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WDIV, ROEPER SCHOOL, DUKE UNIVERSITY, CNN By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A biology teacher at a Michigan private school for gifted students is on administrative leave after distributing an assignment worksheet last week in which a picture of former US President Barack Obama was included among pictures of several animals, including primates. The teacher’s choice to
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By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland’s nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia. The measure taken by
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Clean water is something many of us take for granted. While new luxury housing developments, surf wave parks, and lagoon resorts in the Coachella Valley quickly obtained approval for clean water, some of the Valley’s poorest communities still can’t get clean water from the faucet. Once or twice a day, Mecca resident Roberto Gomez said
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia’s brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Russia claimed full control of the Azovstal steel plant, which for weeks
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Believe it or not, people still order takeout using the phone. Applebee’s doesn’t want to take those calls anymore. It wants to outsource those orders to call centers, where a person or automated system will take your orders and also try to upsell you a little. More than half of
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have called top prospect Adley Rutschman up to the majors. The move paves the way for the 24-year-old catcher to make his big league debut. The switch-hitting Rutschman was the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft and is ranked as baseball’s No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russia’s actions in Ukraine provide enough evidence to conclude that Moscow is inciting genocide and committing atrocities intended to destroy the Ukrainian people, according to the first independent report into allegations of genocide in that country. The legal report, signed by more than 30 leading legal scholars and genocide experts,
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN It is nearly three months since Russia invaded Ukraine — a 12-week period in which Russian forces have wrought devastation on the country and its people, resulting in death on a vast scale and causing millions to flee. But the invasion has not been the military success Moscow hoped, and is
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc has swept all three practices ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver was just 0.072 seconds faster than reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen. The Mercedes pair of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were third and fourth in Saturday’s
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Australian voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to the center-right government, ending nine years of conservative rule, in favor of the center-left opposition that promised stronger action on climate change. Australian Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese claimed victory Saturday, though it was unclear as counting continued if his party would have
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN Business Nicosha Jones spent nearly a year trying to buy her first home. Jones, 48, planned to build equity by buying a home in the South Phoenix neighborhood where she grew up. Instead, she’s on the sidelines, facing skyrocketing rent and struggling to restart the process of looking for a place
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The double punch of high home prices and rising mortgage rates took a toll on sales of newly constructed homes in April. New home sales fell by 16.6% in April from March and were down 26.9% from a year ago, according to a joint report from the US Department
Continue ReadingOpinion by Børge Brende for CNN Business Perspectives The war in Ukraine, a challenging economic outlook, rising global temperatures and a once-in-a-century pandemic: These are more than a series of distinct crises. They amount to what appears to be the onset of a new global era — one that many fear will be defined by
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Angel Di Maria is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after seven seasons with the club. The Argentina winger’s contract is expiring and the French champions announced his departure late Friday night. PSG says “Angel Di Maria has left a permanent mark on the history of the club.” Di
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, Paradise Afshar, Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two people are dead after a powerful tornado ripped roofs off buildings and flipped cars in a northern Michigan town on Friday, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency for the area. The twister — with maximum winds of 150 mph
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the $40 billion aid package to Ukraine, a White House official said, after the bill was flown to Seoul. The Senate passed it following Biden’s departure from Washington. The confirmation that Biden had signed the bill came as the President attended a state dinner with
Continue ReadingBy Harry Enten, CNN Admit it: If you see someone wearing glasses, you think that person has a better chance than not of having an above-average IQ. As a former Bronx assistant district attorney and author of the legal article “Eye See You: How Criminal Defendants Have Utilized the Nerd Defense to Influence Jurors’ Perceptions,”
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with an additional $40 billion in U.S. assistance as the Russian invasion approaches its fourth month. The legislation, which was passed by Congress with bipartisan support, deepens the U.S. commitment to Ukraine at
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A second teen allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl in New York’s Bronx neighborhood last week was arrested Monday after turning himself in, the New York Police Department said. Omar Bojang, 18, is believed to have been driving the moped from which his passenger,
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There is no word yet on the cause of a house fire in Indio. It was reported around 9:30pm Friday off of Madison Street, just south of Highway 111. Riverside County Fire Investigators say crews were able to contain the fire to one bedroom. There are no reports of injuries.
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