Month: September 2023

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — No matter who was to win Tuesday’s US Open quarterfinals match between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton, history was going to be made: For the first time, two Black men faced off in the match. Shelton came out on top in the milestone match, upsetting world No. 10 Tiafoe

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could be an opportunity for the radical group to

By GENE JOHNSON, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly a month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people, authorities on Maui are working their way through a list of the missing that has grown almost as quickly as names have been

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the crime, prosecutors announced. Mack, 72, served more

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, INC., INNOCENCE PROJECT, CNN By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities say at least two people have been killed and thousands evacuated due to floods in China’s southeastern coastal Fujian province brought by Tropical Storm Haikui. Chinese media reported schools were closed and flights suspended, while more than 30,000 people were evacuated. State media reported two firefighters have died and one police

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan appeals court heard arguments on whether a former police officer should go to trial for a murder charge in the killing of a Black motorist in 2022. The murder charge stems from a morning traffic stop that ended with then-Grand Rapids police officer Christopher

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El exentrenador de la selección femenina de fútbol de España, Jorge Vilda, rompió su silencio este martes por la noche calificando su despido de “injusto”, al tiempo que abordó por qué aplaudió en la asamblea de Luis Rubiales, mientras continúan las consecuencias del beso no deseado en la Copa del Mundo.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell on Wall Street, continuing a weak stretch on this holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Wednesday. The Dow fell 198 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 1.1%. Declines in several big technology stocks, including Apple, weighed on the market.

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An extramarital affair Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had with a donor’s employee helped connect the dots about why the Republican was using his power in ways that are now at the center of his impeachment trial on accusations of corruption, a

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Three men on board an inflatable catamaran were pulled from the sea in the early hours of Wednesday after “several shark attacks” left their vessel partially sunken off the Australian northeastern coast. Two Russians and one French national, ages 28 to 63, were on board the boat as it

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lawyers for residents and business owners of the Hawaiian town devastated by last month’s fires on Maui told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share in responsibility for the disaster. The attorneys made the statements Tuesday, saying the companies

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that officials with the South Asian country’s intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people, including 42 foreigners from 14 countries. The attacks,

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled recently that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. But those cases are just two of about a dozen that could carry big consequences as Republicans campaign to

By The Associated Press China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut. Authorities in China arrested two people for smashing a path through a section of the ancient wall, a cultural icon and United Nations protected

By Vasco Cotovio and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success in targeting Russian military airports. Satellite imagery from Maxar of Engels

By HANNAH DELLINGER and MATT BARNUM of Chalkbeat and COLLIN BINKLEY of The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Davion Williams wants to go to college. A counselor at his Detroit charter school last year helped him visualize that goal, but he knows he’ll need more help to navigate the application process. So he was discouraged

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group. The surge stems largely from a sharp decline in tax revenues, coupled with an increase in mandatory

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is not done with former President Donald Trump and his entourage, despite charging him with four criminal counts over his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election and more than three dozen other charges over his hoarding of classified documents in Florida. The clash between

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order. The proliferation of sensors in

Sol Amaya (CNN) — The Rolling Stones lanzarán su primer álbum de estudio desde 2005. La banda recientemente adelantó la nueva música en el periódico británico Hackney Gazette. El anuncio incluía un sitio web y un número de teléfono, que revelaba una grabación que decía: “Bienvenido a Hackney Diamonds, especialistas en reparación de cristales. No

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have indicted a man on attempted murder and other charges over an explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April. Kishida was unhurt when a man threw a pipe bomb at him while he was campaigning for elections. Two people received minor injuries. A court

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The humanitarian situation in conflict-wracked eastern Congo has deteriorated alarmingly in the past 18 months with 8 million people in urgent need of assistance and women and girls subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale — just in three provinces, a senior U.N. official

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La segunda ciudad más grande de Gran Bretaña se declaró en bancarrota este martes, suspendiendo todos los gastos no esenciales después de recibir demandas de igualdad salarial por un total de 760 millones de libras (unos US$ 956 millones). El Concejo de Birmingham, que proporciona servicios a más de un millón

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — US officials have warned North Korea it will “pay a price” if it strikes an arms deal with Russia, after saying that negotiations were “advancing” between the two nations. If Pyongyang provides weapons to Moscow to use in the war against Ukraine, it is “not going to reflect well

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — It’s a carriage fight that could lead to the dismantling — or revolution — of the cable television bundle. The brawl between Disney and Charter Communications, which has erupted into view at the most inopportune time for sports fans as the US Open plays out and the NFL season

