By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the fourth, leading the Cleveland Guardians past the Kansas City Royals 8-3. Ramírez has 22 multi-homer games in his career, including two this season. He homered into the right field seats in
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By Polo Sandoval, Isabel Rosales and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The Circleville, Ohio, police officer who was seen on video releasing a police K-9 on an unarmed Black man has been fired, according to a statement from the department. “Circleville Police Officer Ryan Speakman’s actions during the review of his canine apprehension of suspect
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell briefly left his own press conference on Wednesday after stopping his remarks mid-sentence and staring off into space for several seconds. The Republican leader approached the podium for his weekly press conference and began speaking about the annual defense bill on
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who was punched in the face by a deputy as she held her baby is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Yeayo Russell says in her federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that deputies used excessive force and wrongfully arrested her during a traffic stop. She is suing the department
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Three Marines who were found dead in a privately-owned vehicle parked outside a convenience store in Hampstead, North Carolina, on Sunday, died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a release from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. The North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three U.S. Marines found unresponsive in a car at a North Carolina gas station had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Deputies from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office found the three men Sunday morning in a privately owned car outside a Speedway gas station in
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces player Riquna Williams has been accused of felony domestic violence involving a person authorities say is her spouse. A judge on Wednesday said the veteran WNBA shooting guard can be freed from jail without bail but can’t contact her alleged victim pending another
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LINN, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stoutland, Missouri, man is accused of trying to steal a vehicle with a fraudulent check in 2022. David Murdock, 60, is charged in Osage County with stealing a vehicle, forgery and identity theft. Charges were filed Tuesday. A warrant was issued Wednesday with a $15,000 bond. Murdock is not listed in
Continue Reading By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As John Wilson gears up to premiere the third and final season of his cult documentary series, “How To With John Wilson,” the filmmaker reflected on how a video camera changes people’s behavior — and how he exploits that for his show. Each episode of the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months, a streak of hikes that are intended to curb inflation but that also carry the risk of going too far and triggering a recession. The move lifted the Fed’s benchmark
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By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hugh “Sonny” Carter Jr. has died. He’s the Carter who helped organize the “Peanut Brigade” that helped elect his cousin Jimmy to the White House and later enforced the president’s frugal ways in the West Wing. The Carter Center announced his death without saying the cause. Hugh Carter
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A California woman who was seen on body-camera video being punched by a deputy as she held her newborn baby has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Los Angeles County and several unnamed sheriff’s deputies stemming from the 2022 incident. The lawsuit filed Monday on
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee police officer has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, claiming “unlawful denial of employment” because of his HIV status, according to the complaint filed Friday in federal court. The plaintiff, who is a current police officer with the Tennessee
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors is on strike again, demanding better pay and working conditions for its members. The doctors decided after their meeting on Tuesday night to embark on a “total and indefinite strike,” according to Dr. Innocent Orji, the association’s president. Strikes are
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941 Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina Birth name: Jesse Louis Burns Father: Noah Robinson, cotton grader Mother: Helen (Burns) Jackson, hairdresser Marriage: Jacqueline Lavinia (Brown) Jackson (December 31, 1962-present) Children: with Karin Stanford:
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By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is committed to paying out compensation swiftly to thousands of people affected by the country’s infected blood scandal, which saw more than 2,000 patients die after contracting HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood in the 1970s and 1980s.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Facts The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected the four presidents
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Mediators have presented their proposal to end a long-running pay dispute between Germany’s main national railway operator and a major union, a two-year settlement that would head off damaging all-out strikes. The EVG union agreed last month to take the dispute to arbitration after talks with state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn broke down.
Continue Reading By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A towering construction crane caught fire high above the West Side of Manhattan on Wednesday morning, causing its long arm to snap off, smash against a nearby building and plummet to the street as people ran for their lives on the sidewalk below.
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