Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El sueño de Valentina Orellana Peralta de convertirse en una ciudadana estadounidense y estudiar robótica terminó días antes de la Navidad en el vestidor de una tienda de ropa de Los Ángeles, donde falleció por un disparo de la policía. Un día después de que un video difundido por el Departamento
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden is closing out his first year in office facing one of the same problems he entered the White House vowing to fix: a persistent shortage of Covid-19 testing that, if resolved, could provide a way out of the still-raging pandemic. The inability to
Continue Reading By Peter Salter Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — He was wearing short sleeves the day Charlie Starkweather shot him. Don Wendling was 7, growing up next door to a service station at 14th and Dakota streets in what was, then, the far southwest corner of Lincoln. His
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The big waves are returning to Walt Disney World. The theme park resort said Tuesday that it will reopen its Typhoon Lagoon water park after an almost two-year hiatus. The water park closed in March 2020 as the coronavirus started spreading throughout the U.S. While Disney World’s other theme parks reopened
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By Laura Ly, CNN The murder conviction of a New Jersey mother who was charged in her son’s killing 23 years after he vanished has been vacated by a panel of judges, according to court documents. Michelle Lodzinski’s murder conviction was vacated by the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday by a vote of 4-3
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s new puppy, Commander, has gotten his moment under the flashing lights of the Washington press corps — and some time frolicking on the beach. Biden and first lady Jill Biden took the German shepherd on a walk Tuesday near their second home
Continue Reading GARLAND, Texas (AP) — In a story published December 27, 2021, about a shooting in Garland, Texas, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the three people killed were 16 years old based on information from police. Police now say the dead were 14, 16 and 17.
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The attorney representing the private company that oversaw the Arizona Senate’s partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results is trying to quit. Jack Wilenchik’s request to step aside as lawyer for Cyber Ninjas comes after a series of losses in cases brought by groups seeking records
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The attorney representing the private company that oversaw the Arizona Senate’s partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results is trying to quit. Jack Wilenchik’s request to step aside as lawyer for Cyber Ninjas comes after a series of losses in cases brought by groups seeking records
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A large crowd is expected for the service, which is also being streamed online via Zoom. Organizers also expect people to line the procession route down Stadium Boulevard, Providence Road and Business Loop 70.
Continue Reading GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Dallas-area police have released a 14-year-old boy whom they had suspected in a weekend shooting that left three teenagers dead and a fourth badly wounded, saying the gunman is still on the loose. Authorities in Garland said Monday that the 14-year-old was the shooter at a gas station Sunday night. But
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Harrisburg man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for a fatal hit-and-run. Charles Waddill was sentenced Tuesday in the June 2019 death of 51-year-old Timothy Wilson, who was hit as he walked in Columbia. Waddill then left the scene. Waddill pleaded guilty in September to involuntary
Continue Reading By Tammy Watford Click here for updates on this story WEAVERVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Many kids in Western North Carolina were dreaming of a white Christmas, but the weather wasn’t going to cooperate. So, before they left for the holiday break, students at Weaverville Elementary School had a “pretend snow” activity. Students pretended toilet
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Twenty people were injured when a Greyhound bus headed to Las Vegas veered off a highway and rolled over in central Utah late Monday night. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Cameron Roden said Tuesday the injured passengers were taken to area hospitals with a range of minor to serious injuries but
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Twenty people were injured when a Greyhound bus headed to Las Vegas veered off a highway and rolled over in central Utah late Monday night. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Cameron Roden said Tuesday the injured passengers were taken to area hospitals with a range of minor to serious injuries but
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By Ehsan Popalzai, CNN The Taliban have banned women from taking long-distance road trips in Afghanistan on their own, requiring that a male relative accompany them for any distance beyond 45 miles, according to a Taliban official speaking to CNN. Mohammad Sadiq Hakif Mahajer, spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the
Continue Reading FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says a retired priest who once oversaw children’s safety in a Catholic diocese in the Washington suburbs has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. The Washington Post reports that a Fairfax County grand jury indicted 68-year-old Terry Specht of Donegal, Pennsylvania, on two felony counts related to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Harrisburg man was sentenced to 11 years in a Missouri correctional facility after pleading guilty in the hit and run death of a Columbia man in the 1400 block of Range Line Street on June 29, 2019. Charles Waddill will serve seven years for leaving the scene of an accident involving
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will investigate what happened when a 13-year-old on a dirt bike died, purportedly as Boynton Beach Police attempted to stop him for reckless driving, the agency told CNN on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Sunday, according to a Boynton Beach Police statement. “Preliminary investigation indicates
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Valentina Orellana-Peralta’s dream of becoming an American citizen and studying robotics ended days before Christmas on the dressing room floor of a Los Angeles clothing store, where she was fatally shot by police. A day after video released by the Los Angeles Police Department raised new questions about the fatal shooting
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