By Lindsay Clein Click here for updates on this story KERNERSVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — WXII first introduced you to Aubrianna Lash six years ago. At the time, she was the youngest person in the state to receive her natural hair care license at just 12 years old. This week, she graduated from Middle College
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s new “whole of society” plan to combat antisemitism Thursday, which he called the “most ambitious and comprehensive US government-led effort to fight antisemitism in American history.” “The past several years, hate has been given too much oxygen, fueling a rapid rise in antisemitism,”
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — As the world mourns the loss of music icon Tina Turner, one of “The Best” singer’s most famous friends, Oprah Winfrey, shared a moving tribute on her website and social media. Winfrey, who devoted portions of her landmark daytime talk show to Turner in the late 90s and the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actor, author and advocate Michael J. Fox. Personal Birth date: June 9, 1961 Birth place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Birth name: Michael Andrew Fox Father: Bill Fox, Canadian Armed Forces officer Mother: Phyllis (Piper) Fox Marriage: Tracy Pollan (July 16, 1988-present) Children: Esme,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) – – Un automóvil se estrelló este jueves contra el portón de acceso a Downing Street, la calle donde se encuentra la residencia oficial del primer ministro del Reino Unido, dijo la policía. este jueves. Una persona fue detenida. En un video difundido por la BBC, se puede ver un pequeño automóvil
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 2001 anthrax attacks, also referred to as Amerithrax. Facts about anthrax There are four types of anthrax infection: cutaneous (through the skin), inhalation (through the lungs; the most deadly), gastrointestinal (through digestion) and injection anthrax. Injection anthrax is common in heroin-injecting users in northern Europe.
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft joined a sprawling global debate on the regulation of artificial intelligence Thursday, echoing calls for a new federal agency to control the technology’s development and urging the Biden administration to approve new restrictions on how the US government uses AI tools. In a speech in Washington attended
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft joined a sprawling global debate on the regulation of artificial intelligence Thursday, echoing calls for a new federal agency to control the technology’s development and urging the Biden administration to approve new restrictions on how the US government uses AI tools. In a speech in Washington attended by
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the 75th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping, the United Nations chief said Thursday that peacekeepers are increasingly working in places where there is no peace and praised the more than 4,200 who have given their lives to the cause of peace since the U.N. authorized
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mozambique’s former finance minister has lost a last-ditch legal appeal in South Africa and faces extradition to the United States over a $2 billion corruption scandal related to loans to Mozambican state-owned companies. U.S. prosecutors allege that Manuel Chang, Mozambique’s finance minister from 2005 to 2015, was
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields has a new opponent for her marquee fight in the Motor City. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and women’s middleweight champion is now scheduled to face top-ranked contender Maricela Cornejo on June 3 at Little Caesars Arena. Shields was scheduled to box Hanna Gabriels, but the Costa Rican was removed
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The mother of Brian Laundrie, the man who killed his fiancée, Gabby Petito, and later himself in 2021, wrote to her son saying she would help him “dispose of a body” or “bake a cake with a file in it” to help him in jail,
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say a U.S. marshal fatally shot a woman who pulled a gun on officers trying to arrest her on two felony warrants. Sgt. Gary Knight says 44-year-old Shari Vincent died after being shot Wednesday in northwest Oklahoma City. Knight says Vincent was wanted for stalking and malicious injury
Continue ReadingBy Sugam Pokharel, CNN London (CNN) — A man has been arrested after a car was driven at the gates of Downing Street in London, the official residence of the UK prime minister, police said Thursday. In video broadcast by the BBC, a small silver car can be seen driving at slow speed across Whitehall,
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — An attorney for an 11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by a police officer after he called 911 for help said Thursday there was “no way” the boy could have been mistaken for an adult. The attorney, Carlos Moore, is asking for “a full and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Nvidia, already one of the world’s most valuable companies, skyrocketed Thursday after the chipmaker forecast a huge jump in revenue, signaling how vastly the broadening use of artificial intelligence could reshape the tech sector. The company based in Santa Clara, California, is close to joining the exclusive club
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — German airline Lufthansa on Thursday signed a deal with the Italian government for a minority share in the long-struggling ITA Airways, formerly Alitalia. ITA Airways and its Alitalia predecessor have long been searching for an industrial partner as the Italian airline lost out on domestic and
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A car collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister’s home and offices are located, setting off a rapid security response in one of London’s most-fortified sites. The Metropolitan Police force said a man was arrested Thursday afternoon at the scene on suspicion of
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have widened their case against the leader of a small polygamous group that resides near the Utah-Arizona border, adding child pornography charges and detailing his sexual encounters with children he took as wives in new charges filed earlier this month. A federal grand jury
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s defense minister says the Nordic country is considering whether to let Ukrainian pilots test its JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets. So far, Sweden has ruled out sending any Gripen fighters to Ukraine, saying it needs them for its own territorial defense. But Defense Minister Pål Jonsson said Thursday that Sweden was
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