GREENWOOD, Ind. — Authorities have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy who was gunned down Thursday morning while waiting at a suburban Indianapolis school bus stop by an assailant who fled the scene on foot, officials said. The shooting about 7 a.m. Thursday prompted officials […]
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Boxer George Foreman allegedly sexually assaulted 2 minors in 1970s: Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed in California alleges that professional boxer and former heavyweight champion George Foreman sexually assaulted at least two women in the 1970s, when they were teenagers and below the age of consent. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Los Angeles Superior Court, does not identify Foreman by name, […]
Desert flooding damages Los Angeles to Phoenix highway
DESERT CENTER, Calif. — The main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix was damaged by a flash flood that washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert in the latest bout of punishing monsoonal thunderstorms that have hit the region this summer. The newest round of flooding […]
Woman charged with murder in shooting death of college student
A woman who police say killed a 22-year-old man after allegedly pretending to be a stranded motorist in an Alabama forest has been charged with murder, robbery and kidnapping, according to online police records posted Thursday. Yasmine Hider, 20, was allegedly posing as a stranded motorist in the Talladega National […]
Cyprus arrests 5 after 2 boats sink, 37 migrants saved
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus police have arrested five Syrians on suspicion of people trafficking after a police patrol boat plucked them and 32 of their countrymen from the sea when their rickety boats sank close to the island’s southeastern tip. Police say the five men aged 46-53 face numerous charges […]
Atlanta rapper Paper Lovee gets 7+ years for gun possession
ATLANTA — An Atlanta-based rapper has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for a 2021 firearm possession charge, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee on Wednesday sentenced Ibnisa Durr, who performs under the name Paper Lovee, to seven years and four months, followed by […]
Meta takes down hundreds of Facebook, Instagram accounts associated with Proud Boys
Executives with the social media company Meta announced Thursday that they recently removed 480 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages, and groups associated with the Proud Boys, for violating the platforms’ ban on the far-right extremist group. The Proud Boys organization was banned by Facebook and Instagram in 2018. Meta is […]
Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. Gov. Kevin […]
Tesla split its stock. Here’s what that means
Tesla split its stock as the market opened on Thursday, joining firms like Amazon and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, which have chopped up shares this year as a means of reducing their price and making them more accessible to investors. After the 3-to-1 split, Tesla’s shares were trading […]
Putin orders Russian military to start beefing up in 2023
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million amid Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. Putin’s decree, which takes effect on Jan. 1, didn’t specify whether the military will beef up its ranks […]