By Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story WATERLOO, Illinois (KMOV) — Parents of students in a Metro East school district are gathering signatures to encourage the school board to reverse an updated policy regarding transgendered students using the bathroom. Parents of students in the Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 are promoting
Continue ReadingBy RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serbia’s president says his country will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless. Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday that “Serbia will treat the sanctions as
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Tupperware was left for dead; a relic of a lost time when leftovers storage had but one dominant market player. So why is its stock up 47% today? The company, which just four months ago said it had doubts about whether it can remain afloat announced late
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — A woman whose remains were among discoveries that became known as the Gilgo Beach killings has been identified after 27 years, authorities said Friday, disclosing the latest in a series of recent revelations about the long-cold case. Known until now to the
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Iesha Reynolds shared happy videos on her phone from her daughter’s 7th birthday on May 6. Her 13-year-old son treated the family to two hours at Chuck E. Cheese using money he’d saved from mowing lawns. Less than two months
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be diverted. Many primary care services at facilities run by Prospect Medical Holdings remained
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville has some new homeowners thanks to a local nonprofit. On Thursday, four people in Asheville became homeowners through the local Habitat for Humanity. Sponsors, volunteers and neighbors came together at New Heights in West Asheville to celebrate the families’
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday cracked down on a massive illegal robocall operation responsible for billions of auto-warranty scam calls in recent years, with regulators imposing a record $300 million fine on what authorities said is the largest such network it has ever investigated. The globe-spanning illegal operation
Continue ReadingBy Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — It was September 2022 when an infant was taken to Mission Hospital with a fentanyl overdose. Almost a year later, the mother of the now-deceased child has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Samantha Higgins took her 8-month-old to the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Greece has announced that it will limit the number of daily visitors to the Acropolis in order to guarantee the safety and longevity of the ancient monument. From September, the UNESCO World Heritage site in Athens will admit no more than 20,000 visitors a day, according
Continue ReadingBy Tim Darnell and Doug Reardon Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A series of downtown Atlanta road closures were announced Thursday afternoon ahead of what are widely expected to be charges coming from the Fulton County district attorney’s office investigation into former President Donald Trump. According to the Fulton
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Laura Paddison and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Thursday. Nearly 500 square kilometers
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been convicted in the fatal shooting of a west Texas deputy sheriff and faces a death sentence or life in prison without parole. A jury in El Paso deliberated for about 30 minutes Thursday before finding 31-year old Facundo Chavez guilty of capital murder in the
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Global food prices ticked up last month after Russia pulled out of a deal to allow the safe passage of ships carrying grain from Ukrainian ports. The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said Friday that its global Food Price Index rose 1.3% in July compared with the
Continue ReadingBy Kate Springer, CNN (CNN) — The term “luxury vehicle” usually brings to mind Rolls-Royce Phantoms, Lamborghinis or Ferraris. But what about an ultra-extravagant recreational vehicle? Enter the Elemment Palazzo Superior. We can’t blame you if you slow down to rubberneck – or stop in your tracks completely – when you see this spaceship-like RV
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, publicó este viernes un comunicado en el que recibe “con dolor a nivel personal” las informaciones sobre presuntas irregularidades en la campaña presidencial en la Costa Atlántica. El mandatario dijo que “nadie puede estar por encima de la ley” y que la justicia “debe
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds that civilians received during opposition protests last month show that most were shot while running from police or trying to surrender. The findings are in a report by the Kenya Medical Association, Amnesty International Kenya and the Law Society
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Well, it looks like the Prince of Wales isn’t the only royal making their way to Singapore soon. We recently found out that Prince Harry will also be grabbing his passport and heading to the Southeast Asian nation for his own charitable cause.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — Transgender women will not be allowed to compete in the women’s category of British Rowing events, the sport’s UK governing body has announced ahead of a change in policy due to come in later this year. Only athletes “assigned female at birth” will be allowed to compete in
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Friday night’s Mega Millions jackpot, estimated at $1.35 billion, are 11-30-45-52-56 with a Mega Ball of 20. If there is a winning ticket, it would be the second-highest jackpot ever for the multistate lottery, officials said. The cash payout for the jackpot would be $659.5
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