By JAMES POLLARD, JAKE BLEIBERG and JULIE WATSON Associated Press/Report for America LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive in Mexico in a kidnapping that left two dead came after a woman traveling with the group contacted police when they did not return to the U.S. side as
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase has sued one of its former executives saying he knew that Jeffrey Epstein was abusing and trafficking girls. JPMorgan is facing lawsuits over its own relationship with Epstein. The New York bank has been sued by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as an woman identified
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is withdrawing a $54 million contract with Walgreens. Newsom said Wednesday that the state will not renew the contract after the company indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some conservative-led states. Walgreens has a contract with California to
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN JPMorgan Chase sued former executive James Edward “Jes” Staley, who was largely responsible for JPMorgan’s 15-year financial relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The US Virgin Islands government filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan in December, alleging the bank “had a more than close-up view of Epstein’s sex-trafficking” and “ignored obvious red
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted down a bill directing President Joe Biden to remove some 900 U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days. The resolution from Republican congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida was voted down 321-103. Gaetz introduced the measure after four U.S. servicemembers were wounded during a
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Jim Boeheim’s 47-year tenure as coach at Syracuse ended Wednesday, with the university saying Orange assistant Adrian Autry has been promoted into the job. The move came less than three hours after Syracuse lost to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, after which Boeheim hinted at retirement
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country. U.S. military officials announced the repatriation of Ghassan al Sharbi on Wednesday. It’s the latest transfer aiming to empty the Guantanamo
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Sara Smart and Brian Todd, CNN The 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot his elementary school teacher earlier this year will not be criminally charged, Newport News, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told CNN affiliate WTKR. The student allegedly shot and wounded Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner on January 6, leaving her
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Generales estadounidenses de alto rango lanzaron duras advertencias ante el Congreso sobre lo que describieron como una expansión “agresiva” de la influencia de China en Sudamérica y el Caribe, la cual invade los intereses de EE.UU. en la región. China “tiene la capacidad y la intención de eludir las normas
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Triunfar en Nueva York es el gran sueño de miles de personas y esa ilusión está detrás de un nuevo musical de Broadway. Con letra y música de John Kander y Fred Ebb ––los legendarios compositores de las bandas sonoras de “Chicago” y “Cabaret”–– y letras adicionales del creador de “Hamilton”, Lin-Manuel
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — An 82-year-old Colorado man has been charged with selling and trading fake Michael Jordan basketball cards. Prosecutors in New York say Mayo Gilbert McNeil made more than $800,000 off the scheme over four years. He was arrested in Denver on Wednesday after a complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn.
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Democratic senators have been holding the floor for hours Wednesday, filibustering a bill that would sharply limit medical care for transgender children.
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It’s impossible to know whether a third lane on Interstate 70 would have stopped the Wednesday morning rush-hour crash that closed down one side of the busy highway for hours.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Jack Forrest, CNN Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to take action to protect and support access to gender-affirming health care across the state. “All state agencies must, to the fullest extent of their lawful authority, pursue opportunities and coordinate with each other to
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Jessie Gretener, CNN Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Georgian parliament on Wednesday in the second day of protests in capital city Tbilisi over a draft “foreign agents” bill that critics fear could drive a wedge between the Caucasian nation and Europe. Protesters could be seen waving the flag
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — El Gobierno de China podría usar TikTok para controlar los datos de millones de personas y aprovechar la aplicación para moldear la opinión pública en caso de que decida invadir Taiwán, advirtió este miércoles el director del FBI, Christopher Wray, ante la Comisión de Inteligencia del Senado. Wray respondió
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN If the last “Scream” movie made noise by wedding the old with the new, “Scream VI” reinforces how shrewd the producers were in casting the next generation, with Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega ably carrying this chapter of horror’s most self-referential franchise. Throw in a new venue and the same
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WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women in Waynesville have been charged and arrested after a 5-year-old girl was found dead Tuesday. Shamira Buford, 36, and Angela West, 40, were both charged with second-degree murder, first-degree involuntary manslaughter, abuse or neglect of a child – resulting in death and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Both
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Goldie Hawn has enjoyed a vibrant career in Hollywood, but she admits she has at least one “regret.” The star, who won an Oscar in 1970 for her role in 1969’s “Cactus Flower” but was unable to attend the ceremony, told Variety in an interview published on Wednesday that she wishes
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Gregory Krieg and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The Republican political strategist who accused conservative leader Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, of sexual assault is revealing his identity after a judge ruled Wednesday that he cannot move forward with his lawsuit anonymously. Carlton Huffman, 39, was working for Herschel
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