By Alex Hardie, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Sweden’s Prosecution Authority has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying law enforcement after she allegedly refused to leave the scene of a climate protest in Malmö in June “The prosecutor has filed charges against a young woman who, on June 19 this
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Sweden’s Prosecution Authority has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying law enforcement after she allegedly refused to leave the scene of a climate protest in Malmö in June “The prosecutor has filed charges against a young woman who, on June 19 this
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — More than 8 million people on TikTok have watched Elizabeth Olsen share her family’s often repeated mantra: “‘No’ is a full sentence.” Instilled in her by her older twin sisters, two show business veterans, Olsen insists that sometimes “you can just say no.” Shakira, who was
Continue ReadingBy Tamison O’Connor (CNN) — Chloé creative director Gabriela Hearst is stepping down after three years at the Richemont-owned brand, the label confirmed in a press release. Her last show for the label will be on September 28. No successor has been named, though Chloé has hired Chemena Kamali, a former Saint Laurent design director for women’s ready-to-wear, to lead
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Jury selection began Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in the trial of a former teacher in Henderson County. Maria Edina Walker was a Flat Rock Middle School teacher before she was terminated in December 2021. Walker’s husband Jeffery Lynn Walker, a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Este miércoles fue un día emotivo en una corte federal de El Paso, Texas, cuando, una por una, las familias de las decenas de víctimas del tiroteo en Walmart de agosto de 2019 hablaron directamente con el hombre acusado del asesinar a 23 personas y dejar heridas a otras 22,
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Something wasn’t right with Michelle Quinn. In mid-February of this year, she started noticing spots on the left side of her lower back. The 53-year-old resident of northwest Indiana thought maybe she was allergic to her detergent. Then the itchy places started spreading to other areas of her body — still all
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man charged with manufacturing explosive devices and placing them around Transylvania County in March 2021 will not serve additional jail time. Initially facing 10 charges, including manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction and three counts of terrorism, Terry
Continue ReadingSAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say an arrest has been made five years after a fire intentionally set at a housing complex killed five people. The fire on July 20, 2018 also displaced 200 people. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has said the fire had been set on
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — In just two months’ time, Amy Olson is set to become a mother. But before she embraces parenthood, Olson has a golf tournament to try and win – the US Women’s Open, no less. “One of my longest dreams has been to be a professional golfer on the LPGA
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of the year’s buzzier films as its opening night selection in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.” The romantic tennis drama starring Zendaya, “West Side Story’s” Mike Faist and “The Crown’s” Josh O’Connor will have its world premiere out of competition at the 80th
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Happy Thursday! Today the region will see widespread haze and it’s sticking around until Friday. Although we see haze, conditions are clear and Thursday is sunny with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s. Winds are light and variable coming out of the north but could gust as high as 21 mph overnight. Friday’s
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News Parliamentary Bureau Writer, Producer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will suspend all its advertising on Facebook and Instagram, after what he called the social media giant Meta’s “unreasonable” and “irresponsible” decision to pull
Continue ReadingCNN, WVIR By Meg Tirrell, Nadia Kounang and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted traditional full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, the first medicine proven to slow the course of the memory-robbing disease. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday that it will now expand
Continue ReadingBy Adam Frisk, CTVNews.ca Producer, Local Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — People are vowing to boycott Ben & Jerry’s ice cream after the company marked Canada Day by tweeting about “our home on stolen land.” On Saturday, the iconic American ice cream maker tweeted out a call to
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A girl was killed Thursday when an SUV crashed into an elementary school on a very narrow road in the Wimbledon district of southwest London, police said. The Metropolitan Police said there have been further injuries, but didn’t provide any new details. Earlier, police said that seven
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a toxic gas leak in South Africa blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in a settlement of closely packed shacks has risen to 17. At least three children are among the dead. A person died on arrival
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has acquitted a border police officer who was charged with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City three years ago. Jerusalem’s district court ruled Thursday that the officer was acting in self-defense when he shot and
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination. Those figures emerge following the close of regular meetings in June
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos está apelando la orden de un juez que le prohibió a varias agencias y funcionarios de la administración de Biden comunicarse con empresas de redes sociales sobre cierto contenido. El Departamento de Justicia notificó este miércoles a un tribunal que planea apelar la
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