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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen federal appellate judges have heard arguments on whether Mississippi can continue to permanently strip voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies. The outcome of the case at the center of Tuesday’s hearing in New Orleans will likely determine whether tens of
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A British wildlife park has hatched a new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots after they unleashed a tide of expletives. Back in 2020, five foul-mouthed African gray parrots, donated to Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in eastern England, were isolated from the flock in an attempt to improve their
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorcycle — causing a crash that killed the rider — has been charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault. A judge in the Bronx set Erik Duran’s bail at $150,000 at an
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations. Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations. Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer For years, it was not unusual for players on the lower end of the priority list to bounce between the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. To get an idea of how much has changed, consider Harrison Endycott of Australia. Endycott narrowly lost his PGA Tour card only to
Continue ReadingBy NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Authorities in Zambia say they are frantically pumping water and mud from a Chinese-owned copper mine where seven miners are trapped underground. The two Chinese workers and five Zambian ones were caught on Monday when water and mud entered the shaft where they worked at the
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN Central Islip, New York (CNN) — Disgraced former Rep. George Santos appeared in federal court on Tuesday for a status conference ahead of a possible trial later this year. Santos is facing 23 charges alleging he stole donors’ identities and ran up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges on their credit
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The crisis that has enveloped clothing company Kyte Baby this week might not have happened if the United States had a national paid parental leave policy in place. Company founder and CEO Ying Liu was forced to offer two public apologies after making, in her words, a
Continue ReadingBy LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — A four-year-old giraffe named Benito arrived Tuesday at his new home in a large animal park in central Mexico. Now starts the hard part for the gangly post-adolescent: fitting in with the crowd of seven giraffes in his new neighborhood. The 7.5-acre (3-hectare) enclosure at the
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for violating the privacy rights of a group of women arrested and publicly identified in 2012 as HIV-positive prostitutes who allegedly endangered public health. The case was brought to the Strasbourg, France-based court by 11 Greek women,
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government is giving Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore their collapsed regional government. The deadline extension was announced Tuesday. A boycott by Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has kept the power-sharing administration on ice for almost two years. The British government is
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Someone forgot to tell Martin Scorsese and John Williams about the often complained issue of ageism in Hollywood. The famed director and composer both broke new Oscar records Tuesday, when the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were revealed. With his nomination for best director for “Killers of
Continue ReadingBy Dan Berman, Paula Reid, Jason Morris, Nick Valencia and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The allegations of an improper relationship between the Fulton County district attorney and a prosecutor she hired has roiled one of the major cases against former President Donald Trump. The situation is another twist in the multiyear effort to punish
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People who test positive for Covid-19 in California and Oregon are no longer expected to isolate for a set period of time — and those without symptoms don’t have to isolate at all, state policies now say. People with symptoms can return to school or work once their symptoms
Continue ReadingBy KCTV5 Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — We now know when a 229-room hotel with pools, entertainment space, restaurants and bars will open. Margaritaville Hotel Kansas City, to be located at the northeast corner of I-70 and I-435 in western Wyandotte County, is set to open in
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that killed three al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants and that there were no civilian casualties. The Germany-based U.S. Africa Command said in a statement Tuesday that the strikes were done at the request of Somalia’s
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A Russian national has been sanctioned by the U.S., U.K. and Australian governments for his role in a cyber attack that compromised the personal details of more than 10 million Australians. Client data from Australia’s largest health insurer, Medibank, was released by an extortionist in October 2022 after the company refused to
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, anunció este lunes varias órdenes de captura contra una periodista, oficiales retirados de las Fuerzas Armadas del país y defensores de derechos humanos quienes, según dijo en una rueda de prensa, estarían involucrados en un complot para matar al presidente Nicolás Maduro y
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian surfers Lucas Chianca and Maya Gabeira dominated at Nazaré’s Big Wave Challenge on Monday, with the legendary Portuguese coastline boasting waves between 30 and 40 feet. With the waves growing as the day ran on, powered by storms battering western Europe this week, no one could stop Chianca
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