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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for misusing a state-issued vehicle for personal activities. The plea and resulting 12 months of unsupervised probation happened in Wake County court Friday — the day resigned from the post she’s held for 15 years. The sentencing and resignation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Treasury Department is spelling out the rules for tax credits designed to stimulate production of sustainable aviation fuel. That’s fuel that creates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuel made from fossil fuels. Environmentalists said Friday they are concerned that the guidelines could boost fuel made from corn and sugar cane. They
Continue ReadingBY ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthopy Chronicle of Philanthropy A donor-advised fund devoted to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has leapt from being a relatively minor charity to one with an asset size comparable to behemoths like the Andrew W. Mellon and David and Lucile Packard foundations. The SDG Impact Fund,
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Snell and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Ever since Russia’s invasion of her native Ukraine almost two years ago, the sport of tennis has assumed a different complexion for Elina Svitolina. These days, she feels an immense sense of pride when she sees her country’s blue and yellow flag alongside her name and
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The vehicle’s headlights silhouetted the exhausted teenager walking alone in the rain in deepest rural France, with a skateboard tucked under his arm. “I said to myself, ‘That’s strange. It’s 3 am in the morning, it’s raining, he’s all by himself on
Continue ReadingBy Jessica D’Onofrio, Eric Horng Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — The body of a missing teenager was found Tuesday night inside a home in the South Shore neighborhood. The body was found inside a home in the 7200-block of South Phillips Avenue Tuesday night after police were called there. Police
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — An endangered monkey at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo is now cancer-free following a first-of-its-kind surgery. The patient is named Zhang, an old-world monkey known as a Francois langur. The zoo’s director of veterinary medicine first noticed a cancerous tumor on the roof
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Flat-faced dogs are all the rage – and have been for a while. With its wrinkly nose and bat-like ears, the French bulldog – which recently climbed to take the title of the most popular dog breed in the US, according to the American Kennel Club’s 2022 registration statistics
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Más de 10 personas están desaparecidas en el municipio de Texcaltitlán, en el central Estado de México, donde hace una semana un enfrentamiento entre pobladores y presuntos delincuentes dejó un saldo de 14 muertos, informó este jueves el secretario de Seguridad de la entidad, Andrés Andrade. El funcionario dijo ante
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia, which were stolen a decade ago. The return on Friday marked the final stretch on a long, 10-year road with “much inter-institutional and international cooperation.” Albania’s Culture Minister Elva Margariti said at the handover ceremony in the
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ARDEN, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville family’s trip to the grocery store Sunday, Dec. 10, ended in horror when a tree fell on their vehicle, slamming onto their 6-year-old and sending him to the hospital, where he remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a pair of former elite sprinters as part of a widening case alleging a conspiracy to supply banned performance-enhancing drugs for athletes in advance of the Tokyo Olympics. An indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York charges O’Neil Wright and Dewayne Barrett with working to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — We will never know what Timothée Chalamet would have been like in “Barbie.” The “Wonka” star talked about a cameo that never was during a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Chalamet confirmed the rumor that there had been discussions about him making a brief
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he’d still consider talking with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if it helps to forge a “sustainable peace” between Ukraine and Russia. Macron and Putin enjoyed a good working relationship before Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. In the weeks leading
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Before beginning any new exercise program, consult your doctor. Stop immediately if you experience pain. Ask a younger adult about the history of aerobics, and they may be puzzled. After all, the concept of aerobic exercise has always been around for those under 50. Ask someone
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of former Donald Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ attempt to move his Georgia election interference criminal case to federal court during a hearing Friday morning. Meadows attorney George Terwilliger argued that he should be protected
Continue ReadingBy DENISE PRIDGEN Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A plane making a forced landing on Interstate 26 in North Carolina Thursday night caught fire and snarled traffic for hours. Several News 13 viewers have called the newsroom, reporting a crash. And video showed the aircraft on fire. Asheville
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, New York (WABC) — A middle school in Orange County was locked down for hours after police say a 13-year-old student stabbed another 13-year-old multiple times. It happened Wednesday morning at Monhagen Middle School on County Route 78. Police said officers discovered the victim
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) — In a twist, the 37-year-old man shot and critically injured while dining at a Washington Heights fish restaurant was actually targeted in a love triangle, prosecutors say. An investigation into the December 6 incident revealed the suspected gunman held up
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate in 2024, as overall growth is expected to slow and unemployment is expected to rise into 2025, according to updated economic projections for the next two years. The office’s Current
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