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New regulations on short-term rentals have gone into effect in New York City. Officials and housing advocates pushing for the new rules say they’re necessary to protect the city’s housing stock and to stop apartments from becoming de facto hotels. But Airbnb says the regulations that

CNN By Mick Krever and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — The footage is mundane and revelatory all at once. The hallway, filmed from an unmoving closed-circuit camera, appears unremarkable. It’s the point in time, and the people in the former children’s hospital, that make the hours and hours of video from

By Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — With back to school just around the corner and COVID-19 cases on the rise, it’s important to remember the basics of keeping respiratory illnesses at bay, one expert says. Dr. Dina Kulik, a pediatrician and founder of

By Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — New research has found that previous studies on the Antarctic ice shelves may have overestimated their thickness, an important factor for scientists to determine how fast sea levels could rise. Researchers from Ohio State University say in a

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Corte Suprema de Chile informó este viernes que el pasado 23 de agosto falló a favor de 31 trabajadores que demandaron al Estado tras quedar atrapados en una mina hace 13 años. Argumentaban que quedaron incapacitados para laborar por haber enfermado de las vías respiratorias tras la inhalación de polvo

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a bid to slow down deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change during the country´s Amazon Day. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also signed

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Green hydrogen is being touted around the world as a clean energy solution to take the carbon out of high-emitting sectors like transport and industrial manufacturing. Global cooperation on green hydrogen manufacturing and supply is expected to be discussed by Group of 20 leaders at this

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man accused of deliberately running over and killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario pleaded not guilty. Nathaniel Veltman is accused of deliberately hitting the Afzaal family members with his truck as they were out for a walk on the evening of June 6, 2021. He

By Mick Krever and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — The footage is mundane and revelatory all at once. The hallway, filmed from an unmoving closed-circuit camera, appears unremarkable. It’s the point in time, and the people in the former children’s hospital, that make the hours and hours of video from this

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The prisoner who is now the subject of a massive manhunt after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison late last month had killed his ex-girlfriend in a brutal 2021 stabbing in front of her two young children, authorities say. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old who was convicted in the killing

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Air Canada pidió disculpas a dos pasajeros a quienes les dijeron que debían sentarse en sillas cubiertas de vómito durante un vuelo. Los detalles del incidente, ocurrido en un vuelo que iba de Las Vegas a Montreal el pasado 26 de agosto, los publicó en línea la pasajera Susan Benson. “Había

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements threaten to taint a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s provocative comments about both Smith’s team

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La primera dama de Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, dio positivo por covid-19 y tiene síntomas leves, según informó la Casa Blanca. El contagio se produjo justo cuando la cantidad de los casos de coronavirus y las hospitalizaciones van en aumento en el país. El presidente Joe Biden ha resultado negativo hasta

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste. California would be the first state to do this if Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it into law. Caste is an ancient system regulating social status. It is primarily associated with India and Hinduism. But caste-based

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico’s largest metro area are taking over all cases involving retail theft in efforts to enforce new state sanctions against coordinated retail crime. Albuquerque-area District Attorney and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday have announced the new approach to combatting retail crime. Previously, police officers

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La discusión económica gana más espacio en la campaña presidencial de Argentina. El candidato libertario, Javier Milei, impulsa una dolarización, mientras que la candidata de Juntos por el Cambio, Patricia Bullrich, propone un esquema de economía bimonetaria. Te presentamos puntos en común y diferencias entre ambas ideas. En las declaraciones

By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has made “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the 2020 election subversion case. The allegation arose in a court fight that remains largely under seal, so additional details are not

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by eliminating 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2 on a steamy afternoon. Gauff is a 19-year-old from Florida who is the first American teenager to reach the final four at Flushing

MIAMI (AP) — Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner on Tuesday after four years of marriage and two children. The 34-year-old Jonas Brothers singer filed to end his marriage with the 27-year-old star of “Game of Thrones” in Florida’s Miami-Dade County Court. The filing says “the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken.”

By David Williams and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — When you think of flamingos, the images that come to mind are probably of African water holes, the Caribbean, Florida – or almost anywhere else other than Waynesville, Ohio. So, when Jacob Roalef saw Facebook posts about flamingos at Ceasar Creek State Park, near Dayton, last

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Enrique Tarrio, exlíder de los Proud Boys, fue condenado a 22 años de prisión por cargos de conspiración sediciosa y de liderar un complot fallido para impedir la transición pacífica del poder de Donald Trump a Joe Biden. Hasta el momento, la sentencia del juez de distrito Timothy Kelly es la

By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — The sale of over 400 pieces of jewelry once owned by late art collector Heidi Horten broke records at a series of auctions earlier this year. But amid ongoing criticism from Jewish advocacy groups and human rights organizations over the source of the Austrian billionaire’s wealth, Christie’s auction house

By Hande Atay Alam (CNN) — As of September, 10 million Afghans have lost assistance from the UN’s World Food Programme this year, the organization announced this week. They had to cut food assistance from 2 million people in Afghanistan this month. “Due to a massive funding shortfall, going forward WFP will only be able

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire three gas distribution companies from Dominion Energy. The deal is valued at $14 billion, including $9.4 billion in cash and $4.6 billion in debt, and will create North America’s largest natural gas utility platform, according to Enbridge.

