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By Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened. Brown vs Board Education angered White segregationists at the time, and the school and others across the South were a result of the opposition to desegregation. Decades
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Update 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 All remaining evacuation warnings have been lifted, Cal Fire announced. The fire is 69% contained. Full containment is expected to happen by Saturday. Update 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 All remaining evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings. All previously issued evacuation warnings have been lifted, Cal Fire announced.
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — After much anticipation, Olivia Wilde’s “ Don’t Worry Darling ” finally had its world premiere Monday night at the Venice International Film Festival. Before the film, hundreds of screaming Harry Styles fans swarmed the edges of the red carpet trying to get a glimpse of
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — After much anticipation, Olivia Wilde’s “ Don’t Worry Darling ” finally had its world premiere Monday night at the Venice International Film Festival. Before the film, hundreds of screaming Harry Styles fans swarmed the edges of the red carpet trying to get a glimpse of
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Julia Roberts and George Clooney have a lot of history together. The actors have been friends for decades, which, according to the two stars, made filming a kiss for their upcoming romantic comedy quite funny. “Yeah. I told my wife, ‘It took 80 takes,’” Clooney told The New York Times. “She
Continue ReadingCNN By Chloe Melas, CNN Julia Roberts and George Clooney have a lot of history together. The actors have been friends for decades, which, according to the two stars, made filming a kiss for their upcoming romantic comedy quite funny. “Yeah. I told my wife, ‘It took 80 takes,’” Clooney told The New York Times.
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press TIRAYA, Venezuela (AP) — The armed forces of Venezuela have carried out what authorities say is the largest marijuana bust of the last 10 years in the South American country. General Domingo Hernández is the general commander of the Operational Strategic Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces. He
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Johnston and Devan Cole, CNN Former New Orleans Mayor Maurice “Moon” Landrieu, who helmed the city for most of the 1970s before holding a Cabinet position in the Carter administration, died Monday at the age of 92, family aide Ryan Berni told CNN. Landrieu died at his home in New Orleans with his
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Before the news about Jimmy Garoppolo staying in San Francisco as the backup quarterback became public last week, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan gathered a group of his team leaders in his office to explain the situation. Shanahan told them he and general manager
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe has ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round. Tiafoe is a 24-year-old from Maryland who is seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows and reached the
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press WELDON, Saskatchewan (AP) — One of the suspects in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has been found dead, and his injuries are not self inflicted, police said Monday as they continued the search for a second suspect. Regina Police Chief
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin called on fellow Republican Nick Begich to drop out of the race. Monday was the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the November general election. Begich, in response, expressed confidence about the direction of his campaign. Palin
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Russia-based provider has cut web protection services to the notorious stalking and harassment website Kiwi Farms, making the forum inaccessible on the public internet. DDoS-Guard’s move follows Saturday’s cutoff of the forum by California-based Cloudfare, its longtime provider. The moves cap a fierce campaign led by
Continue Reading CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of four of his family members in the Casa Grande area, authorities said Monday. Pinal County Sheriff’s officials said 21-year-old Richard Wilson was booked into the county’s jail on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder with his bond set
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge threw a wrench Monday in the Justice Department investigation into potential mishandling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House by granting his request for a special master to review evidence seized from his Florida home last month. The win for Trump
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President Joe Biden joined other Democratic leaders in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 2183, otherwise known as California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act, into law. Among several changes, the bill would give agricultural workers additional ways to vote on whether they want to join or bargain with a union, including by
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Brendan Fraser has entered the Oscars chat. The actor is squarely back in Hollywood and already on the minds of those thinking about the Academy Awards, thanks to his performance in “The Whale,” which reportedly received a six-minute standing ovation after its screening at the Venice Film Festival. Video
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La humedad proveniente del Golfo de México, combinada con un sistema de tormentas persistente y casi estacionario, provocará una actividad de tormentas de movimiento lento y la posibilidad de inundaciones repentinas en 20 estados de EE.UU. este lunes. “Es posible que se produzcan inundaciones repentinas, de dispersas a numerosas, a principios
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A man was shot and killed Monday morning after attacking a security guard with an axe outside a marijuana dispensary in Greektown. Police said, around 10:05 a.m., a man with an axe got into an argument with a security guard outside the
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — ¿Qué piensa el papa Francisco sobre los abusos en la Iglesia? ¿Y sobre el papel de las mujeres en el Vaticano? Aquí repasamos las frases más destacadas de la entrevista del pontífice con CNN Portugal. Los abusos sexuales en la Iglesia Uno de los temas sobre los que el
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