By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday has become the second Black Texan honored with a portrait on the walls of the state’s Senate chamber. Known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” Opal Lee, 96, who grew up in Fort Worth, joined President Joe
Continue ReadingBy 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 to the United States and become U.S. citizens. Mauricio Hernandez Mata and Leonel Contreras were sworn in as U.S. citizens Wednesday at a special naturalization ceremony in downtown
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security, the GOP howls of protest during his State of the Union address showcased a striking apparent turnaround for the party that built a brand for years trying to
Continue ReadingBy 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 surveillance program that China has been conducting for “several years,” the Pentagon said Wednesday. When similar balloons passed over U.S. territory on four occasions during the Trump and
Continue ReadingBy Abbie Petersen Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Hundreds of people were in the Target store when a mentally ill man opened fire. Tuesday, we’re seeing the effort to help them heal. It was one week ago, when the gunman fired a rifle at least eight times in the
Continue ReadingGAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — The search for survivors of the earthquake that toppled thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria has reached a critical stretch, with rescue teams from two dozen countries helping locals sift through the rubble and experts warning that the realistic window to find any in the frigid temperatures is quickly closing.
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By Jason Marks Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The recent heavy rains in the Sacramento Valley created flooding in many of the streams and rivers. It also pushed gold from the mountains down into the valley, leading to a bit of a gold rush. Nestled along the south fork
Continue ReadingCNN 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 prison sentence, Sotoudeh told CNN on Tuesday. Reza Khandan was summoned to report to the judiciary within 30 days to begin serving out the sentence, which was initially handed down
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the demonstrations that gripped the country for months, many Iranians still want regime change. In an exclusive interview Wednesday from her home in Tehran, Nasrin Sotoudeh told CNN’s Chief International Anchor
Continue ReadingBy Kayla James Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A coalition made up of Des Moines community leaders and businesses is coming together to encourage the youth to speak up in a town hall against anti-violence next Monday. The Youth Town Hall is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 13, at
Continue ReadingBy KHBS Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KHBS) — Police said two people at the game were threatened by a person with a weapon. School officials canceled the game around 8 p.m. Fort Smith Public Schools police Chief Bill Hollenbeck says the school resource officer on duty locked down
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace Congress is set to receive new evidence Thursday of internal chaos at Southwest Airlines over the Christmas holiday meltdown. The pilots’ union is prepared to characterize the operation as held together by “duct tape,” while Southwest’s chief operating officer is expected to apologize and say the airline “is intensely focused on reducing
Continue ReadingCNN 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 Biden and the Republican response by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Cutting the deficit Biden claimed his administration cut the federal deficit by “more than $1.7 trillion.”
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By Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Magnet fishing is a new craze that’s quickly catching on in Baltimore and helping to clean up the waters of the Inner Harbor. Evan Woodard formed a magnet-fishing group in Baltimore that’s growing by the week. He started the group about a
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Disney said it would cut 7,000 jobs from its global workforce, part of a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting initiative aimed at streamlining the company’s operations in a period of media industry turmoil. Disney had about 220,000 workers as of October 1, of which approximately 166,000 were employed in the United States. A
Continue ReadingBy Jere Gish Click here for updates on this story LEWISTOWN, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Firefighters in Mifflin County got a very unusual call: A mom needed help because her daughter’s head was stuck in a cake pan. Erin Meixel was forced to call 911 on Monday when 2-year-old Quinnley got her head stuck while playing
Continue ReadingBy 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 with murder, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Randy Jones, 38, was arraigned Wednesday and did not enter a plea. He was remanded to police custody, according to the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A thirst for rare bottles of bourbon appears set to cost the executive director and other top officials of Oregon’s liquor and marijuana regulating agency their jobs. An internal investigation by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, obtained by The Associated Press via a public records
Continue ReadingBy 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 tackle in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Buffalo Bills safety has received an optimistic prognosis on his playing future from the NFL players union doctor. “I guarantee
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La muy publicitada nueva herramienta de chatbot de IA de Google, Bard, que aún no se ha lanzado al público, ya está siendo criticada por dar una respuesta inexacta durante una demostración esta semana. En la demostración, que fue publicada por Google en Twitter, un usuario le pregunta a Bard: “¿Qué
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