By Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A mother in Brooklyn is desperately seeking answers after her son’s body was found in a branch of the East River. He is the third person found dead there after leaving nearby nightclubs in the past year. Damani Alexander’s body
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CNN By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country, a Ukrainian military source told CNN. The Ukrainian Defense Forces do not believe pilot error was behind the
Continue ReadingHealth officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says Thursday that a third person in that state also has been hospitalized because of the mosquito-borne illness. The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center in Illinois
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By Eva Andersen, Nate Sylves Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — For the first time in years, students at Gloria Casarez Elementary School in Kensington are staying cool and comfortable in their classrooms, thanks to newly installed air conditioning units. The upgrades mean the school no longer has to dismiss students
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TONIGHT: Warm with increasing clouds and a few showers by daybreak. Lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Warm and humid with scattered showers and storms likely. Highs in the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: A very isolated shower or storm is possible, but any issues with storms are unlikely through the evening. Temperatures remain in the 80s
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By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The use of cannabis and hallucinogens “stayed at historically high levels” among both younger and middle-age adults in the US in 2023, according to the latest survey from Monitoring the Future, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan since 1975 and funded by the National Institutes of Health. “The
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A murder suspect on the lam for months fell through the ceiling of a Memphis home as authorities closed in on him, the US Marshals Service announced this week. The 20-year-old suspect, Deario Wilkerson, was wanted on an arrest warrant for first-degree murder and reckless endangerment with a deadly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) You couldn’t have written it any better if you tried. Two football players from the heart of St. Louis, who grew up watching their hometown team, have now helped revitalize that same team. After a couple of years of finishing the season at or below the .500 mark, Mizzou football stormed back
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board has refused to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the state’s presidential ballot. The board’s Democratic majority decided Thursday it was too late to accept the withdrawal from the We The People party that initially put Kennedy on the candidate list. Kennedy last Friday suspended
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show. Government inspectors logged 69 instances of “noncompliance” with federal rules
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El asalto de Israel a Gaza desde el ataque del 7 de octubre dirigido por Hamas ha matado a más de 40.000 personas, según las autoridades palestinas, lo que ha provocado la condena internacional. Pero a sólo 100 kilómetros de distancia, otra gran escalada de violencia también se ha estado produciendo
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La Unión Europea no reconoce la legitimidad del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, quien se adjudicó la victoria en las disputadas elecciones presidenciales de julio, dijo el jueves el máximo diplomático de la UE, Josep Borrell. “No podemos aceptar la legitimidad de Maduro como presidente electo. El consejo decidió que Maduro
Continue ReadingBy Joe Brandt Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KDKA) — About a dozen people were rescued from the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia early Thursday morning after a boat involved in a party started taking on water, police said. Philadelphia police said they received a 911 call just before 12:30 a.m. from someone
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Director Tim Burton is shedding light on why Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are not appearing in the upcoming “Beetlejuice” sequel. Davis and Baldwin starred in the 1988 classic as recently deceased couple Adam and Barbara Maitland, who find themselves at odds with the Deetz family – Lydia (Winona
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A 4-year-old boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and even invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a teachable moment. Alex Geller, the boy’s father, said his son — the youngest of three — is exceptionally curious,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge allowed bond Thursday for a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a U.S. Air Force senior airman at the Black man’s apartment door. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Hart Click here for updates on this story REXBURG, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — An 18-year-old was arrested after police say they seized his phone after finding child pornography on it. Days later, he allegedly purchased a second phone to look at more child sexually exploitative material. Kyle Jefferey Allan was charged with ten counts
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A proposal in Baltimore that would allow city voters to decide whether to pay new parents $1,000 will not appear on the ballot in November after Maryland’s highest court ruled it unconstitutional. The court issued a ruling Thursday after hearing oral arguments Wednesday. It affirmed a lower court decision that deemed
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Both the men’s and women’s world No. 1’s – Jannik Sinner and Iga Świątek – eased into the third round of the US Open on Thursday. Sinner advanced thanks to a straight-sets victory over American Alex Michelsen, with the Italian prevailing 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium, taking
Continue ReadingBy Luz Pena Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In San Francisco, a group of residents say they are suing the city claiming their street has turned into the epicenter of sex work. Last year, ABC7 News reporter Luz Pena broke the story of prostitution on Capp Street which led
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