Biden administration to host first Teachers of the Year ‘state dinner’ in May
By Arlette Saenz and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The White House will hold a “state dinner” as part of its Teacher of the Year celebration on…
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The killing of aid workers adds to pressure on the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition parties demanded Wednesday that the Conservative government publish…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s X has a new safety leader, nine months after predecessor left the social media platform
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to…
Continue ReadingMan accused of fatally stabbing dog doesn’t have mental capacity for trial, judge says
By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man charged in the 2023 fatal…
Continue ReadingOne of world’s earliest known books expected to fetch more than $2.6m at auction
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — One of the earliest books in existence is expected to fetch upwards of $2.6m when it goes up for auction later…
Continue Reading NATO looking at options to shore up long-term support for Ukraine amid concerns about Trump winning November’s election
By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is considering a range of options to shore up long-term support for…
Continue ReadingMan is arrested in Easter brunch shooting in Nashville that left 1 dead and 5 injured
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police have arrested a Tennessee man suspected of an Easter brunch shooting at a…
Continue ReadingNew details emerge in murder of beloved Port St. Lucie teacher, mother
By Steve King Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — Investigators say the woman shot…
Continue Reading1 person hospitalized after dorm shooting places North Carolina university on lockdown
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Central University says one person was shot at a dormitory on campus.…
Continue ReadingA familiar American goes to Italy to live his best life in the bloody Netflix series ‘Ripley’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time to take another trip to Italy, to the charming, cobblestoned streets of the…
Continue Reading‘I just had to be here’: Community members gather across the Triad to honor fallen Lexington firefighter
By Kara Peters Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, North Carolina (WXII) — It was an emotional day for the…
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Las principales propuestas de Claudia Sheinbaum en materia de salud como candidata a presidenta de México
Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Claudia Sheinbaum, candidata presidencial de la coalición Sigamos Haciendo Historia, integrada por los partidos…
Continue ReadingThe latest eclipse forecast is throwing a curveball at eclipse watchers
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The highly anticipated total solar eclipse is fast-approaching, but Mother Nature is throwing some…
Continue ReadingNY inmates sue to watch total solar eclipse
By Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story SULLIVAN COUNTY, New York (WPTZ) — Inmates in New York are suing…
Continue Reading“Trash House” causes concern, frustration for neighborhood
By Amanda Starrantino Click here for updates on this story FAIRFAX, California (KCAL, KCBS) — For the past decade,…
Continue Reading“Trash House” causes concern, frustration for neighborhood
KCAL, KCBS, CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BUILDING AND SAFETY, CNN By Amanda Starrantino Click here for updates on this story FAIRFAX,…
Continue ReadingWhat do a top-secret CIA mission and the Maryland bridge wreck have in common? Well, the same crane
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A floating crane that’s been hauling away shattered steel from a collapsed Baltimore bridge played a much different…
Continue Reading ‘Maybe Texas went too far’ with immigration law, state lawyer tells federal court
By Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — An attorney defending Texas’ controversial immigration law told a federal appeals court on…
Continue ReadingStorms bear down on New England and East Coast as severe weather persists across the US
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — More severe weather is barreling across the U.S. A major spring storm was underway and…
Continue ReadingCompany headquartered in Maine named one of the best workplaces for women, diversity
By Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — WEX, which has its global headquarters in…
Continue ReadingWoman faces trafficking charges after cocaine found in child’s backpack
WALA, MOBILE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, CNN By Mike Brantley and Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story MOBILE,…
Continue ReadingWoman faces trafficking charges after cocaine found in child’s backpack
By Mike Brantley and Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — During the execution…
Continue ReadingBalloon release held to remember 12-year-old York County boy fatally shot one year ago
By McKenna Alexander Click here for updates on this story RED LION, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Friends and family remembered…
Continue ReadingPlaywright Christopher Durang, a Tony winner for ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ dies at 75
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Christopher Durang, a master of satire and black comedy who won a Tony Award for…
Continue ReadingSolar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventure
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. While you prepare to hit the road towards the…
Continue ReadingAlley Theatre in Texas puts on Thornton Wilder’s last, unfinished play, ‘The Emporium’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Kirk Lynn, it was like a scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He was in a library at…
Continue ReadingBotswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute
By Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants…
Continue ReadingDNA evidence identifies body found in Missouri in 1978 as missing Iowa girl
TROY, Mo. (AP) — Forty-six years after a Missouri hunter found a body in the Mississippi River, the victim has been identified as a 15-year-old…
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University of Texas at Austin eliminating nearly 60 staff who once worked in DEI roles, civil rights and faculty groups say
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The University of Texas at Austin has sent layoff notices to an estimated 60 staff members who previously…
Continue ReadingJill Biden says the nation’s top teachers will be recognized at their own White House state dinner
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says that when the nation’s top teachers visit the White House this year,…
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Antony Blinken had yet another problem with his Boeing plane. He had to go in a car instead
By Chris Isidore and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with…
Continue ReadingPolice remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
By NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Police in Paris have removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the…
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Basketball teams were ordered to replay final 0.3 seconds of controversial quarterfinal. The losing side has refused
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — An Irish basketball team says it won’t replay the final 0.3 seconds of a playoff quarterfinal after it ended in…
Continue Reading Europe opens competition probes covering Chinese solar panel makers over subsidies
By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union has launched investigations into two groups of companies that include Chinese solar panel…
Continue ReadingWho were the World Central Kitchen workers killed in Israel’s strike in Gaza?
By Robert Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) has named its seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli…
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Travis Kelce says he is ‘the happiest I’ve ever been’ in new interview
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — With three Super Bowl wins, a superstar girlfriend and an upcoming music festival, Travis Kelce is feeling…
Continue ReadingFrench rugby hit by racism after women’s team is targeted by opposing players during a match
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Rugby players from a women’s team based in a Paris suburb say they were targeted by racist remarks during…
Continue Reading Trump and allied groups raise $65.6 million in March
By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced raising a combined $65.6 million in March and…
Continue Reading Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales detained and released by authorities in Madrid
By Pau Mosquera, Patrick Sung and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales…
Continue Reading Trump critic George Conway donates maximum amount to Biden’s reelection effort
By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN (CNN) — Trump critic George Conway has made a $929,600 donation to the Biden Victory Fund, the legal…
Continue ReadingCitizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a…
Continue ReadingCitizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a…
Continue Reading How Tesla and its Chinese competitor compare, in 4 charts
By Rosa de Acosta, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In 1995, metallurgy graduate Wang Chuanfu founded BYD, a small Chinese company focused on producing…
Continue Reading Jared Leto stopped by ‘Wheel of Fortune’ for April Fools’ Day prank
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jared Leto’s latest role is hosting “Wheel of Fortune.” Or so he wants you to think. The Oscar winner…
Continue Reading Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions, including one just downstream from Key Bridge
By Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN (CNN) — Before its disastrous collapse last week, the Francis Scott Key…
Continue ReadingA prominent German far-right figure charged with second count of using a Nazi slogan
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say they have charged one of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party with a second…
Continue ReadingNational Teacher of the Year helps diverse students and their families thrive in rural Tennessee
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A second grade teacher in rural Tennessee has been chosen as the 2024 National Teacher of…
Continue ReadingFormer Czech President Milos Zeman released from a hospital after surgery for a blood clot
PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech President Milos Zeman has been released from a hospital following surgery for a blood clot in his leg. That’s…
Continue ReadingA fire in a tailoring shop in India kills 7, including children
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say a fire in a tailoring shop has killed seven people, including two children, in the Indian city of Aurangabad. The blaze…
Continue ReadingBodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes…
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