By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story YORK, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Miss Pennsylvania contestant is quitting the competition after she said she got death threats from another contestant. Robyn Kass-Gerji was crowned Miss Susquehanna Valley earlier this year and she was planning to compete for Miss Pennsylvania this weekend but told
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By Mahsa Saeidi Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — A card-skimming scam has targeted tens of thousands of New Yorkers who use SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. CBS New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi has learned a simple tech upgrade could prevent much of this agony. The
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban. Judge Jason Sengheiser issued the ruling Friday in a case filed by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban. Judge Jason Sengheiser issued the ruling Friday in a case filed by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The story of a six-year-old George Washington chopping down a cherry tree may be a myth, but archeologists excavating Mount Vernon, the home of the United States’ first president, made the very real discovery of 35 glass bottles filled with cherries and berries. The bottles were found in five storage
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis has returned to her parents’ house in the northern Italian city of Monza. Salis arrived on Saturday evening after being freed from house arrest in Budapest on Friday. Her father Roberto Salis told journalists waiting for her at home that “a nightmare is over.” Ilaria Salis was
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Rome LGBTQ+ Pride parade has celebrated its 30th anniversary as tens of thousands of people in brightly colored outfits marched through the streets of Rome. They waved banners, danced and sang Saturday as they marked LGBTQ+ rights and poked fun at Pope Francis. Many of the signs and banners at the
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — Kristina Nikita Coffey was four years old when the plane her father had boarded lost contact with air controllers and disappeared over Lake Champlain in Vermont on a snowy night in 1971. The crash site was never found, but over the years she held out hope it would be
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and a search is still underway to find his missing colleague. The secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Saturday that rescuers retrieved the body of one of two missing Japanese.
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CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Billy Stockwell, CNN The Mall, London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales joined other British royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the King’s official birthday, capping her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. The Princess of Wales, her husband William, their children George, Charlotte and Louis
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Billy Stockwell, CNN The Mall, London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales joined other British royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the King’s official birthday, capping her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. The Princess of Wales, her husband William, their children George, Charlotte and Louis
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, anunció en cadena nacional un “mega plan” con al menos 14 medidas adoptadas junto al Consejo de Defensa y Seguridad, que ella preside, para enfrentar la ola delictiva que vive el país centroamericano. En su intervención, la mandataria dijo que son “acciones radicales del
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have placed left-hander Jordan Wicks on the 15-day injured list with a strained right oblique. Manager Craig Counsell says it’s a Grade 2 strain. Wicks departed Friday’s 3-0 loss to St. Louis in the second inning. He walked off the field with a trainer after surrendering a two-out single
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By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — A runner has died while participating in the Ultra Trail of Haut-Giffre (UTHG) competition on Saturday, organizers said in a statement, amid rough weather conditions in the area. “It is with great sadness that we announce that UTHG has just learned of a tragic event with the accidental death of a
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The difficult Pinehurst No.2 course made a number of star names look ordinary during the opening two rounds of the US Open, with the list of those who didn’t make the cut to compete this weekend reading like a who’s who of golf. There was no Tiger Woods teeing
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Ocho soldados israelíes murieron este sábado en el sur de Gaza, según informaron las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), en uno de los incidentes más mortíferos en los que se han visto implicadas sus tropas desde el 7 de octubre. Las FDI dijeron a CNN que el incidente está siendo
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Amid ongoing wars, hardening political divides and accelerating climate change, Milan designers made a play for escapism on the second day of Milan Fashion Week, mostly menswear previews for Spring-Summer 2025. Many took inspiration from decades that now seem more reassuring, when the future brimmed with
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — What were you doing at 16 years old? Spain’s Lamine Yamal made history on Saturday by becoming the youngest player to appear at a men’s European Championship when he took to the field against Croatia at Euro 2024. At 16 years and 338 days old, Yamal surpassed the previous
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer. Judge Ryan Horsman ruled late Friday that Sandra Hemme, who has spent 43 years behind
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer. Judge Ryan Horsman ruled late Friday that Sandra Hemme, who has spent 43 years behind
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