By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only medical exemptions to
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory,” the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked African nation said Wednesday. Bintou Keita told the U.N. Security Council this
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Una batalla de años entre Disney y Florida está a punto de terminar después de que las dos partes llegaran a un acuerdo. En una reunión la mañana de este miércoles, miembros de la junta del Distrito de Supervisión de Turismo de Florida Central, organismo que gobierna el distrito fiscal especial
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden asked a judge Wednesday to toss out the tax case accusing him of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle. President Joe Biden’s son has pleaded not guilty to the nine
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden asked a judge Wednesday to toss out the tax case accusing him of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle. President Joe Biden’s son has pleaded not guilty to the nine
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Girard III had one goal when he entered the transfer portal last year — find a team that would get him back to the Sweet 16. Girard has accomplished that by helping to lead Clemson into the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend for the first
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Utah women’s basketball team have been left “deeply troubled and shaken” by what team officials called “hateful and disturbing” racial abuse ahead of their NCAA tournament opening game. The team has filed a police report and is now releasing more details of what
Continue ReadingCNN By George Ramsay and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Utah women’s basketball team have been left “deeply troubled and shaken” by what team officials called “hateful and disturbing” racial abuse ahead of their NCAA tournament opening game. The team has filed a police report and is now releasing more details of
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee criminal court judge is in jail after her bond was revoked for testing positive for cocaine while she was out of custody pending a trial on charges of coercion of a witness and harassment. Online records show Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd was booked in the Shelby
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee advocates for gun safety formed a three-mile human chain in Nashville on the anniversary of last year’s deadly Covenant School shooting. Linking Arms for Change was organized Wednesday by Voices for a Safter Tennessee. Mothers concerned about gun violence started the group
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faced 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature. But Senate Republicans changed the plan Wednesday so it would cover far fewer people and bring less
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Visualizing a memory is a common occurrence for many people. A whiff of cinnamon and ginger may whisk you back to your childhood kitchen to relive eating freshly baked cookies, while hearing a particular tune may trigger images of dancing with a special someone. Mary Wathen has never had
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood firm and no one died, either on the ship or the highway above. The bridge’s supports were protected by a fendering system of concrete and other materials that was installed to absorb such strikes.
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood firm and no one died, either on the ship or the highway above. The bridge’s supports were protected by a fendering system of concrete and other materials that was installed to absorb such strikes.
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faced 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Judge recommends that ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman lose his California law license for efforts to overturn 2020 election.
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have clashed with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.S. military cadets. The protest occurred in the central Greek city of Larissa ahead of a concert by members of the West Point Glee Club, a musical group of the U.S. Military Academy which is currently
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water when it collapsed.
Continue Reading José Álvarez (CNN Español) — El comandante de la Quinta Brigada de Infantería del Ejército de República Dominicana, el general Enrique Aguilera, informó que durante esta semana han detenido a 377 haitianos que intentaban cruzar de forma ilegal a territorio dominicano por la Sierra de Bahoruco, en el sur del país. Aguilera indicó que los haitianos
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