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By Marvin Parker Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, DC (WLOS) — With so much still ahead of her, Danita Johnson has traversed lifetimes already. The Fayetteville native and Western Carolina University graduate of 2005 has thrived in betting on herself and climbing the ladder to create history as the first Black woman
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Keith McCormick’s Palm Springs Car Auction is back this weekend! It’s the 76th McCormick auction event, from February 23rd to the 25th. The show is at The Palm Springs Convention Outdoor Event area and it displays over 400 classic and collectible cars. Featured vehicles are from all over the world, and the show includes everything
Continue ReadingBy Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A wildland firefighter is sharing his story after being on the frontline of a nearly 60-acre wildfire in Madison County earlier this week. “It got real close. Up on my neighbor’s houses for sure. It was coming down the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — Uber driver Damián Reyes was on his second ride of the day in the early hours of Thursday morning when he noticed something strange happening to his AT&T phone. First, his streaming music stopped playing. He restarted his phone, but his ride-sharing app went “completely blank,”
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An unexploded World War II bomb is to be transported through the southwestern English city of Plymouth by a military convoy and disposed of at sea. Devon and Cornwall Police said Friday that the bomb, which was found in a residential yard on Tuesday, will be disposed of at sea beyond the
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Israel’s war cabinet has sent a negotiating team, led by Mossad Director David Barnea, to Paris on Friday to pursue talks over a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal, an Israeli official said. The negotiating team is expected to be empowered to engage in substantive negotiations rather than simply
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When some people’s cellphone service went down for a while because of an AT&T network outage, among the alternatives suggested were using landlines. But according to the most recent estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics, about 73% of American adults in 2022 lived in
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenyan politicians and leaders in sports gathered on Friday for a funeral service celebrating the life of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a road accident last Sunday. President William Ruto attended the ceremony, which was held in Kenya’s Elgeyo Marakwet county, and
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street pointed higher early Friday, keeping markets on track to close the week with gains after Nvidia’s stunning results set off a tech rally that carried Wall Street to another record high. Futures for the S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% before the bell, while futures
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada. Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS monitoring
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada. Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, se anticipó este jueves a un artículo de The New York Times sobre una supuesta investigación del gobierno estadounidense a un presunto financiamiento ilegal de su campaña presidencial del 2018 y pagos posteriores a su elección, y calificó el caso
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind. By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state separation, while
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Taylor Swift might be saying “So Long, London” in her much-anticipated upcoming album but one of the city’s top museums is offering the dream job for any Swiftie. On Thursday, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) released a job listing for a Taylor Swift superfan to advise its
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — British actress Pamela Salem, who starred alongside Sean Connery as Miss Moneypenny in the 1983 James Bond film “Never Say Never Again,” has died at age 80, production company Big Finish announced Friday. Salem, who was born in India in 1944, also worked with the late Connery in
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — An already fledgling winter is on borrowed time for much of the country as a dramatic pattern change next week and temperature forecasts into March signal what could be the final nail in the coffin of a winter like no other. Unseasonable warmth, missing snow and disappearing ice
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Federal regulators have granted Native American tribes more power to block hydropower projects on their land after a flurry of applications were filed to expand renewable energy in the water-scarce U.S. Southwest. Previously, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted developers approval to move ahead with planning even if tribes objected.
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A long-awaited postwar plan by Israel’s prime minister shows that his government seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip. That was swiftly rejected Friday by Palestinian leaders and runs counter to Washington’s vision for the war-ravaged
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The prime ministers of Hungary and Sweden have concluded a defense industry agreement that will expand Budapest’s fleet of Swedish-built fighter jets. The agreement will pave the way for Hungary’s ratification of Sweden’s long-delayed NATO bid. Friday’s meeting in Budapest between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the fourth time in five months, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayor Joe Ganim will face challenger John Gomes at the ballot box in his quest for an eighth term. Joining them once again will be Republican nominee David Herz. Ganim and Gomes first competed in the Democratic primary
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