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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Five of the major US television networks have banded together to draft a letter urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to participating in televised debates ahead of the 2024 election. According to a draft of the letter shared with CNN, which is also a
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story April 9, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a pivotal move for the Houston Public Library System (HPL), Mayor John Whitmire announces the appointment of the dynamic Cynthia Wilson as the new interim Executive Director. An acclaimed former educator and seasoned executive leader in
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday as a Michigan judge lamented missed opportunities that could have prevented their teenage son from possessing a gun and killing four students in 2021. “These convictions
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes held at a near standstill again on Tuesday, as traders made their final moves ahead of some potentially market-moving reports. The S&P 500 edged up by 7.52 points, or 0.1%, to 5,209.91 after barely budging the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Since time immemorial, humans have done their darnedest to try and cheat death. Today, as revolutionary advancements transform the stuff of science fiction into everyday reality, are we closer to extending our lifespan or even perhaps immortality? If so, do we really want eternal life? In his new book,
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor,
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican bill Tuesday that would have created grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals. The Democrat Evers also took the unusual step of calling the GOP-controlled budget committee into meeting to approve spending $125 million to deal with contamination.
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured last month. That’s according to graphic video footage released Tuesday by a police oversight agency. Officers from a tactical unit
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is planning a rate increase that would raise the price of a first-class stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents. The filing on the planned increase was made Tuesday with the Postal Regulatory Commission. The commission must approve the proposed increase, which the Postal Service says is necessary
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los cancilleres de los Estados miembros de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) tratan este martes la propuesta que realizó el lunes la presidenta pro tempore, Xiomara Castro, en un comunicado para que los jefes de Estado y de gobierno condenen a Ecuador por irrumpir el viernes en
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The final curtain will come down this summer on Cirque du Soleil’s long-running show “The Beatles Love,” a cultural icon on the Las Vegas Strip that brought band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr back together for public appearances throughout its 18-year run. Cirque announced on
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Alberga Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Celebrity food critic Keith Lee dropped a $3,000 tip at a Toronto restaurant over the weekend, but it’s the “Keith Lee Effect” that leaves a lasting impact. “We had crowds, lineups right away,” Rodney Best, owner of Afro’s Pizza at Dundas
Continue ReadingBy Heather Law and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN New York (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva indirectly called out Elon Musk on the climate crisis on Tuesday, further increasing tensions between the country’s leaders and the billionaire businessman. Speaking at a launch event for the Union with Municipalities to Reduce Deforestation and
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor,
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By Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Health workers in northern Gaza exhumed the first corpses from mass graves in and around Al-Shifa Hospital on Tuesday, after they said Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians and left their bodies to decompose during their two-week siege of the complex. At least 381 bodies
Continue Reading CNN By Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Health workers in northern Gaza exhumed the first corpses from mass graves in and around Al-Shifa Hospital on Tuesday, after they said Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians and left their bodies to decompose during their two-week siege of the complex. At least 381
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s parliament has agreed to consider a proposal that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands of foreigners living in Spain without proper documentation. The proposal was brought to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid by citizen initiative after it obtained more than 700,000 signatures and the backing
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A los 30 minutos de salir de San Luis Potosí, capital del estado mexicano del mismo nombre, la mezcla de paisajes diversos empieza a ser notoria desde la ventana del auto. Los pinos robustos crecen altos junto a los cactus del desierto, asomando a través de un manto de niebla que
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Germany has hit back at allegations by Nicaragua that it has been “facilitating genocide” in Gaza, telling an international court on Tuesday that history undergirds German support for Israel. Addressing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Germany’s lawyer Tania von Uslar-Gleichen said
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been charged with felony child neglect more than a year after a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to class and shot his first-grade teacher. A special grand jury in Newport News found
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