By Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story GREENWOOD, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Greenwood, South Carolina man and admitted drug dealer hid more than 150 grams of illegal drugs inside hand grenades, officials said Tuesday. More news: Upstate teen charged with DUI after crash that killed bicyclist, police say Cory Gerald Bell,
Continue ReadingBy Metia Carroll Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Three Texas men have been cited in connection with the illegal possession of an alligator in the New Orleans French Quarter. On May 30, the men were seen at Esplanade and Dauphine with the alligator. Nearly a month later, the Louisiana
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Airbnb has undermined users’ safety by scaling back its work to remove extremists from its platform, a former contractor alleged in a new whistleblower complaint. Jess Hernandez worked full-time as an investigations analyst for Airbnb’s dangerous organizations team from May 2022 to November 2023, researching extremist networks
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — El 1 de enero de 1959 una unidad del ejército rebelde ingresó en La Habana, marcando el triunfo de la Revolución cubana liderada por Fidel Castro y el derrocamiento del dictador Fulgencio Batista. Habían pasado poco más de dos años desde la llegada de los primeros revolucionarios a Cuba a
Continue ReadingBy Damon Maloney Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Juneteenth has only been a federal holiday since 2021, following a decades-long movement to recognize the end of slavery in the U.S. Regennia Williams, Ph.D., started diving into Juneteenth’s origins when she became an adult. “Abraham Lincoln issues that Emancipation Proclamation, effective
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By Sharon Braithwaite and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — A police constable working as part of the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s protection team was arrested this week for allegedly making bets related to the timing of the general election, police told CNN. The officer was arrested on Monday “on suspicion of misconduct in public office,”
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, Caroline Faraj, Hande Atay Alam and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll could be more than double that as reports emerged that as many as 600 Egyptian worshipers perished on the route to Mecca amid
Continue ReadingBy Drew Scofield , Jonathan Walsh Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Newly released body camera footage from Mayor Justin Bibb’s crash shows his driver telling a Cleveland police officer that he drove through a red light to get to an emergency meeting. When News 5 reached out to the city
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WEWS By Drew Scofield , Jonathan Walsh Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Newly released body camera footage from Mayor Justin Bibb’s crash shows his driver telling a Cleveland police officer that he drove through a red light to get to an emergency meeting. When News 5 reached out to the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police officials say residents of a New York City community enabled the arrest of a 25-year-old Ecuadorian man in the rape of a 13-year-old girl, a crime that shocked the city. Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi was held without bail after a court appearance Wednesday after his arrest early Tuesday outside a deli
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — US and Canadian auto dealerships remained at a near-standstill on Thursday because of a second cyber incident at data provider CDK Global, whose software is used at 15,000 auto dealers – an outage that could last for days, perhaps eating into sales over the first official weekend of summer.
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A senior ISIS official was killed in a US airstrike on Sunday in Syria, the US military said Wednesday in a post on X. “On June 16, US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi, a senior ISIS official and facilitator,” the post from US
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La primera visita de Vladmir Putin a Corea del Norte en casi un cuarto de siglo ha sido objeto de un intenso escrutinio en todo el mundo. Rusia sabía que Occidente estaba observando y la óptica no era sutil. Últimamente, Putin ha quedado excluido de muchas reuniones mundiales y corre el
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch got his up-close look at how crazed the city is about his team’s playoff run when a mix-up with his keys caused him to walk home through the crowd after clinching a spot in the Stanley Cup Final. That fever
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Wikipedia’s editors declared that the Anti-Defamation League cannot be trusted to give reliable information on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and they overwhelmingly said the ADL is an unreliable source on antisemitism. It’s a stunning rebuke to one of the world’s preeminent authorities on anti-Jewish hate and a significant advocate for
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Otto Lopez hit a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth to drive in Tim Anderson and the Miami Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. Lopez’s liner off Ryan Fernandez was bobbled by right fielder Alec Burleson, but is doubtful he would have had a
Continue ReadingBy ALEX BROWNING, TYNISA SENIOR Click here for updates on this story MIRAMAR, Florida (WSVN) — Over a decade later, a family is one step closer to closure in the brutal 1980 mystery murder of a former South Florida firefighter. On October 21, 1986, William “Billy” Halpern was brutally murdered in his Miramar home. He
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Un carguero de carbón, propiedad de Grecia, parece haberse volcado en el mar Rojo días después de que fuera atacado por rebeldes hutíes respaldados por Irán, según un informe publicado por Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo del Reino Unido (UKMTO, por sus siglas en inglés). Se cree que el MV Tutor es
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The sounds of life have come back to a nearly century-old Milwaukee middle school that’s sat vacant for more than 15 years. It’s re-opening with a new use to the community. Thomas A. Edison Middle School got its start at the corner
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La selección argentina llega como favorita a la Copa América como campeón defensor y como campeón del mundo. En su racha de títulos, el equipo ha consolidado su calidad e identidad, que pasa por la genialidad de Lionel Messi y un director técnico, Lionel Scaloni, que ha sabido sumar sangre
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