TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A man was convicted Wednesday of stabbing to death a transgender actor and model in her apartment in Georgia last year, a killing that shocked the South Caucasus nation and came a day after lawmakers passed legislation that severely restricted LGBTQ+ rights. Beka Jaiani, 26, was sentenced to life in prison
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UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Ten New York prison guards were charged Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder. It’s the second time this year a group of correctional officers in the state was indicted for a death behind bars. Other prisoners say several guards severely
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By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Department of Defense’s school system for children of military families, asserting that the removal of race- and gender-related books and curricula violated students’ First Amendment protections against government censorship. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in northeast Virginia
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg warned he could
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use. The
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By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday into a fight between Black landowners and local officials who have weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed slaves. Residents of largely unspoiled Sapelo Island have been trying to roll back zoning changes imposed
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Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect was motivated by the Democrat’s Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza. Police have said that Cody Balmer of Harrisburg harbored hatred
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A local choral group for students is celebrating 55 years.
Continue ReadingBy John Atwater & Alex Svenson Click here for updates on this story NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took a Guatemalan immigrant, who claims to have no criminal history, into custody in New Bedford on Monday. New video shows the agents shattering the window of 29-year-old Juan Francisco
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Continue ReadingPor Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español Las visas de cientos de estudiantes internacionales en Estados Unidos han sido revocadas en las últimas semanas en medio de una represión más amplia contra la inmigración por parte del Gobierno de Donald Trump, que incluye detenciones, muchas veces sin previo aviso, y un grupo de trabajo para, según
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By NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores is recovering after being hospitalized Tuesday shortly after announcing that she will run for a U.S. House seat in 2026, according to her campaign. In a statement posted on X, the campaign said “Mayra Flores faced a sudden health scare,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards, CBS announced Wednesday. One of the most popular stand-ups currently working, Bargatze will emcee the Sept. 14 ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. While the Oscars have found success with Conan O’Brien, set to return in 2026, and the
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By McKenzy Parsons Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha first responders were on the scene of a Missouri River rescue. Officials on the scene said four teenage girls went swimming at NP Dodge Park and they started struggling. A 13-year-old girl was helped out of the water by a
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The Israeli defense minister says his country’s troops will stay in “security zones” in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it needs to hold on to the zones to prevent similar
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, MARI YAMAGUCHI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday inserted himself directly into trade talks with Japanese officials, a sign of the high stakes for the United States after its tariffs rattled the economy and caused the administration to assure the public that it would quickly
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The filmmaker Andrew Ahn grew up in what he calls “a Blockbuster Video family.” They would rent three or four movies every weekend. When Ahn was 8, his mom rented the VHS for Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet.” “She was like, ‘It’s this Asian movie
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By Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. The judge is still deciding punishment and
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One of St. Joseph’s longest-serving organizations was honored for more than a century of community service by the group’s international board of directors. Members of the St. Joseph Sertoma Club were recognized with a $5,000 donation as part of a special ceremony at San Jose Steakhouse on Tuesday. Sertoma
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging the president’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have set off a global trade war. The lawsuit argues that President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs
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By Alexia Tsiropoulos Click here for updates on this story BUCKINGHAM, Florida (WBBH) — A Buckingham woman and her grandmother are living with cancer at the same time, leaning on each other and their strong faith for strength. Chelsea Martinez and her grandmother, Natalia Flores, spend most of their time together. “We drink coffee together,”
Continue ReadingBy Ariana Araiza Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — Newly hatched Peregrine falcons are now calling downtown Salinas their new home after the first pair of falcons hatched Monday afternoon. The parents, Alice and Sal, named after their location on Alisal St., were first spotted in the downtown area back
Continue ReadingPor Ashley Strickland, CNN Este miércoles se podrían ver coloridas auroras en zonas de Estados Unidos debido a una tormenta solar, según el Centro de Predicción Meteorológica Espacial del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Las auroras podrían “danzar” en el cielo mucho más al sur de lo que suelen aparecer. “Las auroras pueden llegar a ser visibles
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed a legal claim against the NFL’s New Orleans Saints from a man who says he is the “direct descendant of the Kings of France” over the trademark of the fleur-de-lis symbol on Monday. A court document shows Michel
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By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education. Both sides are digging in
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