6 Bridgeport High School soccer players arrested, charged with hazing teammates
By JULIA FALCON Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEPORT, Texas (KTVT) — Six Bridgeport High School soccer…
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PacWest Bank shares tumble as crisis prompts customers to yank deposits
By Allison Morrow, CNN Shares of PacWest Bancorp tumbled Thursday after the regional bank reported that customers had recently drawn down about 9.5%…
Continue Reading1.5 million Olympic tickets on sale in new lottery round for 2024 Paris Games
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The second round of ticket sales for next year’s Paris Olympics has started. Only the lucky…
Continue ReadingTwitter’s new encrypted message feature criticized by security and privacy experts
By Brian Fung, CNN Privacy and security experts widely panned a new feature that Twitter unveiled Wednesday that encrypts some direct messages…
Continue ReadingTwitter’s new encrypted message feature criticized by security and privacy experts
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Privacy and security experts widely panned a new feature that Twitter unveiled Wednesday that encrypts some direct messages…
Continue ReadingMayor Eric Adams suspends NYC’s right to shelter rules for asylum seekers
By ZINNIA MALDONADO Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — New York City is making a major change in…
Continue ReadingLIRR suspended to Long Island City after non-passenger train derails
By CBS NEW YORK TEAM Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — We have a commuter alert for Long Island…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide and Buffalo developer in disputes over corruption convictions
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a former aide of then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joseph…
Continue ReadingNew blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can donate blood in the U.S. without…
Continue ReadingAppeals court overturns convictions of two wealthy parents in college admissions scam
By Tina Burnside, CNN Two parents who were found guilty in connection with the sprawling college admissions cheating scheme known as “Operation…
Continue ReadingThe prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba will be extradited to the US
CNN By Joe Sutton, CNN The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of the late American teen Natalee Holloway will be extradited to the US to face…
Continue ReadingJacklyn Zeman, beloved ‘General Hospital’ star, dead at 70
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jacklyn Zeman, who starred on the soap opera “General Hospital” for more than four decades portraying Bobbie…
Continue ReadingSantos avoids prosecution in deal with Brazilian authorities in fraud case
By Julia Vargas Jones and Marcos Moreno, CNN US Rep. George Santos has signed a deal with Brazilian authorities to avoid prosecution in lieu of a…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court upholds California’s anti-animal cruelty law for pork
By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court upheld a California law that bars the sale of pork produced in other states unless the…
Continue ReadingNFL season kicks off with Super Bowl champion Chiefs hosting Lions; Jets’ Rodgers on MNF
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will kick off the season against the upstart…
Continue Reading9 railcars from Norfolk Southern train derail in Pennsylvania, no hazardous chemicals on board
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — Officials say nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on…
Continue ReadingUNICEF warns that aid shortage will push Afghanistan’s children further toward deadly malnutrition
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. agency is warning that critical food aid in Afghanistan is being handicapped by a lack of funding, as the country faces a…
Continue Reading‘Sesame Street’ welcomes its first Filipino muppet
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN There’s a new kid on the block. “Sesame Street” recently introduced TJ, its first Filipino muppet, on a…
Continue ReadingFor turning ‘mines to vines,’ founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions…
Continue ReadingTrump won’t commit to backing Ukraine in war with Russia
CNN By Jack Forrest, CNN Former President Donald Trump would not say Wednesday night who he thinks should prevail in Russia’s war against…
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