WSB, AIRBNB, EDWARD MORGAN, METRO ATLANTA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION, FACEBOOK, CNN, Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association/FACEBOOK By Abby Bustin and Caroline Kucera, CNN Edward Morgan Jr. was part of a massive rescue mission this week — one involving thousands of bees. Morgan, who has been in the beekeeping practice for about four years, received an urgent call
Continue Reading CNN By Laura Vargas, CNN Not every urban metropolis is known as the City in the Forest like Atlanta is. So tree loss is something the city takes seriously. And now arborists in Atlanta are teaming up to save the city’s trees by setting an ambitious goal. The firm Peachtree Arborists, with help from the
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LEEDS, Ala. (AP) — Alexander Rossi destroyed his car in Saturday morning practice at Barber Motorsports Park. Andretti Autosport had under three hours to repair the damage ahead of IndyCar qualifying. Rossi hopes to use Barber as his breakout race in a frustrating start to the season. He
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Methane emissions burped up by cows have been observed from space. The emissions were detected by environmental data company GHGSat’s high-resolution satellites in February, according to a news release from the company. In April the company’s analysis confirmed that the emissions came from a cattle feedlot in California’s Joaquin Valley. The
Continue Reading NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Liverpool has kept its quadruple hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Newcastle to maintain pressure on Premier League title rival Manchester City. Naby Keita’s classy first-half goal at St. James’ Park was enough to send Liverpool two points ahead of City ahead of its rival’s trip to Leeds later. Liverpool
Continue Reading By René Marsh, CNN Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, is drying up. The situation is critical: if water levels at the lake were to drop another 32 feet, all hydroelectricity production would be halted at the reservoir’s Glen Canyon Dam. The West’s climate change-induced water crisis is now triggering a potential energy crisis for
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer has announced her retirement after 50 years in college basketball. She finished with 1,055 wins, fourth all-time among Division I women’s basketball coaches. Stringer had four Final Four appearances and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances while leading Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers. Stringer
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By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YESICA FISCH Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the United Nations worked to broker a civilian evacuation from the last defensive stronghold in the bombed-out ruins of the port city of Mariupol. An
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Preview capsule for the Memphis-Golden State Western Conference semifinal series that starts Sunday: No. 2 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (56-26, 4-2) vs. No. 3 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (53-29, 4-1) Season series: Grizzlies, 3-1. Story line: Ja Morant and the Grizzlies have the look of a team whose time is coming, while
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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Preview capsule for the Memphis-Golden State Western Conference semifinal series that starts Sunday: No. 2 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (56-26, 4-2) vs. No. 3 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (53-29, 4-1) Season series: Grizzlies, 3-1. Story line: Ja Morant and the Grizzlies have the look of a team whose time is coming, while
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are currently spending their days in a Fairfax, Virginia courthouse. Depp, who concluded his testimony this week, is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote. How they landed there –13 years after first meeting — is a story of an
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, considered the trailblazers of modern ice dance, will be honored May 9 by Ice Theater of New York. The 1984 Olympic champions whose free dance to Ravel’s “Bolero” stretched far beyond the rigid parameters of their sport — and altered it forever — will be recognized
Continue Reading CNN, WAFF By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amara Walker, Jade Gordon, Holly Yan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Extra food. Special privileges that other inmates didn’t get. Those are some of the clues that support the belief that Alabama corrections official Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White had a romantic relationship before both disappeared last week, said
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is investigating the death of a dolphin that was impaled while alive in Florida. The bottlenose dolphin was found dead on Fort Myers Beach, Florida. NOAA first learned about the animal on March 24, and staff from the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Continue Reading By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YESICA FISCH Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fought Saturday to hold off a Russian advance aimed at capturing an eastern industrial region along with Ukraine’s last holdout in the southern city of Mairupol, where fighters and civilians hiding under a heavily damaged steel mill endure harrowing conditions. The
Continue ReadingBy Solarina Ho, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — Increased depression, anxiety and stress during pregnancy can alter the fetal brain, negatively impacting a child’s early cognitive development, a new study suggests, drawing attention to the importance of mental health support for those who are pregnant. Previous
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they’ve developed a smartphone app that could screen users for neurological conditions by scanning their eye. The researchers outlined their findings in a paper published on Friday that will
Continue Reading By Emmy Abbassi, CNN A group of Georgia Tech students has created what may be the world’s longest hopscotch. The course, which runs through the university’s Atlanta campus and spans 4.2 miles, was drawn up by members of a first-year leadership organization called See(k) (D)iscomfort, or SEED. The group helps members develop their leadership skills
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer has announced her retirement after 50 years in college basketball. She had 1,055 wins, four Final Four appearances and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances while leading Cheney State, Iowa and Rutgers. Stringer was emotional when she told her team Friday night on a
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Connecticut lawmakers on Friday passed a bill designed to protect people who provide an abortion or receive support to obtain the procedure in Connecticut and are then sued in another state. House Bill 5414, sponsored by state Democratic lawmakers, would enable a person or corporation who “has had a judgment entered”
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