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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich blend of R&B, hip-hop, swing, jazz and pop? If you’re Jon Batiste, you go even higher and wider. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist returns this month two years after his triumphant
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press Soprano Renata Scott has died at age 89, Scotto’s New York-based manager, Robert Lombardo, said she died Wednesday in her hometown of Savona, Italy. Scotto was a singer of uncommon intensity who became a successful director after her singing career. Scotto made 314 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera from her
Continue ReadingBy AYANNA ALEXANDER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after a lower court judge dismissed it last month. The high court’s decision gives hope to advocates for racial justice that government may make amends in
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — England has reached the Women’s World Cup final for the first time thanks to a stunning 3-1 win over co-host Australia on Wednesday. Ella Toone’s first-half goal gave England a deserved lead, which was later canceled out by Australia superstar Sam Kerr’s long-range stunner in the second half. But
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Rae , Jackson Danbeck Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WTMJ) — The former owner of the daycare Two Helping Hands was charged with four counts of physical abuse of a child, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The allegations include slapping children, holding them by their limbs and
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — When 16-year-old Shreya Nallamothu from Normal, Illinois, scrolled through social media platforms to pass time during the pandemic, she became increasingly frustrated with the number of children she saw featured in family vlogs. She recalled the many home videos her parents filmed of herself and her sister over
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some Bank of Ireland customers were able to withdraw money they did not have Tuesday and early Wednesday after an hours-long technical glitch that also halted many of the bank’s online services. The outage allowed some customers to transfer and withdraw funds “above their normal
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Coinbase has won a crucial regulatory approval that will allow the platform to provide US-based investors access to the crypto derivatives market. The company’s stock jumped 3% Wednesday morning on the news. The approval comes from the National Futures Association, a self-regulatory body designated by the Commodity
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Cricket Board has received severe backlash for leaving World Cup-winning captain and former prime minister Imran Khan out of a video showing the country’s cricketing achievements. Former captain Wasim Akram has urged the PCB to delete the video and apologize. The video shows Akram and others celebrating the 1992 World
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home building increased in July, rising 3.9% from June, as low inventory in the existing home market continued to boost interest in new homes. Housing starts, a measure of new-home construction, climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.452 million in the month, beating market
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients. Scientists around the country are racing to learn how to
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya and Alexandra Coenjaerts, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — John Chachas, the owner of luxury department store Gump’s San Francisco, wrote an open letter to Governor Newsom, Mayor London Breed, and the city’s Board of Supervisors, pleading for them to act on what he describes as the city’s worsening downtown conditions. “Today, as
Continue ReadingBy Russell Shellberg Click here for updates on this story DEWITT, Michigan (WSYM) — The blue line runs from Dewitt to St. Johns and back. For most people, it’s just a daily routine, but for one woman, it is giving her a lot more independence in her life. DeWitt resident LeeAnn Buckingham rides the Clinton
Continue ReadingBy WRTV Staff Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — Police are investigating the death of a man as a homicide after he died in the hospital following an assault. According to police, a homicide detective with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was dispatched to Eskenazi Hospital for an adult male who died
Continue ReadingBy Yoselin Person Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (WKBW) — On Saturday, August 12, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced that Erie County would stop accepting asylum seekers at this time. The decision was made after a second person seeking asylum in the county was accused of sexual abuse. That
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One of Vietnam’s biggest automakers has made a big splash on its entry to Wall Street, pushing its market capitalization above that of industry giants such as Volkswagen and Ford. VinFast, an electric vehicle maker, enjoyed a red-hot debut in New York on Tuesday after merging with
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A report says a police helicopter that crashed at a South Carolina airport was missing a bolt that should have been removed and reinstalled during maintenance about six weeks earlier. The pilot told investigators he felt like the pedals that move the tail rotors of the helicopter were not attached
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She flew into Costa Rica with her partner and baby for an extended break in February 2020. But after getting stuck in the coastal town of Nosara during the Covid-19 pandemic, Stefanie Tannenbaum, from the US, felt so at home that she decided to stay for good. Now, nearly
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By Ruba Alhenawi, Hamdi Alkhshali and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighboring countries since April, according to the United Nations, as fighting between two warring factions plunges the country into civil war. The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 3.4 million people inside the
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The players and coaches on USA Basketball’s roster for the World Cup that starts next week are in possession of a combined 16 NBA championship rings. The breakdown of those rings: Coaches 15, Players 1. Make no mistake, there are some rising
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