Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A series of protests are expected to intensify across Argentina this week over a veto by President Javier Milei of a law that passed last month increasing funding for public universities. After convincing centrist lawmakers to abandon their support for the teacher salary boost meant to compensate for
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson won’t finish the season as Cleveland’s starting quarterback for the second straight year. Watson ruptured his right Achilles tendon in the first half of Sunday’s loss to Cincinnati. His collapse triggered some Browns fans to cheer as he laid on the ground. The team says an MRI
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KGMB, KHNL, CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — It was a typical Wednesday evening for Noland Keaulana, who was fixing his truck at his grandparents’ house when he received an alert on his phone about a 17-year-old missing off the Honolulu coast. Keaulana, who has been a lifeguard with the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor’s office said Monday. A grand jury declined to indict the officers
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When scientists heard reports that a large, mysterious fish had been caught in Cambodia in 2020, excitement stirred. Could this be the “Mekong Ghost,” they asked – an elusive fish that hadn’t been seen since 2005 and was feared extinct? Photos of the fish and its telltale identifiers –
Continue ReadingBy Polo Sandoval and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The family of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio, in June 2022, has reached a $4.85 million settlement with the city of Akron in a federal lawsuit over Walker’s death. The city of Akron announced the settlement in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated are suing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. With Election Day two weeks away, the group filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday accusing the former president of making “false and defamatory statements” about them during last month’s presidential debate. Trump
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” about the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran, a White House spokesman said Monday. The Biden administration is still not certain if the classified information was leaked or hacked, White House national security spokesman John
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s Interior Ministry has agreed in a lawsuit settlement that former former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis did not knowingly collaborate with communist-era secret police in what was then Czechoslovakia. The ministry said it acknowledged that any interpretations of documents in the archives of the StB secret police agency that Babis
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced the arrest of a former oil minister and accused him of working with the U.S. government to undermine the industry that drives the country’s economy. Pedro Tellechea became Venezuela’s oil czar in January 2023 but was reassigned in August. The attorney general says people in Tellechea’s
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer Alabama’s Mark Sears and North Carolina’s RJ Davis looked into the possibility of leaving for the NBA before deciding to return for another college season. Their decisions helped their teams earn top-10 rankings in the AP Top 25 and earned both players some preseason honors, too. Sears was a near-unanimous selection for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government plans to provide up to $325 million to Hemlock Semiconductor to produce a key material for computer chips, an announcement Tuesday with possible political significance as the new factory would be in the swing state of Michigan. The funding would support 180 manufacturing jobs in Saginaw County,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court has convicted and sentenced to life 17 Islamic militants for kidnapping for ransom 21 people, including European tourists and Asian workers, more than two decades ago. The Filipino militants belonged to the small but violent Abu Sayyaf group. Among those convicted were two Abu Sayyaf leaders
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should be using the technology and worried about whether a computer will eventually replace them. Those were among the highlights of a recent study conducted by workplace communications platform Slack.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press North Carolina’s Biltmore Estate will soon reopen after being forced to close when floodwaters pushed by Hurricane Helene devastated the area. The popular tourist destination announced over the weekend that they plan to open and “celebrate the joy of the holiday season” on Nov. 2. According to the Biltmore Estate, the 8,000-acre property
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist two years ago has been acquitted of murder. A London jury on Monday cleared Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake in the shooting death of Chris Kaba, who was unarmed but who was driving a vehicle that had been involved in a shooting
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A man who died in a crash of a small plane during a New Mexico air show was an accomplished pilot who had performed stunts at hundreds of air shows, authorities said Monday. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane when
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday honored acclaimed filmmakers, singers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients. Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen
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According to the Jefferson City Police Department, officers were called to a crash at 7:34 p.m. on Sunday in the 2900 block of E McCarty Street.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss and ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing that Cohen said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the brief order Monday. Cohen had asked
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