Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday has become the second Black…
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2 US Army veterans deported to Mexico win US citizenship
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Army veterans who were deported to Mexico a decade ago won their long battle to return…
Continue ReadingBiden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts
By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to…
Continue ReadingPentagon: China’s conducted spy balloon program for years
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chinese balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast was part of a large…
Continue Reading‘You don’t have to do it alone’: Project Harmony hosts healing session for Target survivors
By Abbie Petersen Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Hundreds of people were in the Target…
Continue ReadingEarthquake takeaways: Hope fading in frigid Turkey, Syria
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — The search for survivors of the earthquake that toppled thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria has reached a critical…
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More than 150 years later the hunt for gold is still on in NorCal. Winter storms bring a new fever
By Jason Marks Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The recent heavy rains in the…
Continue ReadingHusband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer summoned by judiciary
CNN By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The husband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh will be forced to serve the rest of a five-year…
Continue Reading‘They still want a regime change.’ Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says the anger behind Iran’s protests remains
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the…
Continue ReadingAnti-violence youth town hall to give voice to teens concerned about youth violence
By Kayla James Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A coalition made up of Des Moines…
Continue ReadingThreat cancels Arkansas middle school basketball game
By KHBS Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KHBS) — Police said two people at the game…
Continue Reading‘It’s a mess down here.’ Southwest pilots detail the Christmas meltdown chaos
By Gregory Wallace Congress is set to receive new evidence Thursday of internal chaos at Southwest Airlines over the Christmas holiday meltdown. The…
Continue ReadingFact-checking President Biden’s State of the Union speech
CNN By CNN staff President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday. Here is a fact check of some of the claims from…
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‘Magnet fishing’ craze in Baltimore getting people hooked
By Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Magnet fishing is a new craze that’s quickly…
Continue ReadingDisney plans to cut 7,000 jobs and reward shareholders
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Disney said it would cut 7,000 jobs from its global workforce, part of a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting initiative…
Continue Reading2-year-old Pennsylvania girl gets head stuck in cake pan
By Jere Gish Click here for updates on this story LEWISTOWN, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Firefighters in Mifflin County got a…
Continue ReadingMan accused of killing an off-duty New York police officer who was trying to buy an SUV has been charged with murder
By Kiely Westhoff and Steve Almasy, CNN The suspect in the shooting death of off-duty New York Police Department officer Adeed Fayaz has been charged…
Continue ReadingHeads may roll in Oregon agency due to love for rare bourbon
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A thirst for rare bottles of bourbon appears set to cost the executive director and other top…
Continue ReadingDamar Hamlin ‘will play professional football again,’ NFL players union doctor says
By Nadia Kounang, Ben Morse and John Sinnott, CNN Just over a month after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a…
Continue ReadingBard, el chatbot de inteligencia artificial de Google, se equivocó en una demostración pública
Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La muy publicitada nueva herramienta de chatbot de IA de Google, Bard, que aún no se ha lanzado al público, ya está…
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