By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor is telling jurors that the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a “blunder of epic proportions.” Kim Potter’s attorney Earl Gray, though,
Continue Reading KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia. The Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of a launch site operator license for Spaceport Camden marks a milestone for the Georgia space project, though more reviews are needed. A local county leader said
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KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia. The Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of a launch site operator license for Spaceport Camden marks a milestone for the Georgia space project, though more reviews are needed. A local county leader said
Continue Reading Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of Tigray forces in Ethiopia says its fighters outside of the region have been ordered to withdraw and return to the embattled federal state. Debretsion Gebremichael, in a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, proposed an immediate cease-fire to be followed by negotiations. The order for
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By WESH Staff Click here for updates on this story TITUSVILLE, Florida (WESH) — Police in Titusville say a missing runner has been found after going missing Saturday night. Titusville police said Earl Linwood Blewett, 57, had last been seen around 9:30 p.m. at the finish line of the Ancient Oaks 100 Mile Endurance Run
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — A senator from Georgia is welcoming his first child. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff said on social media Monday that his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, gave birth Friday to a daughter, Eva Beth Ossoff. The 34-year-old Ossoff says he and Kramer are “overjoyed and totally in love” with their first child. Ossoff says
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By Devan Cole and David Wright, CNN West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday that he still considers himself a Democrat even after he defied his party by torpedoing a key piece of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. In a wide-ranging interview with West Virginia Radio, Manchin, a moderate and key swing vote in the
Continue Reading By WLWT Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story GRAVES COUNTY, Kentucky (WLWT) — Five people have been arrested for allegedly stealing from tornado-damaged residences and vehicles in Kentucky. According to Graves County Sheriff’s Office, the suspects were found deputies were alerted to suspicious activity in an area hit hard by a tornado.
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By Dave Cera and Claire Colbert, CNN A special prosecutor asked to investigate the initial resolution of the case against actor Jussie Smollett for making false reports of a hate crime to the Chicago Police Department determined last year that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and State Attorney Kim Foxx engaged in “substantial abuses”
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S. last week has been classified by the National Weather Service as a serial derecho — the first on record December. At least 45 tornadoes have been preliminarily confirmed in the Dec. 15 storms
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S. last week has been classified by the National Weather Service as a serial derecho — the first on record December. At least 45 tornadoes have been preliminarily confirmed in the Dec. 15 storms
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S. last week has been classified by the National Weather Service as a serial derecho — the first on record December. At least 45 tornadoes have been preliminarily confirmed in the Dec. 15 storms
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it will renew a request for European Union funds in 2022 to extend a border wall along its frontier with Turkey and promised to expand a powerful surveillance network aimed at stopping migrants entering the country illegally. A public order minister told a parliament
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it will renew a request for European Union funds in 2022 to extend a border wall along its frontier with Turkey and promised to expand a powerful surveillance network aimed at stopping migrants entering the country illegally. A public order minister told a parliament
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Spider-Man made even more money than originally projected. “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest movie in the Marvel series, notched a record-breaking opening weekend at the domestic box office by bringing in $260 million, Sony said Monday. That’s up from Sunday’s projections of $253 million, and it’s remarkable in a
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk says his tax bill this year will be $11 billion, and he’s probably right: The filings he has made with the Securities and Exchange Commission about his recent stock trades back up that massive number. Musk revealed the $11 billion total in a tweet Sunday that was otherwise
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the killing Daunte Wright says Wright “caused the whole incident” because he tried to flee from police during a traffic stop. Attorney Earl Gray told jurors during his closing argument Monday that
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has been formally announced as the next coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team. The announcement was made Monday in San Francisco. It wasn’t a well-kept secret in recent weeks that the Golden State coach would be taking over for Gregg Popovich. Kerr
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Prosecutors charged Tonka Way-Con Ponder with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shootout that killed one man and injured four others during a July event for motorcycle enthusiasts at the Lake of the Ozarks.
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Un hombre tiene a dos mujeres como rehenes con un cuchillo en una tienda en la Rue d’Aligre en el distrito 12 de París, dijo la policía francesa a CNN este lunes. La policía ha aconsejado a la gente que evite el barrio. No hay indicios en este momento de que la
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