By Kate Bennett, CNN Of all the educators returning to classrooms in person this fall, only one will be ferried there by a motorcade of Secret Service vehicles that depart from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. First lady Jill Biden on Tuesday starts her 13-week teaching session at the Alexandria, Virginia, campus of Northern Virginia Community College
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Rob Frehse, CNN The Human Rights Campaign has terminated its president Alphonso David following an investigation last month over his actions while assisting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was responding to an allegation of sexual harassment, according to a statement from the HRC. In a response on social media,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a North Dakota college student. Judge Ralph Erickson ruled Friday that misleading testimony from a medical examiner and limitations on mental health evidence violated Alfonso Rodriguez Jr.’s constitutional
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Gallardo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — It’s game day in Wrigelyville. A server at Old Crow rushes from table to table trying to keep customers happy, but it’s a struggle. If it weren’t for the Cubs game, the restaurant wouldn’t be open at all on a Monday. Or
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Young Sikh Americans still struggle with discrimination a generation after Sept. 11 unleashed bias against them and their older relatives, ranging from school bullying to racial profiling to hate crimes. The attacks often make it hard fhaior them to embrace the Sikh concept
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Following Michael K. Williams’ sudden passing, his friends, fellow actors and directors are paying tribute to the talented star. “The Wire” creator David Simon wrote in on Twitter that he was “gutted.” Williams played Omar on the classic HBO series. “Michael was a fine man and a rare talent and on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The Delta variant may have taken over as quickly as it did not only because of an increased infectivity, but because it is less affected by neutralizing antibodies produced by prior infection with COVID-19 or produced by vaccines, according to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHANNAHON, Illinois (WLS) — Attorneys for an Oswego man convicted of murdering his wife and three children are pushing for his release from prison. Christopher Vaughn was convicted nine years ago for the murder of his wife and three kids, who were found shot to
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Vatican officials are refusing to say whether women will have a vote when Pope Francis convenes the Catholic hierarchy and experts to the Vatican for a meeting on the Catholic church in 2023. For years, women activists and even nuns have pressed to be able to vote
Continue ReadingBy Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Wayne Encalarde’s utility truck and trailer were parked in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward 16 years ago when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters ravaged the city and all but completely destroyed the neighborhood. The 68-year-old, a plumber and owner of the local Wayne Jude Encalarde plumbing and public works business, says the deadly
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS, KPRC, KATC, WDSU By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Wayne Encalarde’s utility truck and trailer were parked in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward 16 years ago when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters ravaged the city and all but completely destroyed the neighborhood. The 68-year-old, a plumber and owner of the local Wayne Jude Encalarde plumbing and public
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London has honored American Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, with a blue plaque outside his former home in the British capital. Henson lived in London from 1979 until his death in 1990 at age 53. He was also known for his work on “Sesame Street”
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WILL COUNTY, Illinois (WLS) — Three people died in a wrong-way crash early Monday morning on Interstate 80 in Will County, Illinois State Police said. State troopers responded about 12:15 a.m. to westbound I-80 at La Grange Road for a two-car crash involving a wrong-way
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed information about a plan to release treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. The three-member team, which is assisting Japan with the planned release, met with
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed information about a plan to release treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. The three-member team, which is assisting Japan with the planned release, met with
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is convening an urgent meeting of a committee that oversees efforts to fight hate crime after hooded attackers beat a 20-year-old man in Madrid and used a knife to carve a profanity on one of his buttocks. A government spokesperson said Tuesday that Sánchez wants to “take
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the country’s largest city. The Duchess, 74, has long campaigned against domestic abuse and sexual violence and said she is “delighted to become Patron of the Mirabel Center in Lagos,” which was founded in
Continue ReadingCNN By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the country’s largest city. The Duchess, 74, has long campaigned against domestic abuse and sexual violence and said she is “delighted to become Patron of the Mirabel Center in Lagos,” which was founded
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary and Alta Spells, CNN The Dixie Fire in northern California is on its way to becoming the largest wildfire in the state’s history, officials say. It has burned 917,579 acres and was only 59% contained as of Tuesday. Currently, the largest fire by acreage for the state is the August Complex, which
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, CNN After denouncing protesters as “anti-vaxxer mobs,” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pelted with gravel at an election campaign stop on Monday night. Journalists traveling with the Liberal Party leader posted videos of the incident in London, Ontario, as Trudeau was boarding his campaign bus after the event. Several videos show
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