By Amanda Watts, Andi Babineau and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that Louisiana health and environmental officials consider relocating students from an elementary school near a chemical plant after the federal agency found the children may be exposed to harmful levels of toxins, according to a letter obtained by CNN. In
Continue ReadingBULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A woman who was arrested for feeding homeless people in northwest Arizona is suing over a local ordinance that regulates food-sharing events in public parks. Seventy-eight-year-old Norma Thornton became the first person arrested under Bullhead City’s ordinance in March for distributing prepared food from a van at Bullhead Community Park.
Continue ReadingMANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was escorted out of the California-based headquarters of athletic shoemaker Skechers after he showed up unannounced Wednesday, a day after Adidas ended its partnership with the artist following his antisemitic remarks. The Grammy winner, who legally changed his name to Ye, “arrived unannounced
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Musa, CNN After a diver found what appeared to be a human bone in Lake Mead, the park searched the area and uncovered more human remains, the National Park Service confirmed Wednesday. The diver, who is a private business operator at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, found the bone
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Amy Simonson, CNN An Arkansas man is in the hospital — but expected to recover — after he was engulfed by a fireball when he was tased by state police while wearing a backpack with a gallon of gasoline inside, according to a news release from Arkansas State Police. Around 1:18
Continue ReadingKHBS, KHOG, ARKANSAS STATE POLICE, CNN By Melissa Alonso and Amy Simonson, CNN An Arkansas man is in the hospital — but expected to recover — after he was engulfed by a fireball when he was tased by state police while wearing a backpack with a gallon of gasoline inside, according to a news release
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many U.N. Security Council members led by the U.S. and its Western allies insist Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has the right to investigate whether Russia has used Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine. They are dismissing Moscow’s claim that the U.N. chief
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a legal theory pushed by supporters of former President Donald Trump in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election that could change the future of elections. The after-hours filing from the Justice Department on the
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, Gregory Krieg and Allie Malloy and Kit Maher, CNN A day after Pennsylvania’s Senate debate sharpened the stakes in the battle for control of the chamber, Democrat John Fetterman strolled onto a stage in Pittsburgh and bluntly acknowledged his challenges. “To be honest, doing that debate wasn’t exactly easy,” Fetterman told supporters
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny, Gregory Krieg and Allie Malloy and Kit Maher, CNN A day after Pennsylvania’s Senate debate sharpened the stakes in the battle for control of the chamber, Democrat John Fetterman strolled onto a stage in Pittsburgh and bluntly acknowledged his challenges. “To be honest, doing that debate wasn’t exactly easy,” Fetterman told
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history. The penalty issued by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history. The penalty issued by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history. The penalty issued by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history. The penalty issued by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass
Continue ReadingAlexandra Peers, CNN A roar of corporate earnings came out this week and last, and the information piling up from the backbone-of-American-buyers companies like Coca-Cola, Mattel, GM, Hilton, American Express offers a fuller picture of what’s going on in this country than we’ve had in the past. Amid a nearly international consensus that America is
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La compañía de calzado deportivo Skechers informó en un comunicado el miércoles que dos de sus ejecutivos escoltaron a Kanye West fuera de uno de sus edificios de Los Ángeles. La compañía dijo que West, quien cambió legalmente su nombre a Ye, “llegó sin previo aviso y sin invitación”. Dijo que
Continue ReadingBy BILL HUBER Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are carrying a three-game losing streak and one of the NFL’s worse offenses into this week’s game at Buffalo against the Bills. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has said the offense is making far too many mental mistakes. The reigning MVP says he’s
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday said he is “extremely pleased” with the “overwhelming reaction” to recent antisemitic comments from rapper and fashion designer Ye, also known as Kanye West. “We’re all concerned by antisemitism all over the world. It’s antisemitism, it’s racist, it’s racism, xenophobia — these are the challenges
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook sat out the Los Angeles Lakers’ game Wednesday night at Denver to rest a sore left hamstring. Lakers coach Darvin Ham announced the plan before the game to take a precautionary route with Westbrook’s injury. The Los Angeles guard is mired in a slump, shooting just 28.9% from the floor.
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN A total of 17 people with cartel connections are facing federal charges following the seizure of hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and more than a thousand pounds of methamphetamine, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. On Tuesday, law enforcement officials executed search warrants at
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