By Bruce Harrison Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — Community leaders are holding solution-based conversations with youth this week on issues including gun violence. As part of Youth Victory over Violence Week, speakers are visiting Milwaukee Excellence Charter Middle and High School. The sessions each morning cover mental health, gun
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By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats. They somberly laid flowers at a monument for victims at the site. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated warnings about the potential
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky and Hector Molina Click here for updates on this story WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut (WFSB) — Rescue crews and bystanders saved a woman whose car plunged into a river in Willimantic on Monday. Firefighters said they responded to the Bridge Street Plaza around 6:30 p.m. According to Willimantic Fire Department Chief Marc Scrivener, firefighters
Continue ReadingBy Peter Burke Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPTV) — A woman accused of dressing up as a clown and killing her future husband’s wife more than three decades ago has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, just weeks before her trial was set to begin. Sheila Keen-Warren, who is
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By Michelle Watson, CNN Three teens were arrested in the death of a 20-year-old Colorado woman who was killed when a large rock thrown at her car went through the windshield, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday. Alexa Bartell was killed April 19 after a series of cars were hit
Continue ReadingBy Sydni Eure Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (WKBW) — It’s an incredible story of a man who lost his wallet here in the Queen City only to have a woman take the extra mile to return it to him safely. It all happened on Elmwood Avenue in front of
Continue ReadingBy Remi Murrey Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Cleveland’s 32nd Annual Homeless Stand Down event kicked off Saturday; hundreds of volunteers and more than 80 nonprofit organizations and service providers attended the event. We’re following through on a story we told you about earlier this month. It involves recent data
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING and JOE MCDONALD Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone call Wednesday, their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, and Beijing said it wanted to send an envoy to Kyiv
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Schueller and Jay Kenney Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT (WFSB) — Lawmakers on Wednesday will reveal more information about a bipartisan bill to protect children from the harmful impacts of social media. Parents Channel 3 spoke with have said they’ve seen first-hand the negative impacts of social media platforms on
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled a new package to slash carbon emissions by promoting clean energy, sustainable homes and industry and the use of electric cars among other a raft of measures to combat climate change. Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said Wednesday the
Continue Reading By JEMIMA RAMAN, Press Trust of India KOCHI, India (AP) — On a tiny sliver of land in southern India, the future of an ancient grain that helps combat climate change is in doubt. Pokkali rice, some 3,000 years old, can grow in paddies with high levels of salinity. Traditionally, pokkali has been cultivated for
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN A life-sized chocolate bust of Britain’s King Charles III weighing 23 kilograms (more than 50 pounds) has been unveiled by confectionery brand Celebrations to mark the forthcoming coronation. A team of sculptors and chocolatiers led by master chocolatier Jennifer Lindsey-Clarke took 130 hours across four weeks to make the model, using more
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urielblanco (CNN) — Es la última vez de Henry Cavill como Geralt de Rivia en “The Witcher”. Un teaser tráiler de la tercera temporada de la serie de Netflix sugiere que “Todo cambia”. “Ahora, por primera vez, entiendo el miedo de verdad”, dice Cavill. “Mientras monarcas, magos y bestias del Continente compiten por capturarla, Geralt
Continue ReadingBy Jessi Schultz Click here for updates on this story MEDINA, Ohio (WEWS) — From a young age, Rick Gaudet has loved the way music has made him feel, the way it can bring people together. He’s known to the people of Medina as ‘Rockin’ Rick.’ “I’ve been playing around Medina for many, many years,”
Continue ReadingBy Bryn Caswell Click here for updates on this story WOOSTER, Ohio (WEWS) — The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is warning drivers about a possible impersonator pulling people over. WCSO said the impersonator appears to be targeting women, trying to lure them out of their cars. This has happened three times in the last week,
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Eleven people have been charged in Michigan in a scheme to evade air-pollution rules by tampering with software and hardware in heavy-duty diesel engines, federal authorities said Wednesday. Nine of the 11 have agreed to plead guilty, along with three companies, according to documents filed in federal
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British regulators have blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard over worries that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday that “the only effective remedy” to the substantial loss of competition “is
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A new federal bill unveiled Wednesday would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies to get parents’ consent before creating accounts for teens, reflecting a growing trend at all levels of government to restrict how Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms engage with young users.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires, que se llevará a cabo desde este jueves 27 de abril hasta el lunes 15 de mayo, será una nueva ocasión para que los fanáticos de la lectura disfruten de un gran evento cultural. La edición número 47 tendrá lugar nuevamente en La Rural, en
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing says it lost $425 million in the first quarter as it continues to deal with production problems on its airline jets. The loss is more than Wall Street expected. Boeing said Wednesday that revenue jumped 28% from a year earlier, however, beating analysts’ expectations. The company continues to
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