By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Mitch McConnell’s decision to step down as Senate Republican leader in November is reverberating back home in Kentucky. His announcement Wednesday has set off a wave of speculation about not only what impact the loss of influence might have on the Bluegrass State but the future
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Los años bisiestos existen porque necesitamos ponernos al día un poco astronómicamente. El tiempo que tarda la Tierra en orbitar alrededor del Sol no es un número redondo de días. Un año solar, o año tropical, tiene en realidad 365 días, 5 horas, 48 minutos y 46 segundos, según cálculos de
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals is being urged to step into a dispute over leadership of the state Republican Party. Lawyers for Kristina Karamo are asking the court to throw out a decision by a Kent County judge, who said a January vote to oust Karamo was valid. The judge
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After two false starts, the billionaires behind a plan to build an eco-friendly city from scratch are behind schedule to put their proposal before California voters this November. Former Goldman Sachs trader Jan Sramek unveiled his closely guarded ballot initiative for the proposed community between San
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After two false starts, the billionaires behind a plan to build an eco-friendly city from scratch are behind schedule to put their proposal before California voters this November. Former Goldman Sachs trader Jan Sramek unveiled his closely guarded ballot initiative for the proposed community between San
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey is leaving WeightWatchers board of directors and donating all of her interest in the company to a museum. Shares of WW International Inc. tumbled more than 23% in Thursday morning trading. Winfrey, who told People magazine in December that she was using a
Continue ReadingBy Jan Carabeo Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — It takes a village to raise a child, and in Philadelphia, that village often includes grandparents. More than 15,000 kids in the city are being raised by their grandparents, according to Connectedly, a nonprofit based in Manayunk. It’s a nonprofit that
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A bill in Belarus that would outlaw the promotion of homosexuality and other behavior is set to land on lawmakers’ desks amid an unwavering crackdown on dissent initiated by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in August 2020. Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said Thursday the bill establishes administrative
Continue ReadingKYW By Raymond Strickland and Adam Fox Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Daniel Gwynn was convicted and later sentenced to death for a 1994 arson murder in West Philadelphia. But now 30 years later, the 54-year-old is now a free man. On Wednesday, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office had
Continue ReadingBy Raymond Strickland and Adam Fox Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Daniel Gwynn was convicted and later sentenced to death for a 1994 arson murder in West Philadelphia. But now 30 years later, the 54-year-old is now a free man. On Wednesday, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office had the
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The search for a missing Sumner County teenager at the center of an Amber Alert continues. Searches around the county are intensifying for 15-year-old Sebastian Wayne Drake Rogers, who has a form of autism. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and other
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The world’s largest brewer may have lost as much as $1.4 billion in sales because of the backlash to its brief partnership with a transgender influencer to promote Bud Light beer. Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) reported record revenues for 2023 Thursday but said its “full growth potential was constrained”
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Thursday afternoon will mark the beginning of a new era for the Tennessee Titans. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Nissan Stadium will be held at 2 p.m. in Nashville. The event will feature guest speakers, including Gov. Bill Lee and
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates climbed for the fourth week in a row, inching closer to 7%. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.94% in the week ending February 29, up from 6.90% the previous week, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the average 30-year fixed-rate
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By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal hate crime, admitting he assaulted an Asian American college student in 2021 and blamed him for Covid-19 because of the victim’s race, according to a news release by US prosecutors. Darrin Johnson, 27, could be sentenced to nearly two years
Continue Reading CNN By Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan, Robert Shackelford and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas Panhandle have killed at least two people and threaten to destroy more homes, cattle and livelihoods as the biggest inferno in state history engulfs more land every minute. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Multinational beer and beverage company Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois and Corona, has reported a 7% increase in operating profit for last year, even as as sales sagged in the United States due to a decline in demand for Bud Light.
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history. Recent ceremonies honored the memory of 18 Black soldiers and two white officers who fought for the Union and were killed or wounded in 1864 by irregular Confederate soldiers. The massacre happened
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Coming soon to an AMC theater near you: New Nicole Kidman ads. AMC’s Oscar-winning spokeswoman will appear in three updated, 30-second versions of the original ad for the movie theater chain, which play during AMC’s pre-show. One of the new ads will debut in theaters on March 1, the
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