A Sturgeon man who died after an hours-long standoff with law enforcement Tuesday was on probation and wanted for an assault earlier that day.
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The game between the Kansas City Royals and AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night was postponed due to thunderstorms in the forecast. No rain had fallen at Progressive Field when the game was called off roughly two hours before its 6:40 p.m. start time. The Royals
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has hired retired Army Lt. Gen. Reynold Hoover as its CEO. In a news release announcing the move, the committee said Hoover’s appointment “underscored LA28’s heightened focus on operations and delivery.” Hoover is a retired U.S. Army and National Guard veteran who
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Florida and Kansas officials are accusing two petition circulators of forging voter signatures during campaigns to put an abortion rights measure to a vote in Florida and allow the No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Forty-seven-year-old Jamie Johnson
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By Sabrina Souza, CNN New York (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial continued Wednesday with an FBI special agent reading text messages from a New Jersey businessman who is alleged to have made payments on a Mercedes-Benz convertible for the senator’s wife. FBI special agent Rachel Graves combed through countless text messages
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Pryce 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Not so long ago many of us were willing to buy fancy new TVs, Peloton bikes and bottles of the good stuff. Because you only live once, right? Now the free-spending party is coming to an end. Nicole Goodkind analyzes why this could be. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Month after month, global temperatures are setting new records. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing likelihood that the planet will soon exceed the warming target set at the landmark Paris 2015 climate talks. Making sense of the run of climate extremes may be challenging
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Most people who received money from Norfolk Southern in the wake of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio won’t have to pay taxes on millions of dollars in aid payments after all. The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it had decided that most of the more
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings, is expected to be indicted Thursday on new murder charges in the killings of two additional women, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN. The former New York architect was taken into custody in
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Manchester City emprendió acciones legales contra la Premier League inglesa (EPL) por normas comerciales, informó el martes el Times del Reino Unido. El City, que ganó un cuarto título consecutivo de la Premier League el mes pasado, busca poner fin a las reglas de transacciones entre partes asociadas
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart, America’s largest private-sector employer, is starting a bonus program for its hourly employees. The company said on Wednesday that the program will be aimed at rewarding employees who stay with the company long-term, with employees able to earn up to a maximum of $1,000 for those
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Another new version of the Covid-19 vaccine will probably be coming this fall. The US Food and Drug Administration’s committee of independent advisers voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend that the agency tell vaccine manufacturers to update the Covid-19 shots so they will be more effective against the JN.1 lineage of the
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Trevino Click here for updates on this story ORANGE GROVE, Texas (KRIS) — It’s never too late to get your education. One Orange Grove native and Vietnam Veteran is a prime example, after recently walking the stage to get his diploma. “Tears running out of my eyes,” Oscar G. Ortiz Jr. a Vietnam
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Milán, Italia (CNN) — Los arqueólogos descubrieron una habitación azul decorada a detalle, interpretada como un antiguo santuario romano conocido como sacrarium, durante las recientes excavaciones en el centro de Pompeya, Italia. El ministro de Cultura de Italia, Gennaro Sangiuliano, visitó el sitio arqueológico el martes y describió la antigua ciudad como “un
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By Amy Cassidy and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Italian World Cup speed skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend, Elisa Arlian, died in a mountain accident in northwest Italy, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) confirmed. “A terrible tragedy struck the world of winter sports and speed skiing in particular,” the federation said in a
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in 1944, he might be thinking about some of his uncles. That amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy, France, during World War II is credited with helping Allied powers liberate France from Nazi Germany. Biden was
Continue ReadingBy Mary O’Connell Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — For Scott Paulsen, life-saving advice came in the form of a pamphlet. In the fall, he attended an AED training session at work at the Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce. “Before she left, she gave us these pamphlets about chest pains, what
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary and the chance that Sen. Bob Menendez’s independent campaign could split Democrats is fueling GOP hopes they can put a reliably Democratic Senate seat in play this fall. Bashaw is
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday prevents Fulton
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Texas’ famous longhorns are coming for Wall Street’s bulls. A new national stock exchange, based in Dallas, and backed by Wall Street heavyweights like BlackRock and Citadel Securities, is looking to take on the world-famous New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The newly formed TXSE Group announced
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