By Sara Smart, Hannah Sarisohn and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A 72-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon after a Denny’s sign fell and crushed a car in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, according to police. A spokesperson for the restaurant chain said the company is working with authorities to assess the situation. “Denny’s is aware of the incident that took
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Costa Rica suma una ventanilla en el puesto de Tablillas, en la zona norte del país en la frontera con Nicaragua, para el ingreso de trabajadores migrantes para las cosechas. Esta se suma a las que ya están habilitadas en Peñas Blancas, otro punto fronterizo con Nicaragua y Río
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By Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Two men may have stumbled upon something special, and possibly prehistoric, along the Missouri River. Mike Ruth and Dave Jamerson enjoy scavenging along local waterways for artifacts and fossils. They’ve each found a number of unusual glass bottles, arrowheads, bones,
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Pressure is growing on Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, with Kyiv stepping up its pleas and a spat brewing between Berlin and some of its NATO allies. On Friday, Germany failed to reach agreement with its key Western partners on sending the vehicles, ahead of a potential Russian
Continue ReadingBy Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Nineteen-year-old Xavier Dixon is the man accused of killing 63-year-old Martyn Hands in front of the 61Ninety apartments on Girby Road. Dixon turned himself in shortly after the shooting Tuesday morning. Investigators say Hands died at the hospital after he was
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Missouri lawmakers are considering new legislation aimed at prohibiting the teaching of so-called critical race theory in its public grade schools — even though the state’s largest teachers’ union says the concept is not presently a part of schools’ curricula — and requiring the state to develop a training program to
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By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Prosecutors on Thursday laid out a largely circumstantial case against a man charged with multiple violent offenses in three separate incidents. There are plenty of witnesses from a club shooting in November, a home invasion in December and a Walmart shooting
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN The first time Johanna Thomas talked to the families of her kids’ friends about gun safety, she had to work up her nerve. It was after a school event, and a girl had invited her daughter to drive home with her family for a playdate, said the mother of two kids
Continue ReadingBy Swati Gupta, Tara Subramaniam, Manveena Suri and Vedika Sud, CNN Several leading Indian wrestlers are demanding an inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), amid a days-long protest in New Delhi. The wrestlers are also calling for the president’s dismissal and the dissolution of the
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Sending kids back to school rather than isolating and resting may be a better way to help them recover faster from a concussion, a new study finds. The study, published in JAMA Network Open on Friday, finds that an earlier return to school was associated with better outcomes for some children.
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Stacker compiled a list of the biggest 1-day snowfalls in Arizona using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information.
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Regina King has paid tribute to her late son, Ian Alexander Jr., nearly one year after his death. King on Instagram Thursday shared video of a lantern glowing in the sky on what would have been Alexander’s 27th birthday. “January 19th is Ian’s Worthday,” she captioned the video. “As we still
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Google has announced it is cutting 12,000 jobs from its work force.
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Marine who said he was waiting for “Civil war 2” and two other active-duty members of the military have been charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said in newly filed court papers. Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested this
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield and Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration declined to grant accelerated approval to an experimental Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, and requested additional data from Eli Lilly and Company, the drug maker. The company, which announced the development on Thursday, plans to file Phase 3 clinical trial data later this year
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By Kristin Thorne Click here for updates on this story YAPHANK, Long Island (WABC) — A family from Long Island is suing Meta for “harming” their teenage daughter through her use of Instagram. Alexis Spence, now 20, of Yaphank, started using Instagram on her phone when she was 11 years old. Spence said she created
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By CeFaan Kim Click here for updates on this story LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A high school cheer team in Manhattan has qualified for Nationals in Florida, but they’re looking for help in their fundraising efforts to get there. When high school freshman Arianna Alois lost her older sister in October, she felt
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Rugby Australia and NSW Waratahs have suspended Kurtley Beale after he was arrested and charged over sexual assault allegations on Friday in Kingsford, Australia, the union announced in a statement. CNN has not been able to reach Beale or his representative for comment. Beale was arrested in connection with an incident
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ANADARKO, Okla. (AP) — A man charged in the Christmas Day beating death of a 4-year-old Oklahoma girl has been returned to the state. Ivon Adams III, 36, was booked into the county jail Thursday night, the Caddo County Sheriff’s Office said on its website. Adams was arrested last week in Arizona on murder and
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Spike, a 23-year-old chihuahua mix from Ohio, has been named the world’s oldest living dog by Guinness World Records (GWR). Born in November 1999, Spike achieved canine bragging rights on December 7, 2022, with a certificate proving he was “at least 23 years and 7 days old” at the date of
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