By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is ditching a state song that’s based on the campaign tune of a former governor who pledged to preserve segregation. The current governor, Republican Tate Reeves, signed a bill Thursday to replace “Go, Mississippi” with a new song, “One Mississippi.” The change happens July
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Liz Sheridan, a veteran stage and screen actress who played Jerry Seinfeld’s mother, Helen, on “Seinfeld,” died Friday morning, her manager and friend Amanda Hendon confirmed to CNN. Sheridan had celebrated her 93rd birthday earlier this week, Hendon said. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law. Though she had dozens
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials in several countries are investigating mysterious cases of severe liver disease in children. They think it may related to a type of virus usually associated with colds. The U.K., U.S., Ireland and Spain have all reported cases in which children came down with
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has won on her Billie Jean King Cup debut to leave Britain level with the Czech Republic in Prague. Raducanu’s swift rise was evident before she beat Tereza Martincova 7-5, 7-5 in what was her first match for Britain and her first professional match on clay. The
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The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden will travel to the Pacific Northwest next week, visiting both Portland and Seattle in his first visit to the region as president.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Longtime college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale is celebrating after finishing chemotherapy at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida. He tweeted Thursday that he was cancer-free, and posted a video of himself ringing the bell in excitement. Vitale, 82, said in the fall he had been diagnosed with lymphoma, months after multiple surgeries
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That’s a tax rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average federal rate of around 14%. Those totals, released on Friday, tax
Continue ReadingWINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Law enforcement officers say three sheriff’s deputies were shot and a suspect was killed during a confrontation in central Kansas. Cowley County Sheriff David Falletti said the deputies were following a car that had been reported as suspicious Friday. The sheriff says shots were fired when deputies contacted the driver on
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A hovering arctic jet stream has brought biting cold, snow, rain and hail that is concerning growers across central Washington’s Yakima Valley. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports grower Mike Saunders with Apple King—Pro Orchard Management said orchards were laden with snow on Wednesday, an unusual sight. Freezing temperatures began early this week
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The White House released President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ tax returns on Friday, showing that the first couple earned more than $600,000 and the second couple made over $1.6 million in 2021. The President and first lady Jill Biden paid $150,439 in federal income taxes
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The sheriff of Oregon’s most populous county is sounding the alarm over a spike in arrests for violent crimes and says the number of people in jail for murder and attempted murder is the highest it has been in nearly 30 years. Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese says in an open
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Anne Milgram, administradora de la Administración de Control de Drogas de Estados Unidos (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés), advirtió sobre los eventos de sobredosis masivas provocadas por el fentanilo en el programa “At This Hour” de CNN el viernes. “Esta es una tendencia que no hemos visto antes”, dijo Milgram.
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA ÁLVARES and TATIANA POLLASTRI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has led thousands of motorcyclists on a campaign ride through the country’s most populous state. He’s seeking to drum up support ahead of October’s elections as he trails in early opinion polls. Bolsonaro wore a black leather jacket while
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand weren’t financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a Las Vegas Strip show in 2013. Gavin Cox and his wife accused the multimillionaire magician, the hotel and business
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, dijo a CNN este viernes que “todos los países del mundo” deben estar preparados para la posibilidad de que el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, utilice armas nucleares tácticas en su guerra contra Ucrania. Zelensky dijo a Jake Tapper de CNN, en una entrevista exclusiva
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN A shoe store owner aiming at would-be shoplifters opened fire in a California mall but struck a 9-year-old girl waiting in line to see the Easter Bunny, police said. The child was flown to Loma Linda Medical Center after the April 12 shooting in the Mall of Victor Valley and had
Continue ReadingKCAL, KCBS By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A shoe store owner aiming at would-be shoplifters opened fire in a California mall but struck a 9-year-old girl waiting in line to see the Easter Bunny, police said. The child was flown to Loma Linda Medical Center after the Tuesday shooting in the Mall of Victor Valley and
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California judge ruled that five Oakland police officers who fatally shot a homeless man in 2018 were unjustly fired and should have kept their jobs. The East Bay Times reports that an Alameda County Superior Court judge said in his ruling issued Tuesday that Oakland city employees “improperly manipulated”
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Armas Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Walking through Lower Downtown, LoDo, in Denver, there aren’t many signs of what once was, except for a plaque near 20th and Blake. “A white mob descended on the Chinatown that was existing in LoDo, and basically they brutalized the people
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Bonnie Raitt, Bob Odenkirk starts the long farewell season of “Better Call Saul” and “The Batman,” the biggest box-office hit so far this year, lands Monday on HBO Max. Timed to Earth Day, the Walt Disney Co. will debut “Polar Bear,”
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