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By Jackie Callaway Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — Floridian Rene Remund and his wife toured Switzerland last September. But when they got home, their cell phone bill had jumped higher than the Swiss Alps. Remund and his wife said they travel frequently and always notify their cell phone carrier
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faces a key test Friday night, when workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will finish voting on whether to join the union. The UAW’s ranks in
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister has portrayed Europe as a continent teetering on the edge of armed conflict in a speech opening his party’s campaign for European Union elections. Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s right-wing populist leader, told members of his Fidesz party on Friday that a changing of the guard among EU leaders was
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor was nominated Friday as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives.” Van Dyke is the oldest Daytime Emmy nominee.
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — In this season of the podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent has explored the topic of weight: what it really tells you about your health, why it’s so hard to lose, how the new diet drugs work and its links to menopause (you can listen
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to delay the start of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial by a week after lawyers said extra days would aid trial preparation. Judge Sidney H. Stein moved the start of jury selection from May 6 to May 13 during a pretrial hearing Friday in
Continue ReadingBy Danton Unger Click here for updates on this story WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (CTV Network) — A Manitoba woman thought she found a miracle natural supplement, but said a hidden ingredient wreaked havoc on her health. Magic – that’s how Carla Anne Ferguson’s friends and family described the Umary Hyaluronic Acid Dietary Supplement. From all she
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack near a major air base and a nuclear site in central Iran activated Iranian air defenses early Friday, just days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel. No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel had attacked, and
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Health Canada will change its longstanding policy restricting gay and bisexual men from donating to sperm banks in Canada, CTV News has learned. The federal health agency has adopted a revised directive removing the ban on gay, bisexual and other men
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his environmental policy in new efforts on Friday, portraying him as a candidate who will increase the chances former President Donald Trump is reelected. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a climate advocacy group where Kennedy previously served as
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez and Michele Gile Click here for updates on this story CHINO, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Chino’s mayor shared her thoughts after learning that over two dozen death row inmates will be transferred to the prison near his city. “Considering the Department of Corrections’ lack of investment in the upkeep and maintenance of
Continue ReadingBy Michael Hudak Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WSVN) — A large tree fell on top of a van in a neighborhood in Little Havana. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene at 1510 SW 13th St., where the large tree lay on top of the van and blocked the roadway, Thursday afternoon. “I’m
Continue ReadingBy Carolina Borges Click here for updates on this story PENSCOLA, Florida (WSVN) — A Walton County couple is facing felony charges after allegedly attempting to claim a million-dollar lottery prize, authorities reported. Kira Ender and her boyfriend, Dakota Jones, were arrested after trying to pass off an altered $50 ticket as a real $1
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By Alex Leeds Matthews and Christopher Hickey, CNN (CNN) — Marijuana may remain illegal federally, but in most states, it’s accessible for adult medical or recreational use. In November 2023, voters in Ohio made it the 24th state to approve legal recreational marijuana. Florida voters will have the chance to weigh in on recreational use
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON and MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Police say they found no weapons on a man detained at the Iranian Consulate in Paris after responding to a report of a suspicious man possibly carrying a grenade and an explosives vest. Television footage and social media showed police surrounding the building on
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Friday in a bipartisan manner to advance a key foreign aid package, a significant step in sending aid to Ukraine and Israel and setting up a final vote as soon as Saturday. In an extraordinary move, more Democrats (165) supported the measure than Republicans (151). The
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Friday in a bipartisan manner to advance a key foreign aid package, a significant step in sending aid to Ukraine and Israel and setting up a final vote as soon as Saturday. In an extraordinary move, more Democrats (165) supported the measure than Republicans
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn White-Grier, CNN (CNN) — “I was having wash day with my kids, and I was looking at their hair,” the photographer Tomesha Faxio, a mother of two daughters, explained to CNN in a video call of her new monograph. “I was just sitting in that moment, and it just dawned on me. Like,
Continue ReadingMECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The superintendent and several other top officials of a Pennsylvania school district say their school board’s cancellation of a gay actor’s visit to a middle school was premature and ill-advised. In a letter sent to the Cumberland Valley School District on Thursday, they said they were not given an opportunity to
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on two organizations for fundraising on behalf of two violent Israeli extremists in the West Bank. The two groups – Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich – established crowdfunding campaigns to raise thousands of dollars for
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