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Former ABC News Executive Says Chris Cuomo Harassed Her

A veteran TV news executive says CNN anchor Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005.

Tennessee Grocery Store Attack: ‘He kept on shooting’

A gunman attacked a grocery store in an upscale Tennessee suburb on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and wounding 12 others before he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at the store, authorities said.

Boy Scouts' Bankruptcy Creates Rift With Religious Partners

Amid the Boy Scouts of America’s complex bankruptcy case, there is worsening friction between the BSA and the major religious groups that help it run thousands of scout units. At issue: the churches’ fears that an eventual settlement — while protecting the BSA from future sex-abuse lawsuits — could leave many churches unprotected.

Louisiana State Trooper Charged In Pummeling Of Black Man

A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — the first criminal case to emerge from federal investigations into troopers’ beatings of at least three Black men.

Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Flight Attendant On Flight From CLT Airport

An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a flight attendant on a flight from Charlotte to Little Rock last year.

Target Trims Holiday Hiring Goals

Target will hire fewer seasonal workers this year, instead offering more hours and flexibility to the employees it does have.

US Special Envoy To Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Expulsions

The Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting “inhumane” large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Grover Man Who Claimed To Have Bomb At Capitol Competent For Trial

The man who claimed he had a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol last month, prompting evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police, is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

FDA Backs Pfizer COVID-19 Boosters For Seniors, High-Risk

The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots.

Closings Begin After R. Kelly Declines To Testify At Trial

A prosecutor began closing arguments in the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial Wednesday by telling jurors that the government had delivered on its promises to prove that the R&B singer had for years commanded close associates to help him target, groom and exploit girls, boys, and young women for his own sexual gratification.

Day 4 Of Search In Florida Park For Gabby Petito's Boyfriend

Search teams fanned out Wednesday at a Florida wilderness park to look for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the young woman who authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him.

Officials: Many Haitian Migrants Are Being Released In US

Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion.

Loop Hopes To Go Mainstream With Reusable Packaging

Reusable packaging __ from stainless steel ice cream containers to glass jars of soap __ is about to become more common at groceries and restaurants worldwide.

‘its Affected Me Greatly.’ Mother Of Charlotte Woman Murdered In Canada Reacts To Gabby Petito Case

'It Has Affected Me Greatly.' Mother Of Charlotte Woman Murdered In Canada Reacts To Gabby Petito Case

It's a message that will stay on a whiteboard, never to be erased: "You are so beautiful. I love you, mom." They're the last words Sheila Deese's daughter hand-wrote to her.

FBI: Coroner Identifies Remains As Gabby Petito

The FBI says a county coroner has confirmed that human remains found in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton National Park are those of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who disappeared while on a cross-country road trip with a boyfriend who is now being sought by authorities in Florida.

Biden Pledges ‘Relentless Diplomacy’ On Global Challenges

President Joe Biden used his first address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to summon allies to move more quickly to address the festering issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses, while insisting the U.S. is not seeking “a new Cold War” with China.

McDonald’s Begins Phasing Out Plastic Toys In Happy Meals

McDonald’s plans to “drastically” reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025.

FBI Searches Florida Home Of Gabby Petito’s Boyfriend

FBI agents and police Monday swarmed the home of the boyfriend wanted for questioning in the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, whose body was apparently discovered over the weekend at a Wyoming national park months after the couple set out in a van on a cross-country trek.

K-Pop Stars BTS Dip Into Global Diplomacy At UN Gathering

It was a United Nations speech that got attention like few others — a plug for vaccines, young people and the earth’s well being from superstar K-pop band BTS.