EDsmart compiled a list of ways schools and students are bridging the digital divide based on data analysis from several sources, including Educause and Pew Research.
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Stacker investigated the most common causes of health data breaches from March to May 2023, using data from the HIPAA Journal.
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Stacker compiled 20 facts about popular 1960s movies from articles and interviews with filmmakers as well as from the Oscars, the Smithsonian, and IMDb.
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Japanese newspaper has reported that a Japanese journalist was barred from entering Hong Kong without a clear reason, raising concerns over the city’s shrinking press freedoms. The Japan Times, a prominent English-language newspaper, reported Friday that a freelance journalist was being taken by officials to
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By Jim Sciutto and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director William Burns recently traveled to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian intelligence officials, according to a US official. “Director Burns recently traveled to Ukraine, as he has done regularly since the beginning of Russia’s recent aggression more than a year ago,”
Continue Reading By ED KOMENDA and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine. It’s stocked with ibuprofen, pregnancy tests and the morning-after pill. Such machines are increasingly popular on college campuses around the country since the U.S. Supreme Court
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — What does it mean to be French? It’s been more than 1,500 years since the first French kingdom was founded; more than 480 years since French became the state’s official language; more than 200 years since the French Revolution; and more than 60 years since the establishment
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — What does it mean to be French? It’s been more than 1,500 years since the first French kingdom was founded; more than 480 years since French became the state’s official language; more than 200 years since the French Revolution; and more than 60 years since the establishment
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland woman who’d played the same lottery numbers for a year won big after getting some inspiration from a previous winner, she told lottery officials. The unidentified woman from Forestville, which is about 10 miles east of Washington, DC, won $50,000 in a Pick 5 game, according
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s auditor may face new challenges in tracking taxpayer dollars after a new law takes effect Saturday that allows state agencies to deny his office access to information. State Auditor Rob Sand, the single Democrat in statewide office, has described the law as a politically
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, Eve Brennan, Claudia Otto, Inke Kappeler and Sophie Tanno, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — A tense atmosphere lingered in Nanterre on Saturday following the funeral of a French teenager who was fatally shot by police in the Paris suburb earlier this week. Arrests continued to mount with more than 1,300 people detained
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After losing eight of their prior nine games, the Idaho Falls Chukars picked up a much-needed win Friday night, an 8-7 victory against the Ogden Raptors.
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airline passengers who have endured tens of thousands of weather-related flight delays this week got a welcome respite from the headaches Saturday, despite concerns about possible disruptions caused by new wireless 5G systems rolling out near major airports. The number of flight delays and cancellations declined from the spikes
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term, killing President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts, ending affirmative action in higher education and issuing a major decision that impacts gay rights. The decisions over the past
Continue Reading By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin. Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, has been targeted
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The next big fight over college admissions already has taken hold, and it centers on a different kind of minority group that gets a boost: children of alumni. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that strikes down affirmative action in admissions, colleges are coming
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New state laws are tackling some of the most divisive issues in the U.S., including abortion, gender and guns. Laws taking effect Saturday will limit abortion in North Carolina and gender-affirming treatments for minors in Georgia and Tennessee. Meanwhile, gun laws are being eased in Florida
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN Atlanta/Hong Kong (CNN) — Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has invited Wagner Group mercenaries to his country to train its military. Lukashenko alluded to the invitation in a speech Friday dedicated to Belarus’ Independence Day, according to state news agency Belta. “Unfortunately, they (Wagner mercenaries) are not here,” Lukashenko
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN Atlanta/Hong Kong (CNN) — Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has invited Wagner Group mercenaries to his country to train its military. Lukashenko alluded to the invitation in a speech Friday dedicated to Belarus’ Independence Day, according to state news agency Belta. “Unfortunately, they (Wagner mercenaries) are not here,” Lukashenko
Continue Reading In a story published July 1, 2023, about similarities between a fatal police shooting in France and the racial reckoning in the U.S., The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of Tracie Keesee.
