WABC, WJCL, CNN By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s imports and exports in what could become the country’s most disruptive work
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who was run out of several Texas cities when he was released early from prison in 1993 has pleaded guilty to two new murder charges in a deal that allows him to serve life in prison and avoid the death penalty. Family members of the victims
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An urban search-and-rescue team based in Columbia received new orders from FEMA to deploy cadaver dogs Tuesday.
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) — New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico, of orchestrating a harassment and blackmail campaign against her after their split and while Nuzzi had a personal relationship with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The accusations — which Nuzzi made in a filing and before a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Power is still out for well over 1 million people in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina five days after Hurricane Helene tore down trees and destroyed much of the electric grid. The hardest hit areas are places like Augusta, Georgia, and the Greenville-Spartanburg area in South Carolina. In
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was charged on Tuesday with several child sex crimes that allegedly occurred between 2000-08. Adam Charles Reeves, 37, of Laddonia, was charged with three counts of first-degree child molestation and three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. He was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 10:36 a.m. Monday
Continue ReadingTAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the stabbing death of her 7-year-old sister she was babysitting in their Detroit-area home. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Tuesday that the 13-year-old is being charged as a juvenile. Her name has not been released. The two siblings alleging
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Continue ReadingWEST POINT, Va. (AP) — An advocacy group says a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns. Conservative Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom announced the settlement Monday, saying the school board
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and not as windy with highs in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a chilly night ahead with lows falling into the lower 40s with some patchy fog developing in the river regions. Tomorrow isn’t quite as windy with continued sunshine
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — El enorme alcance y la escala de la devastación causada por el huracán Helene en dos estados clave que podrían determinar el resultado de las elecciones, Georgia y Carolina del Norte, han convertido la tormenta en un tema de campaña instantáneo. El Gobierno Biden-Harris se está ocupando de lo que
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, recibió este lunes a su par salvadoreño Nayib Bukele en la Casa Rosada, donde mantuvieron un encuentro a puertas cerradas, sin declaración conjunta. Además del encuentro bilateral que tuvo lugar por la tarde, su agenda involucró una reunión con funcionarios y equipos técnicos de ambos
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will soon help end the everyday household debate over whether the food in the fridge is still good to eat. The state is the first to ban food labels such as “sell by” or “best before” under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. There are more than
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the video-sharing platform’s level of inappropriate content for children and the security of its consumers’ personal information. In a 3-0 ruling issued Monday, a three-judge panel of the state appeals court reversed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials say they will do everything in their power to ensure that voters in the crucial presidential swing state will be able to cast their ballots despite the devastation of Hurricane Helene and the destruction of basic infrastructure only about a month before the November election.
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A 15-year-old has been arrested in Iowa and charged with murder in the shooting death of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer, police said Tuesday. Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot on her route on Chicago’s South Side on July 19. A juvenile got out of a stolen SUV, approached her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) What a way to kickoff the SEC road slate, right? The No. 9 Mizzou football team will hit the road for the first time this 2024 season to play in front of more than 102,000 fans at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Tiger coach Eli Drinkwitz noted that, with 46 new
Continue ReadingAP Auto Racing Writer Paralyzed in a racing accident nearly 25 years ago, Sam Schmidt has spent much of the last quarter century trying to prove to others that there is a way to have a meaningful life with a traumatic spinal cord injury. On Tuesday, he cut the ribbon on a not-for-profit Conquer Paralysis
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Vermont’s Catholic church has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 30 lawsuits alleging child sex abuse by clergy decades ago. Bishop John McDermott says in the court filing on Monday that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has settled 67 lawsuits for a total of $34 million since 2006. In
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