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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Five children have died and a sixth is being treated for burns after fire tore through a house in northern Indiana. The South Bend Fire Department said Monday that people including children were trapped by flames on the second floor Sunday evening. The children ranged in age from 17 months
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up the extraordinary appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate named Richard Glossip, a man who even the state attorney general said should not be executed. Last May the justices halted the pending execution while legal challenges played out. Glossip has
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up the extraordinary appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate named Richard Glossip, a man who even the state attorney general said should not be executed. Last May the justices halted the pending execution while legal challenges played out. Glossip
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State’s 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State’s 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Spanish authorities acted illegally when they sent unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco in 2021. Hundreds of unaccompanied minors were among a surge of around 10,000 people who tried to enter Ceuta by scaling a border fence or swimming around the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Los dos comandos de las fuerzas especiales Navy SEALs estadounidenses que desaparecieron frente a las costas de Somalia el 11 de enero están muertos, dijo el Mando Central de Estados Unidos (Centcom) después de buscarlos durante 10 días. “Lamentamos anunciar que después de una búsqueda exhaustiva de 10 días, nuestros dos
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks rose on Wall Street Monday to build on its all-time high reached last week. The S&P 500 added 10.62 points, or 0.2%, to 4,850.43. The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 38,000 points after rising 138.01, or 0.4%, to 38,001.81. The Nasdaq composite gained
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration recommends that airlines inspect the door plugs on certain Boeing 737s that are older than the Max 9 jetliner that suffered a blowout of a similar panel during a flight this month. The FAA said door plugs on one older version of the 737, called the 737-900ER, are
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — The CEO of Texas-based baby clothing company Kyte Baby has issued two apologies after denying a remote work request by an employee whose baby was admitted into a neonatal intensive care unit. In late December, Kyte Baby worker Marissa Hughes and her partner adopted a baby boy
Continue ReadingBy MARK N. MENGONFIA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s new President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has been sworn into office after a narrow win in the November elections to become the country’s oldest-ever president. The 79-year-old Boakai has promised to unite and rescue Africa’s oldest republic from its economic woes, ranging
Continue ReadingBy Eric Naktin Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Roughly 600 nurses at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children walked off the job and launched a week-long strike on Sunday. Family Birth Center RN Paulette Vasu with Kapiolani Medical Center told Island News, “It’s very hard because we’re caring and
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Ya es oficial, Argentina tiene la inflación más alta del planeta. Este lunes se dio a conocer el índice de precios del Líbano y el país sudamericano lo superó por casi 20 puntos porcentuales en 2023. La Administración Central de Estadísticas del Líbano informó que en diciembre la inflación fue
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A government inquiry into the deaths of four divers in Trinidad who became trapped in a pipe while doing maintenance for a state-owned fuel supplier recommends that prosecutors consider filing corporate manslaughter charges against the company. The report says the company made “little or no attempt to rescue” them.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Lee Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A Milwaukee teenager has made a groundbreaking move in the world of chess, setting a new standard for young female players in Wisconsin. 16-year-old Aradh Kaur, a sophomore at University School of Milwaukee, has become the first woman in Wisconsin to be
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Eggers’ “The Eyes & the Impossible,” the great adventure of a very fast dog, has received the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book. Eggers is otherwise known for such acclaimed adult books as “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” “What Is
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum says he will not seek a third term as governor. Monday’s announcement comes more than a month after he ended his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. His recent endorsement of former President Donald Trump, and Trump’s praise of the
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas stormed a committee meeting in Israel’s parliament Monday, demanding a deal to win their loved ones’ release, as European foreign ministers joined growing international calls for Israel to negotiate on the creation of a Palestinian
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The St. Louis County Library is offering a new opportunity for people hoping to get their lives back on track. It’s through a new program called the Small Business Launchpad which is helping former convicts start their own business. Matthew Palmer
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Updated post by Olga R. Rodriguez (AP): SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California State University faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck at the nation’s largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the California Faculty Association will return to work
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