By Faith Karimi and Gregory Lemos, CNN A violent week of fistfights at a Louisiana high school led to the arrests of at least 22 students last month. So a group of concerned fathers decided enough was enough. They formed a volunteer group, Dads on Duty, and began roaming the halls of Southwood High School
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By Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Longtime TV news anchor Jovita Moore died Thursday night at 53 after a monthslong battle with cancer, WSB announced Friday morning. “Jovita died overnight, seven months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer,” the station’s statement said. “Back in April doctors discovered two masses
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LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks. The palace says in statement Friday that the 95-year-old monarch can continue to undertake light, desk-based duties during this time — including some virtual audiences. But she will be unable to travel to the
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man found not guilty of attempted murder after firing at Minneapolis police during the unrest that followed George Floyd’s death has sued the city and numerous officers, alleging excessive force was used in his arrest. Jaleel Stallings also alleges in the federal lawsuit filed Thursday that several of his constitutional rights
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Migrant families who were forcibly separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration could receive hundreds of thousands dollars in compensation as part of settlement negotiations between the Justice Department and the families’ lawyers, according to a source familiar with the matter. More than 3,000 children were separated from their
Continue Reading PINK, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say an Oklahoma deputy sheriff was shot several times while responding to reports of a domestic disturbance on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth says the deputy was shot Friday morning. The deputy’s condition has not been released and no suspect is in custody. The shooting
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to continue work on legislation dubbed “Stop LGBT,” which would ban pride parades and other public gatherings or actions deemed to “promote” same-sex relationships. Dominated by the right-wing ruling coalition, the parliament voted Friday to send the proposal to the interior affairs commission. At its initial reading
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has launched a second bid to end a Trump-era policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. It is also reaffirming a commitment to reinstate the policy under court order. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that
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COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — A 53-year-old man who fatally burned his neighbor and injured two police officers has been sentenced to life in prison. Harvey Raymond Ortberg, of Baxter Springs, was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in July to first-degree murder in the 2017 death of 65-year-old Sharon Horn. He also was sentenced to nine
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — A 53-year-old man who fatally burned his neighbor and injured two police officers has been sentenced to life in prison. Harvey Raymond Ortberg, of Baxter Springs, was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in July to first-degree murder in the 2017 death of 65-year-old Sharon Horn. He also was sentenced to nine
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Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — Los cigarrillos electrónicos podrían ser recetados por el Servicio Nacional de Salud de Inglaterra (NHS, por sus siglas en inglés) en el marco de los planes para reducir las tasas de tabaquismo en el país. La Agencia Reguladora de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios del Reino Unido (MHRA, por sus siglas
Continue Reading By Eric Grossarth Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — An Idaho Falls woman formerly employed as a housekeeper is accused of stealing 30 checks and using forgery to steal over $5,000. Irene Joyce Summers, 25, is charged with felony grand theft and felony forgery. According to court documents, the
Continue Reading CHELSEA, Iowa (AP) — A man has died after being shot by a Tama County Sheriff’s deputy during what police described as a armed confrontation. The shooting happened Thursday night in Chelsea. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says in a news release that the Tama County Sheriff’s Office received calls around 7:30 p.m. of
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates and guarantees that those who are fired for refusing a vaccine will qualify for unemployment benefits. Reynolds signed the bill Friday and
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates and guarantees that those who are fired for refusing a vaccine will qualify for unemployment benefits. Reynolds signed the bill Friday and
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors have asked a judge to order California lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term. The request comes a year after Avenatti was convicted of trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike. Avenatti gained a measure of fame
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By Peter Nickeas and Omar Jimenez The pledge to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department made by city councilors in Powderhorn Park after the murder of George Floyd has come to represent all manner of political and media aspirations over the future of policing in America. The nearly 18 months since Floyd’s death on Memorial Day
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was “clumsy” in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia. The contract left France in the lurch because France believed it had a similar deal with Australia. Biden and Macron
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Republican congressman from Staten Island is making a bid to return to elected office more than a decade after a personal scandal derailed his political career. Former U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella left Congress in 2009 amid allegations he had a second, secret family.
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary. The list includes a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become ubiquitous on social media. Among them are dad bod, amirite, TBH and FTW. The coronavirus pandemic also contributed new terms to the lexicon, such as super-spreader, long COVID
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