By Jack Springgate Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — Attendees of Sunday evening’s rescheduled “Bridgerton” ball at Harmonie Club in Detroit are airing their frustrations online, claiming the event didn’t live up to expectations. Fans of the TV show “Bridgerton” already expressed some frustrations when the event was rescheduled from August
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Georgia judge has ordered a halt to a special election initiated by residents of the one of the South’s last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants, who hoped to undo zoning changes that they say threaten island homes. The judge’s ruling Wednesday comes after hundreds had already voted early in coastal
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — España y México escribieron esta semana un nuevo capítulo sobre sus relaciones diplomáticas, cada vez más tirantes, debido a los desencuentros causados por la toma de posesión de Claudia Sheinbaum como presidenta de México el próximo 1 de octubre. La Cancillería española informó a última hora de este martes que
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Brian Rokus, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign officially announced Wednesday that the former president plans to return to Butler, Pennsylvania – the location of the first assassination attempt on his life this year – for a rally on October 5. “President Donald J. Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left his school district rather than spend another year of in-school suspension, according to his attorney. But Darryl George, 18, would like to return to his Houston-area high school
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has directed New York City officials to work on a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island jail. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said Wednesday that she will also rule later on whether to hold the city in contempt of court orders mandating
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country’s ambassador to the U.S. The Republican speaker is criticizing the war-torn leader’s visit to a swing-state Pennsylvania manufacturing site producing war munitions for the fight against Russia as a political stunt. Johnson’s demand Wednesday
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los astrónomos han observado un par de chorros enormes que salen de un agujero negro supermasivo a 7.500 millones de años luz de la Tierra. La megaestructura se extiende por 23 millones de años luz de longitud, lo que convierte a estos chorros de agujero negro en los más
Continue ReadingBy Robbie Owens Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — At 17, Delila Vasquez has decided that her disabilities don’t define her. “It made me become stronger,” shares the Woodrow Wilson senior. “And you realize I have a life ahead of me.” Delila communicates with confidence, signing her words to ensure the
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KTVT By Robbie Owens Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — At 17, Delila Vasquez has decided that her disabilities don’t define her. “It made me become stronger,” shares the Woodrow Wilson senior. “And you realize I have a life ahead of me.” Delila communicates with confidence, signing her words to ensure
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats attempted Wednesday to quickly censure a Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a post he made on social media, but GOP leadership stamped out the effort. Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana described Haitians in racist terms Wednesday afternoon, calling them “wild. Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Two people charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities – a neo-Nazi leader and a woman with whom he had a personal relationship – allegedly planned to attack electrical substations encircling Baltimore and “completely destroy” the entire city, according to federal court documents. The
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Artem Chigvintev will not face charges after he was arrested in Napa County last month on suspicion of felony domestic violence. The Napa County District Attorney’s office announced on Tuesday in a news release that “after a thorough review of the criminal investigation and careful evaluation of the evidence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe, where 10 houses have fallen into the Atlantic since 2020. Three have been lost since Friday. The most recent collapse was Tuesday afternoon, when the wooden pilings of a home nicknamed “Front Row Seats”
Continue ReadingBy Michael Guise Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh police officer involved in the tasing death of Jim Rogers cannot get his job back, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Alan Hertzberg issued a ruling vacating an arbitration decision reinstating Keith Edmonds as an
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes didn’t love the plan the Pittsburgh Pirates laid out for him in the spring, the one designed to bring the most talented pitching prospect in a generation along slowly and protect the right arm on which so much relies. Looking back after a dazzling season in which
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CNN By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, Emma Tucker and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Helene is now forecast to reach catastrophic Category 4 strength by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center says, with storm surge potentially climbing to 20 feet along some parts of the coast. Helene
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CNN By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, Emma Tucker and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Helene is now forecast to reach catastrophic Category 4 strength by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center says, with storm surge potentially climbing to 20 feet along some parts of the coast. Helene
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By Jacob Lev and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — As rain poured down on Atlanta Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced two pivotal games were postponed due to the wet conditions. Wednesday’s and Thursday’s New York Mets-Atlanta Braves games, set to take place at the Braves home stadium Truist Park, have been postponed due to “the
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CNN By Clare Foran, Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — Congress set up a chaotic, high-stakes fight over spending at the end of the year, after both chambers voted on Wednesday to avert a government shutdown. The Senate approved the stopgap spending bill – which will fund the government until
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