ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered 41-year-old David Lee Nelson to pay more than $60,000, with some of the money going toward counseling for the victims. Some
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered 41-year-old David Lee Nelson to pay more than $60,000, with some of the money going toward counseling for the victims. Some
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By Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director Bill Burns is in Cairo amid intensive negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage deal in the Israel-Hamas war, a person familiar with the matter says. Burns has acted as a key interlocutor for the United States in the multiparty talks
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy rains have killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing. The record-breaking floods have devastated cities and forced more than 24,000 people to leave their homes. Brazil’s Geological Service
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that lawyers for a teenager who is suing two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after citing irreconcilable conflicts with their client. Rebecca Adelman and Leslie Ballin had filed a
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a fraud case. Yvette Wang entered the plea in Manhattan federal court on Friday three
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El partido Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) inició su Décimo Congreso este viernes en la ciudad de El Alto, Bolivia, en el que se espera que elija a su nuevo dirigente. Más de 4.500 policías han sido desplegados para resguardar la seguridad del evento, de acuerdo con la Agencia Boliviana de
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By Barbie Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italy has the right to confiscate a life-size bronze statue dating back to the second or third centuries B.C. from the J. Paul Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles, California, where it has been for half a century, according to a ruling by the European Court of Human
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KDKA, CNN By Brammhi Balarajan, Jillian Sykes, Caroll Alvarado and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A former nurse who killed at least three patients and tried to kill more than a dozen more at nursing facilities across Pennsylvania has been sentenced to life in prison, the state’s attorney general said. But the family of one
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in 2020. “What if Harry Potter went to an HBCU in the South?” The proposal went viral and after a long road of trial and error and numerous rejections by people who thought
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. That may be starting to change. They have had fervent debates over whether and how to respond
Continue Reading By Michelle Shen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Hope Hicks, once a longtime trusted aide in Donald Trump’s inner circle, is testifying Friday in the New York hush money trial after being subpoenaed. “I’m really nervous,” Hicks said while looking at the jury. She looked visibly uncomfortable after taking the stand. As CNN reported previously, Hicks appeared
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CNN By Michelle Shen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Hope Hicks, once a longtime trusted aide in Donald Trump’s inner circle, is testifying Friday in the New York hush money trial after being subpoenaed. “I’m really nervous,” Hicks said while looking at the jury. She looked visibly uncomfortable after taking the stand. As CNN reported previously, Hicks
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot. The campaign turned in more than 380,000 voter signatures on Friday. Now Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office must verify the
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple’s ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. From
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. Cindy McCain, the American director of the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The message was clear from Italy coach Luciano Spalletti. Put your PlayStation away and start focusing more on scoring goals. The results have been wondrous for Gianluca Scamacca. He has scored nine goals in 11 matches for Atalanta since Spalletti dropped him from the Azzurri squad
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By Catherine Nicholls and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italy’s Ministry of Health has banned the popular wellness trend of “puppy yoga” amid concerns that the puppies used in the practice could be exploited and mistreated. Typically, sessions involve puppies roaming around a yoga class and sometimes being incorporated in poses. Giovanni Leonardi,
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will not face charges after being accused by a woman of sexual assault for an alleged 2017 incident, a Dallas police spokesperson told CNN on Friday. “An investigation was conducted, and the case is closed,” the police statement reads. “Detectives determined there was insufficient evidence an
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