By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s behavior toward women, long a source of flashpoints in his political career, now faces a new level of scrutiny: a trial in a lawsuit accusing him of rape. Jury selection is set to start Tuesday in the case filed by former advice
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — So many residents of northern Texas cross the border into McCurtain County in far southeast Oklahoma each week that the area has earned the nickname of the “Dallas-Fort Worth Hamptons.” With its clean rivers and lakes, these forested foothills of the Ouchita Mountains have become dotted
Continue Reading By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the dissolution of the parliament that was elected in July 2019. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to propose the dissolution on Saturday and she accepted it. Mitsotakis said that with
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — El colibrí rufo es mágico. La garganta iridiscente del macho brilla más que un centavo de cobre brillante y, como la mayoría de los colibríes, zumba por el aire con curiosidad, flotando justo en frente de los humanos que los contemplan. La primera vez que Mike Parr, presidente de American Bird
Continue Reading ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say five adults have been charged with misdemeanor assault for a brawl that erupted at a middle school basketball game earlier this year. But they won’t face any charges related to the death of one person involved in the fight who later had an acute cardiac event. Investigators
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The populist leaders of Serbia and Hungary are observing a Serbian military exercise. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Serbia on Saturday for a previously unannounced visit. He was greeted by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who said “Serbian-Hungarian relations are at the highest level in the history of our countries.”
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Seventeen apartment buildings were evacuated Saturday in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border after an explosive device was found at the site where a bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian warplane caused a powerful blast this week, authorities said. The bomb blast late Thursday rocked part of Belgorod, leaving a
Continue Reading By LAÍS MARTINS and COLLIN BINKLEY SAO PAULO Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools that resemble U.S.-style attacks. As the country scrambles for solutions, the U.S. has become its reference — both for what should be done, and what shouldn’t. Among measures Brazil is taking include things the U.S. has
Continue Reading Sol Amaya Esta cobertura terminó por el día de hoy. Lee más noticias sobre la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania aquí. Artilleros de la brigada de asalto aerotransportada separada 80 de Ucrania disparan desde un lanzacohetes múltiple BM-21 Grad hacia posiciones rusas en la línea del frente cerca de Bakhmut en la región de Donetsk,
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three Jewish congregations, resolute in their defiance of the hatred that tried to destroy them, are still waiting for justice. But united in their horror and grief, they haven’t been standing still as the criminal case for the massacre that changed everything has crawled through the federal
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million settlement, what will be the impact on media outlets that appeal to conservatives? Some experts suggest there won’t be much. But the settlement could make organizations less willing to be
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s April 22, 2027, and 72 hours into a first-strike Chinese attack on Taiwan and the U.S. military response. Already, the toll on all sides is staggering. It was a war game, but one with a serious purpose and high-profile players: members of the House select committee
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Hallan un barco mercante japonés que se hundió durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial mientras transportaba a más de 1.000 prisioneros de guerra, en la mayor pérdida de vidas en el mar de Australia. El Montevideo Maru fue descubierto frente a la costa noroeste de la isla Luzón de Filipinas a una
Continue Reading By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An ailing elephant who underwent a critical medical procedure by a team of international veterinarians earlier this month has died at a Pakistani zoo, officials said Saturday. Noor Jehan, 17 years old, was brought to Karachi with three other elephants more than a dozen years ago.
