CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Family and friends of Audrii Cunningham, the east Texas 11-year-old who was found dead after vanishing on the way to school, mourned her as a bright and friendly child during a Wednesday night vigil near the river where her body was recovered earlier this week.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledges the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: filling potholes on the nation’s highways. Planes, trains and policing already were among the areas under military control. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that highway maintenance in southern Mexico had been transferred from the Transportation Department,
Continue ReadingFLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man has been charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver the day after the law took effect. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton says the 44-year-old Flint man became the first person to be
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Albania’s opposition have held a protest accusing the Cabinet of corruption. Some threw stones and flares at police officers and pulled down an iron fence around the main government building in the capital, Tirana. But Tuesday’s protest ended peacefully. Opposition lawmakers have
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Alabama’s Supreme Court said frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death – a decision that puts back into national focus the question of when life begins and one that reproductive rights advocates say could have a
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution and
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body voted Tuesday to oust four congregations — one for having a woman as senior minister, two for what it said were failures related to the denomination’s sexual-abuse policy and one for lack of financial participation. The SBC’s Executive Committee announced the decision after
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — In ferocious winds and freezing temperatures, hiker Cole Matthes slid hundreds of feet down a ravine on Mount Washington, sparking a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, utilize the mountain’s famed Cog Railway and prompt harsh criticism from rescuers. Both Matthes and the rescuers agree
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation. A study by the U.N. children’s agency warned that one in six children in
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, Cindy Von Quednow and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A University of Colorado at Colorado Springs student who is accused of fatally shooting two people in a dormitory at the college last week was a roommate of one of the victims, a police spokesperson said Tuesday, the day that bond was set
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California faced the threat of flooding Tuesday with winter storms blowing through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage from mudslides, wind and rain spawned by an atmospheric river only weeks ago. While the rainfall was
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California faced the threat of flooding Tuesday with winter storms blowing through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage from mudslides, wind and rain spawned by an atmospheric river only weeks ago. While the rainfall was
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Streaming service FuboTV has filed an antitrust lawsuit against ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Hulu, which are planning to launch a sports-streaming venture in the fall. The lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District of New York. FuboTV, which focuses primarily on live sports, is seeking a
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Streaming service FuboTV has filed an antitrust lawsuit against ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Hulu, which are planning to launch a sports-streaming venture in the fall. The lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District of New York. FuboTV, which focuses primarily on live sports, is seeking a
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A judge has declared that Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly two decades, Christine Baumgartner, are now legally divorced, according to court records filed Tuesday. The couple’s marriage ended, and both became single, on Friday, nine months after she filed for divorce, a judgment entered in Santa Barbara County
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A judge has declared that Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly two decades, Christine Baumgartner, are now legally divorced, according to court records filed Tuesday. The couple’s marriage ended, and both became single, on Friday, nine months after she filed for divorce, a judgment entered in Santa Barbara County
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Cannabis continues its rise in popularity as more states legalize its use either as a medical or recreational drug. And on Wednesday, the “Coachella Valley Cannabis Alliance Network” is presenting a public event on cannabis education for wellness. The event will be held in Desert Hot Springs from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Topics include
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. is being added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, joining Apple, Walt Disney, Walmart and other companies that make up the 30-stock average. The e-commerce giant will replace drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance in the Dow before the open of trading on Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. is being added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, joining Apple, Walt Disney, Walmart and other companies that make up the 30-stock average. The e-commerce giant will replace drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance in the Dow before the open of trading on Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The most stolen books from San Francisco public libraries’ shelves are not the hottest new novels or juicy memoirs, they are books about recovering from addiction. Now, city officials want to provide universal access to free drug recovery books, including Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12-step recovery book.
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