By Sana Noor Haq, Catherine Nicholls, Celine Alkhaldi and Magdy Samaan, CNN Safa Babikir was sleeping in her aunt’s house in Khartoum when she was woken by gunfire. At first, she thought it was the sound of children playing with fireworks. Then, she says, “the screams started.” Desperate to escape the fierce fighting in Sudan’s
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A third school district in Beaver County has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern related to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The Ambridge Area School District claims that the company was negligent and exposed it buildings and residents to
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By Veronica Miracle, Cheri Mossburg and Phil Gast, CNN Nima Momeni, the man accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco, intends to plead not guilty next week, his attorney said. Momeni was to be arraigned on a murder charge Tuesday but that was put off until May 2 after defense attorney
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local 16-year-old boy raised over $20,000 last weekend to help fight the financial costs of battling cancer. Aiden Hanna of Hampton founded his own nonprofit organization after being diagnoses with a form of bone cancer in 2020. This past weekend, ‘Aiden’s
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CNN By Lindsay Isaac, CNN Buckingham Palace and Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers reached a secret agreement over historical phone hacking claims, court documents filed on behalf of Prince Harry allege. The documents, which claim that NGN privately reached an undisclosed settlement with Prince William, are part of the Duke of Sussex’s lawsuit against the
Continue Reading By Lindsay Isaac, CNN Buckingham Palace and Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers reached a secret agreement over historical phone hacking claims, court documents filed on behalf of Prince Harry allege. The documents, which claim that NGN privately reached an undisclosed settlement with Prince William, are part of the Duke of Sussex’s lawsuit against the media
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — En una lluviosa tarde de domingo, un puñado de manifestantes se reúne frente a un lujoso complejo de apartamentos en París. “¡Libertad para los presos políticos!”, corean. “¡Abajo Putin! Putin es un criminal de guerra”. Varios llevan pancartas: “Él gana dinero con la guerra en Ucrania. Su familia vive en Francia” o
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The former head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board has pleaded guilty to bribery. Rick Johnson admits he accepted at least $110,000 in exchange for approving applications for the lucrative business. Johnson’s appearance Tuesday in federal court in Grand Rapids was a
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By STEVE LARGE Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — The capital city is buzzing with excitement as the “Cowbell Kingdom” celebrates a long-awaited playoff series for their beloved Kings. Among the enthusiastic supporters are Nila Hojman and Ryan Pennington, who have taken their fandom to new heights — literally. On
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CNN By John Blake and Chloe Melas, CNN Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday morning of congestive heart failure, Sunshine said. Belafonte was dubbed the “King of Calypso” after
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A company related to Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, a longtime friend of Clarence Thomas who paid for lavish trips for the Supreme Court justice and his wife, had business before the Supreme Court in the mid-2000s, records show. Crow’s name does not appear in a caption of
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By SAKURA GRAY Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A young cancer survivor is using his passion for dance to raise money for cancer research. The tough 8-year-old is getting the community on the dance floor to make a difference. When 8-year-old Aiden hears the beat, he can’t help but
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Strong U.S. sales helped General Motors increase its first-quarter net profit 19% over a year ago, leading the company to raise its full-year earnings guidance on expectations that people will keep buying new vehicles. The Detroit automaker said Tuesday that it made $2.37 billion from January
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Testing of over two dozen melatonin “gummies” sold as sleep aids found some had potentially dangerous amounts of the hormone that helps regulate sleep, according to a new study. “One product contained 347% more melatonin than what was actual listed on the label of the gummies,” said study coauthor Dr. Pieter
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slipping Tuesday after a torrent of companies gave mixed earnings reports for the first three months of the year. The S&P 500 was 0.9% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 165 points, or 0.5%, at 33,710, as
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized to residents of the northern province of Groningen who have suffered for years from earthquakes caused by gas extraction that damaged thousands of homes and ruined lives. Rutte’s apology Tuesday and a pledge to fund a generation-long program
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By Laura Paddison, CNN Dangerous, record-breaking heat waves are set to increase as the climate crisis intensifies, and they will be particularly devastating in countries and regions that are least prepared for them, according to a new study. Scientists analyzed temperature data sets spanning more than 60 years, as well as climate models, to calculate
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Bryan Mena, CNN US consumer confidence worsened in April as Americans become more pessimistic about the job market. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index, which measures attitudes toward the economy and the job market, fell to 101.3 in April, down from 104 in March and marking the lowest level since July 2022. The business group’s
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN April 25 is the perfect date. It is, at least, according to the 2000 film “Miss Congeniality,” starring Sandra Bullock as an FBI agent who goes undercover as a contestant in a beauty pageant. Heather Burns plays Cheryl Frasier, a.k.a. Miss Rhode Island, who is asked to describe her “perfect
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By JENNIFER MAYERLE Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — At least 150 people have been shot in Minneapolis and St. Paul. That’s more than one person a day. Last year that number climbed to 793 in just the Twin Cities. Each person a bullet hits faces recovery, and has a family
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