Month: April 2024

Tom Holland’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ costar Francesca Amewudah-Rivers receives support after her casting sparks racist remarks

April 11, 2024 4:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — More than 800 Black actors are denouncing backlash aimed at actor Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who was cast to play Juliet opposite Tom Holland in an upcoming stage production of “Romeo & Juliet” in London’s West End. After Amewudah-Rivers’ casting announcement, online backlash was fierce, even prompting the Jamie Lloyd Company

JP Sears wins the day, Athletics win the series with 1-0 victory over World Series champion Rangers

April 11, 2024 4:01 PM Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — JP Sears navigated through trouble and carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning Thursday in the Oakland Athletics’ game against the World Series champion Texas Rangers. Sears faced nine batters with runners on base after issuing leadoff walks in the first, second and fifth innings. But the 28-year-old left-hander —

Woman who stabbed classmate to please ‘Slender Man’ won’t be released from psychiatric hospital

April 11, 2024 3:54 PM Associated Press

By ED WHITE Associated Press A judge has turned down a request to release a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12. Morgan Geyser is now 21 and no longer takes antipsychotic medicine. She and another girl confessed quickly after the stabbing in 2014, saying

Judge dismisses lawsuits filed against rapper Drake over deadly Astroworld concert

April 11, 2024 3:49 PM Associated Press

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has dismissed hip-hop artist Drake from lawsuits filed against him over his participation in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed. Drake was a special guest of rapper Travis Scott, who had headlined the festival. He performed with

Mysterious symbols found near footprints shed light on ancient humans’ awareness of dinosaurs, scientists say

April 11, 2024 3:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may have found them meaningful or interesting, a new study has found. The rock carvings, which archaeologists call petroglyphs, are at a site called Serrote do Letreiro in Paraíba, an agricultural state on

Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de Perú se extravía durante entrenamiento

April 11, 2024 3:44 PM CNN Newsource

Mauricio Torres (CNN) — Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de Perú se extravió la mañana de este jueves mientras realizaba labores de entrenamiento a baja altura, informó la institución militar en un comunicado difundido en su cuenta en la red social X, antes Twitter. La aeronave, tipo Mirage 2000 y perteneciente a la Base

A Washington man pleads not guilty in connection with 2022 attacks on an Oregon electrical grid

April 11, 2024 3:40 PM Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging electrical substations in Oregon in 2022. News outlets report Nathaniel Cheney appeared in federal court in Portland on Wednesday and was later released from custody. He was arrested April 2 after he was indicted in March

Man arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned NYC fireboat for an overnight cruise

April 11, 2024 3:38 PM Associated Press

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York City fireboat for an overnight cruise on the Hudson River. Police say he then stole a sailboat and was taken into custody on its deck. He was charged Thursday with two counts

Officer injured after fire spreads to fence, power pole in Desert Hot Springs

April 11, 2024 3:32 PM Jesus Reyes

A law enforcement officer suffered an injury after a fire that spread to a fence and power pole in Desert Hot Springs Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported at around 2:30 p.m. on the 13000 block of Cactus Drive, near Ironwood Drive. A CAL FIRE spokesperson told News Channel 3 that it was an outside

Conan O’Brien says people who didn’t know who he was on new travel series are ‘not that impressed’

April 11, 2024 3:28 PM CNN

CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Conan O’Brien is gearing up for a new iteration in his career as show host extraordinaire. The former “Late Night” and ”Conan” funnyman spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday about his upcoming Max travel series “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” in which he travels around the world to

Biden plans to expand 2 national monuments in California originally designated by Obama

April 11, 2024 3:26 PM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden plans to expand two national monuments in California – one, a mountainous wilderness area east of Los Angeles, and another with tree-covered rolling hillsides north of Napa – in the coming weeks, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Biden will expand the perimeters of

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect

April 11, 2024 3:24 PM Associated Press

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy. The law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy

Pacific castaways’ ‘HELP’ sign sparks US rescue mission – and an unexpected family reunion

April 11, 2024 3:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach. The mission also unexpectedly turned into a family reunion. The three

Pacific castaways’ ‘HELP’ sign sparks US rescue mission – and an unexpected family reunion

April 11, 2024 3:22 PM CNN

CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach. The mission also unexpectedly turned into a family reunion. The

Treasury wants to boost foreign investment review powers, as Congress dissects Nippon, TikTok deals

April 11, 2024 3:19 PM Associated Press

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury wants to enhance the power of a little-known, secretive government committee to review deals made between U.S. firms and foreign investors. A new proposed rulemaking would strengthen powers for the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States — known as CFIUS — which

Shooting of Virginia teacher by 6-year-old was an ‘avoidable event,’ special grand jury report says

April 11, 2024 3:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Raja Razek, Joe Sutton and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 shooting at a Virginia elementary school in which a 6-year-old student shot his teacher was an “avoidable situation,” a special grand jury said in a newly released report, citing “poor decisions” in the lead-up to the shooting. The 11-member panel investigating the

What to know about Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ feud with a Brazilian judge

April 11, 2024 3:14 PM Associated Press

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Headline-grabbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform Musk bought when it was Twitter. Since his takeover, Musk has upended many of Twitter’s policies,

New York officials approve $780M soccer stadium for NYCFC to be built next to Mets’ home

April 11, 2024 3:08 PM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium approved Thursday is expected to open in 2027. It will anchor a redevelopment project in

Kansas has some of the nation’s lowest benefits for injured workers. They’ll increase in July

April 11, 2024 3:07 PM Associated Press

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will increase what have been among the lowest benefits in the U.S. for workers who are injured or killed on the job. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed bipartisan workers’ compensation into law Thursday. It takes effect in July. The new law includes the first

Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far

April 11, 2024 3:07 PM Associated Press

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn’t sit well with the Republican former governor whose expansion of the state Supreme Court allowed him to appoint the four conservative justices whose ruling cleared the way for it. Doug Ducey is among Republicans in several states who are wrestling with

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