By Web staff Click here for updates on this story BENTON, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Benton mother arrested in the 2020 poisoning death of her young son will be sentenced in Bossier District Court early next year after pleading last month to a reduced charge. Courtney Seilhammer, 38, remains in custody following her plea to
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business If your holiday wish list includes a Chick-fil-A sauce-themed blanket or a chicken nugget pillow, look no further. The chicken chain has launched its first-ever online store, and it’s filled with quirky merchandise that pays homage to cult-favorite items. Highlights include an “I Heart Waffle Fries” hoodie, a “Chicken for
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter owner Elon Musk’s dictatorial management style risks driving the company headlong into unforced business blunders, content moderation disasters and the degradation of core platform features that help keep vulnerable users safe, according to a former top Twitter official who led the company’s content moderation before abruptly resigning this
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN It was meant to be Lionel Messi’s crowning moment for Argentina — the tournament in which he steps out of Diego Maradona‘s shadow for the national team — but the 2022 World Cup has been a mixed experience for the 35-year-old so far. Argentina was stunned by Saudi Arabia in its
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El vasto aparato de seguridad de China se ha movilizado rápidamente para sofocar las protestas masivas que recorrieron el país contra las restricciones por el covid-19: la policía patrulla las calles, revisa los teléfonos móviles e incluso llama a algunos manifestantes para advertirles por sus acciones. En las principales ciudades, este lunes
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Veronica Miracle, CNN Idaho State Police has added four campus patrols and 14 patrols for the general community as the University of Idaho hosted a vigil Wednesday night for the four students fatally stabbed earlier this month. Several hundred people attended the vigil on the campus of 9,300 students to commemorate
Continue ReadingJoseph Ataman, Marguerite Lacroix and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Freshly baked news: the baguette, the long, crusty loaf bread that is a delicious staple of French life, has been awarded special protected status, placing it in a culinary pantheon alongside other regional food delicacies from around the world. The “artisanal know-how and culture of the baguette”
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Sweden and Finland have made some progress in meeting Turkey’s security concerns but still need to undertake “concrete steps” to win Ankara’s approval for their NATO membership bids. Sweden and Finland applied to join in April, amid concern that Russia might target them next. Turkey and Hungary are
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Hudson and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson have been named People magazine’s 2022 “People of the Year.” The magazine unveiled its annual list Wednesday, with Editor in Chief Wendy Naugle explaining this year’s honorees were selected because of their efforts to help others. McConaughey
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The International Tennis Integrity Agency says former top-10 professional tennis player Fernando Verdasco has accepted a voluntary provisional doping suspension of two months after testing positive for an ADHD medication. Verdasco said he was taking methylphenidate as medication prescribed by his doctor to treat ADHD but forgot to renew his therapeutic use
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The former head of a Japan-China friendship group who recently returned to Japan from six years in a Beijing prison for what he said were false spying charges says he still hopes to see China become a global leader but with better treatment of human rights. Hideji
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — Grant Farrell passed away on Thanksgiving morning, which was a week before his 4th birthday and two days after his mother found him unresponsive in the bathtub. Overland Park police responded to the Village at Lionsgate Apartments in Overland Park
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Al Goodman, Pau Mosquera and Claudia Rebaza, CNN An explosion occurred Wednesday at Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid, injuring one Ukrainian employee who was handling a letter addressed to the country’s ambassador to Spain, officials said. The individual was slightly injured and is being treated at hospital, while police are investigating, Spain’s foreign
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high interest rates and chronic inflation, the U.S. economy grew at a 2.9% annual rate from July through September, the government said Wednesday in a healthy upgrade from its initial estimate. Last quarter’s rise in the U.S. gross domestic product — the economy’s total output
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high interest rates and chronic inflation, the U.S. economy grew at a 2.9% annual rate from July through September, the government said Wednesday in a healthy upgrade from its initial estimate. Last quarter’s rise in the U.S. gross domestic product — the economy’s total output
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Se registró este miércoles una explosión en la Embajada de Ucrania en Madrid, según un comunicado del Ministerio del Interior español publicado este miércoles. Una persona resultó levemente herida después de manipular una carta y está siendo tratada en el hospital, añadió el ministerio. La Embajada está ubicada en Hortaleza. La
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — One of Venezuela’s few remaining independent publishers is being honored by the Association of American Publishers. The trade association announced Wednesday that Editorial Dahbar has been given the AAP’s International Freedom to Publish/Jeri Laber Award. The publisher’s books include interviews with political prisoners and critiques of the country’s criminal justice system.
Continue ReadingGermany’s energy minister says the government has formally decided to abandon an international energy accord that fossil fuel companies had used to oppose measures against climate change. The move follows similar decisions by Italy, France, Spain and other European countries to leave the 1998 Energy Charter Treaty, which includes provisions designed to protect foreign investments
Continue ReadingGermany’s energy minister says the government has formally decided to abandon an international energy accord that fossil fuel companies had used to oppose measures against climate change. The move follows similar decisions by Italy, France, Spain and other European countries to leave the 1998 Energy Charter Treaty, which includes provisions designed to protect foreign investments
Continue ReadingBy Peter Stratta Click here for updates on this story FORSYTH COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Forsyth County Drug Task Force (FCDTF) arrested one man for Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine and seized more than one million dollars’ worth of narcotics. On November 24, FCDTF conducted an investigation at a hotel in Kernersville, which led
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