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Month: October 2024

Grandson says he’s trying to give grandfather a final resting place after body left at Kansas City funeral home for months

By Jackson Kurtz Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A Kansas City grandson is now trying to give his grandfather a proper funeral after his grandpa’s body has stayed at the funeral home for months. “He was my last blood grandfather left,” said Noah Freeman, grandson of Charles Freeman.

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Grandson says he’s trying to give grandfather a final resting place after body left at Kansas City funeral home for months

KMBC, FREEMAN FAMILY, CNN By Jackson Kurtz Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A Kansas City grandson is now trying to give his grandfather a proper funeral after his grandpa’s body has stayed at the funeral home for months. “He was my last blood grandfather left,” said Noah Freeman,

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Hassan Rouhani Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Personal Birth date: November 12, 1948 Birth place: Sorkheh, Iran Birth name: Hassan Feridon Marriage: Sahebeh Arabi Children: Has four children Education: University of Tehran, B. A., 1972; Glasgow Caledonian University, M. Phil., 1995; Glasgow Caledonian University,

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Grand Teton grizzly bear No. 399 that delighted visitors for decades is killed by vehicle in Wyoming

Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western Wyoming. Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on a highway in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, park officials

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Grand Teton grizzly bear No. 399 that delighted visitors for decades is killed by vehicle in Wyoming

Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western Wyoming. Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on a highway in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, park officials

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Stephan Sterns was acting strange, washed his clothes on morning Maddie Soto was reported missing, roommate says

By Hayley Crombleholme Click here for updates on this story     OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida (WXII) — Kissimmee police have released new audio of interviews with a roommate of Madeline Soto, her mom, and Stephan Sterns, the man charged with killing Madeline. In the interview, which was done at an apartment complex in Kissimmee, the roommate says

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Justice Department warns Elon Musk that his $1 million giveaway to registered voters may be illegal

By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department warned Elon Musk’s America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law, people briefed on the matter told CNN. Musk, who has thrown his support behind former President Donald Trump and

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US and G7 allies moving forward with $50 billion loan package to Ukraine, including $20 billion from the US backed by frozen Russian assets

By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The US and Western allies are moving forward with a $50 billion loan package to Ukraine backed by the profits of frozen Russian assets, which includes a US contribution of $20 billion, the White House announced Wednesday. “As part of the G7 package, the United States is announcing today

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Nigeria’s president reshuffles his cabinet during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet reshuffle. His office says it’s aimed at making his administration more efficient. The shake-up comes during worsening economic hardship and frustration with the administration in Africa’s most populous country. Tinubu took office last year

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Thousands of North Korean troops in Russia. What does that mean for the war with Ukraine?

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — American and South Korean officials say there’s evidence that thousands of North Korean troops are now in Russia near Ukraine’s border. At a press conference Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the North Korean soldiers are preparing to join the fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming

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‘It was heartbreaking’: Chatham County cop recalls finding part of Quinton Simon’s skull at landfill

By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story     SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) — On Tuesday, the Chatham County Police officer who discovered part of a missing toddler’s remains at a landfill testified at the murder trial of Leilani Simon. Simon is accused of killing her 20-month-old son Quinton Simon and disposing of his body

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Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting. With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence in conspiracy theories and misinformation about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are

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ANÁLISIS | Mientras Israel intensifica la guerra en múltiples frentes, nadie sabe cuál es el objetivo final de Netanyahu

Alexandra Ferguson Jerusalén (CNN) — Cuando las fuerzas israelíes mataron al dirigente de Hamas Yahya Sinwar en Gaza la semana pasada, muchos dentro y fuera de Israel esperaban que pudiera ser el momento en que el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu declarara una victoria y redujera la operación en Gaza con la esperanza de conseguir un

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Iowa finds several dozen instances of noncitizens voting in a past election

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official says several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens voted in a past election or registered to vote despite being ineligible. The announcement comes with just two weeks until 2024 ballots will be tallied. A spokesperson says elections officials compared the state’s registered voters

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Pro-Palestinian protester charged with assault after occupying building at University of Minnesota

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10 other people who barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the University of Minnesota. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says on Wednesday that a 23-year-old woman has been charged with fourth-degree assault and was released

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Explosion in a packed Kabul market injures 11 people, including children, humanitarian group says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some children. The source of Wednesday afternoon’s blast was not immediately clear and nobody from the Taliban was available for comment about the incident. The humanitarian group Emergency NGO, which runs a surgical center in the

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Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear, Sen. Rand Paul

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The debate over Kentucky’s school choice ballot measure has become a test of influence for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sen. Rand Paul. Both have appeared in TV ads and headlined events to press their case on the November ballot question. The measure is Kentucky’s most hotly debated

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Man pleads guilty to neighbor’s murder and had funeral pamphlet with victim’s name in his home

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former police officer for more than a decade in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to killing his neighbor. Prosecutors say the evidence against 43-year-old Justin Rawlins Moody included a funeral pamphlet in his home with “RIP Oscar” and “you should love your neighbor” written on it.

