By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.” When he was hired to direct “Twisters,” storming theaters on July 19, he knew one thing was non-negotiable: They needed to shoot
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Inflation may have tumbled from multi-decade highs on both sides of the Atlantic, but progress has stalled in the United States, with the Federal Reserve now expected to start cutting interest rates well after its European counterpart. Annual US inflation, as measured by the Fed’s preferred gauge,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in
Continue ReadingCLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket. Authorities say Friday that 31-year-old Noor Noel Kestou was arrested Saturday. He was brought back
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Officials say Egypt is sending a high-level delegation to Israel in the hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said its fighters fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian.
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Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The insistence of Donald Trump’s defense in his hush money trial to refer to him as “President Trump” is rankling prosecutors. Trump’s lawyers said at the outset of the trial that they’d refer to their client as “president” out of respect for the office he held. But Assistant District Attorney Joshua
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press “Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies profiting
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press “Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies profiting
Continue ReadingBy Kayla James Click here for updates on this story MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (KCCI) — A program in Marshalltown that brings human service providers and police officers together is getting people who dial 911 the direct help they need. The Marshalltown Police and Community Team, also known as MPACT, is an intervention program used in the
Continue ReadingBy Khiree Stewart Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The clock could be ticking for TikTok in the U.S. A provision in a package of legislation signed by President Joe Biden Wednesday would ban the popular social media app in the States, unless its Chinese owner sells the company to a
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal safety regulators said they are investigating whether Tesla’s massive recall in December of essentially all of its vehicles on US roads was sufficient to fix the safety threat posed by its “Autopilot” feature. The recall of 2 million Tesla vehicles was ordered by the National Highway
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A Catonsville woman accused of plotting to destroy Baltimore’s power grid with her alleged neo-Nazi boyfriend is facing a new charge. Federal officials said Sarah Beth Clendaniel and alleged co-conspirator Brandon Clint Russell plotted to take out five substations. According to the
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation remained stubbornly high last month, but it hasn’t stopped Americans from spending. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — a closely watched inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve — accelerated to 2.7% for the year ended in March, according to data released Friday by the Commerce Department.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El telescopio espacial Hubble captó una nueva y asombrosa imagen del gas brillante expulsado por una estrella moribunda, que en este caso resulta parecerse a una “mancuerna cósmica”. El retrato también puede incluir pruebas de que la estrella engulló a otra, en una forma de canibalismo estelar, antes de colapsar.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Corte Suprema parecía dispuesta a rechazar las demandas de inmunidad absoluta del expresidente Donald Trump y las amplias protecciones que ha buscado para dar carpetazo a su caso federal de subversión electoral, pero también se mostró reacia a dar carta blanca al fiscal especial Jack Smith para perseguir esos cargos.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Schucht Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Firefighters rescued a turtle Thursday morning from a fire at an abandoned two-story house in South Natomas, the Sacramento Fire Department said. Firefighters were dispatched around 8:30 a.m. to the scene at the 1000 block of Garden Highway. Upon arrival they
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By Jennifer Hansler and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be “partners rather than adversaries” as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday. The meeting, which took place on the final day of Blinken’s
Continue ReadingBy Addison Kliewer Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — For the second time in two playoff games, an Oklahoma City Thunder fan nailed a half-court shot. Oklahoma City resident Eli Walch had one chance to win the MidFirst Bank Half-Court Shot contest, and he did. Along with the roar of
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