Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Trial has begun in Florida for four activists accused of illegally acting as Russian agents to help the Kremlin sow political discord and interfere in U.S. elections. All four are or were affiliated with the African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement with locations in St. Petersburg, Florida, and
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A man charged in the death of an Osage Beach police officer told investigators that he was racing a friend before the high-speed chase that claimed the officer’s life.
Continue Reading Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled National Assembly has approved criminal code changes that allow the government to try opponents in absentia and seize the assets of the condemned. It’s a practice that’s already carried out that will now have legal foundation. The proposal from President Daniel Ortega was approved unanimously Tuesday in
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — New Northwestern athletic director Mark Jackson says he had never visited the school before he was hired last week. He says he had “talked to enough people that said this place is just off the charts.” The 51-year-old Jackson had been athletic director at Villanova since 2015. He
Continue Reading AP College Football Writer Florida State fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Tuesday after starting the season 0-2, becoming just the third team to go from preseason top 10 to unranked in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989. Georgia remained No. 1, receiving 57 first-place
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s anti-corruption agency is accusing high-ranking government officials of crimes ranging from illicit enrichment to abuse of office. It’s the latest crackdown on widespread corruption in the impoverished Caribbean country long known for its impunity. The newest cases involve food meant for public school students being diverted
Continue Reading GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park say pipeline repairs are holding and they plan to lift the suspension of overnight lodging on the South Rim on Thursday. Four significant breaks in the 12.5 mile-long Transcanyon Waterline led the famous tourist destination to shut down overnight hotel stays on Aug. 29
Continue Reading MINDEN, La. (AP) — Police say an 11-year-old boy is suspected of using two guns to fatally shoot a former Louisiana mayor and his daughter over the weekend. Jared McIver is chief of police in the northern city of Minden. He said Tuesday that officers found the bodies of 82-year-old Joe Cornelius Sr. and his
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens open the season Thursday night at Kansas City, but the stakes will be far lower than their last meeting. The Chiefs won that one in Baltimore to advance to last season’s Super Bowl. That missed opportunity took some of the luster off a dominant
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro has decreed – even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s crackdown on political unrest. “September smells like Christmas!” Maduro said in his weekly television show on Monday, to the
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Police say a Texas deputy constable who was driving to work has been fatally shot at a Houston intersection. Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz says Deputy Maher Husseini was in his personal vehicle and had stopped at an intersection at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when a man got out of his
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A cocktail called The Honey Deuce has been a big winner at the US Open. The $23 beverage comes
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A cocktail called The Honey Deuce has been a big winner at the US Open. The $23 beverage
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee convicted of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings in 2022 that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from the other two killings. Prosecutors say 53-year-old Muhammad Syed entered the pleas Tuesday to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of
Continue Reading Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police say a man arrested last week at a Pennsylvania rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump does not believe in Trump’s policies and hoped to hang a banner in protest. Johnstown’s police chief said Tuesday investigators don’t know what the banner made from a bed sheet said because arena
Continue Reading Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Police have released a man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting and killing a neighbor who opened fire at a Hawaii gathering. Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming from a dispute between neighbors Saturday night in Waianae, a
Continue Reading By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine has been “seriously injured” in a confrontation with police, his party the National Unity Platform (NUP) said Tuesday. The NUP said in a post on social media that Wine was shot in the leg in an attempt on his life, just outside the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were seven deaths on Missouri roads over Labor Day weekend, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. This year’s total for fatalities and crashes are lower than last year, where 12 deaths and 306 crashes were reported, according to previous reporting. MSHP states that 223 crashes,
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for the South Carolina inmate scheduled to be put to death later this month say state prison officials didn’t provide enough information about the drug to decide whether he wants to die by lethal injection. Freddie Owens’ attorneys want prison administrators to provide the actual report from state
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal
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