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Al menos 21 personas murieron debido a las fuertes lluvias que dejó un ciclón extratropical en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, informó este martes el gobernador Eduardo Leite. “Este es el cuarto fenómeno meteorológico grave que afecta al estado desde junio. El gobierno se está movilizado en todos los frentes para

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, ALaska (AP) — A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing. Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house

By David Schuman Click here for updates on this story     BAYPORT, Minnesota (WCCO) — A former corrections officer is speaking up about what it’s like in the Minnesota prison where inmates staged a protest this weekend. Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater has been on lockdown since Sunday morning, when about 100 inmates refused to go back to

By Mark Morales, Kristina Sgueglia and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A campaign fundraiser for indicted Rep. George Santos and the Justice Department are mulling a possible plea deal, according to a Tuesday request for a speedy trial waiver from prosecutors. Samuel Miele is charged in connection with allegedly impersonating a top aide to

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Lee formed Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean and was forecast to become a major hurricane as it approaches the Caribbean by the weekend, forecasters said. The storm was located some 1,230 miles (1,980) kilometers east of the Lesser Antilles Tuesday night. It had maximum sustained winds of

By Celina Tebor and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — The New York Attorney General, the Legal Aid Society, and the New York Civil Liberties Union announced what they called a “landmark agreement” with the New York Police Department that “significantly reforms” the department’s policing of protests to protect “the public and members of the press

By Annie Gimbel Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a murder-suicide, which claimed the lives of Nancy Gonzalez, 29, and Christian Lopez Ibarra, 33. Law enforcement officials said Ibarra killed Gonzalez before turning the gun on himself. It happened at a house just before 6:30

macamilarincon (CNN) –– El cantante Joe Jonas y la actriz Sophie Turner se separarán. Jonas presentó una solicitud de divorcio este martes en el condado de Miami Dade, Florida, según registros públicos que obtuvo CNN. El documento establece que el matrimonio está “irremediablemente dañado” como motivo de disolución. CNN se comunicó con representantes de Jonas

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has released $125 million from its emergency relief fund to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries around the world, saying needs are skyrocketing. Afghanistan and Yemen top the list, with each getting $20 million, followed by Burkina Faso and Myanmar at $9 million each. Mali, Haiti and

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials in Las Vegas have approved a plan for a permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Clark County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to proceed with a design featuring 58 candle-like beams — one for each

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — JCPenney CEO Marc Rosen sees plenty of evidence that working-class families are struggling. Customers are increasingly relying on credit cards, falling behind on bills and flocking to private label brands like Liz Claiborne instead of pricier national ones, Rosen told CNN. “Our customers are America’s working families.

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission went to work Tuesday on designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota to replace a current emblem in both that’s considered offensive to Native Americans. One of the main elements of Minnesota’s state flag includes a prominent state seal against a blue

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, who made national headlines earlier this year as one of three lawmakers facing expulsion over protesting for more gun control on the state House floor, announced a longshot bid for the US Senate on Tuesday. “We need somebody that’s gonna care about Tennessee families

By Kaitlyn Kendall , James Howell Jr. Click here for updates on this story     INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — Family of the man killed in a hit-and-run on Saturday on the city’s southwest side are remembering him for being funny and the person that lit up every room he was in. Wilman Ayala died after being struck

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Arnold Schwarzenegger is remembering a frightening moment that left him “freaking out” while recovering from open-heart surgery. In a YouTube video posted late last month, the actor and former governor of California said that he awoke to doctors telling him that his surgery – which was meant to be

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A New York federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily barring two firearms companies from selling devices that prosecutors say convert AR-15 style rifles into machine guns, finding that prosecutors are likely to prove the companies plotted to hide their sale from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta has allowed Georgia to resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under 18. Judge Sarah Geraghty on Tuesday put her previous order blocking the ban on hold. Attorneys for Georgia had asked her to vacate the preliminary injunction

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic booked his spot in the US Open semifinals with an emphatic victory over American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday. The world No. 2 looked his assured self, rapid around the court and hitting winners from all manners of angles, in his 6-1 6-4 6-4 win. Fritz did show