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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a rejection of early moves by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who took office in January, Brazil’s Congress has stripped powers from the new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, both led by women environmentalists.
Continue ReadingBy LIBBY SMITH Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month. A time when we all should be taking stock of how we’re doing, and developing some mental wellness practices. Mary Ellen Peterson found relief with exercise. She has a standing appointment at the YMCA Metro Denver,
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s oversight authority and Churchill Downs have each announced additional safety and health measures in the wake of 12 recent deaths since late April at the home of the Kentucky Derby. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) will conduct additional post-entry screening of horses to identify those at increased
Continue Reading Associated Press If you board an international flight on Air New Zealand in the next few weeks, prepare to step on a scale to see how much you weigh. The airline started weighing passengers on flights leaving from Auckland on Monday, and the practice will continue through July 2. Air New Zealand says it’s voluntary
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Even as Joe Biden appears to have pushed off reaching the next debt limit until 2025, top Democrats on Capitol Hill say what he really needs to do is what he should have done last fall: Come out in favor of a drastic change to strip Congress of this
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The sheriff’s department in San Francisco has rolled out a first-of-its-kind program that gives county jail inmates access to computer tablets. While tablets are common in jails across the country, this new program is making the devices free to use for
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The One Class At A Time award winner for June is Ms. Adriana Garcia, who teaches 6th grade at Peter Pendleton Elementary School in Coachella. The award is made possible through News Channel 3’s partnership with the Walter Clark Legal Group. “You’re being praised because you’re not just a great teacher, but you are also
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Grace Dvornik is pretty used to cooking in tight spaces. She measures out ingredients before getting started, chops vegetables in advance and always cleans up as she goes. The trick, says Dvornik, is “thinking about time and motion, it’s almost like choreography.” That way you avoid constantly opening and
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko Father: name unavailable publicly Mother: Yekaterina Lukashenko, milkmaid Marriage: Galina (Zhelnerovich) Lukashenko (1975-present) Children: with Galina (Zhelnerovich) Lukashenko: Viktor
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By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman facing federal conspiracy charges in the 2014 killing of her mother during a luxury vacation in Bali plans to plead guilty, her attorney said Thursday. The details of any plea agreement or potential penalties under discussion by Heather Mack and U.S. prosecutors remain unclear.
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As the warmer months arrive in the valley, Martha’s Village and Kitchen is opening its overnight shelter to provide much-needed resources for individuals without homes in Palm Springs. For those facing homelessness in the valley, it’s often the little things that can make a world of difference. A simple shower, some snacks, and a cool
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LARGE Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A battle between free speech and hate speech at city hall has led to increasing calls for order inside council meetings. On Tuesday night, councilmembers held up signs that read “Love Over Hate.” It was their effort to combat hate speech
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A man has pleaded guilty to intentionally disturbing wildlife following an encounter with a newborn bison calf at Yellowstone National Park that resulted in the young animal being euthanized. Clifford Walters pleaded guilty to one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or intentionally disturbing wildlife, the US attorney’s office
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson and Tommy Kahnle were activated by the New York Yankees on Thursday ahead of their weekend series at the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York cleared three roster spots after Wednesday’s 1-0 loss at Seattle, optioning infielder-outfielders Oswaldo Cabrera and Franchy Cordero to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre along with left-hander
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Both the Senate and the House have now passed a bill to block President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, which promises to cancel up to $20,000 of debt for millions of borrowers but has been held up by courts. The bill now goes to Biden’s desk for
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An officer shot and killed a man during a well-being check in Blue Island Thursday morning. Around 1:35 a.m., Blue Island police said officers responded to a suspicious vehicle call and well-being check for the person inside the vehicle, located at 2015
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza, Eric Levenson and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Three Saturdays each month, Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue hosted a service specifically for children known as the junior congregation. On those days, a group of kids would first gather in the lobby, and Stephen Weiss, a public school teacher and a synagogue youth
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — What would happen if aliens contacted us? It’s a longstanding question that now has at least a partial answer, after a transmission designed to mimic correspondence from an extraterrestrial civilization made its way to Earth from Mars. The event — organized by SETI, a nonprofit organization with a mission
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women’s main draw at the French Open since 2005. Do the math: That’s before she was born. The 143rd-ranked Andreeva made her way
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (KDKA) — New questions are being raised with the New York City Department of Correction after Joshua Valles, who was jailed at Rikers Island in April, died over the weekend. A group rallying for change outside City Hall on Thursday said
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