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By BRYAN ANDERSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British presenter Piers Morgan will join News Corp and Fox News Media and host a TV show that will air in the U.S., Britain and Australia, the company said Thursday. News Corp executive chair Rupert Murdoch said Morgan, 56, is “the broadcaster every channel wants but is too afraid to hire.” Murdoch
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Morning lows dipped well into the 60s this morning for a cool, fall-like start to the day. A ridge of high pressure continues to keep skies clear and the atmosphere dry, with cooler air dropping in from the North to bring some refreshing changes this week. Dew points remain very low, so fire danger especially
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is reviewing the ethics policies that govern the financial holdings and activities of its senior officials in the wake of recent disclosures that two regional Fed presidents engaged in extensive trading last year. Robert Kaplan, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, in
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected governor in 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and animal welfare advocate. Polis, 46, and Reis, 40, were married in a traditional Jewish ceremony attended by family
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El gobierno de Biden sancionó este jueves a la narcotraficante colombiana Zulma Maria Musso Torres y sus familiares, así como a dos entidades colombianas, bajo la Ley Kingpin. Según el Departamento del Tesoro, Musso Torres, también conocido como “La Patrona” o “La Señora”, ha sido identificado como “un importante narcotraficante
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police found 30 boa constrictors in a home and then determined that nothing was amiss. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that investigators came across the snakes Tuesday during an unspecified law enforcement investigation and called Clark County Animal Control. A police spokesman said the county agency responded and determined
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By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan sorely missed Romelu Lukaku on Wednesday night. Inter’s forwards were guilty of some wayward finishing as they failed to put away any of the team’s 18 attempts in a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League. Inter next faces Bologna on Saturday and
Continue ReadingBy KITV Web Staff Click here for updates on this story Maui, HI (KITV) — Starting Wednesday, owners, and operators of restaurants, bars, and gyms in Maui County must require patrons to prove they’re vaccinated to enter their establishments. Unvaccinated customers can eat in outdoor seating areas. But unlike O’ahu’s Safe Access Program — patrons
Continue Reading Mariana Toro Londres (CNN) — Más de 18 meses después de la pandemia del coronavirus, varios países han decidido que es hora de reabrir y adoptar un modelo de “vivir con el covid”. Algunos tienen tasas de vacunación envidiables; otros han decidido que los costos de las continuas restricciones económicas y sociales superan los beneficios.
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Boston College is 2-0 and turns to backup QB Dennis Grosel for Saturday’s game against Temple. Grosel threw for 520 yards and four touchdowns in the final start of last season in place of injured Phil Jurkovec. Jurkovec is hurt again. He has a right hand
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in California’s rugged Sierra Nevada. The colossal General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in California’s rugged Sierra Nevada. The colossal General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Haiti. Haiti makes up he western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic. About Haiti (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 27,750 sq km (slightly smaller than Maryland) Population: 11,334,637 (2022 est.) Median age: 24.1 years Capital:
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN In popular culture, cave men (and women) are often draped in furs, but archaeological evidence of what our Stone Age ancestors actually wore and how they made clothes is thin. Fur, leather and other organic materials generally aren’t preserved, especially beyond 100,000 years ago. However, researchers say 62 bone tools used
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. These flashy feathers probably didn’t help the bird achieve aerodynamic flight, but they might have helped him find a mate, according to new research. The fossil was
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One side is energized by the prospect of the greatest expansion of government support since the New Deal nearly a century ago. The other is fearful about dramatically expanding Washington’s reach at an enormous cost. They’re all Democrats. Yet each side is taking vastly different approaches to
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The United Arab Emirates will pour £10 billion ($13.8 billion) into the United Kingdom over the next five years, as the Gulf state seeks to diversify its economy beyond fossil fuels. The UK Office for Investment and UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala announced the investment in a statement on Thursday,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Tokio (CNN) — Japón está trazando una línea roja alrededor de una cadena de islas que también está siendo reclamada por China, rechazando la postura militar cada vez más agresiva de Beijing y preparando el escenario para un posible enfrentamiento entre las dos mayores potencias de la región. En una entrevista exclusiva
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN “America’s Got Talent” has crowned another winner. Dustin Tavella, 35, was named the Season 16 winner of “America’s Got Talent” on Wednesday night. Tavella is the third magician to ever win the series and. He walked away with $1 million dollar prize and will headline a show at the Luxor Hotel
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