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw has killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses. A charity group rescue worker says 128 injured people had been taken to hospitals after the tornado hit the villages on Naypyitaw’s southern outskirts on Friday evening State-run
Continue Reading By HELENA ALVES Associated Press LISBON (AP) — Portugal’s president has welcomed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil on an official visit to Lisbon. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa received Lula and Brazilian first lady Rosangela da Silva in an official ceremony at the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon. Portugal is home to
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Three people have been arrested after allegedly making online threats against the Volusia County Sheriff over comments he made against a neo-Nazi hate group. Earlier this year, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood addressed a spike in antisemitic fliers and messages on literature and banners, including at the Daytona International Speedway during
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El comediante australiano Barry Humphries, mejor conocido por su personaje drag Dame Edna Everage, murió a los 89 años. “Fue completamente él mismo hasta el final, nunca perdió su mente brillante, su ingenio único y su generosidad de espíritu”, dijo su familia en un comunicado, según el Sydney Morning Herald. El
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AJ Willingham, CNN Joseph Bologne, also known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is not quite a household name — yet. The 18th century Afro-Caribbean historical figure is best known as a composer, sometimes called “The Black Mozart” for his bright, virtuosic works and peerless talent on the violin. He was also the son of an
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN The Australian comedian Barry Humphries, best known for his drag character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. ”He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit,” his family said in a statement. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives. The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died. He was 89. His death in the Sydney hospital where he spent several days with complications following
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La comunidad del derecho al aborto y sus aliados en la administración de Biden obtuvieron una sorprendente victoria de la Corte Suprema conservadora con una orden este viernes por la noche, que detuvo la entrada en vigor de las restricciones a los medicamentos utilizados para el aborto. La breve orden sin
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped her new classmates would see her as a girl. Several
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By SAM METZ and AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped her new classmates would see her as a girl. Several
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN It seemed like a good idea at the time. Exciting, actually. I could take a ride in what will soon be America’s last gasoline-powered muscle car with the woman who’s in charge of getting it into production and onto the street. But we were in New York City, it was four
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China’s foreign minister says his country is willing to work with the Philippines to resolve their differences, as tensions rise over Beijing’s behavior in the disputed South China Sea and Manila’s deeping military cooperation with the U.S. Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks in Manila with his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo.
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By Kate Sullivan and Eva McKend, CNN Republican presidential hopefuls seeking support from evangelical voters in Iowa again staked out their positions on abortion Saturday in the wake of a Supreme Court order that shielded access to abortion pills, less than a year after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The event in
Continue Reading TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices continued to rise in New Jersey and around the nation at large this past week. But analysts say a drop in demand and falling oil prices may soon bring relief at the pumps. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on
Continue Reading By Allegra Goodwin, Niamh Kennedy, Sugam Pokharel, Ivana Kottasová, Eyad Kourdi, Jennifer Hansler and a CNN journalist in Sudan Saudi Arabia has become the first country to announce evacuations of its stranded citizens from Sudan, a week after intense fighting broke out there between two rival forces. The Saudi foreign ministry said “several nationals of
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Jennifer Feldman, CNN The federal government has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died after he left the scene of a minor traffic accident and was shot in his vehicle by officers in Virginia in 2017, according to court documents. According to an amended complaint
Continue Reading By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A top army official says Somalia’s military repulsed an attack by jihadi fighters in a remote region of the country. General Mohamed Ahmed Taredisho said Somali forces killed at least 18 al-Shabab militants early Saturday. He says at least three civilians described as “traditional elders” were
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Cada año, en su trayecto alrededor del Sol, la Tierra coincide con una nube de partículas de polvo, provenientes del cometa C/1861 G1 Thatcher, que al chocar entran en la atmósfera terrestre y se desintegran para dar lugar a la lluvia de meteoros de las líridas, un fenómeno astronómico sorprendente
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A teenage boy provided a cautionary tale for anyone who has ever wanted to sneak their way into some free prizes. The unnamed 13-year-old climbed into a claw machine, called the “Cosmic XL Bonus Game,” at Carowinds amusement park at around 2 p.m. on April 16 and became stuck, according to
