By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals. In North Carolina, the family of a transgender boy is suing the state to block implementation
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some spooky background information about Halloween, celebrated annually in the United States on October 31. Facts The word Halloween is an abbreviated version of the phrases All Hallows’ Eve or All Hallows’ Evening. Halloween comes from an ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago
Continue ReadingBy Barry Adams Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Jared Ripp had been bracing himself for the worst. Only the worst may not rear its head once he starts harvesting his 1,800 acres of corn in northern Dane County. A prolonged drought this past summer had plants and
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Military and political leaders gathered in Kentucky to mark the end of a campaign to destroy a cache of chemical weapons stored by the Army for decades. The milestone was reached in July, when workers destroyed the last rockets filled with sarin. It
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The new “Iron Claw” trailer was released on Wednesday, and it features the first full look at its beefed up all-star cast, which includes Zac Efron and “The Bear’s” Jeremy Allen White. Portraying Kevin and Kerry Von Erich – two of the brothers who hail from the infamous real-life
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security’s cost-of-living increase for 2024 will be announced Thursday. But retirees won’t see anything close to the 8.7% increase that they got this year. With consumer prices moderating, analysts are forecasting that the 2024 increase will be around 3.2% The cost-of-living announcement comes as the Social
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Daylight Saving Time, a system to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. Facts Sunday, November 5, 2023 – Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Set clocks back one hour. Sunday, March 10, 2024 – Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Set clocks ahead
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press An Israeli-American teenager survived a siege by Hamas attackers over the weekend after his parents shielded him from the gunfire but were killed themselves. The family lived on a kibbutz in southern Israel near the Gaza border. As the fighters invaded their home, they scrambled into a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2023, both are celebrated on October 9. Columbus Day Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal federal holiday in 1971, many states celebrated Columbus Day on October 12. It marks
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president of Iran. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1956 Birth place: Aradan, Iran Birth name: Mahmoud Saborjhian Father: Ahmad Saborjhian, a blacksmith. Ahmadinejad’s father changed the family name from Saborjhian to Ahmadinejad after the family moved to Tehran. Mother:
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The state of Oregon has been battling a worsening public defender shortage, and now it’s at a tipping point, many involved believe. Over 2,000 people facing criminal charges in Oregon are without a public defender, due to not being able to afford one and the state not having enough public defenders to cover the need.
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA and AMI BENTOV Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — One of those taken hostage is a grandmother who learned Arabic in hopes of building bridges with her neighbors. Others include 10 members of an extended family, one an elderly man in a wheelchair who requires hospital care. Still another is a
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict. But its
Continue ReadingSTOUGHTON, Mass. (AP) — A confrontational blogger known as “Turtleboy” is facing charges of witness intimidation and conspiracy related a criminal case against a woman accused of running over and killing her boyfriend in Massachusetts. Aidan Timothy Kearney wore a hoody emblazoned with the message “Free Karen Read” when he was led handcuffed into a
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plans by the Port of South Louisiana to purchase what was once a major shipyard for construction of military vessels have been delayed. The port in January had announced plans to purchase the old Avondale Shipyard site from the current owner, port terminal operator T. Parker Host. However, The Times-Picayune/The New
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi is widely considered the greatest soccer player in the world, which makes one wonder how extensive access to him and his new team could yield such a boring sports docuseries. Still, that adequately sums up “Messi Meets America,” an Apple TV+ project whose first three episodes
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Kansas City Chiefs star known affectionately as D.T. to thousands of NFL fans will be honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame before Thursday night’s game. The Hall of Fame will present the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — As Juul’s popularity began to surge in 2016, the sleek USB-shaped e-cigarette was seemingly everywhere overnight, with clouds of vapor and the audible crackle of a deep pull. If you were a millennial, brought up amid secondhand smoke in homes and restaurants in the ’80s and ’90s (like this
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Jenny Widder was diagnosed with breast cancer in June. “I was absolutely shocked, because that happens to somebody else, not me,” Widder said.
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking forfeiture of a collection of 1,000 butterflies, moths and other insects that authorities say were illegally trafficked. Some of the dried specimens include birdwing butterflies, which are among the rarest and largest to grace the planet. The wings
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