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NEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the most recent digital media company to falter after a meteoric rise. A consortium of lenders — Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital — is buying Vice for about $225 million, in addition to taking on a significant
Continue ReadingBy Mark Poulose Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Police are investigating the death of a young child who was found in the woods in the east part of Kansas City, Missouri. Saturday evening around 7:45 p.m., KCPD found a dead baby in the woods near the intersection of
Continue ReadingBy WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There will be quite a few angry car owners in south Minneapolis when they wake up Monday morning. WCCO photographer Nick Boeke checked out the area of the 3200 block of Garfield Avenue and found about 20 vehicles with smashed out windows.
Continue ReadingBy STEVEN ROSENBAUM Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A man is safe after he climbed a cell phone tower in South Dallas Monday morning, and apparently got stuck at the top. The Dallas Police Department said late Monday morning that officers responded just after 6 a.m. “The male was
Continue ReadingKit Maher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all state universities, which he called a “distraction from the core mission.” “This is better viewed as standing for discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination, and that has no place in our public institutions,” DeSantis said at a
Continue ReadingBy OLIVIA YOUNG Click here for updates on this story ADAMS COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — People in unstable situations are getting a second chance. In the last year, over 2,300 instances of graffiti have been cleaned in Adams County, thanks to a program that connects people with job opportunities. Covering up graffiti was never in
Continue ReadingBy Brendan King Click here for updates on this story PETERSRBURG, Virginia (WTVR) — The City of Petersburg honored the six Petersburg Police Officers who have been killed in the line of duty since 1889. They were remembered during the annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service held on the steps of the Petersburg Police headquarters on
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO “ must like pain a lot.” Then he promised he’d step down as soon as he found a replacement “foolish enough” to want the job. That person,
Continue ReadingBy WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MECHANICSVILLE, Virginia (WTVR) — A Mechanicsville family who lost their child to an infection while battling cancer held a benefit for another girl with the disease as a testament to their daughter’s giving spirit. Chrissy Francesca remembered her 11-year-old daughter, Bella, as
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia y sindicatos del sector público anunciaron un aumento salarial de un 14,62% que entrará en vigor a partir de esta semana. Se trata de un aumento salarial histórico desde que iniciaron las negociaciones colectivas del sector público, según dijo el presidente Gustavo Petro. El Ministerio
Continue Reading By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote the culture of the Indigenous people and protect the rainforest where they live, in a vast territory straddling Brazil and
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But there’s no doubt it changed the artist’s life. Here’s one way he describes
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Goalkeeper Santiago Ramírez scored an absurd long-range goal to cap off a wild semifinal between his Atlético Morelia team and Celaya in Mexico‘s Liga de Expansión. Trailing 2-1 in the second leg and 3-2 on aggregate, Celaya threw everything forward in a desperate attempt to find an equalizer in stoppage time.
Continue ReadingBy Alyssa Bethencourt Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — On Friday night, a military father who has been deployed in the Middle East since July surprised his daughter at her UNLV graduation. “I got an email that said ‘I have a daughter that’s going to be graduating in May and
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn For a few months in 2017, there were rumors that Sam Altman was planning to run for governor of California. Instead, he kept his day job as one of Silicon Valley’s most influential investors and entrepreneurs. But now, Altman is about to make a different kind of political debut. Altman, the CEO
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union has approved Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard. The EU said Monday that it decided the deal won’t stifle competition for popular console titles like Call of Duty and accepted the U.S. tech company’s remedies to boost competition in
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CNN By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — Florida education officials want to speak with students who were shown a Disney movie in their fifth-grade class, sparking an investigation of their teacher over the state’s law against the teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity. A letter was sent to “sent to several students’ parents” indicating
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Riley Keough marked the first Mother’s Day since the death of her mother Lisa Marie Presley with a tribute to her. Presley died in January after being hospitalized following an apparent cardiac arrest. She was 54. On Sunday, Keough posted a photo on her verified Instagram account of Presley and
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is edging higher Monday ahead of reports that will show how much a slowing economy is hurting what’s prevented a recession so far: solid spending by U.S. households. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in its first trading after closing out a second
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Kean Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As part of our continuing coverage of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re honoring leaders in the AAPI community making a difference in the Las Vegas valley. Tricia Kean tells us about a local nonprofit helping to empower students to
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