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By Alex Hardie, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Sweden’s Prosecution Authority has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying law enforcement after she allegedly refused to leave the scene of a climate protest in Malmö in June “The prosecutor has filed charges against a young woman who, on June 19 this
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — More than 8 million people on TikTok have watched Elizabeth Olsen share her family’s often repeated mantra: “‘No’ is a full sentence.” Instilled in her by her older twin sisters, two show business veterans, Olsen insists that sometimes “you can just say no.” Shakira, who was
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — US companies saw a massive, unexpected spike in hiring activity in June, according to private payroll processor ADP’s latest employment report, released Thursday morning. ADP’s National Employment Report, produced in a collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, showed that the private sector added 497,000 jobs last month,
Continue ReadingBy Tamison O’Connor (CNN) — Chloé creative director Gabriela Hearst is stepping down after three years at the Richemont-owned brand, the label confirmed in a press release. Her last show for the label will be on September 28. No successor has been named, though Chloé has hired Chemena Kamali, a former Saint Laurent design director for women’s ready-to-wear, to lead
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Jury selection began Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in the trial of a former teacher in Henderson County. Maria Edina Walker was a Flat Rock Middle School teacher before she was terminated in December 2021. Walker’s husband Jeffery Lynn Walker, a
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Este miércoles fue un día emotivo en una corte federal de El Paso, Texas, cuando, una por una, las familias de las decenas de víctimas del tiroteo en Walmart de agosto de 2019 hablaron directamente con el hombre acusado del asesinar a 23 personas y dejar heridas a otras 22,
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A new law that tightens the restrictions on how someone becomes a bounty hunter went into effect on July 1, 2023. This law was created in part after an incident in Palm Springs where a man was shot and killed by someone who is accused of illegally working as a bounty hunter. The new law
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Something wasn’t right with Michelle Quinn. In mid-February of this year, she started noticing spots on the left side of her lower back. The 53-year-old resident of northwest Indiana thought maybe she was allergic to her detergent. Then the itchy places started spreading to other areas of her body — still all
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose last week, but remains at healthy levels despite the Federal Reserve’s attempt to cool the labor market by raising interest rates. U.S. applications for jobless claims rose by 12,000 to 248,000 for the week ending July 1, from 236,000 previous
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and the past seven days have been the hottest week on record. It’s the latest grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes. Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before. And
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man charged with manufacturing explosive devices and placing them around Transylvania County in March 2021 will not serve additional jail time. Initially facing 10 charges, including manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction and three counts of terrorism, Terry
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Highs remain near normal (108), but we still need to take the heat seriously. Excessive heat remains a threat to much of the Desert Southwest, with temps pushing well above normal for many areas immediately East of the Coachella Valley. After a day of very poor air quality, the AQI has improved across most of
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — In just two months’ time, Amy Olson is set to become a mother. But before she embraces parenthood, Olson has a golf tournament to try and win – the US Women’s Open, no less. “One of my longest dreams has been to be a professional golfer on the LPGA
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — London police say seven children and two adults were injured Thursday when a car crashed into an elementary school on a very narrow road in Wimbledon, in southwest London. The Metropolitan Police said the incident was not being treated as a possible extremist attack. Police were called to The Study Preparatory School,
Continue Reading By ANNA FRANTS Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his Wagner troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Belarusian
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of the year’s buzzier films as its opening night selection in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.” The romantic tennis drama starring Zendaya, “West Side Story’s” Mike Faist and “The Crown’s” Josh O’Connor will have its world premiere out of competition at the 80th
Continue Reading LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Pakistan say the death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 43 on Thursday after four people died in weather-related incidents in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore amid fears of floods, off. Lahore witnessed a record-breaking downpour the previous day, flooding many streets and disrupting
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News Parliamentary Bureau Writer, Producer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will suspend all its advertising on Facebook and Instagram, after what he called the social media giant Meta’s “unreasonable” and “irresponsible” decision to pull
Continue ReadingCNN, WVIR By Meg Tirrell, Nadia Kounang and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted traditional full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, the first medicine proven to slow the course of the memory-robbing disease. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday that it will now expand
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Groups hoping to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s constitution have delivered nearly double the number of signatures needed to place an amendment on the fall statewide ballot. Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights said they dropped off more than 700,000 petition signatures on Wednesday to Republican
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