By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press MOUND BAYOU, Miss. (AP) — The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett Till’s mother as she traveled to Mississippi to testify in the murder trial of two white men who lynched her son in 1955. Hundreds of people — a good portion of
Continue ReadingBy Homero de la Fuente, CNN Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said it “looks bad” that there will be no US-born Black players in the 2022 World Series. On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that there would be no US-born Black players in the World Series for the first time since 1950, three years after
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein on Friday repeatedly challenged a woman over why she didn’t raise more objections or leave the hotel room in Puerto Rico where she said he sexually assaulted her during a 2003 film shoot. Attorney Mark Werksman asked the woman, known
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi and Richard Roth, CNN Protesters encountered teargas and gunfire following Friday prayers in the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, according to videos posted on social media and provided by IranWire, an activist website. Automatic gunfire can be heard in the videos, which also show protesters picking up bullet casings on the ground.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Maeve Reston, CNN A federal judge rejected a request by a retirees’ association that he issue a temporary restraining order targeted at conduct outside of Arizona drop box locations that some voters have described as intimidating. US District Judge Michael T. Liburdi said in an opinion Friday that the association, the
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un operativo llevado a cabo entre funcionarios de seguridad argentinos, peruanos y uruguayos terminó con la captura en Lima, Perú, de un hombre catalogado como el “narco más buscado” de Argentina, según informó este viernes en un comunicado la Policía Federal de ese país. Raúl Martín Maylli Rivera, alias “Dumbo”,
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Nic Robertson, CNN As winter edges ever closer in Ukraine, Alla Melnychuk and her neighbors are racing against the time to save what little they have left. Their apartment building in Irpin was hit during some of the heaviest fighting in March. Most of the windows are still
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell A New York jury found Timothy Shea guilty on Friday of a scheme to defraud donors through a crowdfunding scheme to build a private US-Mexico Border wall in a campaign called “We Build the Wall,” according to the US Attorney’s office. “Timothy Shea and his co-defendants orchestrated a crowdfunding scheme to purportedly
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Mindfulness and mind-body practices are hot topics today, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it increased levels of stress and anxiety. In the US, some of the most popular mind-body exercises are yoga, Pilates, qigong and tai chi. These four are all therapies that integrate movement, breathing exercises and
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Con un premio gordo acumulado de US$ 1.900 millones, muchos no estadounidenses se estarán preguntando si pueden probar suerte con el Powerball. La respuesta es sí, pero si pueden acceder a la compra de los boletos. Para jugar a la popular lotería, que acumula el segundo pozo más grande
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By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street Friday, capping another strong week for the market, as investors welcomed solid profits from Apple and other companies. The S&P 500 rose 2.5% and posted its first back-to-back weekly gains since August. The Dow
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Hirschheimer Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON, Ohio (WLWT) — Leaders, pastors, and community members are rallying to create change in Hamilton. This comes after two people were killed and two others were injured, including a toddler, in a shooting on Tuesday evening. “We want the community to understand that we’re
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La temporada de influenza estacional se intensificó antes de lo previsto en Estados Unidos, y las hospitalizaciones por influenza estacional son peores de lo habitual para esta época del año, según los datos publicados este viernes por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed Sen. Lindsey Graham, in a new brief filed with the Supreme Court on Friday, says there’s no rush necessary for his testimony to the Fulton County grand jury investigating 2020 election subversion plots in Georgia, as the senator asks the justices to block a subpoena while his legal challenge to it plays
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Facebook sufrió una interrupción en su servicio este viernes alrededor de las 4:00 p.m. (hora de Miami), lo que impidió que los usuarios pudieran acceder a la aplicación o directamente desde el navegador del computador. Los reportes de fallas hechos por usuarios de dispararon a esa misma hora
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Want to know the age and sex breakdown of people of Japanese ancestry in your U.S. state or territory? You may not be able to get that in the future if you live in North Dakota or Puerto Rico under a new plan the U.S. Census Bureau is putting together
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A report released by a U.S. House committee says backers of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska “tried to trick regulators by pretending to pursue a smaller project with the intention of expanding” after the project was approved. The report focuses on the
Continue Reading The Associated Press Wall Street closed sharply higher, capping another strong week with gains led by Apple and other companies that made even bigger profits during the summer than expected. The S&P 500 rose 2.5% Friday and marked its first back-to-back weekly gain since August. Stocks have revived recently partly on hopes for a dialing
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN The US Department of Interior announced Friday it is launching an “expedited” process to potentially change water-flow operations on the drought-stricken Colorado River, as Lake Mead and Lake Powell have fallen to alarming new lows. In the possible actions it laid out, Interior said it will consider using its federal authority
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man who showed up at an elementary school with zip ties and threatened to arrest the principal over COVID-19 quarantine measures has been convicted of several misdemeanor offenses. Kelly Walker was found guilty Wednesday in Tucson City Court of two charges of disrupting an educational institution, the Arizona Daily
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