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Month: April 2024

RNC asks Secret Service to keep protesters farther from convention location

By Shania Shelton and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee is asking the Secret Service to keep protesters farther back from the July convention in Milwaukee than is currently planned. RNC counsel Todd Steggerda wrote in a letter dated Friday that the city of Milwaukee’s current proposal “creates an elevated and untenable safety risk to

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‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Woman rescued from rubble as Nebraska tornado hits

By Sarah Fili Click here for updates on this story     BLAIR, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha’s weather leader saw a rain-wrapped tornado tear across Washington County, leveling homes on Highway 75 outside Blair. Moments later, KETV NewsWatch 7’s Sarah Fili captured the destruction. “My ears started just popping the high pressure and got down in the

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‘Everything is in shambles’: Workers survive direct hit from tornado at Garner Industries in Nebraska

By Alex McLoon Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (KETV) — Workers in Lincoln survived a direct hit at the Garner Industries building. KETV NewsWatch 7’s Alex Mcloon reported how people worked together to get them home. “Gone. No, roof, no nothing and everything is in shambles,” said Duane Johns. Seventy people

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Britney Spears settles long-running legal dispute with estranged father, finally bringing ultimate end to conservatorship

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears has reached a settlement with her estranged father more than two years after the court-ordered termination of a conservatorship that had given him control of her life, their attorneys said. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed by the attorneys for the pop star and her

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As EU election campaigns kick off in Germany, the Ukraine war, rise of far right are dominant themes

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Several German parties have kicked off their campaigns for the election of the European Parliament in June with a focus on issues such as the war in Ukraine and many European voters’ support for far-right nationalist parties across the continent. German Chancellor Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats, or

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Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a new rule Friday expanding safeguards against potential discrimination of gay and transgender Americans seeking medical care, in a reversal of Trump-era limitations that nixed federal health protections for members of the LGBTQ+ community. In a set of expansive new rules unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services, the department moved to

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Structure fire in Palm Desert Country Club.

CalFire responded to a residential structure fire shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The fire was located on Vermont Circle and Tennessee Avenue. The under-construction residence was fully engulfed in fire. The high winds and ember resulted in the fire spreading to an adjacent under-construction residence, according to CalFire. Firefighters contained the fire at 12:37 A.M.

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