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Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83. The death Thursday of the Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN (CNN) — While school administrators and parents focus on phone bans in schools as kids head back to school — and rightfully so — we also need to pay attention to the other places where phone use (and overuse) occurs. As a therapist who works with teenagers, I routinely hear from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox. The plan was launched on Friday. It came three weeks after WHO declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The estimated budget
Continue ReadingNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say two 2-year-old children were found dead inside a vehicle after accidentally being left there. A police spokesperson says the two were found Thursday afternoon by officers responding to a request for a welfare check on the vehicle that was stopped on a city street. Police did not
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Selena Gomez can now add becoming a billionaire to her long list of achievements. The 32-year-old actress, singer, investor and entrepreneur just achieved the financial milestone thus making her one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the United States, according to Bloomberg, which values her net worth
Continue ReadingBy Bonnie Bishop Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — A judge rejected an appeal request Tuesday from two Cumberland County Jail correctional officers who are being sued for allegedly watching a female inmate while she was giving birth at Maine Medical Center. Jaden Brown, the plaintiff, was pregnant when she
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story SKOWHEGAN, Maine (WMTW) — Two long-lost friends from the Army have just reconnected here in Maine. Ron Dumont, 72, of Skowhegan, and Richard Hightower, 73, of Bastrop, Texas, served together in the 43rd Artillery Delta Team in Blankenheim, Germany, in the 1970s. Dumont is related
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s strong foraging culture could help determine how much radioactive fallout remains in the Scandinavian country, 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has asked mushroom-pickers to send samples of this season’s harvest for testing. The goal of the measurement project is to map
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By Larry Madowo, Manveena Suri and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya, while a further 70 children remain unaccounted for, authorities said Friday. The inferno occurred late Thursday at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Kieni,
Continue ReadingBy Erica Finke Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Shattered glass, boarded-up windows and drywall riddled with bullet holes: that’s the destructive aftermath of a shootout between police and a wanted man Thursday morning. A man who didn’t want to be identified shared the pictures with 12 News showing at least
Continue ReadingMARENGO, Ill. (AP) — A bull that escaped from an Illinois farm spent hours on the run before men on horseback finally lassoed the beast in a scene straight out of the Old West. The bull was captured Thursday evening after the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office warned in a Facebook post that “there is a
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — To Erin Tridle, it felt as though the universe paved the way for her to meet the love of her life years before their actual meeting. “There was a lot of happenstance, fate, whatever you want to call it, that played into this,” is how Erin puts it to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have levied a $33,000 fine on sports betting company bet365 for taking bets on games in which the outcome was already known, and on games that were not approved for betting. In one case, the company took bets on a mixed martial arts match
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The city of Paris wants to pay tribute to the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue in her honor. The proposal was announced by city mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday and will be discussed by elected city officials in October. Cheptegei died on Thursday at a Kenyan
Continue ReadingBy Zoie Henry Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — From Milwaukee to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Green Bay Packers fans at home and abroad are gearing up for the first NFL game in the country. 12 News spoke with a lifelong fan who is headed to Sao Paulo for the Packers’ first
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a Vistara airline flight en route to Germany from India has made a forced landing in Turkey following a bomb threat. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Flight VTI027 from Mumbai to Frankfurt landed at the airport in Erzurum, in eastern Turkey, with 247 passengers and crew. All passengers were
Continue ReadingSylvester Stallone’s second season of “Tulsa King” and Snow Patrol’s first new album in seven years are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. Hallmark launches a streaming service called Hallmark+ with two new original series, the scripted drama “The Chicken Sisters” and the unscripted series “Celebrations with Lacey Chabert.” Also, Shailene Woodley, DeWanda
Continue ReadingBy Megan Mellado Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Christian and Laurie Campbell are calling for change after they say a SWAT team with the Orlando Police Department raided their home in 2020, following what they say were false allegations that they were involved in an online chat about exchanging
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Estados Unidos ha detectado un aumento de la actividad militar rusa alrededor de cables submarinos clave y cree que Rusia ahora podría ser más propensa a llevar a cabo posibles operaciones de sabotaje destinadas a inhabilitar una pieza crítica de la infraestructura de comunicaciones del mundo, dijeron dos funcionarios estadounidenses
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