By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia. Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people
Continue ReadingBy ANDREEA ALEXANDRU and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital has agreed Tuesday to extend social media influencer Andrew Tate’s detention on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking by another 30 days. Tate was arrested Dec. 29 when authorities descended on his property north of Bucharest. His
Continue ReadingBy ANDREEA ALEXANDRU and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital agreed Tuesday to extend social media influencer Andrew Tate’s detention on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking by another 30 days, an official said. Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen known for misogynistic views who has 5.1 million
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Da Brat once famously rapped that she was here to “represent for the rest of the family” and now her family is growing. On Tuesday, the 48-year-old recording artist revealed that she is expecting her first child. “I never thought I was going to have kids,” the “Funkdafied” rapper told
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A front-runner to become Scotland’s next leader is fighting to keep her campaign alive amid a backlash over her opposition to same-sex marriage. Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes belongs to the evangelical Free Church of Scotland. She said Monday that her faith wouldn’t have allowed her to
Continue ReadingBy AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top state election and cybersecurity officials are warning about the threat posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections. They say America’s decentralized system of thousands of local voting jurisdictions creates a particular vulnerability. Russia and Iran have meddled in previous elections, including
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor could receive as much as 12″ of fresh snow by 9:00 pm today, with 10-20″ more expected by Thursday morning. Westerly winds are expected to reach 20-30 mph with gusts as high as 50 mph. It is snowing on the mountain roads now. Carry chains or traction tires on some roads (they are
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… With the next powerful winter storm pressing into the Pacific NW, we have already seen high winds and some snow showers. This is expected to intensify, especially in the mountains. Central Oregon will see windy conditions prevail today, with many already having seen their daytime highs. We will have a chance
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You can forgive John Larroquette for thinking he’d entered a time machine when he stepped onto the sound stage of the rebooted NBC sitcom “Night Court.” The sets for the arraignment courtroom, chambers and hallways where he had first made people laugh as prosecutor Dan
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday announced her campaign for US Senate in California, joining a competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat. “Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate. I’ve never backed down from doing what’s right. And I never will. Californians deserve
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, announced Tuesday that 2022 was another record-setting year, with $11.2 billion in grants awarded by its donor-advised fund holders, up 9% over 2021. What makes the new record even more notable was that the donations came during a year of high inflation and
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Nicky Robertson, CNN Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, will resign from Congress June 1 to run the Rhode Island Foundation. The First Congressional District of Rhode Island is a Democratic stronghold, with Cicilline winning by almost 30 points in his last midterm election. There will be a special election
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Alicia Wallace, CNN Middle-age workers who tend to earn a low wage have an elevated mortality risk, especially when they experience unstable employment, according to a study published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA. Researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health tracked employment and health metrics for about 4,000
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Kelly McCleary, CNN Schools and parks in Doral, Florida, will reopen Tuesday after a fire at a waste-to-energy facility that has been burning over a week raised air quality concerns. Firefighters are still battling the flames, but smoke conditions in the area have improved, Miami-Dade County officials said in an update
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN Jill Biden will travel to Namibia and Kenya this week, her first visit to the continent since becoming first lady as the White House looks to strengthen ties with the region. The visit, the first by a White House principal this year to sub-Saharan Africa, begins on Wednesday and will wrap
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Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN We’re in the midst of awards season, but the experience might not be as joyful or glamorous as viewers might think. Emma Thompson has two Academy Award wins to her name, but she’s revealed that the Oscars left her feeling “seriously ill.” The British actress, who stars as Miss Trunchbull in
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Work less, get more. A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world’s largest, has found that an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated from June to December will keep going with the shorter hours and that most employees were less stressed
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN John Malkovich is talking about his close friend, missing hiker Julian Sands. The two became friends while working together in Thailand in the 1980s and were roommates after filming “The Killing Fields.” Sands, 65, went missing in the San Gabriel Mountains on Jan. 13 during a hike on Mt. Baldy in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Jimmy Carter, expresidente de Estados Unidos, nació en 1924 en Plains, Georgia. En 1946 se casó con Rosalynn (Smith) Carter, con quien compartió la vida desde entonces y con quien tuvo cuatro hijos. Aquí, un repaso a su vida personal y su carrera pública, que ha continuado durante décadas luego
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