Associated Press Melinda French Gates plans to donate $1 billion over the next two years to organizations supporting women and girls around the world. French Gates will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she co-founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates, next week and receive $12.5 billion from Gates as part of their divorce
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and ANNIE RISEMBERG Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African opposition parties made a final appeal to voters Tuesday as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy. At the heart of Wednesday’s national election is the question of whether South Africans will deliver
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Ten people were killed and 160 others, including children, were abducted during a raid by suspected Boko Haram militants on a remote village in north-central Nigeria, a local official told CNN on Monday. The attack occurred in Kuchi village, Munya district, in Niger state, beginning at about 5:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Holly, Samantha Sosa, Rubén Rosario Click here for updates on this story MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (WSVN) — A shocking shootout in the streets of Miami Gardens left a barrage of bullet holes in a home and neighbors in fear for their safety. Doorbell camera video posted to social media shows a gunman creeping
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign has showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Biden’s team had largely ignored the trial since it began
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With stubborn inflation and higher costs, layoffs at small businesses are sometimes a necessity. U.S.-based employers announced 64,789 cuts in April, down 28% from 90,309 cuts announced in March, according to a report by global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray &
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A lost Caravaggio painting that was almost mistakenly sold at auction for a bargain price has gone on display at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, after being rescued and restored. “Ecce Homo,” which was painted by the Italian master around 1606-09, will feature in a special one-piece exhibition
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala has bidden a bittersweet farewell to the theater during the presentation of 2024-25 season, saying he would have been happy to continue. Dominique Meyer will finish up his contract, which runs out at the end of February, but
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — With a reputation among baseball players and fans as one of the worst umpires in the game, the baseball world will no longer have Ángel Hernández to kick around. The umpire that fans and players loved to hate – one of the more controversial figures in the game –
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — US home prices reached a record high in March, reflecting the housing market’s persistent affordability crisis. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index, a measure of home prices across the country, jumped 6.5% in March from a year earlier to a record high. It is the
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By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The storming of the Normandy beaches in France on June 6, 1944, to bring down Nazism and stop the killing of Jews across Western Europe, brought tens of thousands of American soldiers to the continent. Cash Simmons, 15, a 9th-grader
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story CLAY COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A high school cheerleader was killed during strong storms that blew through Western North Carolina over Memorial Day weekend. News 13 has confirmed a cheerleader from Tuscola High School was tragically killed in the incident. According to a storm
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz has been denied parole after his twelfth board appearance. State corrections data shows Berkowitz was rejected after a Board of Parole interview on May 14. Berkowitz terrorized New York City with late-night shootings in the 1970s that killed six people and wounded seven. He was
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story KAHULUI, Hawai’i (KITV) — With summer right around the corner and more travelers expected to come to the islands, one Maui resident is cautioning others about thieves at the airport. Maui resident Jayson Blue returned from a surfing trip last week and said someone allegedly
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Lee Click here for updates on this story EWA BEACH, Hawaii (KITV) — A father of two from Ewa Beach is in the hospital, recovering from severe injuries after his family says neighbors attacked him. Coby Lynn had complained about the late-night aerial fireworks being set off after 10:30 p.m. Sunday. “And they
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Imagine asking Apple’s Siri to show you an old photo taken from a child’s second birthday, or summarizing lengthy emails and writing drafts. Then consider Siri learning your schedule, preferences, even your personality, so it can better communicate with you throughout the day. Generative AI, artificial intelligence that
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El consumo de drogas en México ha aumentado de manera considerable en los últimos años, según las cifras oficiales más recientes, que revelan cómo un país históricamente productor y de tránsito pasó a ser también uno altamente consumista. El consumo interno de anfetaminas, metanfetaminas, éxtasis o estimulantes de uso médico
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that a building housing a bar and restaurant that collapsed on Mallorca lacked the proper authorization. Four people were killed in last week’s collapse. Palma de Mallorca Mayor Jaime Martínez told reporters on Tuesday that it seems the collapse of a first-floor terrace was caused by excess weight and
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has demonstrated how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year. The removal of melted fuel was supposed to begin in late 2021 but has
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is listless on Tuesday, coming back from a three-day weekend, and is drifting near its record heights. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% afternoon trading and is sitting just below its record set a week ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 327
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