North West joins starry concert event of ‘The Lion King’ at Hollywood Bowl
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — North West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is going…
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North West joins starry concert event of ‘The Lion King’ at Hollywood Bowl
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — North West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is going…
Continue ReadingReparations commission suggests economic projects for Asheville’s Black community
By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — After nearly two years of…
Continue ReadingGeorgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County…
Continue ReadingCaddo Parish Schools offer voter registration to high school students
By Sidney Lain Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Turning 18 comes with new…
Continue ReadingFormer DeSoto DA returns land, money to Stanley woman in lawsuit settlement
By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Louisiana (KTBS) — A DeSoto Parish woman who’s been in a…
Continue ReadingHigh school students, frustrated by lack of climate education, press for change
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and DOUG GLASS Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with…
Continue ReadingHigh school students, frustrated by lack of climate education, press for change
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and DOUG GLASS Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with…
Continue ReadingMichigan family files lawsuit against Hawaii tourism authority over snorkeling dangers after long flights
By Paul Drewes Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A Michigan family filed a lawsuit against the…
Continue ReadingWe know late-night screens are bad for sleep. How do you stop doomscrolling in bed?
By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press Even people who know that looking at their smartphone in bed isn’t good for them do it anyway. If you’d like to…
Continue ReadingPearl City woman just turned 107 years old
By Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A woman in Pearl City has lived well past the…
Continue ReadingPearl City woman just turned 107 years old
KITV, INOUYE FAMILY, CNN By Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A woman in Pearl City has…
Continue ReadingFranklin High School students call on local government for ceasefire resolution
By Web staff Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Students from Franklin High School are…
Continue ReadingSubstitute teacher accused of inappropriate interactions with children of SE Michigan school
By Luke Laster Click here for updates on this story HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — A substitute teacher with Huron…
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Coeur d’Alene prosecutors won’t file charges after racial slur was aimed at Utah women’s basketball team
By Jill Martin and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Following an investigation of a racist slur directed at the Utah women’s basketball team in…
Continue ReadingBefore and after: Images from space reveal submerged airport runway and football field in devastating Brazil floods
By Paul P. Murphy and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The extent of the devastation of floods that are ravaging southern Brazil have been laid bare in…
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Tesla tells its German factory workers to stay home as more protests loom
By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Tesla will shut its factory near Berlin to all employees Friday when crowds are expected to gather outside…
Continue ReadingThailand’s prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to…
Continue ReadingMichigan boy receives groundbreaking gene-editing treatment to restore vision
By Kelly Vaughen Click here for updates on this story WARREN, Michigan (WWJ) — An 11-year-old boy in Warren has made…
Continue ReadingPoland detains and questions Russian man who illegally crossed from Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s security officials say that a 41-year-old man from Russia has been detained and is being questioned after…
Continue ReadingFTX will return money to most customers less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: The best performance cars for $65,000
By JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds The number of truly outstanding performance cars priced at or around $65,000 might surprise you. But what you get for that…
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House hearing on George Washington University protest canceled after police clear out encampment and arrest over 30
By Gabe Cohen, Aileen Graef, Eric Levenson, Avery Lotz and Alexandra Ross, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Metropolitan Police Department in…
Continue ReadingMalaysian soccer player splashed with acid, two others attacked in a week of rare violence
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian international footballer has been splashed by acid and two other top players were attacked within a week…
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Sunshine & Warmth Wednesday
Temperatures will continue to warm over the next two days as high pressure strengthens to our west. Our initially gusty northwesterly winds will…
Continue ReadingLondon’s famous Garrick Club votes to allow women, nearly 200 years after it was founded
By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A London members club formed in 1831 has voted to let women join for the first time, after coming under…
Continue Reading Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy went missing in unknown circumstances. Decades later, it’s expected to sell for millions
By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup, which had gone missing in contested circumstances…
Continue Reading Roblox shares slide as metaverse giant reports player spending has slowed
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Roblox shares slid more than 20% in early trading, as the gaming giant dialed back its forecasts for…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authors book on laws. ‘Over Ruled’ to be released Aug. 6
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has…
Continue ReadingUK Prime Minister Sunak suffers further blow as another Conservative lawmaker defects to Labour
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of leading a “chaotic” government as another…
Continue Reading New York Public Schools chancellor scolds Republicans for ‘gotcha’ antisemitism hearing, saying district disciplined staff
By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — David Banks, the chancellor of New York City Public Schools, said at a congressional hearing Wednesday that his…
Continue ReadingAstraZeneca pulls its COVID vaccine from European market
LONDON (AP) — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled. In an update on the…
Continue ReadingDozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead
By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press GEORGE, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of…
Continue ReadingUnprecedented evidence humans occupied ‘lava tubes’ could fill in gaps in the archeological record, scientists say
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — People who lived in the Arabian Peninsula thousands of years ago went underground when they wanted to beat the…
Continue Reading Here’s what North American airline passengers really think about the state of air travel
Originally Published: 08 MAY 24 06:20 ET By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Airports are crammed, flight fares are up and airlines are looking ahead…
Continue Reading Veteran who admitted faking disability to obtain more than $660,000 in benefits gets prison time
Originally Published: 08 MAY 24 01:28 ET By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A US military veteran who admitted he faked being unable to walk for more…
Continue ReadingSenators negotiating stack of amendments for FAA bill as deadline approaches
Originally Published: 08 MAY 24 06:00 ET By Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) — Staring down an end-of-the-week deadline to pass major Federal…
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Biden touts economic achievements in Wisconsin amid persistent concerns on inflation
By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday attempted to draw a direct line between his signature legislative achievements…
Continue Reading Collapsed FTX says it can pay most creditors back in full
By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — FTX has recovered enough assets to pay most of its creditors back in full, the failed crypto exchange…
Continue Reading Boston Celtics crush Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 in Game 1 of East semifinals
By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Boston Celtics continued to put on a show in the NBA Playoffs, dominating the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 in Game…
Continue Reading What the proxy fight at Norfolk Southern means for railroad safety
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Just more than a year after a massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train led to the release…
Continue Reading State by state, RFK Jr. pushes for nationwide ballot access
By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the stage at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, last month, a…
Continue ReadingKenya declares public holiday to mourn flood victims
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has declared Friday a public holiday to mourn the 238…
Continue ReadingRussia pounds Ukraine with biggest airstrikes in weeks
By Olga Voitovych and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Russia carried out a “massive” missile attack on Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingBreaking taboos: How Ife Agoro’s DANG is changing the game for women in Nigeria
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — In the bustling world of social media, where everyone strives to be heard, few voices rise…
Continue ReadingAn extremist group and ethnic militias committed atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch says
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Human Rights Watch says an extremist group linked to al-Qaida carried out mass killings in two…
Continue Reading New York attorney general sues anti-abortion group and pregnancy centers for promoting so-called ‘abortion pill reversal’
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing an anti-abortion group and nearly a dozen pregnancy centers…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 8: Trump, Gaza, TikTok ban, Storms, Baltimore bridge
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Record global heat continues its unbroken streak. Last month, the world lived through the hottest April on…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 8: Trump, Gaza, TikTok ban, Storms, Baltimore bridge
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Record global heat continues its unbroken streak. Last month, the world lived through the hottest April on…
Continue ReadingSpanish prosecutors recommend 2nd investigation into Shakira’s taxes be thrown out
Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors recommended Wednesday that an investigating judge shelve a probe into another…
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