By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia. (AP) — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in below-deck mazes of windowless passageways perform intense, often monotonous manual labor. It’s necessary work before a ship deploys, but hard to adjust to for many already challenged by the stresses plaguing young
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will be the hosts of the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards. The two country legends will be live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on May 11. Parton said in a statement that she’s “thrilled” to be hosting the show with
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un tren que transportaba etanol descarriló este jueves por la mañana en Raymond, Minnesota, incendiando varios vagones y obligando a los residentes cercanos a evacuar, dijeron las autoridades. La información preliminar sugiere que 14 de los 40 vagones del tren transportaban material peligroso, “incluido el etanol, que se liberó y provocó
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez, CNN Tickets for Arsenal’s final game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers are being touted on resale website StubHub for extortionate prices. The Gunners are on course to win a first Premier League title in 19 years and some people, it seems, are taking advantage of fans’ desperation to see the
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN More than 70 years after cheetahs were declared officially extinct in India, the country is now home to four newborn cheetahs, India’s Environment Minister announced Wednesday. The cubs were born to Siyaya and Freddie, two of the eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National
Continue Reading By SHARON JOHNSON, REBECCA REYNOLDS and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, Army officials said Thursday. Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, said the deaths happened Wednesday night in
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III became the first monarch to address Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday as part of a high-profile visit by the U.K. head of state aimed at bolstering ties between the two European powers. Speaking to lawmakers and other dignitaries in the packed lower house,
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A new project is turning the fight against racism into a campaign promoting health and well-being. Dr. Kent Key, a professor at MSU, and Dr. Lisa Lapeyrouse, a professor at UM Flint, are both working together to
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to produce nuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia’s Rosatom at a facility in western Germany. Officials said Thursday that they will consider whether an application to do so can be rejected. The state of Lower Saxony
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to produce nuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia’s Rosatom at a facility in western Germany. Officials said Thursday that they will consider whether an application to do so can be rejected. The state of Lower Saxony
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CNN, WCCO, KARE By Mallika Kallingal and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The day after a train carrying a highly flammable chemical derailed and burst into flames in a small city in southwestern Minnesota, crews are still working to clear the area as officials reassure residents the water and air are safe. Of the 22 cars that
Continue ReadingCNN By Carma Hassan, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said Wednesday that when he played football as a child, he never thought about CPR or where there might be an automated external defibrillator (AED) nearby. At an event on Capitol Hill, the NFL player shared facts he learned after he went into cardiac arrest
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Well, it was nice while it lasted. For nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging toward affordable again for millions of people. The relief felt belated and relatively slight, but it was welcome nonetheless. From an eye-watering peak of $31,400 in April
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Well, it was nice while it lasted. For nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging toward affordable again for millions of people. The relief felt belated and relatively slight, but it was welcome nonetheless. From an eye-watering peak of $31,400 in April
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising again on Thursday as a bit more fear evaporates from Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in afternoon trading. It’s on pace for its fifth gain in the last six days, and its recent roll has it up for the
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, CNN It is now legal to purchase a pistol without a permit in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-led legislature overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The state House voted to override Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 41 by 71-46 on Wednesday, a day after the state Senate voted 30-19
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker transportation minister says the contract for a new terminal at the country’s main airport is cancelled, following an uproar over the lack of public bidding for the $122 million project. The minister, Ali Hamie, announced the cancellation Thursday during a visit to parliament. Several media
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — A French court of appeal has ruled not to extradite to Ukraine the Ukrainian billionaire businessman Kostyantin Zhevago, who was temporarily detained in France in December. Ukraine’s National Bureau of Investigation had said Zhevago, who owns a majority stake in mining group Ferrexpo, was wanted on suspicion of embezzlement and money laundering
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Aniston is reportedly reflecting on “Friends” now feeling out of step with the times. The actress was promoting her new Netflix film “Murder Mystery 2,” costarring Adam Sandler, when the topic came up. “Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved,” Aniston told AFP in Paris, where the film is set.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Abby Grossberg, the former Fox News producer who accused the right-wing network of pressuring her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion defamation case, told NBC News Thursday in her first TV interview that she was “bullied, intimidated and coerced” into protecting the right-wing network to keep her
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