By Jennifer Hansler, Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Barbara Starr and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US military has positioned US special operations forces in Djibouti to be ready to provide assistance to the US Embassy in Ethiopia if the situation worsens, according to one military official and two sources familiar with the movements. The activation
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de la República de El Salvador acusó de lavado de dinero y activos al exministro de Seguridad Pública René Mario Figueroa y su esposa, Cecilia Alvarenga Coronada, durante una audiencia realizada este lunes en el Tribunal Primero de Sentencia de San Salvador. Según las autoridades salvadoreñas, Figueroa
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A Columbia man was issued a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence for his role in a West Broadway shooting.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting to a role in two March 2020 shootings. Jaquan Whirley pleaded guilty to felony counts of assault- robbery – and unlawful use of a weapon. He’s accused of shooting another person in March last year in the 1200
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Federal and state officials are investigating an attempted breach of an Ohio county government office, in one of multiple instances this year in which data from a local government office was circulated at a conference promoting false claims of election fraud. The incident at the office of John Hamercheck, who is
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Federal and state officials are investigating an attempted breach of an Ohio county government office, in one of multiple instances this year in which data from a local government office was circulated at a conference promoting false claims of election fraud. The incident at the office of John Hamercheck, who is
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PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia (AP) — A photojournalist and a documentary filmmaker have been released by a Canadian judge, three days after being arrested while covering police enforcement of an injunction against pipeline protests in northern British Columbia. Amber Bracken, who had been on assignment for British Columbia-based outlet The Narwhal, and documentarian Michael Toledano
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By JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have agreed on a measure to make it easy for workers to claim religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Their deal Monday night also would provide unemployment benefits to people who lose their jobs after refusing the shots.
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in 1980, has died at age 90. Officials say Chun died Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest at his home. Chun seized power in a 1979 military coup and ruled South Korea for about eight
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cincinnati coach Wes Miller had no idea who he was watching early on against Illinois on Monday night. Not because he’s in his first year with the Bearcats, either. “We weren’t playing our defensive principles. We weren’t alert. We weren’t executing offensively,” Miller said.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cincinnati coach Wes Miller had no idea who he was watching early on against Illinois on Monday night. Not because he’s in his first year with the Bearcats, either. “We weren’t playing our defensive principles. We weren’t alert. We weren’t executing offensively,” Miller said.
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN Blustery and dry Santa Ana winds are whipping up a wildfire risk in Southern California, threatening a potential power shutoff over the Thanksgiving holiday. By the way, 5 Things is taking a holiday hiatus this Thursday and Friday. We’ll see you next week! Here’s what you need to know to Get
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN The tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday brought the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies into a sad spotlight. Members of the group were among the five people killed when an SUV driver slammed into a Christmas parade, according to its Facebook page. The Grannies who died “were extremely passionate,” the post said. “Their
Continue Reading By Sara Murray and Michael Warren, CNN Laurie Snell — the estranged wife of Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell — was awarded primary physical custody and sole legal custody of the couple’s three children, according to a judge’s order that was made public Monday. The decision comes amid a contentious divorce and custody proceedings
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, CNN The tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday brought the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies into a sad spotlight. Members of the group were among the five people killed when an SUV driver slammed into a Christmas parade, according to its Facebook page. The Grannies who died “were extremely passionate,” the post said. “Their
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An Indianapolis man was sentenced in federal court in connection with the armed robbery of a Jefferson City Walgreens.
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By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Mexico’s government arguing U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors fueled violence in Mexico through their negligent and illegal commercial practices. Gun maker Beretta U.S.A. Corp. argued Monday that there’s no basis for the
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Mexico’s government arguing U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors fueled violence in Mexico through their negligent and illegal commercial practices. Gun maker Beretta U.S.A. Corp. argued Monday that there’s no basis for the
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The families of most of those killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre will receive $127 million from the federal government to settle a lawsuit. Sixteen of the 17 killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland had sued over the FBI’s failure to
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — The president of a police union in the Denver suburb of Aurora has been placed on paid administrative leave by the police department after he sent an email to the group’s 240 members calling diversity provisions in an agreement between the city and the state “sexist and racist.” KCNC-TV reports Officer Doug
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