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By Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden wasn’t planning to take questions on Thursday. His helicopter was waiting outside on the White House’s South Lawn. But after a 10-minute statement on the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, a CNN reporter called out, “Is this a rogue court?” The president stopped
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden wasn’t planning to take questions on Thursday. His helicopter was waiting outside on the White House’s South Lawn. But after a 10-minute statement on the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, a CNN reporter called out, “Is this a rogue court?” The president stopped
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A union representing about 160,000 actors has put plans to go on strike against major studios and streaming services on hold. The contract between the actors and an alliance of studios had been due to expire at midnight Friday. But late Friday the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in western India say a tire blowout caused a bus to lose control and crash into a road divider and burst into flames, killing 25 people. Police told the Press Trust of India news agency that 33 people were on the bus when the crash occurred around 1:30 a.m. Saturday
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — En 2017, Han Kwang Song se convirtió en el primer norcoreano en marcar un gol en una de las cinco ligas de fútbol más importantes de Europa. Y no solo eso: en 2019 fue transferido de manera sorprendente al gigante italiano Juventus, para luego pasar al Al-Duhail de Qatar. Pero su
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A private jet carrying comedian and actor Gabriel Iglesias skid off a runway in a small town in western North Carolina, he said on social media Friday. No injuries were reported when the airplane had difficulty stopping for an “undetermined reason” and slid about 600 feet off the end
Continue Reading By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed a ban on gender-affirming care for most minors in the state, the latest Democratic governor to push back on a GOP-led legislature’s efforts to restrict transgender youth’s access to such treatments. The move sets the stage for a battle with the legislature’s
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — La diseñadora cristiana de páginas web de Colorado que quería rechazar a clientes LGBTQ y quien acaba de ganar su caso en la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. afirmó en los documentos judiciales que un hombre preguntó por sus servicios para una boda homosexual. Sin embargo, el hombre asegura que nunca se
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — A Nicaraguan national who died last week in federal immigration custody had spent more than one year in detention. Despite having been recommended for release more than seven months ago, he continued to be held in immigration custody, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Ernesto
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, Ivana Kottasová and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed at Moldova’s main international airport on Friday when a “foreign citizen” who was not allowed to enter the country opened fire, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. “Tragic day for Moldova after the incident at Chisinau International Airport, resulting in
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, Ivana Kottasová and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed at Moldova’s main international airport on Friday when a “foreign citizen” who was not allowed to enter the country opened fire, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. “Tragic day for Moldova after the incident at Chisinau International Airport, resulting in
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los veranos son más calurosos que nunca, batiendo récords históricos de temperatura, poniendo a prueba la red energética y dañando infraestructuras críticas. Las olas de calor también han empezado a traer otro elemento cada vez más peligroso: temperaturas nocturnas que no refrescan lo necesario como para ofrecer un respiro suficiente del
Continue Reading By Kit Maher and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a net worth of more than $1.17 million dollars, according to a newly filed 2022 state disclosure. The Republican presidential candidate’s financial position improved significantly after receiving an advance from HarperCollins to write his second book, “The Courage to Be Free.”
