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NEW YORK (AP) — Chanel Miller’s next book after her prize-winning memoir “Know My Name” will help fulfill a longtime dream to write and illustrate children’s stories. Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, announced Wednesday that Miller’s “Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All” will be released April 23. The publisher is calling the book
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website.
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The opposition in Albania has spoken up at the Constitutional Court against the ratification of a contentious deal the government has signed with Italy to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving in Italy by sea. Under the five-year deal, Albania agrees to temporarily shelter
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military police have found 47 illegal migrants hidden in a truck that was about to board a ferry to the United Kingdom. The force said in a statement Wednesday that the men, women and children of various nationalities were discovered Tuesday night in the port town of the Hook
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Wednesday following the latest signals that pressure on inflation may be easing. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in early trading and near its highest level in 20 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 95 points, or 0.3%, at
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Duncan Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — The FBI is scheduled to exhume the body of a Baltimore woman whose killing was featured in a Netflix documentary. Someone killed Joyce Malecki 54 years ago when she was just 20 years old. Her body was found in a wooded
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Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Media reports say Italy has formally withdrawn from China’s global Belt and Road initiative that seeks to deepen relations with foreign countries through infrastructure investments. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had previously signaled Italy’s intention to withdraw from the agreement, which was up for renewal. The Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The heads of the nation’s biggest banks say there are reasons to be concerned about the health of U.S. consumers — particularly poor and low-income borrowers — in their annual appearance in front of Congress on Wednesday. The CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America,
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Photos thought to be among the last taken of Florence Nightingale are among a number of items related to the famed English nurse going up for auction in London. The small, sepia images were taken by Eliza Francis “Fanny” Pettit, who was Nightingale’s companion late in her life,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A Baltimore veteran had his world turned upside down after losing his car to thieves. At midnight on Oct. 23, James Horsey pulled his 2019 Audi into a handicap parking space in the Uplands neighborhood. “I parked my car and went
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday before departing for Saudi Arabia in an one-day lightning tour intended to raise Moscow’s profile as a Middle East power broker even as his war Ukraine grinds on. Putin landed in Abu Dhabi,
Continue ReadingBy GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of 200 scientists said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations’ climate summit. The report
Continue ReadingBy Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story CLOVIS, New Mexico (KOAT) — Curry County Sheriff Michael Reeves has died, according to the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. Reeves was at training for the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. Reeves has been in law enforcement for decades and worked for these agencies during his
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district released a series of reports Wednesday justifying their takeover and accusing their Disney-controlled predecessors of being a part of “the most egregious exhibition of corporate cronyism in modern American history.” The reports commissioned by the Florida
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district released a series of reports Wednesday justifying their takeover and accusing their Disney-controlled predecessors of being a part of “the most egregious exhibition of corporate cronyism in modern American history.” The reports commissioned by the Florida
Continue ReadingBy John Cardinale Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A 16-page civil complaint is targeting New Mexico State University and a man named Adrian Gutierrez from San Miguel County New Mexico. “They were, you know, women who were starting a new career. And this person who assaulted them made
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French authorities will carry out checks at 10,000 hotels and restaurants across France ahead of the Paris Olympics next year in order to limit expected massive price hikes during the Games. Tourism minister Olivia Gregoire said Wednesday that all 1,600 hotels located in the French capital city will be inspected by the
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — New testimony and evidence gathered by a rights groups indicate that Hamas militants carried out widespread sexual and gender-based crimes during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. A report by the Israeli organization Physicians for Human Rights Israel says the atrocities committed by Hamas were intended
Continue ReadingBy Brian Hamrick Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI, Ohio (WLWT) — A successful Cincinnati businesswoman is shaken but uninjured after she was carjacked outside of her bank near the Hyde Park Plaza Kroger. “I really had a hard time trying to conceptualize what was happening,” Simone Charles said. “It’s very upsetting.” Charles
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