By Dan Heching, CNN Christian music singer Steven Curtis Chapman is taking some time to remember his close friend Katherine Koonce, one of the six victims of the Nashville school shooting. In an interview with Anderson Cooper for CNN’s “AC360” on Wednesday, Chapman described Koonce as “an amazing person” who would “move towards, step into
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA guard Jaylen Clark has declared for the NBA draft, weeks after a leg injury forced him out of the season’s final six games. The junior from Riverside, California, announced his plans on his Instagram account Wednesday. “Thank you to UCLA and coach (Mick) Cronin for believing in me,” Clark’s post
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume regular oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota. The order came Monday, even as a legal battle continues over the Biden administration’s decision to suspend leasing two years ago in an effort to combat climate change. North Dakota’s
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hundreds gathered Wednesday at a candlelight vigil in Nashville to honor and mourn the three children and three adults who were killed in a shooting at a Christian school this week. The downtown ceremony for the victims of the shooting at
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La presidenta Xiomara Castro viajará a China “pronto”, informó la Cancillería de Honduras. El anuncio ocurre días después de que Honduras comunicara que tomaría medidas para establecer relaciones con Beijing. La mandataria visitará a China para firmar “acuerdos auspiciosos entre ambos países”, según un tuit de la cuenta verificada de
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CNN, WTVF, KABB, WOAI, WZTV By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid the heightened political debate on gun reform, most Americans actually agree that some gun laws need to be more strict, according to recent polls. The question now is whether some conservative lawmakers will be flexible in their politics and open to compromise — and consider
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A protester arrested for disrupting West Virginia lawmakers as they moved to ban abortion last September will see all charges dropped against her — if she stays out of trouble for the next six months. Lindsey Jacobs, a 38-year-old lawyer, was ordered to perform 25 hours
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Según los economistas de Goldman Sachs, hasta 300 millones de empleos de tiempo completo en todo el mundo podrían automatizarse de alguna manera con la nueva ola de inteligencia artificial que ha generado plataformas como ChatGPT. En un informe publicado este domingo, los economistas predijeron que el 18% del trabajo a
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN Olesya Krivtsova thinks it’s because she was neither the first, nor the last, to criticize the war in Ukraine that she scared Russian authorities as much as she did. Her social media posts were neither particularly strident nor unusual, she told CNN, reflecting those of so many other
Continue ReadingCNN By Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN Olesya Krivtsova thinks it’s because she was neither the first, nor the last, to criticize the war in Ukraine that she scared Russian authorities as much as she did. Her social media posts were neither particularly strident nor unusual, she told CNN, reflecting those of so many
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El Senado aprobó este miércoles un proyecto de ley que pondrá fin a la emergencia nacional por covid-19 declarada por el entonces presidente Donald Trump el 13 de marzo de 2020. La votación final fue abrumadoramente bipartidista, 68-23. La resolución conjunta, que había sido aprobada por la Cámara de Representantes a
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — A solicitud del Ministerio Público de Venezuela, un juez de control de Caracas acordó imputar a nueve funcionarios, 10 empresarios, un exdiputado del oficialista Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, y a tres jueces supuestamente vinculados con una trama de corrupción en la estatal Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), que denunciaron la
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For the first time, The Food and Drug Administration have approved Narcan, an opioid overdose antidote, for over-the-counter use. It comes as overdoses have hit record highs nationwide in recent years. Narcan, or Naloxone, has been available at pharmacies in every state without a prescription for quite some time. With FDA approval, the treatment will
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force on Wednesday said it won’t take a stance on how much the state should compensate Black residents whom economists estimate may be owed more than $800 billion for decades of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination. The $800
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force on Wednesday said it won’t take a stance on how much the state should compensate Black residents whom economists estimate may be owed more than $800 billion for decades of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination. The $800
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s special academy for training workers in the film and television industry is a step closer to fruition. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other officials gathered Wednesday at the Albuquerque Rail Yards to announce that the location will serve as the headquarters for the New Mexico Media Academy. There also
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — The former general counsel for Venezuela’s state-owned oil company pleaded guilty in Miami federal court on money laundering charges Wednesday in connection to a conspiracy to siphon hundreds of millions from state coffers through corrupt currency deals. Alvaro Ledo Nass acknowledged taking $11.5 million in bribes while serving in
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use. The votes to
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