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The National Archives has concluded its review of the classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, with 99% of the records having been made publicly available, the White House said Friday. “This action reflects [President Biden’s] instruction that all information related to President Kennedy’s
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un testigo anónimo afirmó que la armera de la película “Rust”, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, “transfirió una pequeña bolsa de cocaína” tras regresar de una entrevista con la Policía el día del disparo mortal en el set, según una moción que los fiscales presentaron este jueves. La moción se conoce después de
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has awarded more than $1 million to a Black church in Washington, D.C. that sued the far-right Proud Boys for stealing and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 protest. Friday’s ruling also bars the group and its leaders from coming near the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
Continue Reading By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Sixteen police employees who were kidnapped in southern Mexico have been released after three days of captivity. No details were given on the circumstances of their release Friday. The group had been captured Tuesday by gunmen traveling in several vans that intercepted a police transport
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby apologized Friday for hopping on a private plane to get out of the New York area earlier this week while thousands of United passengers were stranded because the airline canceled so many flights. “Taking a private jet was the wrong decision because it was
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad daylight that was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, has sparked outrage – and reignited a debate among young people about the pitfalls of marriage. The killing in
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad daylight that was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, has sparked outrage – and reignited a debate among young people about the pitfalls of marriage. The killing in
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — Las acciones de Apple alcanzaron un valor de US$ 3 billones al cierre de este viernes, lo que la convierte en la única compañía en lograr esa cifra.Las acciones subieron más de un 2% este viernes y llegaron la cifra récord de US$ 193,97. Con 15.700 millones de acciones en circulación,
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections will have a far-reaching impact on other minority groups and could open the door to a slew of cases seeking to further
Continue Reading By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday says the Biden administration’s racial equity work is not just the morally right thing to do but also is in the country’s best economic interests. Her comments made her the first treasury secretary to speak at the Essence
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — E. coli contamination from a sewage discharge has prompted the closure of a six-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Georgia, ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. The river is closed from the Chattahoochee Nature Center to Johnson Ferry Road, according to a tweet
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Los 16 trabajadores administrativos de la Secretaría de Seguridad de Chiapas que fueron secuestrados por un grupo armado ya se encuentran en libertad, informó el gobernador del estado, Rutilio Escandón, en su cuenta de Twitter este viernes. “Quiero informar al pueblo de Chiapas y de México que los 16 compañeros de
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The college going rate reports the percentage of Idaho high school graduates that enroll in a college academic or career technical program in the fall semester immediately after graduating from high school.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — La decisión de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos a favor de una diseñadora de páginas web de Colorado que es cristiana y se niega a crear sitios para celebrar bodas entre personas del mismo sexo por objeciones religiosas tendrá un gran impacto en otros grupos minoritarios. También podría abrir
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As the new Chair, Governor Gordon identified carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) as his Chair’s Initiative.
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties. The decision by U.S. District Judge Catherine
Continue Reading By Eoin McSweeney and Brooke Jenner, CNN (CNN) — Floating upside down, while excitedly moving a microphone about in mid-air, astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi laughed when asked if he’s ever seen aliens. “Not yet,” he replied, before pulling out a blue plush toy dressed in a space suit. “But everybody thinks that Sohail (the toy)
Continue Reading By Maxime Tamsett, Alta Spells, Carrington Peavy and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia teacher is facing termination after reading a book about gender identity – which some parents complained was controversial – to her fifth grade class. Cobb County School District (CCSD) informed the teacher, Katherine Rinderle, that it “intends to terminate” her
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The Office of the State Board of Education (OSBE) completed its internal review of the Empowering Parents grant program, concluding less than 1% of total purchases were identified as ineligible.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma sheriff who allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included racist remarks about lynching Black people and comments about killing journalists will not face criminal charges and cannot be removed from office, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. In a letter to Oklahoma
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B Gawon Bae and Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — In 2017, Han Kwang Song became the first North Korean to score a goal in one of Europe’s five major soccer leagues and even made a shock transfer to Italian giant Juventus in 2019, then later to Qatar’s Al-Duhail. But his promising career was cut short when he disappeared
Continue Reading B Gawon Bae and Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — In 2017, Han Kwang Song became the first North Korean to score a goal in one of Europe’s five major soccer leagues and even made a shock transfer to Italian giant Juventus in 2019, then later to Qatar’s Al-Duhail. But his promising career was cut short when he disappeared
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ellowstone Bear World is well know for its main attraction, but now there’s a pre-historic bonus.
