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By FARES AKRAM and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants have fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, while Israel is pressing ahead with a series of airstrikes that have killed 21 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians. As the fighting
Continue ReadingBy BRADY HALBLEIB Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A suspected serial arsonist is in jail after being connected to a fire on Fruitridge Road in Sacramento on May 4. The arrest comes about six months after 37-year-old Carlos Menjivar was released from jail serving time on similar charges. The exact
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her husband, Markus Räikkönen, are to divorce after 19 years together, Marin announced on Instagram on Wednesday. “We have filed for divorce together. We are grateful for 19 years together and our beloved daughter,” Marin wrote in an Instagram story. “We are still best friends,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A high school principal was knocked to the ground and lost consciousness while dealing with a combative student allegedly under the influence of drugs, officials say. The incident happened Thursday at Rosemont High School in Sacramento. According to the Sacramento City Unified
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, Jessie Gretener and Niamh Kennedy, CNN The publisher of UK tabloid the Daily Mirror has apologized to Prince Harry for using unlawful methods to gather information about his private life. In court documents published Wednesday on the first day of a phone hacking trial, Mirror Group Newspapers, which is now owned by
Continue ReadingBy Brianna Hamblin Click here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Montgomery County Commissioners approved bringing in new technology to keep students safe in schools Tuesday evening. A pilot program for Evolv Technology weapons detection will be set up at a Montgomery County high school starting next school year. Sheriff John Fuson
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The United States’ top international development official, Samantha Power, has pledged U.S. support to Serbia and Kosovo as the two former wartime enemies work to stabilize relations at a time of heightened tensions. Power said Wednesday during a visit to Belgrade that it would “take political courage to find a durable
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested on corruption charges, deepening the country’s political turmoil. Khan’s arrest Tuesday set off violent
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors won’t have access to puberty blockers, hormones or surgery under legislation passed in Missouri. Lawmakers approved the ban Wednesday, sending it to Republican Gov. Mike Parson for his signature. Lawmakers also approved a ban on transgender girls and women from playing on female
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Grocery prices continued to fall last month, even as restaurant meals got more expensive, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From March to April, grocery prices ticked down 0.2%, with many major food groups marking sharper declines. Dairy prices fell 0.7%, thanks to a 2% decline
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Jeopardy” had a pronunciation problem on Tuesday’s episode. All three contestants lost out when they mispronounced the response to a $1600 clue that read, “Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.’” Returning champion Hannah Wilson, Sami Casanova and Juveria Zaheer all gave
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police have arrested a suspect in a string of baseball bat attacks involving women in the Irving Park and Albany Park neighborhoods. Several women were attacked – one of the victims was pushing a stroller. The first attack happened at 2:59
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Appropriate for an album called “Kismet,” the reunion of songwriter Diane Warren and singer Belinda Carlisle happened by chance. Warren, who penned global hits such as “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” for Aerosmith, was minding her own business in Los Angeles at a
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Greenpeace and an environmental coalition including 12 Italian citizens are suing Italian energy company ENI. They’re accusing it of knowingly contributing to climate change. ENI is pushing back. The company said Wednesday that it would demonstrate in court the “groundlessness” of the lawsuit and the “correctness” of its decarbonization strategy. The complaint
Continue ReadingBy Amelia Young Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — RaDonda Vaught was back in court on Tuesday following her widely publicized trial one year ago. Vaught is asking to have her nursing license reinstated through a judicial review after it was revoked. Vaught was a nurse at Vanderbilt and was
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A bus carrying 31 asylum seekers from Venezuela arrived at 30th Street Station early Wednesday, Philadelphia officials said in a statement. Then, 26 people from the group got on a bus to the city’s welcoming facility on East Luzerne Street in North
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Sealy, CNN When Caitlyn Pace moved from the United States to Hong Kong three years ago to take a teaching job, she loved the food, the sights and the birth control. She was was pleasantly surprised to find that in Hong Kong, she could get oral contraceptives at her
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A Philadelphia middle school was locked down Tuesday after police say a minor brought a gun to school. Grover Washington Middle School in Olney was locked down shortly before 10:50 a.m. Police claim a teacher reported a minor had a gun on
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Almost everyone knows Steve Jobs’ uncanny vision, relentless drive and technological wizardry hatched the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after the late Apple co-founder introduced the device to the world. But when Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, another smartphone was the must-have
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Actress Marcia Gay Harden’s advocacy for LGTBQ community is motivated, she says, by they love she has her three of adult kids who all identify as queer. During a recent “Drag Isn’t Dangerous” telethon, Harden called anti-drag policies “fear-based.” “What’s happening right now is wrong,” Harden told the telethon’s host. “What
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