By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered controversy by assaulting a protester at a 2018 May Day march has been convicted of illegal violence and other offenses and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. Alexandre Benalla Friday received a three-year prison sentence — two
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the widely praised soldier-diplomat who died of complications from COVID-19 last month, is being remembered at a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. Powell’s achievements serve as a model for minorities in public and private life. A Vietnam combat veteran,
Continue Reading GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The union for faculty members at the University of Florida is urging donors to withhold contributions and scholars and artists to turn down invitations to campus. They are making both requests in an effort to force administrators to affirm the free speech rights of school employees. The United Faculty of Florida
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN Climate groups and COP26 attendees are expressing frustration that US climate action is limited at the summit, in part because the country’s action ultimately depends on Congress — and, more specifically, that it depends on Sen. Joe Manchin, who opposes climate legislation that would rapidly reduce the use of fossil fuel.
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan says it will pay $300,000 to the only employee who was fired as a result of lead-contaminated water in Flint. Liane Shekter Smith was head of the state’s drinking water division in 2014-15 when Flint switched its water source and didn’t use corrosion
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing its last melodies as the state bird of Florida. An effort is taking flight to replace the far-ranging musical mockingbird with a bird that is more identifiable as distinctly from Florida.
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By Jeremy Herb, Jake Tapper and Michelle Rozsa, CNN Retiring Rep. Anthony Gonzalez has a warning for his fellow Republicans: former President Donald Trump will try to steal the next election. Gonzalez was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. In
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Gen. Colin Powell was remembered Friday as a patriotic statesman who served his country in peace and war at a funeral service that was marked not only by its reverence for the former secretary of state but by a bipartisan attendance of former presidents and dignitaries who paid tribute to the
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Rose Namajunas puts her strawweight title up for grabs against Zhang Weil in UFC’s return to New York. Kamaru Usman defends his welterweight championship against Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 268 on Saturday. UFC will hold a card in New York for the first time in
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has received less than 50% of votes in nationwide elections for the first time. The final results of Monday’s local government elections were announced Thursday night and saw the ANC win 46% of votes. The elections decided
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — La campaña para las próximas elecciones presidenciales del 21 de noviembre en Chile se realiza temporalmente en línea después de que uno de los candidatos diera positivo por coronavirus. Gabriel Boric, del partido político de izquierda Convergencia Social, dio positivo por covid-19 el 3 de noviembre luego de reportar fiebre. El
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A series of killings that happened nearly three decades ago throughout the Midwest and largely along Interstate 70 is getting a new look. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that detectives and federal agents from Raytown, Missouri, Wichita, Kansas, and the Indiana cities of Indianapolis and Terre Haute met this week
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By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Young climate activists have poured into Glasgow and surrounded the site of the COP26 summit to demand action from global leaders, as the focus of the event turns toward the impact of climate change on future generations. Thousands of demonstrators covered the streets of the Scottish city on
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una escuela secundaria de Los Ángeles se disculpó después de enfrentar críticas porque su equipo de fútbol americano no solo venció a un oponente, sino que derrotó al equipo contrario con una puntuación de 106-0. La directora de Inglewood High School, Debbie Tate, emitió el comunicado este lunes, diciendo que
Continue Reading By Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Kansas (KCTV) — A Lansing Correctional Facility prison guard is in the hospital after taking a beating from an inmate. Advocates for corrections officers say it could have been prevented if the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) had heeded their pleas for higher staffing
Continue Reading By Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 911 call made on the morning of the May 29 plane crash into Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna that killed diet guru Gwen Shamblin, her husband Joe Lara and five other members of her church showed there was also concern
Continue Reading ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A series of killings that happened nearly three decades ago throughout the Midwest and largely along Interstate 70 is getting a new look. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that detectives and federal agents from Raytown, Missouri, Wichita, Kansas, and the Indiana cities of Indianapolis and Terre Haute met this week
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A Russian diplomat has died in Berlin in what the Russian Embassy has called a “tragic accident.” It said the incident involving the embassy employee happened on Oct. 19 but gave no details of what happened. The Russian Embassy issued its statement Friday after German news magazine Der Spiegel, which didn’t name
Continue Reading LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani lawyer says his client, a Czech model sentenced in 2019 to eight years in prison on charges of attempting to smuggle heroin from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates will be freed next week. He says Tereza Hluskova has been acquitted by an appeals court earlier this week in
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders are trying to resolve lingering concerns by moderates in hopes of finally pushing President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda through the House. Leaders have met privately with centrists who want an official cost estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office before voting
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