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A California woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after lying to authorities that a couple was attempting to kidnap her children, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office. Kathleen Sorensen, 31, was sentenced to jail Thursday on a single count of knowingly making a false
Continue Reading By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ bills from becoming law. He vetoed the three bills Friday. They are: a ban on gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people that includes puberty-blockers, hormone treatment and surgery; a “Don’t Say Gay”
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Millones de estadounidenses están a punto de recibir un duro golpe para su presupuesto mensual: regresan los pagos de los préstamos estudiantiles federales. Aunque la Corte Suprema bloqueó este viernes el programa de condonación de préstamos estudiantiles que impulsaba Biden, la pausa en los pagos es independiente y termina
Continue Reading By Casey Gannon (CNN) — A man arrested with multiple firearms and materials to make explosives in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood will remain in custody ahead of his detention hearing next week, a federal magistrate judge said Friday. Taylor Taranto, 37, was arrested Thursday and is facing four misdemeanor charges related to
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials on Friday said they will make it easier for scientists to relocate plants and animals outside their historical ranges as a last resort to save species threatened with extinction by climate change. Relocations of species struggling because of climate change have been carried out
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Grand Teton National Park is home to a variety of wildlife, including one of the only National Parks in the lower U.S. to have black and grizzly bears.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber, Jalen Rose and Steve Young are among roughly 20 ESPN commentators and reporters who were laid off on Friday as part of job cuts by the network. ESPN had planned this additional round involving on-air talent to prevent further reductions to off-air staff after
Continue Reading By WALTER BERRY Associated Press Friday marks 10 years since one of the deadliest wildland fires in the U.S. killed 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew. The city of Prescott and neighboring town of Yarnell honored the Granite Mountain Hotshots with public events. Dry lightning ignited the Yarnell Hill Fire on June
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — United CEO Scott Kirby is apologizing to customers and his own employees after taking a private jet during a week when his airline was canceling thousands of flights. The airline confirmed Kirby flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, and that the
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Former WWE wrestler and NFL player Darren Drozdov has died at age 54, according to the WWE. The WWE announced Drozdov’s death and remembered the athlete as “an imposing force in the ring” in a news release on Friday. Drozdov, known as both Puke and Droz in the ring,
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN, JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday could refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples cited a request from a man who says he never asked to work with her. The request in dispute, from a person
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Australia is set to become the first country in the world to legalize clinical prescribing of MDMA, better known as ecstasy, and psilocybin — the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms — for certain mental health disorders. Starting July 1, authorized psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA for
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force chef and a Marine Corps chef, both crowned “Chopped” champions during Jill Biden ‘s appearance on a military-themed episode of the Food Network show, spent Friday whipping up lemon-herb scallops and osso buco in the White House Navy Mess. Air Force
Continue Reading By ADRIANA MORGA, CORA LEWIS and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt, effectively killing the $400 billion plan, which would have canceled up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people.
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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State University informed the Mountain West on Friday that it is not withdrawing from the conference, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday due to the sensitivity of
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State University informed the Mountain West on Friday that it is not withdrawing from the conference, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday due to the sensitivity of
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — ESPN despedirá a cerca de 20 comentaristas deportivos de alto nivel como parte de una medida de reducción de costos, informó a CNN una fuente con conocimiento de la decisión. Entre los despedidos se encuentran Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy, Jalen Rose y LaPhonso Ellis, dijo la fuente. Suzy
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — E. coli contamination from a sewage discharge has prompted the closure of a six-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Georgia, ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. The river is closed from the Chattahoochee Nature Center to Johnson Ferry Road, according to a tweet
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — River y Boca tuvieron una semana dulce en la Copa Libertadores. Ambos ganaron y se clasificaron para los octavos de final del máximo torneo continental. Ese mismo andar no lo tienen en el campeonato local argentino. A solo 6 fechas del final del certamen, River Plate se mantiene firme como
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — George Soros’ Open Society Foundations will lay off at least 40% of its staff one month after the 92-year-old announced he handed the reins of the multi-billion-dollar foundation to his son, Alexander Soros. The job cuts were announced in a statement signed by Alexander Soros and the foundation’s president,
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Colorado web designer who wanted to refuse LGBTQ customers and just won her case at the Supreme Court had claimed in court filings that a man inquired about her services for his same-sex wedding. But the man says he never reached out to Lorie Smith,