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A hurricane’s historic destruction hasn’t stopped North Carolina election workers and voters

Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Elections officials, poll workers and voters in western North Carolina have been adapting in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. The storm destroyed roads, bridges and homes, and left communities without power and water. Despite the widespread destruction, election workers have rallied to set up polling sites and

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Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50-50 ball sells for record price of $4.39M at auction amid ongoing lawsuit over ownership

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The ball which Shohei Ohtani made baseball history with by becoming the inaugural member of the 50-50 club sold for almost $4.4 million at auction on Wednesday, despite its ownership being the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. On September 19, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar went where no baseball

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Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new threat intelligence report from Microsoft says foreign adversaries have showed continued determination to influence the U.S. election and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears. The company said Wednesday that Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Kamala Harris’ campaign,

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¿Quién es Douglas Emhoff, el esposo de Kamala Harris que podría convertirse en primer caballero de Estados Unidos?

Andrea Gomez (CNN Español) — Si Kamala Harris gana las elecciones de Estados Unidos, el tradicional título de primera dama dejaría de existir y sería reemplazado por el de primer caballero, un puesto que ocuparía Douglas Emhoff. Si Harris obtiene la victoria, hará historia como la primera mujer en ocupar el despacho oval de la

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Los científicos dicen que el limo de tu lavavajillas podría desvelar una solución al calentamiento global

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los científicos han rastreado las profundidades del océano y el espacio exterior en busca de microbios que ayuden a frenar el calentamiento global. Ahora están buscando en un lugar nuevo e improbable: dentro de tu casa. Un grupo llamado Two Frontiers Project (2FP) financiado por la empresa biotecnológica Seed Health está

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European Commission chief assures Western Balkans of the bloc’s enlargement progress

Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reassured the Western Balkan countries that the enlargement of the trade bloc remained one of its priorities. Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia are at different stages in their applications for EU membership. Von der Leyen started a regional

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Armed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials in Martinique say protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters during a fresh round of violent demonstrations in the French Caribbean island. No injuries were reported, but the government said in a statement Wednesday that authorities were prevented from helping people during the protests that occurred

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Iranian hackers have probed US election websites for vulnerabilities, Microsoft says

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iranian government-linked hackers have researched and probed election-related websites in multiple US swing states, in a possible effort to discover vulnerabilities that could be used to influence the presidential election, Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday. Officials from multiple federal agencies are looking closely at the Iranian activity, a US official told CNN. The

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Minneapolis balcony shooting, police chase ends after suspect fatally shoots driver in western Minnesota

By Stephen Swanson, Riley Moser Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a man shot and killed one person and injured another in western Minnesota before being taken into custody following a domestic violence-related standoff on Tuesday afternoon in south Minneapolis. Police Chief Brian O’Hara says officers were called to

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Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of influential liberation theology, has died

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died. He was 96. The Dominican Order in Peru announced on social media that the Catholic priest died Tuesday night at a convent in Lima. It did

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Trump Organization intends to create 25 entities for future product or hotel licensing deals, monitor says

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The monitor overseeing the Trump Organization’s finances wrote in its latest report that Donald Trump’s company intends to create 25 new entities for products or hotel licensing deals. “The Trump Organization informed the Monitor that, contingent upon the execution of certain agreements, it intended to create 25 new entities for the

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Georgia’s Republican secretary of state finds just 20 noncitizens registered to vote out of 8.2 million

By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday. Those 20 people were removed from the state’s voter rolls – which total 8.2 million

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Quarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald’s in US as E. coli cases are investigated

AP Business Writer McDonald’s worked Wednesday to reassure customers that its U.S. restaurants are safe as federal investigators tried to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. McDonald’s pulled Quarter Pounders from one-fifth of its U.S. stores Tuesday as a result of the outbreak, which

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