LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jewel, the Los Angeles Zoo’s 61-year-old Asian elephant, was euthanized due to declining health, officials said Friday. Zoo staff monitored the geriatric elephant and provided supportive care around the clock for several days before determining that her quality of life would not improve, the zoo said in a statement. She was
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Después de tres días de análisis, este jueves se constituyó el jurado en el juicio que enfrenta Genaro García Luna, exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México, en Nueva York. El exfuncionario, el de mayor rango juzgado en Estados Unidos, enfrenta la posibilidad de una sentencia de 20 años de cárcel o
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Anti-abortion advocates from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, on Friday for the annual March for Life — the first since the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion. This year’s march marks a turn in the fight against abortion rights, with opponents’ primary goal
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey, Caitlin Hu and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is bidding to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, after her shock resignation announcement earlier this week. Hipkins emerged as the only candidate to be nominated for the leadership of the ruling Labour party on Saturday morning. The Labour Party
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elizabeth Holmes made an “attempt to flee the country” by booking a one-way ticket to Mexico in January 2022, shortly after the Theranos founder was convicted of fraud, prosecutors alleged in a new court filing Friday. Holmes was convicted last January of defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN A rough respiratory virus season in the US appears to be easing, as three major respiratory viruses that have battered the country for the past few months are finally all trending down at the same time. A new dataset from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the
Continue ReadingBy Rick Karle Click here for updates on this story ALABAMA (WVTM) — So you think we face some obstacles in our lives? Hoover, Alabama’s Ben Abercrombie is facing unfathomable obstacles, and he’s closing in on an amazing achievement after being paralyzed from the neck down for the last five years: He’s 18 months from
Continue ReadingBy Julia Jones and Elizabeth Hartfield, CNN Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos is strongly denying claims that he once performed as a drag queen. “The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or ‘performed’ as a drag Queen is categorically false,” the New York congressman tweeted Thursday after a
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Supporters of taxes on the very rich contend that people are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a bigger appetite for what they’re calling “tax justice.” Bills announced Thursday in California, New York, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington and Connecticut vary in their approaches to hiking taxes, but all revolve
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Trout feels pain-free as the start of spring training approaches. The Los Angeles Angels’ three-time AL MVP was sidelined between July 12 and Aug. 19 last year by an injury to his upper back and ribcage. After returning, he hit .308 with 16 homers
Continue ReadingBy James Stratton Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Ciara Gilliam died in August 2022 after taking a pill she thought was Xanax, but turned out to be laced with fentanyl. Now, her family and seven others across the country are suing Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, alleging
Continue ReadingBy Andy Alcock Click here for updates on this story CASS COUNTY, Missouri (KMBC) — History was made Thursday when a Cass County judge expunged the marijuana possession conviction of Adam Mace. It’s the first time a possession conviction has been expunged since Missouri voters decriminalized marijuana in November. “And these are the great results
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps’ longtime coach, and Carol Capitani were announced Friday as head coaches of the U.S. swimming team for this summer’s world championship in Fukuoka, Japan. Bowman will lead the men’s team. Capitani, the women’s head coach at Texas, will head the women’s squad, USA Swimming said. Bowman,
Continue ReadingBy Estevan Lopez Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KSBW) — Monterey County Public Works, Facilities and Parks have announced that nearly all parks will reopen. PWFP says that they were able to remove winter storm hazards and debris in almost all county parks which will allow county parks to reopen
Continue Reading Associated Press A car with three occupants recently drove into a barricade outside the California home owned by Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents, an apparent attempt to gain access to the property where the founder of crypto exchange FTX is under house arrest. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried made the disclosure in a letter dated Thursday to U.S. District
Continue ReadingBy KOCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ANADARKO, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Ivon Adams, the caretaker charged with murdering 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, was booked into the Caddo County Jail Thursday. Adams was charged with first-degree murder and child neglect. He was booked into the jail at 8:57 p.m. after being released from the
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By Khiree Stewart Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Some northwest Baltimore residents are upset over plans to build a new skilled nursing facility. Plans involve demolishing the old Grove Park Elementary School, which closed in 2018. The Baltimore City Department of Housing has since awarded a bid for the site
Continue ReadingBy WGAL Staff Click here for updates on this story Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A Pennsylvania woman murdered and dismembered her parents with a chainsaw, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. Police were called to a home in Abington Township on Tuesday night for a wellness check by the couple’s son. Police found the
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned of the widespread global effects that could be felt if the federal government exhausts extraordinary measures and fails to raise the debt ceiling, telling CNN’s Christiane Amanpour about the ways everyday Americans could face stark consequences. Yellen’s warning comes after the United States on
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By WISN Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A 10-year-old boy accused of shooting and killing his mother over a virtual reality headset appeared in a Milwaukee courtroom Thursday charged as an adult with intentional homicide. WISN 12 News is not identifying the boy because of the judge’s order for
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