By KAREL JANICEK Association Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman, in hospital for days with an unspecified health problem, needs time to recuperate, his wife says. She spoke to the media Thursday amid uncertainty over whether Zeman’s condition would impact efforts to form a new government. The president was rushed to the Czech
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed young adult author known for his wilderness adventure novels “Hatchet,” “Dogsong,” and “The Winter Room,” died on Wednesday at age 82, according to the publishing company Penguin Random House. The cause of death was not disclosed. Paulsen wrote over 200 books and some 200 articles and short
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Anheuser-Busch InBev employee has pleaded guilty to participating in a fraud scheme by falsely claiming to be disabled. The U.S. attorney’s office said Shannon Nenninger pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy. Prosecutors said at least a dozen people were involved in the scheme. Nenninger said in her plea that Thomas
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — One of two Topeka men accused in a 2019 double shooting in a Lawrence park that injured two brothers will get prison time after pleading no contest last month to attempted first-degree murder. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 19-year-old Sahavione Caraway also pleaded no contest to aggravated robbery on Sept. 13.
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top U.S. trade official says the Biden administration remains committed to an easing of rules that protect the technology behind coronavirus vaccines so that they can be produced more widely. Katherine Tai, the U.S. trade representative, acknowledged some nongovernmental groups and others outside the talks might
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Caesars Entertainment and the company that produces the show “Absinthe” in Las Vegas are teaming up on theater and dining projects in three states that will cost nearly $100 million. Caesars tells The Associated Press it has signed a deal with Spiegelworld to create new
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Caesars Entertainment and the company that produces the show “Absinthe” in Las Vegas are teaming up on theater and dining projects in three states that will cost nearly $100 million. Caesars tells The Associated Press it has signed a deal with Spiegelworld to create new
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden plans to address the need for “transparency and accountability” in international and domestic financial systems when he meets later Thursday with Kenya’s leader. President Uhuru Kenyatta is under scrutiny over revelations that he and his family stashed millions of dollars
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper. State police say Alex Murdaugh was arrested Thursday at a drug rehab facility in Orlando, Florida, where his attorneys say he has spent the past six
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By Joe Sutton and Dakin Andone, CNN US Border Patrol is working to reunite with their family two young girls found Tuesday wandering near Arizona’s border with Mexico. Two agents found the sisters — who are 4 and 6 years old — alone in a marshy area along the Colorado River in Yuma. The area,
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By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN Alex Murdaugh, a once-prominent South Carolina attorney embroiled in scandals including alleged life insurance fraud, was arrested Thursday in Florida on suspicion of misappropriating settlement funds in connection with the 2018 death of his family’s longtime housekeeper, authorities said. The arrest represents just the latest legal and personal
Continue Reading By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Kansas’ Republican secretary of state did not violate the state’s open records law by ordering the removal of an election database function that generates a statewide report showing which provisional ballots were not counted. The decision Wednesday by Shawnee County
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Penn State coach James Franklin denies any of his defensive players pretended to be injured during the Iowa game. Franklin detailed each one who went down during a 12-minute session with reporters in response to Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz, who indicated he was suspicious of some of the stoppages in play.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Kansas City Chiefs have not lost to Washington since 1983. That was the season after Washington won the first of three Super Bowl titles and before now-coach Ron Rivera made his NFL debut as a player. The Chiefs have won the past seven meetings. This is the first time these
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Kansas City Chiefs have not lost to Washington since 1983. That was the season after Washington won the first of three Super Bowl titles and before now-coach Ron Rivera made his NFL debut as a player. The Chiefs have won the past seven meetings. This is the first time these
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Lemos, CNN Alex Murdaugh has been taken into custody in Orlando, Florida, on two felony counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretenses, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said Thursday. This is a developing story and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Vermont family has filed a lawsuit against Disney Cruise Lines, saying their 3-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by an older child inside a ship’s day care center due to understaffing and poor training of employees. The lawsuit filed last month in federal court in Orlando says employees
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A bipartisan group of senators called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appoint a new senior official to lead the State Department’s efforts to address ongoing anomalous health incidents, also known as “Havana Syndrome,” saying the incidents reflect “a significant, unmitigated threat to our national security.” The lawmakers — led
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By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday said the nation is “headed in the right direction” with its pandemic response but said it was “essential” that the 66 million unvaccinated Americans get their Covid-19 shots. During brief remarks from the White House, Biden argued that vaccine requirements, which he has
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines is betting that international travel will rebound in a big way by next summer. The airline said Thursday that it will launch service next spring to five new destinations including Amman, Jordan, and Spain’s Canary Islands. Most of the flights will come from Newark, New Jersey. United also plans to
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