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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Selena Gomez is setting the record straight about some alleged drama at Sunday’s Golden Globes. Speculation started when a photo of Gomez and Taylor Swift at the event sparked chatter about what the two close friends may have been discussing. “At tea time, we’d love to know if
Continue ReadingBy Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville Police Department officers arrested a man on Tuesday after they say he admitted to using his phone to record women changing at the YMCA in Green Hills. According the arrest report, on December 18, 27-year-old Wilson Silva Garcia was
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — On any given day, you’ll find St. Louis junior Keith Brown making beats inside The Center, the headquarters for St. Louis Story Stitchers, an innovative program using art as a violence prevention method. “I want to be an artist,” said
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A controversial Nepalese spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a minor and involvement in the disappearance of at least four of his followers from his camps, police said Wednesday. Ram Bahadur Bamjan is believed by many Nepalese to be
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By Niamh Kennedy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has made his first court appearance from the Siberian penal colony he was moved to late last month. Posting on X, Navalny’s team said he appeared via video link from the IK-3 penal colony in relation to a lawsuit he has
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story LAHAINA, Hawaii (KITV) — As tensions linger over the lack of stable housing for Maui’s fire survivors, as well as disputes over how Lahaina town should be cleaned and rebuilt, some on the west side want to bring community members together. Organizers have arranged a
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — A Kenyan court has threatened to release alleged Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie if the state prosecutor does not charge him within two weeks. Mackenzie, who ran the Good News International Church, is accused of leading a doomsday cult where he instructed his mass followers to
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans of various racial backgrounds largely agree that the government should focus on the economy and foreign policy issues in 2024, but recent polling shows that views among racial groups diverge on some high-profile topics, including racism and immigration. About 7 in 10 U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A Pearl City man spends his retirement serving his neighborhood, because helping others is his way of Aging Well. He is 74-year-old Larry Veray, and you will probably see more of him in the news over the next few years because he’s
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A man exonerated and freed after serving 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit is to receive $25 million in the second-largest wrongful conviction settlement ever, Duke Law School’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic announced. Ronnie Long, who is Black, was accused of raping a 54-year-old White
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listened to more music last year? You’re not alone. Luminate’s year-end report finds that the global music industry surpassed 4 trillion streams in 2023. That’s a new single-year record. Global streams are also up 34% from last year, reflective of an increasingly international music marketplace.
Continue ReadingBy LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukraine has shown the world that Russia’s military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more help for his country against the Kremlin’s larger and better-supplied forces in the 22-month-old invasion. Speaking in
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s worsening security situation deteriorated further in spectacular fashion this week, with gunmen armed with explosives storming a TV station during a live broadcast. The country has been rocked by blasts, police kidnappings and prison disturbances in a wave of violence authorities are struggling to contain. The immediate trigger
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Gusty, potentially damaging winds continue this morning, prompting a First Alert Weather Alert until 10 a.m. High Wind Warnings and Wind Advisories are in place throughout the region from this afternoon through tomorrow morning. This includes a Wind Advisory for the Coachella Valley until 10 a.m. Gusts upwards of 70 MPH are possible. Take caution
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A major storm drenched the Northeast and slammed it with fierce winds, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands following a bout of violent weather that struck most of the U.S. The storm, which started Tuesday night and was moving out Wednesday, washed
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators opened several days of hearings into a dockside cargo ship fire that killed two New Jersey firefighters last summer at Port Newark. The Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the July 5 blaze aboard the Grande Costa
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, decretó este martes la existencia de un “conflicto armado interno” en el país tras la escalada de violencia que ha azotado al territorio durante las últimas horas. Pero ¿qué es y qué implica exactamente esa medida? Última hora de la violencia en Ecuador y
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief plans to meet Wednesday with students at Dartmouth College to discuss antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses amid the the Israel-Hamas war. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will hold a roundtable including Jewish and Muslim students as part of recently launched Dartmouth
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Beechcrest Farm in Transylvania County is no stranger to flooding. “We get a lot of backwater when the river starts to get out. It’ll backwater a little over 30-35 acres and then eventually it’ll get high enough it’ll cross
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — While the several inches of rain that fell across the area Tuesday caused flooding and road and business closures, it also provided a bright spot for a young man in Transylvania County. “Because it looks more cooler and it’s
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