By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media allegedly showed the foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman. Stanley Kakubo resigned but denied wrongdoing and said he had stepped down because he didn’t want the issue to be
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — Years after dozens of cats were found in filth, a former South Florida animal rescue volunteer who was charged with animal cruelty has learned her fate. Michelline Toulouse was charged with 13 counts of animal cruelty after more than 50
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A man has died and a woman was rescued after the helicopter they were in crashed into a canal in Southwest Miami-Dade, police said. According to Miami-Dade Police, the helicopter crashed with two people on board near Southwest 184th Avenue and
Continue ReadingCNN By Ebony Davis, CNN Berlin, New Hampshire (CNN) — Nikki Haley on Thursday sought to clarify her comments about the Civil War one day after a voter in New Hampshire called her out for not mentioning slavery as a cause of the war. “I mean, of course the Civil War was about slavery,” Haley
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen to Turkey alleged to be providing funds to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who have been launching attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the southern Red Sea. The sanctions imposed Thursday target the head of
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters were called to Blackpool Tower, a historic landmark on the northwest coast of England, only to discover that the reported “blaze” was in fact orange netting blowing in strong winds. Video shared on social media appeared to show flames rippling from the top of the 129-year-old structure, prompting
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A pair of statues honoring the Confederacy in Jacksonville’s Springfield Park were taken down Wednesday by order of the Florida city’s mayor. “This is not in any way an attempt to erase history but to show that we’ve learned from it. That when we know better, we do better
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the world’s climate warms, tree growing ranges in
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By NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the world’s climate warms, tree growing ranges in
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A host of Russian celebrities who turned up scantily clad at an “almost naked” themed party in Moscow are facing fierce backlash at a time when the country is at war in Ukraine and the authorities are pushing an increasingly conservative agenda. The party, hosted by blogger Anastasia Ivleeva on December
Continue ReadingBy David González Click here for updates on this story ANAHEIM, California (KABC) — Donut Storr in Anaheim became the latest location in Southern California to sell a winning Powerball ticket. This time the ticket is worth more than $2 million. It was one of five tickets across the country to match five of the
Continue ReadingBlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries, federal regulators said Thursday. BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders can overheat or catch fire, according to a notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and their blender blades can break off during use.
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare is forbidden to cover such medications. Drugmakers and a wide-ranging and growing bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are gearing up
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Un video editado que circula en las redes sociales parece mostrar a hombres palestinos y al menos dos niños detenidos y desnudados por las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) en un estadio en el norte de Gaza. Los clips del video muestran lo que parecen ser dos niños jóvenes en un
Continue ReadingBy Felix Cortez Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — A child custody exchange between two parents on Christmas Day turned violent after police say the child’s father got into a fight with his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. “It started off as a child exchange and turned out to be an attempted
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested earlier this month in connection with two recent machete attacks and the rape and killing of a woman in a Philadelphia park 20 years ago has been charged in three more rape cases, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Elias Diaz, 46, has now been charged with the
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, calificó de “muy buena” su reunión sobre inmigración con el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, y el secretario de Estado, Antony Blinken, y otros funcionarios estadounidenses, y dijo que se había llegado a un acuerdo para reabrir los cruces fronterizos estadounidenses que habían
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Are you part of a matching pyjama family? The twee tradition of Christmas morning coordination has recently become a kind of visual shorthand, allowing the internet to infer all kinds of notions about the inner workings of a stranger’s clan. “If you come from a matching pjs family I
Continue ReadingBy Mike Cronin Click here for updates on this story HOOKSETT, New Hampshire (WMUR) — There are future hockey stars on the ice, but before they go on to higher levels, they’re honing their skills at Tri-Town Ice Arena in Hooksett, the home of the New Hampshire Mountain Kings. “It’s a fun atmosphere. I’ve been
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A pregnant Nashville mother is looking for a new home over the holidays after her property manager issued her an eviction notice following her discovery of mold inside the home. As she faces eviction, those in Nashville and beyond have responded
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