By Lindsay Isaac and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Two beluga whales have been rescued from the besieged city of Kharkiv in Ukraine and taken to an aquarium in Valencia, Spain, in a complex operation. A multinational team involving marine mammal care experts from Oceanogràfic de Valencia, the largest oceanarium in Europe; Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta;
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CNN By Rebekah Riess, Carlos Suarez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Musician Travis Scott was arrested and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail early Thursday morning on charges of trespassing property after being given a warning and disorderly intoxication, county jail records show. Scott, whose legal name is Jacques Bermon Webster, a hip-hop artist with
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By Michael Chen Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Two days before hotel vouchers are set to end, some January flood survivors are returning home, while others are scrambling to make plans. “I just put a window slider in. Right now, I’m installing the electric wiring,” said Harold Roberts, 73.
Continue ReadingBy Jim Dolan Click here for updates on this story MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — A state-licensed cannabis dispensary opens for business on Thursday at Eight Avenue near 48th Street in Manhattan. Nicklz, is supported by the New York Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund, a public-private fund created to provide opportunities for justice-involved individuals who
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By Sebastian Shukla and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Football Association of Serbia has written to the UEFA Secretary General following a chant reportedly heard at a European Championships – Euro 2024 – match between Croatia and Albania on Wednesday in Hamburg. In the letter to UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis on Thursday, the assocation describes it as “shameful joint
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts. Parts of the 2017 tax bill that became law when Donald Trump was president expire after 2025. Pence’s Advancing American Freedom group is pressing conservatives not to stray
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By Larry Madowo, Caitlin Danaher and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Violent clashes between police and protestors have broken out in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday as a government vote on a controversial finance bill gets underway. A CNN team on the ground witnessed chaotic scenes as protestors were tear gassed by police, with one journalist left bloodied
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin and Matthies Otto, CNN (CNN) — A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor whose family was murdered at Auschwitz is the cover star for the July/August edition of Vogue Germany. Margot Friedländer, née Bendheim, was born in Berlin in 1921. According to a brief bio on the website of Berlin’s Jewish Museum, Friedländer spent the
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to qualify for next week’s debate in Atlanta, according to host network CNN, falling shy of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and necessary polling. The missed markers mean that the June 27 showdown will be solely
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By Eyewitness News Click here for updates on this story MINEOLOA, NEW YORK (WABC) — They celebrated what doctors at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island are calling a tiny miracle Wednesday: Little Shyne Graham finally got to go home. Shyne was born six months ago. She was 24 weeks and three days premature and
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people have been detained for questioning in connection with the murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, whose body was discovered in a north Houston creek earlier this week, sources told ABC13. This comes less than 48 hours after the Houston
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KTRK By KTRK Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people have been detained for questioning in connection with the murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, whose body was discovered in a north Houston creek earlier this week, sources told ABC13. This comes less than 48 hours after the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Al menos dos personas murieron este jueves después de que dos trenes chocaran en la madrugada en la comuna de San Bernardo, al sur de la capital chilena, Santiago, de acuerdo con un comunicado de EFE Trenes de Chile. El comunicado indica que el accidente ocurrió a las 12:15 am,
Continue ReadingBy Mycah Hatfield Click here for updates on this story KATY, Texas (KTRK) — A family is being hailed as heroes after stepping in to stop an attempted sexual assault at a neighboring business in Katy on Monday. Han An, his sons, Simon and Christian, and his daughter Hannah showed up at their studio, Yong-In
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KTRK By Mycah Hatfield Click here for updates on this story KATY, Texas (KTRK) — A family is being hailed as heroes after stepping in to stop an attempted sexual assault at a neighboring business in Katy on Monday. Han An, his sons, Simon and Christian, and his daughter Hannah showed up at their studio,
Continue ReadingBy Eyewitness News Click here for updates on this story SOHO, NEW YORK (WABC) — A three-alarm fire burned on the roof of a SoHo building, and one Good Samaritan did everything he could to help. As firefighters battled the blaze from the roof of 463 Broome Street, a man on a neighboring rooftop got
Continue ReadingMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication after officers say they found him at the city’s marina shouting obscenities at people on a yacht and disobeyed their order to leave. Officers went to the marina shortly before 1 a.m.
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists at The Washington Post went on the record late Wednesday, calling for leadership change at the storied newspaper as questions swirl over the integrity of its new publisher and chief executive, Will Lewis. “I don’t know a single person at the Post who thinks the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Una serie de incidentes e insultos en las finales de la Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol desataron un debate respecto al racismo y la discriminación en un país en el que más del 8% de la población —según el censo de 2011— dice tener ascendencia afro o negra pero en el
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she didn’t know about a stash of methamphetamine hidden inside her car. The 6-3 majority opinion issued Thursday sided with the Justice Department in allowing expert testimony about a defendant’s possible mindset. In dissent,
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