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By MARISSA SULEK Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — After a deadly car crash Friday afternoon, a Metro council member is looking into how to make the entrance into Edwin Warner Park safer. Edwin Warner Park is a nature escape but getting past the stone column entrance is a challenge.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Disassembly work on an enormous pedestal that until recently held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has commenced in Virginia’s capital city. A crew atop scaffolding and a large crane truck worked to dislodge and lift away a hunk of the stone pedestal Wednesday morning in Richmond. It marked
Continue ReadingBy Michael Conte, CNN The US will provide new funding to protect reporters targeted because of their work and support independent international journalism, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday at the opening of the virtual Summit for Democracy. The new “liability fund” will support “reporters and news organizations that are targeted with litigation as
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DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines says travel was strong over Thanksgiving and that momentum is carrying into December. The airline said Wednesday that as a result, it’s offering a better forecast for fourth-quarter revenue — although the current quarter will still be weaker than the same period in 2019, before the pandemic hit. Southwest offered
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister has started a European tour in Athens. Marise Payne on Wednesday welcomed a recent initiative by the European Union to boost its presence in the Indo-Pacific region despite a spat with EU member France over the cancellation of a major submarine order. The initiative was announced in September
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLE JACKSON Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Parents are concerned about the number of times guns have been found in schools within the Metro Public School District this school year. “It’s very scary as a parent just letting your kids go to school every day only not knowing
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is visiting Gulf Arab states on a high-profile tour as rival Iran restarts nuclear talks with world powers. Mohammed bin Salman stopped over in the United Arab Emirates late on Tuesday. His tour kicked off just after the kingdom hosted
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has approved a plan to deploy 150 service members in Poland to help guard the border with Belarus. Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar says they will have a mandate to stay in Poland for 180 days. Both houses of Czech Parliament still have to approve the deployment. That is expected
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — “Si las personas no tienen más hijos, la civilización colapsará”, sentenció Elon Musk, CEO de Tesla y SpaceX, en un evento organizado el lunes por The Wall Street Journal. “Recuerden mis palabras”, enfatizó. Musk, de 50 años, tiene seis hijos fruto de dos matrimonios, y agregó que intenta “predicar con
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — For millions of Guatemalan families hand-made corn tortillas are indispensable with every meal, but many of those tortillas pass through the hands of girls and young women trapped in poverty. They often work 12 to 15 hours a day, seven days a week and are
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The office of Alain Griset said in a statement Wednesday that he has appealed the court decision. But he submitted his resignation pending the appeal. The unusual conviction is a stain
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The office of Alain Griset said in a statement Wednesday that he has appealed the court decision. But he submitted his resignation pending the appeal. The unusual conviction is a stain
Continue Reading By MARIAM FAM of The Associated Press and AYSHA KHAN of Religion News Service CAIRO (AP) — From religious courts to spiritual care to Islamic scholarship, Muslim women have been carving out spaces for themselves and paving the way for others to follow in their footsteps. Around the world, women are teaching in Islamic schools
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Presenting a far richer story than a simple biopic, “Being the Ricardos” turns writer-director Aaron Sorkin loose again on the medium of television and produces one of the year’s most satisfying movies. That it was made for a streaming service, Amazon, is a wrinkle even the legendarily foresighted Desi
Continue ReadingBy KENDALL KEYS, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story OXFORD, Michigan (WNEM) — Across the state, residents continue to show support for the victims of the Oxford High School shooting and the community at large. What happened in Oxford last week hits close to home for Chelsea Pfeiffer. “I was terrified. It
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LONDON (AP) — Thorbjorn Olesen’s lawyer says the Danish player’s golf career would be “over” if he is found guilty of sexual assault and assault. Olesen is facing allegations he grabbed a woman’s breast, pushed a member of the cabin crew and urinated on a first-class passenger’s seat on a flight to Britain in 2019.
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The National Academy of Sciences says the world needs to look into making oceans suck up more carbon dioxide to fight climate change. The panel isn’t recommending doing this type of geoengineering but researching it better. Wednesday’s report outlines six ways to tinker with the oceans to make them
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Wednesday launched a new website and an accompanying brand to promote the bipartisan infrastructure law, which was on full display during President Joe Biden’s trip on Wednesday to Kansas City, Missouri. The new “Building a Better America” branding will also be used at other
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE SHERROD, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story TUSCOLA COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Local parents are outraged over what one Tuscola County high school calls the Care Room. Parents refer to the basement room which is for students who potentially were exposed to COVID-19, as “The Dungeon” and is potentially putting
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco is searching for ways to make paying $60 for a membership every year worth more to online shoppers — and keep them away from Amazon. So it’s expanding an online perk available only to club members: Buy stuff from around 35 brands’ websites and save 20% or more. The
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