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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World has been allowed to operate on its properties for more than five decades. House lawmakers approved the measure on Thursday. The passage is a victory
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — University of California, Berkeley police say they are looking for a person trying to hurt specific people on campus and have ordered a campus-wide lockdown. They say there is not an active shooter on campus but they are asking people to go indoors and stay away from doors and windows. The
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to new congressional boundaries for the next decade, adopting a map put forward by Gov. Ron DeSantis office that controversially eliminated two districts represented by Black Democrats while giving Republicans the advantage in as many as 20 of 28 districts. The
Continue ReadingCNN, WSVN By Dianne Gallagher and Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to new congressional boundaries for the next decade, adopting a map put forward by Gov. Ron DeSantis office that controversially eliminated two districts represented by Black Democrats while giving Republicans the advantage in as many as 20 of 28
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVN, WTMJ, TWITTER, DAVE STUDINSKI, ELIZABETH NESMITH, COURTESY: RYAN HOLLOWAY, U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, COURTESY: JENNY MANGELSEN, COURTESY: PAM EASON, DELTA AIRLINES, Twitter/Dave Studinski, Twitter/Elizabeth Nesmith By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Just because incidents of political interference within the United States’ top health agencies are not reported, does not mean they don’t happen, a new federal
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Just because incidents of political interference within the United States’ top health agencies are not reported, does not mean they don’t happen, a new federal report finds. The US Government Accountability Office released a report Wednesday detailing how four public health agencies that were reviewed — the US Centers for Disease
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration has taken multiple actions to make it easier for federal student loan borrowers to receive debt forgiveness that they may already be entitled to under existing programs. The latest moves, announced earlier this week, help borrowers who are enrolled in what’s known as the income-driven repayment program, or
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Evans will retire early next year after 15 years as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, a tenure that made him the longest-serving regional Fed president. Among Fed officials, Evans has been a vocal supporter of lower interest rates. His departure comes as
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Remember all those thousands of passengers that airlines banned for not wearing face masks? Now the airlines want them back — or at least, most of them. And leaders of unions that represent flight attendants are reacting with outrage. Officials with United Airlines and American Airlines
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge is facing a host of controversial and complex issues as she weighs whether to approve the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy reorganization plan. The BSA sought bankruptcy protection more than two years ago to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re wondering how your child might fare on a vegetarian diet, a new study offers some factors to consider. Children eating a vegetarian diet and children who ate meat were similar in terms of growth, height and nutritional measures, but vegetarian children had higher odds of being underweight, according
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, Monica Garrett, Chad Myers and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists Fierce winds across drought-stricken areas will bring the highest fire danger Friday to the Southwest and High Plains, while the same system triggers severe storms with possible isolated tornadoes in the central and southern Plains and a snowstorm across the northern Rockies and
Continue ReadingCNN, KPNX, KNXV By Judson Jones, Monica Garrett, Chad Myers and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists Fierce winds across drought-stricken areas will bring the highest fire danger Friday to the Southwest and High Plains, while the same system triggers severe storms with possible isolated tornadoes in the central and southern Plains and a snowstorm across the
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after he admitted he fraudulently tried to get $20 million in federal coronavirus-relief funds that were supposed to aid distressed businesses. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman announced the four year, four month
Continue Reading PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities said a SUV crossed the median of Interstate 10 in the Arizona desert and crashed head-on with a tractor-trailer rig Thursday, killing one person and injuring others. State Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves said the crash occurred following a pursuit that began when a trooper attempted to stop
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marpichel (CNN) — En la segunda vuelta presidencial de Francia, Emmanuel Macron se enfrentará a Marine Le Pen por segunda elección consecutiva, pero la mujer que desafía al actual líder de Francia no es la misma candidata que perdió por casi dos votos a uno en 2017. Le Pen, de 53 años, es actualmente miembro
Continue Reading By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World has been allowed to operate on its properties for more than five decades. House lawmakers approved the measure on Thursday. The passage is a victory
Continue Reading By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World has been allowed to operate on its properties for more than five decades. House lawmakers approved the measure on Thursday. The passage is a victory
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business In a scathing open letter to McDonald’s shareholders, legendary investor Carl Icahn said the company’s leadership was “failing” its investors and misleading the public about its animal welfare practices. “McDonald’s’ Board of Directors … is failing shareholders and stakeholders by presiding over animal welfare violations, supply chain lapses and what
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Independent federal investigators say there are significant issues related to fire training at the U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in New Mexico. The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Inspector General also found that firefighting vehicles at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant were in disrepair from
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