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The recent leak of classified US documents on social media platform Discord seemingly caught many at the Pentagon by surprise. But it wasn’t the first time that a forum popular with online gamers had hosted military secrets, underlining a major challenge for the US national security establishment and platforms alike. As
Continue Reading KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — American embassy staffers were airlifted from Sudan early Sunday, as forces loyal to rival generals battled for control of Africa’s third-largest nation for a ninth day amid fading hopes for deescalation. The warring sides said they were helping coordinate the evacuation of foreigners, though continued exchanges of fire in Sudan’s capital
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi Two men are battling for control in Sudan, but stuck in the middle are the country’s people. Hundreds have died, tens of thousands have fled. Residents have been stranded at home and in shelters without food or water, and petrol has become an increasingly important commodity. Since the fighting began last Saturday,
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense chief has ordered troops to activate missile interceptors and get ready to shoot down fragments from a North Korean satellite that may fall on the Japanese territory. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said earlier this week that its first military spy satellite that will
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN When Sharon Lane heard about a cruise company offering a three-year-long voyage around the world, she immediately started fantasizing about life on board. Life at Sea Cruises is selling places on board the MV Gemini, which sets sail from Istanbul on November 1 on an epic global journey that will take in
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN When Sharon Lane heard about a cruise company offering a three-year-long voyage around the world, she immediately started fantasizing about life on board. Life at Sea Cruises is selling places on board the MV Gemini, which sets sail from Istanbul on November 1 on an epic global journey that will take in
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN When Burger King launched a new marketing campaign late last year with a little jingle to support the Whopper, Tom Curtis was initially skeptical. “You just can’t say ‘Whopper’ four times,” Curtis, Burger’s King’s president in the US and Canada, told CNN, recounting a conversation with the brand’s creative and marketing
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile and Laura Ly, CNN A New York woman who was convicted of using a drug-laced cheesecake in an attempt to murder a friend and steal her identity was sentenced to more than two decades in prison Wednesday, officials announced. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, was convicted in February of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted
Continue Reading By Katie Polglase, Sarah El Sirgany and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Video by Matthew Brealey, Martin Bourke and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Neville Lawrence sometimes imagines walking through London and looking at buildings his son Stephen might have worked on, had he lived long enough to fulfill his dream of becoming an architect. The closest he ever
Continue Reading By Katie Polglase, Sarah El Sirgany and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Video by Matthew Brealey, Martin Bourke and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Neville Lawrence sometimes imagines walking through London and looking at buildings his son Stephen might have worked on, had he lived long enough to fulfill his dream of becoming an architect. The closest he ever
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Two shootings in Washington, D.C., on Friday night resulted in eight people, including a young girl, suffering injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said. There were no fatalities in the two shootings, which police said could be related because they occurred in the same area of the city in a short time frame.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. We mark it again this Saturday. Decades after that optimistic first event, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reminds us that “global climate change has had an alarming effect on Earth and its inhabitants.” Waves upon waves upon yet more waves
Continue Reading By Junko Ogura Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the Japanese military on Saturday to make the “necessary preparations,” as he could potentially “order the destruction of ballistic missiles.” The news follows an announcement by North Korea on
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland man has found his lucky numbers — and used them to win the lottery not just once but three times. The anonymous winner won his third $50,000 lottery prize in 11 months on April 13, according to a news release from the Maryland Lottery. Previously, the 52-year-old won two
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, CNN Wearing surgical masks to cover their faces, dozens of people demonstrated outside a branch office of China’s central bank in the landlocked province of Henan early this month to demand their savings back. They’re among thousands of depositors in China that protesters say are still campaigning for compensation after last year’s
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Stacker investigated how the so-called “TikTok ban” and other proposed social media and data regulations could restrict internet use.
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More tornadoes have been recorded in the first three months of the year than ever before. Stacker looks at what’s driving the surge.
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The top 25 used cars bought in 2022 include pickup trucks, SUVs, compact, and midsized cars. Stacker used data from iSeeCars.com to compile the list.
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With the number of million-dollar homes rising substantially, Today’s Homeowner took a closer look at the high-end housing market in the U.S.