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work with same-sex couples has LGBTQIA+ people across the country worried about just how far the consequences will reach. The high court’s conservative majority sided with Lorie Smith, a designer of wedding websites for heterosexual
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work with same-sex couples has LGBTQIA+ people across the country worried about just how far the consequences will reach. The high court’s conservative majority sided with Lorie Smith, a designer of wedding websites for heterosexual
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A union representing 15,000 workers at 65 major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties followed through with their planned strike Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for Unite Here Local 11, the union representing the workers, in a push for significantly improved wages. Workers at hotels
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Es posible que hayas visto en acción a quienes practican kitesurfing y notado cómo aprovechan la fuerza del viento para moverse sobre el mar. Ahora imagina el mismo concepto aplicado a una cometa de 1.000 metros cuadrados que vuele a 300 metros sobre el agua, solo que en lugar de remolcar
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Vice President Mike Pence, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency; Sens. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Pence; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; former Attorney
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard is apologizing for not taking “appropriate action” years ago when it failed to adequately handle cases of sexual assault and harassment at the service’s Connecticut academy. The service on Friday also acknowledged it did not widely disclose its six-year internal investigation into dozens of cases from
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota recorded a 20% jump in abortions in 2022. That’s partly because more patients are traveling from states that have banned or limited abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The Minnesota Department of Health says in an annual report that over 16% of the more than
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Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Special prosecutors in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” are asking to shield the name of a witness from public disclosure as they pursue charges against a movie weapons specialist. In court filings Friday, prosecutors say the witness is prepared to
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció este viernes un “nuevo camino” para el alivio de la deuda de préstamos estudiantiles, después de que la Corte Suprema fallara en contra de su programa de condonación que habría beneficiado a millones de estadounidenses. La Corte Suprema bloquea el programa de condonación de
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections will have a far-reaching impact on other minority groups and could open the door to a slew of cases seeking to further
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — With a vibrant purple hue, a meme-able mascot and limited window of availability, McDonald’s had all the ingredients to turn its Grimace milkshake into a viral sensation. What the company likely did not intend was for the shake’s success to come from TikTok users playing dead. Since the debut
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that gunfire was keeping a baby awake has been indicted for capital murder of multiple persons. The Friday charge allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Prosecutors said Wednesday they do not
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — State House lawmakers have approved legislation authorizing a small town in southern Delaware to allow business entities, including corporations and limited liability companies, to vote in municipal elections. Lawmakers voted 35-6 on Friday for the measure, which was sent to the Senate on the final day
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Idaho Falls Police investigators with the assistance of other law enforcement partners arrested a 43-year-old Bonneville County resident this week for 13 different drug and weapon related offenses.
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With a flood of visitors and tourists expected, officials in the nation’s capital are mobilizing additional police officers and dozens of teams of civilian peacekeepers in an attempt to keep rising violent crime rates from marring the holiday weekend. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s government has been struggling to
Continue Reading By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Assemblymember Robert Rivas has been sworn in as the next speaker of California’s state Assembly. He pledged at the ceremony Friday to tackle California’s housing and homelessness crises, improve public services and address climate change. He is the first lawmaker representing a rural district to hold
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — For local elections in the United States, voting eligibility rules differ from place to place. But usually the baseline requirement is that voters be humans who are alive and voting on their own behalf. Some municipalities in Delaware, however, have broadened the definition of a voter to include “artificial
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home on charges in the U.S. Capitol riot had two guns, 400 rounds of ammunition as well as a machete in his van, a federal prosecutor said Friday. Taylor Taranto, 37, was arrested Thursday after being spotted a few blocks from
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge will allow a ban on most abortions in North Carolina after 12 weeks of pregnancy to go into effect on Saturday but temporarily blocked one provision included in the law. US District Court Judge Catherine Eagles on Friday issued a narrow temporary restraining order putting on
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Days after a national alert about cases of locally acquired malaria in Texas and Florida, public health officials in those states said they continue to monitor for further illness and to conduct mosquito surveillance but have found no further cases. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Several families in Georgia sued the state on Thursday over its ban on certain gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth, launching a last-minute effort to block the prohibitions just hours before it’s set to take effect. The law signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in March bars licensed medical professionals
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