By Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Parents voiced their concerns about the resignation of former Tuscola High School football coach Chris Brookshire during Tuesday night’s Haywood County Schools Board of Education meeting. The former coach, along with Tuscola High Principal Heather Blackmon, was suspended in
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House strategy to manage the special counsel investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents has taken shape. Pledge full cooperation. Attack House Republicans. Don’t engage on the details of an ongoing matter. Most of all, maintain the meticulously planned strategic road map on which
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La activista climática sueca Greta Thunberg recuperó su libertad este martes por la noche después de pasar varias horas detenida tras una protesta por la expansión de una mina de carbón en el pueblo alemán de Lützerath, confirmó la policía a CNN este miércoles. ”Thunberg fue detenida solo brevemente. Una vez
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England said Wednesday it will allow blessings for same-sex, civil marriages for the first time but same-sex couples still will not be allowed to marry in its churches. The decision followed five years of debate and consultation on the church’s position on sexuality. It
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN A Saudi Arabian businessman has won an auction for a golden ticket to watch Cristiano Ronaldo take on Lionel Messi with a bid of 10 million Saudi riyals ($2.6 million). The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Entertainment (GEA), Turki Al Sheikh, said Tuesday that businessman Mushref Al-Ghamdi, the general
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN The largest six banks in the United States have been given until July to show the Federal Reserve what effects disastrous climate change scenarios could have on their bottom lines. Noting the risks could be “material,” the Fed said the banks will have to show how their finances fare under a
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Jeremy Herb, CNN The National Archives told congressional Republicans it will only share information related to the discovery of classified information in President Joe Biden‘s former think tank office and residence after consulting with the Justice Department to ensure it does not interfere with the criminal probe. In a new letter
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says Russia is preparing for a long war so the alliance must get ready to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. The alliance’s deputy secretary general Mircea Geoana tells top military chiefs from across Europe on Wednesday that NATO nations must invest more
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin museum authority says it is ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former German colony of East Africa after having researched their origin for several years. During their research at the city’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History, scientists examined 1,135 skulls. Of
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN Six officers have been put on administrative leave in Raleigh, North Carolina, in connection with the death of a man in custody Tuesday after he was shocked by a stun gun. Officers responding to a “suspicious vehicle” just before 2 a.m. tried to arrest the man, who they say resisted, “and
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Leslie Jones is taking a seat at “The Daily Show” desk. The “Saturday Night Live” alum will start a temporary stint as host of “The Daily Show” this week, saying she’ll bring her trademark “vulnerable honesty” to the job. “I’m not Jon Stewart. I’m not Trevor Noah, I’m Leslie Jones.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s action in Ukraine was intended to stop a “war” that has raged in eastern Ukraine since 2014. Putin said Moscow had long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region but was “just duped and cheated.”
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Kit Maher and Chris Boyette, CNN Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called on state lawmakers to make permanent existing penalties for companies that require all employees get the Covid-19 vaccination, his latest move to curtail pandemic mitigation efforts. The proposal would extend indefinitely measures DeSantis signed in 2021 that made Florida the
Continue ReadingCNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Santa Fe, New Mexico, paid a local contractor $47,000 to round up about 3,000 shopping carts around the city in 2021 and 2022. Fayetteville, North Carolina, spent $78,468 collecting carts from May 2020 to October 2022. Shopping carts keep wandering away from their stores, draining taxpayers’ coffers, causing blight and
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN The masked thief rode into a Walgreens in San Francico on a bicycle, pedaled to an aisle in the health and wellness section, and loaded a black garbage bag with items off the shelf. Then he got back on the bike, and rode out through the automatic doors. Videos of brazen
Continue ReadingBy SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Resort fees that aren’t advertised as part of the room rate of a hotel stay can surprise many travelers when they see the final price. Some hotels say the separate fees help cover the costs of valuable amenities like classes or equipment rentals. Those fees may even encourage guests to
Continue ReadingBy SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Resort fees that aren’t advertised as part of the room rate of a hotel stay can surprise many travelers when they see the final price. Some hotels say the separate fees help cover the costs of valuable amenities like classes or equipment rentals. Those fees may even encourage guests to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — “Quiero pedir disculpas, no tuve intención de matar”. Estas fueron las palabras, durante el juicio, de Máximo Thomsen, uno de los acusados del asesinato de Fernando Báez Sosa, un joven de 18 años que murió en la madrugada del 18 de enero de 2020 tras una brutal golpiza por
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN The United States has transferred American munitions stored in Israel for use in Ukraine and plans to send more soon, US and Israeli officials told CNN Wednesday. A US official told CNN they have moved “some” of the 300,000 155-millimeter shells that the US and Israel agreed would be transferred, and
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Party City is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with rising prices and a pullback in customer spending. The company, which operates more than 800 company-owned and franchise stores throughout North America, has faced increased competition from Walmart and Target.
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