By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Lynijah Russell debated the opening lines of her video application to Brown University for weeks before deciding to be as candid about her identity as possible. “Hi Brown! My name is Lynijah, and I am a Black girl in STEM,” she says in the application’s opening line. Russell said that
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Experts are warning that the spread of misinformation could get worse in the coming presidential election contest. The safeguards that attempted to counter the bogus claims the last time are eroding, while the tools and systems that create and spread them are only
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Christmas is over, but giving season for nonprofits is just starting to peak. The end of the calendar year is when nonprofits make appeals far and wide to attract donors — in part because of holiday traditions or, for some, tax advantages. Nonprofits get about 30% of their annual donations
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer-songwriter Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” plays out like a whispered dirge. The song is gothic lounge music for a listener who only has about two minutes to have their heart broken — a silky soft slow burn stacked with a choir, organ, bass
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lily Gladstone was already well versed in Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie-making oeuvre before they became co-stars in the 2023 drama, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The extent of Gladstone’s fandom for DiCaprio includes, of course, his memorable performance as Jack Dawson in 1997’s “Titanic,” a film she said she loved
Continue ReadingFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight for the Christmas holiday to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was put on the wrong plane and ended up 160 miles away in Orlando, Florida. When the grandmother, Maria Ramos, showed up on Thursday at Southwest Florida International Airport in
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has blocked a new Tennessee law that would reconfigure the group overseeing professional sports facilities in Nashville by letting state leaders pick six of its 13 board members. Late last week, three judges agreed that the law targeting the Nashville Sports Authority
Continue ReadingBy GAIL LEVY, JULIAN QUINTANA, SAMANTHA SOSA Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — A restaurant in Miami Beach that has been hit by hate before was targeted once again after surveillance video captured a man stealing an American flag. The owner of Bagel Time Cafe has dealt with someone
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re thinking of sending back a disappointing gift you just received over the holidays, the return may bring even more disappointment. Americans have grown accustomed to free returns, but a growing number of retailers are charging fees as returns squeeze retailers’ bottom lines. Macy’s, Abercrombie, J.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Ye, el rapero y empresario también conocido como Kanye West, se disculpó ante la comunidad judía por cualquier “ofensa no intencionada” causada por “sus palabras o acciones” en un mensaje escrito en hebreo y que compartió en Instagram este martes. El rapero dijo: “Nunca fue mi intención lastimar o faltar el respeto,
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Cognitive decline can begin years before signs of dementia set in, which for some can be as early as age 30, a condition known as young-onset dementia. Globally, it’s estimated nearly 4 million people ages 30 to 64 are living with the condition, according to a 2021 study, and
Continue ReadingBy Doug Reardon Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Some families in the Colonial Homes neighborhood of Buckhead had to make due without water on Christmas Eve, after crews had to turn off a 16-inch main to make emergency repairs. The main burst on Sunday afternoon as the sun was
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial worries, according to the latest measure. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve
Continue ReadingBy Andy Pierrotti Click here for updates on this story DeKalb County, Georgia (WANF) — Hours before her death, Rosie Minor got on the phone and called into a prayer line with friends and members of her church. She offered them words of compassion and gratitude. “God showers his grace upon us one after another,”
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Uruguay tiene una población envejecida, cada vez más urbana, concentrada en el sur del país y estancada en los 3,4 millones de habitantes. El más reciente censo realizado en el país, que presentó el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), confirmó todas las sospechas y expectativas de los demógrafos locales, salvo por
Continue ReadingCNN, SIMONOVSKY DISTRICT COURT OF MOSCOW, GETTY IMAGES, VEDOMOSTI, POOL VIA VGTRK, MOSCOW CITY COURT By Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been located at a penal colony in Siberia, his team said Monday, two weeks after they lost contact with him. “We have found Alexey,” his spokesperson
Continue ReadingAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The rollout of potential new electric vehicle goals in Maine has been pushed back by a year. That’s because a recent storm delayed a vote by environmental regulators. The Board of Environmental Protection postponed its vote last week and won’t meet again before year’s end. That delay means the proposed rules
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — More than 50 French performers, writers and producers published an essay Tuesday defending film star and national icon Gerard Depardieu amid growing scrutiny of his behavior toward women. Advocates for sexual abuse victims expressed dismay at the outpouring of support. Depardieu was given preliminary rape and sexual assault charges in 2020 following
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Kuwait’s foreign affairs minister says the bodies of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Saudi with Kuwaiti residency who had disappeared in Iraq have been found. Iraqi security officials said the men had reportedly come to Iraq on a hunting trip. They were killed by an explosive left
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