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Month: January 2024

Biden to head to East Palestine one year after train derailment after facing intense pressure to visit

By Nikki Carvajal, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, next month, roughly a year after a train derailment there caused an environmental disaster, a White House official said Wednesday. Biden is expected to highlight the federal government’s response to the disaster

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Melinda Wilson, wife, manager and ‘savior’ of musician Brian Wilson, is dead at 77

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the longtime wife and manager of Brian Wilson whom the Beach Boys co-founder often credited for stabilizing his famously troubled life, has died at age 77. Wilson died Tuesday at the couple’s home in Beverly Hills, California, Brian Wilson announced online. Brian Wilson’s spokesperson Lauren Mele said Wednesday

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Melinda Wilson, wife, manager and ‘savior’ of musician Brian Wilson, is dead at 77

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the longtime wife and manager of Brian Wilson whom the Beach Boys co-founder often credited for stabilizing his famously troubled life, has died at age 77. Wilson died Tuesday at the couple’s home in Beverly Hills, California, Brian Wilson announced online. Brian Wilson’s spokesperson Lauren Mele said Wednesday

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John Podesta will take over for John Kerry as the US special climate change envoy, AP source says

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser John Podesta will replace John Kerry as U.S. special climate change envoy, according to a person familiar with the appointment. Kerry announced earlier this month that he would step down from the top climate job to work on President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.

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Robert Downey Jr. also thinks Margot Robbie ‘isn’t getting enough credit’ for ‘Barbie’ performance

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Robert Downey Jr. is adding to the chorus of those expressing feelings about “Barbenheimer” cohort Margot Robbie’s lack of individual recognition in this year’s pool of Oscar nominees. “Margot Robbie’s not getting enough credit, in my opinion,” Downey Jr. said while participating in a SAG-AFTRA conversation with actors Sterling

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Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Preliminary tests by a University of Nebraska road safety research facility and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers point to concerns that the nation’s roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. At a news conference Wednesday, a university official said a first-of-its-kind

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FBI and Justice Department use court order to try to disrupt Chinese hacking targeting key US infrastructure

By Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and Justice Department have used a court order to address vulnerabilities in thousands of internet-connected devices that are at the center of a Chinese hacking campaign targeting sensitive US critical infrastructure, two US officials and a third source familiar with the matter told CNN.

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