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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Lunchables will no longer be on the menu at schools around the United States. Kraft Heinz, the company that produces Lunchables, announced Tuesday that it will remove the meal kits from the National School Lunch Program. The company pulled the product because demand did not reach its targets, but
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Max Brosmer was at New Hampshire, spring practice was conducted before dawn and, sometimes, even in the aftermath of a snowstorm. For the Wildcats to conduct those 6 a.m. workouts in the frigid air made colder still by the coastal winds, the field needed to be plowed first.
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor says a Minnesota man has been released from prison after serving 16 years for a murder he did not commit. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But Minnesota Attorney General Keith
Continue ReadingYEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Two more monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday. Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped last week now remain outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, police said in a statement. Alpha Genesis officials told police
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A judge has sentenced a woman to 50 years in prison for forcing three of her children to live with the decomposing body of their dead 8-year-old brother for more than a year in a soiled, roach-infested Houston-area apartment. The Houston Chronicle reports 38-year-old Gloria Williams expressed deep regret before being sentenced
Continue ReadingTULSA, Okla. (AP) — A World War I veteran whose remains were identified earlier this year during a probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was among those honored in a memorial service Tuesday at Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery. C.L. Daniel was the first victim of the massacre to be identified among remains discovered in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After spending four months in federal prison for snubbing a congressional subpoena, conservative strategist Steve Bannon had a message Tuesday for prosecutors in cases against him and President-elect Donald Trump. “You wait. The hunted are about to become the hunters,” Bannon said outside a New York court where he’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has long criticized America’s spy agencies, accusing them of trying to undermine his first administration and campaign to retake the White House. Trump announced Tuesday that he’s nominating former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA. Trump has promised to clean house and overhaul such
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Democrats will maintain their power in the statehouse but have fallen short of securing a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers that would have stripped the Republican governor of his veto power when they convene early next year. Democrats lost their razor-thin supermajority of 28 seats in the state Assembly after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — As Baltimore gun violence continues trending downward after years of rampant bloodshed, a historically troubled neighborhood in the city’s southwest corner is celebrating a long-awaited victory: zero homicides in over a year. The numbers are especially meaningful for the Brooklyn community, where a mass shooting in July 2023 tore through
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By Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, CNN A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by the new year. The judge said the challengers have shown that the law is likely unconstitutional, citing the plaintiff’s claims that it violates the First Amendment
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Peanut, the social media star squirrel at the center of a national furor after it was seized from its owner in upstate New York and euthanized, has tested negative for rabies, a county official said Tuesday. The state Department of Environmental Conservation took the squirrel and a raccoon named Fred on Oct. 30
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A subway commuter who helped an ex-Marine restrain an agitated man aboard a Manhattan subway last year testified that he tried to convince the veteran to loosen his grip around the man’s neck. Eric Gonzalez on Tuesday recalled coming upon the chaotic struggle in which Daniel Penny had Jordan
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Latino voters in key battleground states were crucial in handing president-elect Donald Trump his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. The economy was also a top voter issue in this year’s election. Republican candidates have steadily gained ground in recent years with the working-class Latino electorate — a
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Standing desks exploded in popularity among people concerned about the effects of sitting all day, but it turns out
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge set an April retrial date on Tuesday for Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times, even as lawyers on both sides for the first time said they hope to engage in talks to settle the case. Judge Jed S. Rakoff said during a telephone
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde is admitting that he lost the U.S. Senate race to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin, but refusing to concede and instead is repeating misleading claims about the election while he considers a recount. Hovde released a video Tuesday saying he wanted to gather more information and
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) –– El pelotero dominicano Wander Franco, quien ya enfrenta una acusación por presunto abuso sexual a una menor, ahora también debe responder a la solicitud de la Fiscalía de San Juan de la Maguana, República Dominicana, que lo imputa por el uso y porte ilegal de un arma de fuego, de
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, Ivana Kottasová, Alexandra Skores and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The United States civil aviation regulator has grounded all flights to Haiti for a month, after three jets from US-based airlines were struck by bullets while flying over Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, amid escalating gang violence. A Spirit
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — With destructive wildfires burning on both coasts, fire officials might use jargon unfamiliar to residents of states where such big blazes are relatively rare. Here’s an explainer of some wildfire terminology: Containment vs. extinguished Authorities will give daily updates about the percentage of containment that firefighters have reached. For example, when
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