By Chloe Melas, CNN Things just got weird. The adorable animated children’s television character Peppa Pig seems to have trolled rapper Kanye West on Twitter. “Peppa didn’t need to host listening parties in the Mercedez-Benz stadium to get that .5,” a tweet from the official account for Peppa Pig read. The message was in reference
Continue ReadingBy ANGIE RICONO Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — A metro-area man’s dream come true has turned into a nightmare. The dream — a 1959, red and white, hard-top convertible Corvette. The nightmare — the dream car is sitting in an impound lot in Topeka, waiting to be
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN David Patten, who helped the New England Patriots clinch three Super Bowls between 2001 and 2004, died Thursday, according to a statement from the Patriots. A South Carolina native, Patten was 47 years old. According to The State newspaper, the Richland County (SC) Coroner confirmed that Patten died in a motorcycle
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza San Antonio, Texas (CNN) — Un fondo de aborto que ayuda a cientos de mujeres en la región más al sur de Texas cada año dejó de responder a su línea directa después de que una de las prohibiciones más estrictas del país entró en vigencia esta semana. “Nuestra propia existencia es
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, President Biden’s infrastructure agenda took a backseat as the last US troops left Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida devastated both the Gulf Coast and the Northeast, while the Supreme Court allowed a restrictive new abortion law to stand in Texas — effectively outlawing most abortions sought in the state. Monday
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN The passenger accused of punching a Southwest Airlines flight attendant and breaking three of her teeth on a May flight now faces federal felony charges. Vyvianna Quinonez is accused of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and interference with flight crew members and attendants, according to court documents. This incident is
Continue ReadingBy JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres was activated from the injured list by the New York Yankees after missing almost a month with a sprained left thumb. Torres is batting .253 with six homers and 42 RBIs in 99 games. He appeared to be heating up when he was injured
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Una nueva ley a favor de las armas en Texas que entró en vigencia en septiembre de 2021 permite que la mayoría de los texanos que poseen legalmente un arma de fuego la porten abiertamente en público sin obtener un permiso o capacitación. Según los expertos, la medida hará que sea
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press MANVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Storm evacuees in Manville, a central New Jersey town along the rain-swollen Raritan River, told the same story. There was an urgent late-night knock on the door, a wall of water crashing into their apartments and a rescue by boat to higher ground.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una nueva ley de Texas que prohíbe efectivamente la mayoría de los abortos llevó al presidente Joe Biden a utilizar el miércoles una palabra que había evitado por completo como presidente: “Aborto”. La ausencia de la palabra en los comentarios y declaraciones públicas de Biden ha frustrado a los activistas, que
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN. South Africa (AP) — Kelechi Iheanacho’s two goals gave Nigeria a winning start in its bid to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar. Nigeria beat Liberia 2-0 with Iheanacho’s first-half double. Fellow former African champions Tunisia, Cameroon and Ghana also won on a day the heavyweights
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN More children went to the hospital and emergency room in states with lower vaccination rates, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children have largely been spared the worst of Covid-19 — hospitalizations and deaths are rarer for children than for adults — although
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. The Texas law bans abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and often before women know they’re pregnant. Rather
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. The Texas law bans abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and often before women know they’re pregnant. Rather
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — The Marine Corps on Friday halted waterborne operations for its new amphibious vehicle that resembles an armored seafaring tank after identifying a problem with its towing mechanism. Marine Corps spokesman Maj. Jim Stenger said Friday the Marine Corps made the decision “out of an abundance of caution. The service was rolling
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and her progressive congressional allies have urged President Joe Biden to stop construction on Enbridge Energy’s much-contested Line 3 project. Omar and three other congresswomen said the pipeline project would worsen climate change and violate Native American treaty rights. But Enbridge
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and her progressive congressional allies have urged President Joe Biden to stop construction on Enbridge Energy’s much-contested Line 3 project. Omar and three other congresswomen said the pipeline project would worsen climate change and violate Native American treaty rights. But Enbridge
Continue ReadingBy MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where four residents died after Hurricane Ida faced prior criticism after a prior evacuation-related death two decades ago. AARP Louisiana is calling for owner Bob Dean to have his nursing home licenses
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The American Solheim Cup team is using a “pod” system in hopes of bringing the Cup back to the United States. The “pod” system divides the 12-woman team into groups of four. Former U.S. captain Juli Inkster began using the system in 2015. First-time captain
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Nine Oregon State Police troopers – five from Central Oregon – and a group of state firefighters filed suit Friday against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, challenging and seeking to block the vaccine mandate for state workers and an Oct. 18 deadline to get the shot or possibly be fired.
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