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN Eight people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured in two back-to-back shootings in Washington, DC on Friday night — incidents that police are investigating as being connected. Around 10:00 p.m. ET, Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to sounds of gunshots in the district’s southwestern quadrant, officials said. When they arrived, police
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of migrants in Mexico across the border from South Texas this week. About 25 tents were destroyed in the fires Wednesday and Thursday in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. The camp is home to
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN Depending on who you ask, the late-night shooting that killed Robert Dotson was either a “justified” use of force by New Mexico police or a “murderous” act by officers who responded to the wrong house. Attorneys for both sides have given dueling narratives of what happened
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN It all seems so daunting: plastics in the ocean, dying coral reefs, entire species being wiped out — but don’t click away in despair! There really are things everyone can do to help make the ocean cleaner and keep our environment healthier. Here are some easy (or mostly easy) life changes
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey Belgium has destroyed a shipment of American beer after taking exception to its maker’s slogan that it was “The Champagne of Beers.” Belgian customs crushed the 2,352 cans of Miller High Life beer earlier this week, reasoning that they were improperly labeled as Champagne. The move came after a trade association for
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. A court case that began in Texas has sought to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone. Lower courts
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, and most of them attribute that to climate change. That’s according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey shows relatively few people
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The opening phase of the Republican presidential primary has largely centered on the escalating collision between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But a new wave of GOP White House hopefuls will begin entering the 2024 race as soon as this coming week
Continue Reading By Heather Law A Japanese merchant ship that sank during World War II while carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war in Australia’s largest loss of life at sea has been found. The Montevideo Maru was discovered off the northwest coast of the Philippines’ Luzon island at a depth of more than 4,000 meters (13,000ft) in
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un patrullero de la policía colombiana fue condenado por los delitos de homicidio y tortura por su participación en los hechos en los que murió el estudiante de derecho Javier Ordóñez en septiembre de 2020 en Bogotá, informó este viernes la Fiscalía General de la Nación. El director
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — En medio de la crisis de seguridad que enfrenta Ecuador, la Conferencia Episcopal del país hizo un llamado a los grupos violentos a que “abandonen las armas”, a la vez que planteó un clamor por la paz y la justicia. “Exigimos, en nombre de Dios, a los violentos que abandonen
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States has returned several Peruvian antiquities, including the intricate knot-work artifacts known as khipus, in a ceremony at the Los Angeles consulate. Friday’s brief event follows pressure in recent years to have museums, universities and governments worldwide return cultural pieces to their home countries
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed The abortion rights community and its allies in the Biden administration secured a striking victory from the conservative Supreme Court with an order Friday night that stopped restrictions on medication abortion drugs from taking effect. The Supreme Court’s brief, unsigned order came in an emergency dispute over lower court rulings that would
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed The abortion rights community and its allies in the Biden administration secured a striking victory from the conservative Supreme Court with an order Friday night that stopped restrictions on medication abortion drugs from taking effect. The Supreme Court’s brief, unsigned order came in an emergency dispute over lower court rulings that would
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to let Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee question an ex-prosecutor about the criminal case against former President Donald Trump. Under the agreement, committee members will be able to question Mark Pomerantz under oath next
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The estate of Stephen Paddock, the gambler who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, has been sold off by court order and the proceeds will be evenly divided among the loved ones of the victims he killed in Las Vegas in 2017, an attorney for the victims
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, CNN Wearing surgical masks to cover their faces, dozens of people demonstrated outside a branch office of China’s central bank in the landlocked province of Henan early this month to demand their savings back. They’re among thousands of depositors in China that protesters say are still campaigning for compensation after last year’s
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Los familiares de Leoner Azuaje Urrea, fallecido en prisión tras ser imputado en una supuesta trama de corrupción en la estatal Cartones de Venezuela, pidieron este viernes protección al Gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro y dijeron sentir miedo en dos videos publicados en Twitter. En uno de los audiovisuales, publicado
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Después de que el primer lanzamiento de prueba de un cohete SpaceX Starship, el vehículo de lanzamiento más potente jamás construido, terminara en llamas sobre el Golfo de México este jueves, la empresa trató de enmarcar la misión como un éxito. “Con una prueba como ésta, el éxito viene de lo
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris and Liam Reilly, CNN Ohio’s govenor said Friday evening that he wants Norfolk Southern to pay East Palestine residents for the long-term impacts the February 3 toxic train derailment may have caused on the community. The rail operator should pay residents selling their house the difference of what their home value used
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Treasure Welle, CNN An Illinois correctional officer accused of beating a man in custody has been charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct, authorities said. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office this week released surveillance video of the September 2022 incident, which shows a man speaking to the officer and another guard
