Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A noted sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis is badly damaged after a man allegedly broke into construction equipment and dropped a heavy boom lift onto the artwork. The “Angel of Harmony” statue created by Polish sculptor Wiktor Szostalo was installed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man used construction equipment to drop a heavy boom lift onto a sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside St. Louis’ Cathedral Basilica, badly damaging it, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the Angel of Harmony, which stood 14 feet (4.3 meters) tall and depicts a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S., Canada and Australia have hit a group of Iranian officials with sanctions for their participation in quelling protests and detaining people following the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, 22, died on Sept. 16, 2022, in a hospital after being arrested by the country’s morality police over allegedly not
Continue ReadingOSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man is now facing a murder charge for the police chase that led to the death of an officer. Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer was originally charged with aggravated fleeing a stop or detention resulting in death after the chase on Aug. 31. Prosecutors on Tuesday added a charge
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball program, the Atlantic 10 school announced Wednesday. Wojnarowski will oversee a wide range of responsibilities while working alongside coach Mark Schmidt
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CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, who spent five-and-a-half years wrongfully detained in Russia, revealed Tuesday that he had spent the final five days leading up to his release in solitary confinement. “I couldn’t leave my cell, but I made it home,” he said in his first public comments since returning from Russia and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand say eight former security personnel accused of responsibility for the deaths of 78 Muslim men arrested 20 years ago will be indicted on murder charges. The 2004 case earned special notoriety because of the manner in which the victims died. They were arrested following a violent protest
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy. The jets shooting hot plasma are the largest ever spotted – about as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up end-to-end. “This one has managed to reach a size that’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s internal watchdog says that officials did not follow proper protocol when handling the security clearance suspension of the U.S. special envoy for Iran following allegations last year that he may have mishandled classified information. The department’s inspector general report, obtained by The Associated Press, stated that in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians in the Black Sea to help U.S. military leaders prepare the service for a potential future conflict with China. From drones and unmanned surface
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By Rob Picheta, Tamara Qiblawi, Christian Edwards and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel said a “new era” of war was beginning Wednesday, tacitly acknowledging its role in shock twin attacks targeting Hezbollah that have pushed the Middle East back to the brink of wider conflict. Almost exactly 24 hours after explosions targeting the pagers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky on Wednesday, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. The governor used his executive
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking more than $100 million from the two corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, claiming that their cost-cutting and negligence in the ship’s maintenance led to the “entirely avoidable” disaster. The two companies, Grace Ocean Private
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, the Justice Department alleged Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $100 million that the government spent to clear the underwater debris
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Americans who are renewing their passports will now be able to do so online, a top State Department official announced Wednesday. “This is a new service which will allow Americans to pay to upload a photo and to apply completely online, with no need to appear in person or
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing a series of Senate resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel. It’s a longshot political effort but the most substantive pushback yet from Congress over the devastation in Gaza ahead of the first year anniversary of
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A woman has died following a shark attack in the Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa. The 31-year-old German national lost a leg in the attack, which took place on Monday, a spokesperson for Spain’s Guardia Civil told CNN on
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Diddy’s legal troubles keep growing. In the past 11 months, music magnate Sean “Diddy” Combs has faced crescendoing allegations of abuse and sexual assault, culminating in at least 10 civil lawsuits, a federal human trafficking probe and his arrest and indictment. Prosecutors unsealed the
Continue ReadingBy Alex Browning and Daniel Cohen Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WSVN) — When you think of things grown in Florida, maybe oranges, maybe mangoes might come to mind. But as Alex Browning shows us in tonight’s 7 Spotlight — there’s something else brewing here in the sunshine state. Under the morning
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The WNBA is returning to Portland, Oregon, starting in 2026. The new expansion franchise will play its home games at the Moda Center in downtown Portland and become the WNBA’s 15th team, the league announced Wednesday. “As the WNBA builds on a season of unprecedented growth, bringing a team back to
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