By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. How it got there is still unsolved. “It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might be responsible,” Las
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CNN By Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court handed down its most significant gun control ruling in two years on Friday, upholding a federal law that bars people who are the subject of domestic violence restraining orders from owning weapons. With conservatives and liberals joining the 8-1 majority,
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By Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court handed down its most significant gun control ruling in two years on Friday, upholding a federal law that bars people who are the subject of domestic violence restraining orders from owning weapons. With conservatives and liberals joining the 8-1 majority, the
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, Washington County (KSL) — A woman who allegedly told police she hated her parents and had no remorse was arrested Wednesday and accused of brutally shooting her parents multiple times, killing them inside their Washington home, prompting an all-night manhunt before she was finally
Continue ReadingBy Carter Williams Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Mark Loewen remembers receiving a call from the Museum of Evolution, a small museum in Denmark, a few years ago about an item on the for-profit dinosaur bones market. It was a fossil discovered in 2019 of what Loewen, a
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma City will help Los Angeles host two events during the 2028 Olympic Games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee announced on Friday. In four years, Oklahoma City will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions during the 2028 Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. Settled by a small group of Polynesian seafarers about 900 years ago, it’s a fascinating place that has been the subject of fierce debate about how complex societies can sometimes ruinously
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A relentless heat wave continued to bake most of the United States on Friday, with numerous areas expected to see record-breaking temperatures and forecasters warning there would likely be little relief through the weekend for most areas. The steamiest conditions on Friday were expected in parts of Ohio and Indiana,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant for a Malian accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012-13, where he is suspected of leading an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group. The warrant for Iyad Ag Ghaly,
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TODAY: Highs increase into the lower 90s Friday afternoon with mostly sunny skies. Winds remain out of the southwest at 5-10 mph and gusts up to 16 mph. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 70s with mostly clear skies. EXTENDED: Saturday sees increasing temperatures with highs into the mid-90s. Skies remain mostly sunny until
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake is set to return to the stage. The singer, who was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Sag Harbor, New York, on Tuesday morning, will perform as scheduled at the United Center in Chicago on Friday and Saturday. Timberlake is appearing as part of his
Continue ReadingHUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after they were caught in a rip current while swimming, authorities said. Brian Warter, 51, and 48-year-old Erica Wishard, and two of their mostly teenage children were caught in the current on Hutchinson Island, along Florida’s southeast coast, the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Amy Osmun dio por hecho que no volvería a ver a Mike Gilberstadt. Se habían conocido hacía apenas 10 horas. Ahora estaban en el aeropuerto Schiphol de Amsterdam, uno frente al otro, ambos posponiendo las despedidas. Pero el tiempo apremiaba. Ambos debían tomar vuelos de conexión: Amy a Escocia y Mike
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Well before the celebrity superfan became a trend in the sports world, Donald Sutherland was in on the ground floor with a casual style all his own. The Canadian actor — who died Thursday at age 88 — was a big supporter of the Montreal Expos during their time in the
Continue ReadingÉdgar Avilés (CNN Español) — El guardameta mexicano Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa es toda una leyenda en la historia de la selección tricolor, por lo que llamó la atención su ausencia en la próxima edición de la Copa América, que ya comenzó en Estados Unidos. El oriundo de la ciudad de Guadalajara ha jugado cinco veces
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — At eight years old, he was 6’ 1”. By sixth grade, he was almost 7 feet tall. And now, as an incoming college freshman, he’s listed at 7’9’’ — and poised to be the tallest college basketball player ever. Olivier Rioux, once the record holder as the tallest teenager
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Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. while also offering potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country. The two actions
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania couple drowned after being swept away by a rip current Thursday off the coast of Hutchinson Island, Florida, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. The couple went for a swim Thursday afternoon with two of their teens when they got into trouble while
Continue ReadingBy SONJA SMITH Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — A law in Namibia criminalizing gay sex between men has been overturned and declared unconstitutional and illegal by a court, in a victory for LGBTQ campaigners in the southern African nation. Three judges in the High Court in the capital, Windhoek, said in a joint ruling
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