By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD (AP) — A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire has testified on his request to reinstate his suspended driver’s license. A lawyer for the state says driver Volodymyr Zhukovsky still played a role in the crash. Zhukovskyy testified
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By Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — When an ad goes viral, it’s usually for one of two reasons — it resonates so deeply with viewers that they can’t stop talking about it … or it makes people so upset they rush to social media to voice their outrage. An Apple ad for its new iPad Pro
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A giant pollution-sucking vacuum just started operating in Iceland. The direct air capture plant, dubbed “Mammoth,” takes in air and uses chemicals to strip out the carbon. That carbon can then be injected deep underground and turned into stone. This is good news for our
Continue ReadingKPHO, KTVK, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A giant pollution-sucking vacuum just started operating in Iceland. The direct air capture plant, dubbed “Mammoth,” takes in air and uses chemicals to strip out the carbon. That carbon can then be injected deep underground and turned into stone. This is good
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democrats have changed the way candidates for the General Assembly get on the ballot. Republicans are complaining that they unfairly changed the rules mid-game. The change came last week with the introduction of the plan. It was approved by the House and Senate and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor has been convicted in the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients. Darius A. Paduch of North Bergen, New Jersey, was convicted by a jury on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors say his victims included two males initially attacked before becoming adults. Jurors were shown evidence that
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Real Madrid supo remontar y con doblete de Joselu derrotó 2-1 al Bayern Múnich para avanzar a la final de la Champions League. Enfrentará el 1 de junio al Borussia Dortmund en el estadio de Wembley en Londres. El partido de ida de esta semifinal terminó 2-2
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s public defense against his four, distinct prosecutions in four, separate jurisdictions is that they are a coordinated hit job and a political persecution – evidence, he says, of a double standard of justice. Disproving Trump’s allegation is the likelihood, which seems to be
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers has approved a bill codifying a definition of antisemitism into law. A nearly unanimous House voted Wednesday in favor of the SHALOM Act, which adopts the definition provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Republican
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By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House voted on Wednesday to pass a one-week extension for federal aviation programs, a stopgap move intended to head off a looming end-of-week deadline. Congress is up against a Friday deadline of May 10 to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration authorities. This will
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit a home run and scored three times to lead the Kansas City Royals over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4. Both starting pitchers struggled out of the gate Wednesday but settled down and limited the damage. The Royals’ Brady Singer allowed one run
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By CNN’s Radina Gigova and CNNE’s Pau Mosquera (CNN) — Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national soccer player Jennifer Hermoso, after a High Court judge in Madrid accepted the case, the court said on Wednesday. Rubiales faces one count of sexual assault and one of
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case in which prosecutors allege he stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts,
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Houston’s police chief unexpectedly retired from the force Tuesday night amid questions about a department policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of cases to be suspended, including sexual abuse cases, according to the mayor’s office. Troy Finner had served as the chief of the Houston Police Department since 2021, capping off a 34-year career
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Acree Click here for updates on this story MISSION, Kansas (KSHB) — Kansas City-area high school freshman Alastor Reynolds said the mental health of his peers is “very not okay.” “I know multiple people and have multiple friends that are struggling right now, and they just can’t really get the help they need,”
Continue ReadingBy Claire Bradshaw Click here for updates on this story NORTH KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — The North Kansas City High School orchestra will play a special song dedicated to a young girl with cancer and her family at its concert Tuesday night. Sisters Josie, 7, and Quincy, 5, of Shawnee, Kansas, wrote about their
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled a second execution to be carried out with nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay Ivey set a Sept. 26 execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. Miller was convicted of killing three men during a 1999 workplace shooting. The attorney general’s office says the execution will
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers are concerned about a push by some House Republicans to include a citizenship question on the once-a-decade census. Legislation passed by the House on Wednesday would eliminate people who aren’t citizens from the head count that helps determine political power in the United States.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La magnitud de la devastación causada por las inundaciones que asolan el sur de Brasil quedó al descubierto en nuevas y sobrecogedoras imágenes satelitales compartidas con CNN. Al menos 95 personas fallecieron a causa de las fuertes lluvias e inundaciones que asolan el estado de Rio Grande do Sul, donde las
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — La planta “más grande del mundo” diseñada para absorber de la atmósfera la contaminación que calienta el planeta —como una aspiradora gigante— comenzó a funcionar en Islandia este miércoles. “Mammoth” es la segunda planta comercial de captura directa de aire inaugurada por la empresa suiza Climeworks en el país, y es 10
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