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Month: January 2024

Florida Dollar General reopens months after the racially motivated killing of 3 Black people

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Dollar General store where three Black people were killed during a racially motivated shooting last summer has reopened in a northeast Florida community where it is among only a few stores selling fresh food to nearby residents. The store reopened on Friday. Memorials dedicated to victims Jerrald Gallion, Anolt “A.J.”

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Quaker Oats recall: Cap’n Crunch cereal, granola bars and more pulled over possible salmonella risk

By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN New York (CNN) — Quaker Oats broadened its recall from last month to its granola bars, snacks and some varieties of its popular Cap’n Crunch cereal products sold nationwide due to possible Salmonella contamination. The packaged foods maker said Thursday it is recalling additional products that include more cereals bars and

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‘Life-threatening’ blizzard will slam Iowa as record-low temps or tornado-spawning storms could hit the South and East Coast

CNN By Holly Yan and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — A calamitous cocktail of vicious winds, extreme snowfall, dangerous thunderstorms and potentially lethal cold is taking aim across the country as perilous conditions snarl travel and threaten power outages in freezing temperatures. Here’s the latest: More than 70 million people are under winter weather alerts

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In ‘True Detective: Night Country,’ Jodie Foster gets snowed in by side plots

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey still receive producer credits on “True Detective,” an unintentional reminder this unlikely franchise peaked with its first edition a decade ago. The fourth installment, “True Detective: Night Country,” features a showy (and snowy) role for Jodie Foster, but after a promising start this

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Lawmakers call on federal regulators to review Navy Federal over mortgage approval disparities, citing CNN investigation

By Casey Tolan and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — More than four dozen members of Congress signed on to two letters Thursday expressing concern about the lending practices of the nation’s largest credit union, citing a CNN investigation into racial disparities in the lender’s mortgage approvals. In a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development

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New test of water in Mississippi capital negative for E. coli bacteria, city water manager says

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson’s water manager says a new round of test results did not find E. coli in the city’s supply. The announcement comes one day after Mississippi health officials told residents in the state’s capital that dangerous bacteria could be in their tap water. Ted

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Judge orders Indiana to strike Ukrainian provision from humanitarian parole driver’s license law

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against an Indiana law that allows people in the state on humanitarian parole to obtain a driver’s license but only if they’re from Ukraine. In her order issued Thursday, the judge granted the request of a group of plaintiffs

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Belarusian journalist goes on trial for covering protests, faces up to 6 years in prison

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalist has gone on trial on charges linked to his professional work covering protests. It is latest move in a relentless government crackdown on dissent. Photojournalist Alyaksandr Zyankou faces up to six years in prison if convicted on charges of “participation in an extremist

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Italy’s justice minister nixes extradition of priest sought by Argentina in murder-torture cases

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister has rejected Argentina’s bid to extradite an Italian priest sought on charges of murder, kidnapping and torture during the South American country’s last military dictatorship. Minister Carlo Nordio signed off on the decision on Thursday, according to human rights advocates. The advocates said on

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