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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has opened Africa’s biggest oil refinery, with hopes it would help the country achieve self-sufficiency and become a net exporter of refined petroleum products. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man who built the $19 billion project, said Monday that the new oil refinery
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has opened Africa’s biggest oil refinery, with hopes it would help the country achieve self-sufficiency and become a net exporter of refined petroleum products. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man who built the $19 billion project, said Monday that the new oil refinery
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Danquah Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Bellevue woman said someone stole her car and is now using it to commit a long list of crimes. The vehicle’s owner, Tori Porterfield, said she was walking when she unknowingly dropped her keys in the Bellevue West Apartment parking
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Hara Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A man was shot and multiple homes were hit by gunfire in north Nashville’s Buena Vista Heights neighborhood early Monday morning, according to officers with Metro Nashville Police Department. Officers responded to calls of shots fired just before 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekka Schramm Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will join the family of the inmate who allegedly was ‘eaten alive’ by bed bugs Monday to release the findings of an autopsy report. Lashawn Thompson, 35, was found dead in his jail cell in September
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció la suspensión del cese del fuego con el disidente grupo armado Estado Mayor Central (EMC-FARC), conformado por antiguos miembros de las FARC, que rechazaron un acuerdo de paz en 2016. El mandatario dijo que el Gobierno “tomó la decisión unilateral de suspender
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia (WANF) — On Friday evening, a DeKalb County school custodian accepted his high school diploma during a district adult education ceremony. “It wasn’t easy. It was a struggle for a while. And to achieve and get through it, and looking back, I
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways he might act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more federal borrowing. He’s looked at whether he might have the power to go around lawmakers by
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — While she has one of the biggest hits in the music industry in awhile, don’t expect Miley Cyrus to go on tour. During a recently published interview with British Vogue, Cyrus talked about the success of her hit single, “Flowers” and said of touring, “It’s been a minute.”
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister has brushed off reports that she tried to pull strings after getting a speeding ticket. Home Secretary Suella Braverman insisted that “nothing untoward” had gone on after she was caught speeding last year. Braverman was Britain’s attorney general at the time. She said: “I was speeding. I regret that.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — As the movie that began Disney’s animation renaissance in 1989, a live-action “The Little Mermaid” comes with big fins to fill. Thanks largely to star Halle Bailey, the lavish musical holds up nicely under the weight of those expectations, preserving the original’s essence while updating undernourished aspects of
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spanish soccer is again embroiled in racism, with the support for Vinícius Júnior growing rapidly after yet another case of abuse against the Brazil forward this weekend. Officials, players and former players showed solidarity with Vinícius, who on Sunday considered leaving the field after being insulted
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The risk of consumers being struck with burning pieces of waffle has prompted Health Canada to issue a recall for a specific waffle maker. A recall was posted for the 5-inch PowerXL Stuffed Wafflizer Waffle Maker last
Continue ReadingBy Holly McKenzie-Sutter, BNN Bloomberg Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Workers have yet to return to big city offices in their pre-pandemic numbers, prompting questions about how to revitalize downtown cores as nine-to-fivers spend more of their days at home and companies forge new structures around hybrid work.
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Venmo will officially allow teenagers to open an account with their parents’ permission, the company said Monday, expanding the popular social payments app to a demographic that is likely to embrace it almost immediately. Venmo has been so popular with families even before this announcement
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost 20,000 Belgian trade union workers mounted a major demonstration to protest what they see as increasingly bad working conditions and the erosion of their right to strike. Labor action paralyzed subway and other traffic in Brussels for most of the day. The trade unions are specifically irked by companies that seek
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. Another started mirroring the life-threatening symptoms that her baby was displaying while in the womb. An OB-GYN found herself secretly traveling out of
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CNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Each morning, Felix Rubio helps his wife Kim get their younger kids ready for school. Clothes, breakfast, check on the dog. Normal family life. Then, every day, he visits the child he can’t help anymore – the daughter slaughtered by
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Highs today will still climb into the triple digits but not so for the rest of the week. The heavy humidity is gradually drying out so we’ll be both cooler and drier for the rest of the week. Gusty winds will arrive Wednesday, helping to push temps back into the double digits for daytime highs
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Season 21 of “American Idol” crowned a winner with an emotional, star-studded finale on Sunday. The three finalists were Iam Tongi, Megan Danielle, and Colin Stough. Tongi, an 18-year-old high school student from Kahuku, Hawaii, was declared the winner. The teen’s heartbreaking story of losing his father, Rodney,
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