MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says a Spanish court has given a suspended eight-month prison sentence to a person who racially insulted soccer stars Vinícius Júnior and Antonio Rudiger in the comments section of a popular Spanish sports news website. The club said that the offender, whose name was not given, was found guilty of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía Nacional de México y la del estado de San Juan de Potosí informan que están investigando a dos integrantes de la Guardia Nacional por un supuesto incidente armado contra una familia que viajaba en un automóvil 57 en el tramo San Lorenzo en el Municipio de Villa
Continue ReadingBy CBS/Bay City News Service staff Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA COUNTY, California (KPIX) — Three death row inmates have been resentenced, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Tuesday afternoon. Ernest Dykes, who was convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy in 1993, is expected to be released from prison next year
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By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Tech shares slumped Wednesday as investors shed the behemoths that fueled Wall Street’s monster stock rally this year. The Nasdaq Composite index tumbled 2.8%, logging its worst day since December 2022. The S&P 500 lost 1.4%. The Dow rose 0.6%, closing at another record high and above
Continue ReadingBy Madisen Keavy, Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story REDWOOD CITY, California (KPIX) — Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is back in court on Tuesday in a new effort to prove his innocence. Peterson is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son, but a
Continue ReadingBy Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Click here for updates on this story BLAINE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Twin Cities couple emptied what little savings they had to start a mission and a movement that is saving hundreds of abandoned children. Agnes and Prince Cole know the struggle. “Living in Africa with disabilities was really, really hard. I
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Seis personas, entre ellas dos ciudadanos estadounidenses, que fueron halladas muertas en el interior de una habitación de un hotel de lujo del centro de Bangkok bebieron probablemente de tazas de té y café impregnadas de cianuro tras una disputa relacionada con malas inversiones, informó este miércoles la Policía tailandesa. El
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — A 36-year-old man died after an equipment malfunction at a Michigan automotive manufacturing facility, just days before the facility was scheduled to begin the closing process, officials said. On Monday, deputies responded to Dexter Stamping at 1013 Thorrez Road in
Continue ReadingBy Yolanda Perdomo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Brookfield Zoo Chicago revealed its $500 million makeover plan and move will reshape more than 100 acres of the zoo, nearly half of the park. The plans illustrate that visitors can observe species that live together in the wild instead of
Continue ReadingBy Stacy Friedman Click here for updates on this story NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WBBM) — A mother suspected in the death of her foster child in Northwest Indiana was in police custody Sunday night. Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, was apprehended Saturday evening in New Buffalo Township, Michigan, according to the Berrien County, Michigan Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors announced on Wednesday afternoon that for the seventh straight year, they are freezing tuition for in-state, undergraduate students. According to PASSHE, these repeated freezes save students nearly 25 percent in tuition
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson, Caroline Foreback Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it will move forward with a civil rights complaint from a South Baltimore community related to the Baltimore Refuse Energy Systems Company’s (BRESCO) trash incinerator on Russell Street. The South Baltimore Community Land
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — As he began the brain scan, neurologist Dr. Nico Dosenbach wasn’t sure if he’d been given a psychedelic or a placebo as part of a new clinical trial that would capture how the brain works on psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms. Suddenly he felt a faster
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles. The largest carmaker in Europe, Germany, wants to secure lithium for its electric vehicle
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The state has made it clear that its emergency shelter program is at capacity. That has not stopped dozens of migrants heading to Massachusetts through any number of federal programs. Last week, the state announced it would stop allowing so-called “newcomers”
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WBZ By Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The state has made it clear that its emergency shelter program is at capacity. That has not stopped dozens of migrants heading to Massachusetts through any number of federal programs. Last week, the state announced it would stop allowing so-called
Continue ReadingALTO, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies serving a warrant in another county have shot and killed two people in northeast Georgia on Tuesday. The Forysth County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were serving an arrest warrant on a sex offender for violating his probation in the Banks County town of Alto. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French anti-terror police have detained an alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch relay. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the man was detained Wednesday in the Alsace region of eastern France. It said he runs a group titled “French Aryan division” on the social media channel Telegram and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A meteor streaked over the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey, according to NASA. William Cooke, the head of the space agency’s Meteoroid Environments Office, said the fireball was first sighted at an altitude of 51 miles (82 kilometers) above Manhattan at around 11:17 a.m. Tuesday. The
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