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Month: September 2023

Mother of 10-year-old Mississippi boy who was arrested for urinating in public demands apology and the firing of officers involved

By Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A mother in northern Mississippi is asking for an apology and the firing of several police officers at the Senatobia Police Department after her 10-year-old son was arrested for urinating in a parking lot. LaTonya Eason, the mother of 10-year-old Quantavious Eason, said she was at an appointment August

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‘MeToo’ for mothers: Australian inquiry hears troubling accounts of birth trauma

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Sitting before a parliamentary panel in a bare-walled function room of a hotel on the southeastern Australian coast, Naomi Bowden broke down several times as she recounted a series of distressing events after her daughter Stella’s stillbirth in 2009. “Having to identify her body to the police

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On ‘João’, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto honors her late father, bossa nova giant João Gilberto

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Since the start of her career, New York-born Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto has put out albums rooted in the South American nation’s rich musical history. And in the sound of her family, too — that of her late father, bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto. But she

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Trump Organization offloads Bronx golf course to casino company with New York City aspirations

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump Organization has sold its right to operate a public golf course in the Bronx, city officials confirmed, offloading control of the publicly-owned property to a company that is seeking to build a casino in New York City. Bally’s Corporation, a gaming and entertainment company,

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Oposición venezolana critica a Petro por vincular la crisis en el Darién con las sanciones al gobierno de Maduro

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Dos líderes de la oposición venezolana criticaron este viernes al presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, quien el jueves afirmó que para poner fin a la crisis humanitaria de los migrantes que arriesgan su vida a través del tapón del Darién es necesario que se levanten las sanciones internacionales

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New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has issued an emergency public health order temporarily suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County. The order issued Friday in response to a spate of gun violence is in effect for at

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Appeals court scales back order squelching Biden administration contact with social media platforms

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has significantly whittled down a lower court order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said the White House, the Surgeon General, the Centers for Disease Control and the FBI cannot “coerce”

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Teacher shortage closes Vegas schools and forces combined classes during union contract battle

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Staffing issues in Las Vegas-area schools reached a critical point this month as classes were canceled or combined to address teacher absences at campuses across the nation’s fifth-largest school district. The classroom disruptions are unfolding amid bitter contract negotiations between the Clark County School District and the teachers union representing 18,000

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Hurricane Lee’s path is still unclear, but the East Coast could see dangerous rip currents and large waves beginning this weekend

CNN By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee maintained major hurricane status Friday evening as the powerful storm’s indirect – yet dangerous – impacts were expected to reach the waters of the East Coast as early as this weekend. The hurricane, now a Category 3 storm that briefly strengthened to a

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Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 2,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. More than 2,000 people were killed, and the toll was expected to rise

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Auto union rejects wage offers from Detroit companies with strike deadline 6 days away

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has rejected wage and benefit offers from all three Detroit automakers, raising tensions just six days before a strike deadline for 146,000 employees. Union President Shawn Fain told workers in a Facebook Live appearance Friday that he filed

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