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Winds are lighter this morning, and temperatures will again climb through the middle 90s. A trough well to our North will increase winds into tomorrow and the weekend. Today warmer conditions prevail, but by tomorrow and Friday temps cool into the lower 90s and even some upper 80s, which is unusual for this late in
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The family of a Kenosha teen is suing the school district for $100 million. Prosecutors say the girl was contacted repeatedly by her former 7th grade teacher on Snapchat with sexually-charged pictures and messages that would disappear because of the nature
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Spain, Ireland and Norway are moving to formally recognize a Palestinian state on Tuesday. It’s a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that was fueled by international outrage over the civilian deaths and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s offensive. The joint decision by the two European Union countries,
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain’s Post Office Paula Vennells has broken down in tears on several occasions while giving evidence to an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of a
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority stake in BuzzFeed, the digital publishing company that shut down its media outlet last year. Shares of the company skyrocketed higher Wednesday. Ramaswamy acquired a 7.7% stake in BuzzFeed, according to a filing with the Securities
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Let the debate begin. Who has the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly has an idea. The music streaming giant announced on Wednesday their 10 greatest albums of all time with Lauryn Hill’s 1998 iconic “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” claiming the top
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Stenhouse’s father, who joined the fracas, was suspended indefinitely. The $75,000 fine was the largest ever handed down by NASCAR for fighting. Busch was not penalized for his
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press On a Friday morning in April, Dan Stein, the founder of Giving Green, a climate philanthropy organization, found some big news in a surprising email. An anonymous donor had given his fund $10 million. “I didn’t quite process the number of zeroes,” Stein said, adding he was “tickled, awestruck, surprised”
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Burrows Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Michigan (WWJ) — A Metro Detroit barber is in the midst of a lifelong journey and transformation. He’s cutting hair and cutting pounds. It seems like an easy task for Dustin O’Neil, but he said it’s the hardest thing he’s ever done. O’Neil has
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Flint woman is charged after officials said she worked as a nurse at three Oakland County facilities without a license. Cassandra Alvera Gilleylen, 52, is facing 30 counts of unauthorized practice of a health profession and three counts of identity
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — California state Assemblyman Vince Fong has won the special election to succeed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the state’s 20th Congressional District. Fong’s victory in an all-GOP clash against Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux will help House Republicans buttress their razor-thin majority on Capitol Hill. McCarthy, after being deposed as speaker,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Two key figures in former President Donald Trump’s election interference trial in Georgia fended off challengers in their elections Tuesday. Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who is prosecuting Trump, won her Democratic primary rematch with attorney and author Christian Wise Smith. And Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press North Carolina has been an underappreciated political battleground recently and not gotten the same attention as nearby Georgia or Florida or the traditional campaign hotbeds of the Rust Belt. That is changing in 2024, in part because of a potentially historic governor’s race that pits North Carolina’s centrist tendencies against
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Markets on Wall Street were mixed early Wednesday but remain at or above record levels as more results from retailers take center stage amid a dearth of economic news. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average just barely edged into positive territory, rising less than 0.1% before
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Para quienes se han reunido a lo largo de los siglos en Stonehenge —el imponente monumento prehistórico que domina la llanura de Salisbury, en el suroeste de Inglaterra, desde hace unos 4.500 años—, probablemente estaba claro cómo el Sol pudo influir en su diseño. El eje central del círculo de
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court Wednesday for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier this month. The case, among four criminal prosecutions against Trump, had
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Andre Agassi will take over from John McEnroe as the captain for Team World at the Laver Cup next year, when the event will be held in San Francisco. Laver Cup organizers announced Agassi’s selection on Wednesday and said Bjorn Borg’s successor as captain of Team Europe will be named “in
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders around the Baltic Sea are reacting warily to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region. Lithuania’s foreign minister calls it an “obvious escalation” that must be met with an “appropriately firm response.” It isn’t immediately clear from
Continue ReadingBy Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the cancellation of an additional $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 Americans in its ongoing efforts to relieve soaring college debt. As the November election looms, the administration has been eager to highlight progress in its debt cancellation programs, making announcements such
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON, MELANIE LIDMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel denounced the decisions and
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