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Annie Grayer, CNN The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have settled a court dispute where the prosecutor’s office tried to block congressional testimony from former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, according to a new court filing Friday night. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed Pomerantz
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN)– Incendios provocados. Obispos torpes. Una esposa despechada golpeando la puerta de la abadía. Pueden parecer ficción, pero en realidad son situaciones que marcaron las coronaciones británicas a lo largo de la historia. Las coronaciones en la Abadía de Westminster se remontan hace casi 1.000 años. Se han convertido en una máquina afinada que
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Marine who for years helped smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States and even tried to get a song written to glorify his exploits was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison. Roberto Salazar II, 26, of San Diego was sentenced for importing fentanyl and for conspiracy
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si alguna vez has soñado con escapar del ajetreo de la vida cotidiana y mudarte a una isla remota sin más habitantes, esta podría ser tu oportunidad. Situada frente a la costa sur de Escocia, la isla de Barlocco está a la venta por más de 150.000 libras (US$ 190.000). “Todavía
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Stacker compiled a list of the best high schools for sports in Idaho using data from Niche.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore.” Speaking
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore.” Speaking
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Houston man for allegedly calling the office of California U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters several times last year and leaving voice mails threatening to harm the Democratic congresswoman. A statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles says Brian Michael Gaherty
Continue Reading BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Police say a man with a shotgun was taken into custody after a standoff in a parking lot at the Mall of America. The standoff began shortly after 4 p.m. Friday after a 911 caller said a man had a large gun. The Bloomington Police Department says crisis negotiators went to
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face, was shot to death in Atlanta this week, her sister said. Kilya Williams and other relatives said police told them the 35-year-old transgender woman, also known
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Joe Sutton, CNN A number of Republican lawmakers from the Montana Freedom Caucus are demanding Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr be censured by the state House for “using inappropriate and uncalled-for language” during a floor debate over amendments concerning a bill that bans medical care for transgender minors. “If you are
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, CNN Wearing surgical masks to cover their faces, dozens of people demonstrated outside a branch office of China’s central bank in the landlocked province of Henan early this month to demand their savings back. They’re among thousands of depositors in China that protesters say are still campaigning for compensation after last year’s
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La edición número 22 del Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA, que se llevará a cabo entre el 20 de mayo y el 11 de junio en Argentina, tuvo este viernes en Zúrich, Suiza, su sorteo para definir la fase de grupos de los equipos participantes. La FIFA dispuso seis grupos
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts” because of language about inclusion and structural
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN)– SVB Financial Group, la empresa propietaria del colapsado Silicon Valley Bank, anunció que dos de sus altos ejecutivos dejaron sus cargos. Gregory Becker, ex CEO de la compañía, y Daniel Beck, ex CFO de SVB, dejaron la empresa a principios de esta semana, dijo la compañía de servicios financieros en una presentación
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration is leaving this summer, putting pressure on the White House to find a replacement fast. Acting Administrator Billy Nolen announced his departure Friday. The FAA is under scrutiny after several close calls between airline jets. The agency hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed
Continue Reading By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a majority stake in the lithium industry disconcerted business leaders, though analysts cautioned that the proposal appears to try to strike a middle ground between competing interests. President Gabriel Boric announced in
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out. As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug mifepristone and subsequent actions that made it
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face, was shot to death in Atlanta this week, her sister said. Kilya Williams and other relatives said police told them the 35-year-old transgender woman, also known
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The Oxbow Sewer Plant located just to the west of Shelley has received it’s funds to be able to expand in the next few years.
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An abandoned and emaciated alligator that was found in a New York City lake and sent to the Bronx Zoo for recovery has died in a “tragic case of animal abuse,” zoo officials said. The zoo provided extensive medical treatment and nutritional support for the debilitated gator, but she
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un hombre vestido de amarillo y verde, los colores de la bandera de Brasil, se dirige hacia una mesa de cristal del Palacio Presidencial de Planalto, en Brasilia, con una barra de metal en la mano. En un golpe decidido, la lanza contra la mesa, haciéndola añicos. El momento en que
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — In her young, flourishing career, Ana de Armas has already made three films with Chris Evans. Following “Knives Out” and “The
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As Earth Day approaches, Reed’s Dairy reinforces their mission to cut down on carbon emissions, by reminding their customers about reusing glass bottles, and delivering products directly to their customers.
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out. As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug mifepristone and subsequent actions that made it
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers finished their annual legislative session without action on the governor’s gun reform plan, after a deadly school shooting in Nashville last month. But the push appeared to still have life, even as Republicans focused Friday on final touches on bills that
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