can’t believe that New York City is instituting Congestion Pricing, where everyone has to pay a fortune for
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela (CNE) develó el tarjetón electoral que mostrarán las máquinas el 28 de julio, a través del cual los electores podrán elegir entre los 10 candidatos un presidente para un período de 6 años que iniciará el 10 de enero de 2025. El presidente Nicolás Maduro,
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a man who claimed he had copyrighted music decades ago that was later used in a 2008 single by the rapper Flo Rida. The Flo Rida track “In the Ayer” incorporated elements of “Jam the Box,” created in the 1980s by Tony
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (WYFF) — A man passed two South Carolina Walmart employees a frightening note on Monday that led to the store being robbed, police said in an incident report. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department said in the report they were
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have cleared out a homeless encampment in a city neighborhood where drug use has been pervasive for years. But homeless advocates and others have raised concerns about how it was done. The so-called encampment resolution began around 7 a.m. Wednesday in the Kensington neighborhood and was completed by 10 a.m.
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency following heavy rains, widespread flooding and landslides in the U.S. territory. One person is reported missing. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi also activated the National Guard on Wednesday to help 22 of the island’s 78 municipalities that were hardest hit. More than 10 inches or
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Andy Serkis is going back to Middle-earth to play Gollum in two new Lord of the Rings films. Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy said Thursday that Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the Oscar-winning team behind the “Lord of the Rings” and
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — A teacher at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville County, South Carolina, has been fired after a gun was found in his bag, according to the Greenville County Schools Spokesman Tim Waller. Waller said Shavar Stephenson, 25, was arrested Tuesday for
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar-winning team behind the nearly $6 billion blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies is reuniting to produce two new films. The first of the new projects from Sir Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens is tentatively titled “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt
Continue Reading By Ted Barrett, Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a major federal aviation bill ahead of a key Friday deadline. The bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill would renew authority for the agency for the next five years and aims to improve aviation safety, enhance protections
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story LIBERTY COUNTY, Georgia (WJCL) — An investigation is underway after a retired Liberty County K-9 was brought to an animal shelter. According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, the retired K-9, Kona, was surrendered to the Liberty County Animal Shelter on April 29 by Deputy
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain.
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was involved in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada last year, despite the recent arrests of three Indian men in the crime. India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir
Continue Reading By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — One man’s loss is another man’s gain, goes the saying – and as Boeing seems caught in a spiral of bad news, one aircraft manufacturer is quietly powering ahead. Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, which specializes in smaller narrow-body passenger jets, has been clocking up major announcements, and will soon comprise
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Great news for fans of “Speed.” Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, who starred in the 1994 hit movie, joined a conversation on the podcast “50 MPH” and addressed a possible third film in the franchise. “I mean, you know — we’d freakin’ knock it out of the park,”
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Shawn Nottingham, Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Florida sheriff publicly released bodycam footage from a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home last week – and disputed claims from the victim’s family that the deputy had gone to the wrong apartment. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric
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