By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The winners of the MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious fellowship this year include a waste management engineer, an ornithologist and writers, physicians and mathematicians. The Chicago-based foundation announced 25 new recipients of its “genius grants” on Wednesday and said it was increasing the award amount to $800,000 over five years. Marlies Carruth,
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The third part of this year’s Firebusters series offers some great basic reminders about water safety, including the importance of life jackets.
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has acquitted Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his son of corruption and money laundering charges filed in 2020. Sharif and his son Hamza, the former chief minister of Punjab province, were charged during the administration of former prime minister Imran Khan. They were accused
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Detroit Pistons center Marvin Bagley III is expected to be out of the lineup for three to four weeks with an injured right knee. Bagley was hurt Tuesday night in a preseason game against Oklahoma and an MRI showed a sprained knee ligament and bone bruise. The 6-foot-11 Bagley signed a three-year,
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business CVS will reduce prices on its store-branded menstrual products nationwide and pay the sales taxes on those products in a dozen states. Starting Thursday, CVS will drop prices by 25% on CVS Health and Live Better tampons, menstrual pads, liners and cups. The chain last week also began paying sales
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kylie Atwood, CNN President Joe Biden will examine all aspects of US ties with Saudi Arabia, including arms sales, as administration officials begin quiet discussions with members of Congress and congressional aides about how the US could impose consequences on the kingdom following the kingdom’s decision to partner with Russia in
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A senior Portuguese Catholic Church official who has been named in investigations involving alleged cover-ups of sex abuse by priests says his conscience is clear. The head of the Portuguese Bishops Conference, Bishop José Ornelas, denied any wrongdoing or improper conduct in the cases dating from
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley has been released from a hospital after being treated for COVID-19. Georgia says the 90-year-old Dooley was released from an Athens-area hospital on Monday, two days after he was admitted. The school says he was treated for a “mild case” of COVID-19. Dooley said in a
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some 1.6 million voters in Michigan have requested absentee ballots and 150,000 have cast ballots for the general election, which is less than a month away. The state is expecting high voter turnout because of several high-impact races — and a ballot initiative seeking
Continue ReadingJASPER, Tenn. (AP) — A finalist on “American Idol” has died in a vehicle crash in Tennessee. News outlets report the Tennessee Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Willie Spence died Tuesday after hitting the rear of a tractor-trailer near Chattanooga. An accident report from the agency says the truck was stopped on the shoulder of Interstate
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Brown Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A woman’s love of baking and her own battle with breast cancer helped to spark her idea for a nonprofit organization. It’s meant to brighten the lives of others going through cancer, one cupcake at a time. Syreeta Harrison has always had
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans are getting the biggest raise of their lifetimes. The U.S. says Social Security beneficiaries will see an 8.7% increase in monthly payments this upcoming year. That’s the largest increase in four decades. The boost is meant to allow beneficiaries
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s attempt to pause his deposition in a defamation lawsuit scheduled for later this month saying Trump’s efforts to delay the case are “inexcusable.” Trump is scheduled to be deposed on October 19 in the defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Una adolescente de 15 años está hospitalizada en el norte de la India después de que supuestamente un hombre, acusado de violarla y dejarla embarazada, le prendiera fuego en el más reciente caso de violencia contra las mujeres que conmociona al país. Kamlesh Kumar Dixit, un policía de alto rango en el
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Dukes Click here for updates on this story DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A grandfather is facing charges after Volusia County Sheriff’s officials said a toddler was left in the backseat of a returned rental car. Sixty-two-year-old David Towner appeared before a judge at the Volusia County jail Tuesday on one charge of
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s first formal national security strategy identifies China as “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge” while stressing the importance of rebuilding alliances in order to effectively compete over the coming decade. The document, required by Congress, comes 21 months into Biden’s term. The broad contours of the strategy have been
Continue ReadingBy Levan Reid Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — We first got to know Max Ash six years ago. He was an 11-year-old from Weston with dyslexia and he was just starting his mug business. Now Max and Max’is Creations are thriving. Max said even he was surprised to see how
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story JAMAICA PLAIN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Ninety-one-year-old Jean McGuire, the first Black woman elected to the Boston School Committee and a founder of METCO, was stabbed several times in Franklin Park Tuesday night. She is in stable condition in the hospital and is expected to be
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes that erupted in a refugee camp in the West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed as violence surges in the occupied territory. The ministry identified the Palestinian on Wednesday as 18-year-old
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Police in San Francisco arrested a man early Tuesday who was found naked in a luxury apartment building on Van Ness Avenue after allegedly opening a pipe that flooded the structure. According to police, on Tuesday at around 6:12 a.m., police
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