Amy Woodyatt, CNN Vogue Philippines has revealed Apo Whang-Od as the cover star of its April issue, a move that makes the 106-year-old tattoo artist from the Philippines the oldest person ever to appear on the front of Vogue. Whang-Od — also known as Maria Oggay — has been perfecting the art of hand-tapping tattoos
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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. The U.S. Department of Justice said it’s seeking to hold the company accountable for “unlawfully polluting the nation’s waterways
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday approved an agreement with the state to revamp policing, nearly three years after a city officer killed George Floyd. City officials agreed to negotiate an agreement after the Department of Human Rights issued a blistering report last year that said the
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha after a brutal Russian occupation a year ago left behind hundreds of dead civilians, some with signs of torture, establishing the town near Kyiv as an epicenter of the war’s atrocities. President Volodymyr
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha after a brutal Russian occupation a year ago left behind hundreds of dead civilians, some with signs of torture, establishing the town near Kyiv as an epicenter of the war’s atrocities. President Volodymyr
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Political observers say the indictment of former President Donald Trump will likely have little impact on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided next week. They pointed out Friday that Trump has not been directly involved in the race, did not endorse anyone,
Continue Reading MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two Memphis police officers and a suspect have been wounded in a shooting. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the shooting happened during a foot chase after officers responded to a report of a person with a gun at a convenience store shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The bureau says the
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to the people of Mississippi as he visited the state on Friday, formally announcing that the administration will cover the full cost of the state’s emergency response to the deadly tornado-spawning storms that hit the southeast US last week. The announcement, which case
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of five European Union members helping the transit of Ukrainian farm produce to third countries are calling for EU action over a glut that resulted from the goods not leaving for their destinations, bringing down prices in their own markets and angering farmers. Poland, Romania and other countries stepped
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of five European Union members helping the transit of Ukrainian farm produce to third countries are calling for EU action over a glut that resulted from the goods not leaving for their destinations, bringing down prices in their own markets and angering farmers. Poland, Romania and other countries stepped
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — As Mike Pence approaches a likely 2024 run for president, he’s opening up to audiences about the parts of his career before he served as Donald Trump’s vice president. He hopes his 12 years in Congress and four years as Indiana governor will project the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press ROLLING ROCK, Miss. (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting a Mississippi town ravaged by a deadly tornado, even as a new series of severe storms threatens the Midwest and the South. Last week’s twister destroyed 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, and nearby Silver
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Friday, and Wall Street is on track to close out a winning March and first quarter of the year despite a long list of worries being thrown at it. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in midday trading. It’s on pace for
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Friday, and Wall Street is on track to close out a winning March and first quarter of the year despite a long list of worries being thrown at it. The S&P 500 was 0.9% higher in afternoon trading. It’s on pace for
Continue ReadingBy Livvy Doherty and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy concerns and said they had opened an investigation into how OpenAI, the US company behind the popular chatbot, uses data. Italy’s data protection agency said users lacked information about the collection of their
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian government’s privacy watchdog said Friday that it is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach. In a statement on its website, the Italian Data Protection Authority described its action as provisional “until ChatGPT respects privacy.”
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) y la Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres informaron que se elevó a naranja el nivel de riesgo del volcán Nevado del Ruiz, ubicado en la cordillera central de Colombia, debido a que su actividad sugiere una erupción probable en término
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Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Hugh Grant knows he has had some bad performances, but which one would he really like to erase? While appearing on “The Late Late Show” to promote his new film, “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” with his co-star Chris Pine, Grant played “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts”
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SALLY HO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from the U.S. government, TikTok is now facing the music with the possibility of a nationwide ban if it defies a government order to sell to an American company — unless the popular social media app can convince a high-powered panel that
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