By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Police in western Massachusetts apologized Thursday after an officer was sent to a middle school to search for a copy of “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe, following a complaint. On December 8, a plainclothes officer was escorted into a classroom at W.E.B. Dubois Regional Middle School toward the end
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel has been accused by his former assistant of sexual battery while working for him in 2010. Asta Jonasson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday alleging that Diesel forced himself onto her in a hotel suite in Atlanta. The lawsuit alleges she tried to
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — US Steel’s potential acquisition by a Japanese rival steelmaker may face pushback by the US government, according to comments made by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “President Biden is so focused on making sure that we have a vibrant steel industry in the United States for national security purposes,”
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley stopped short Thursday of answering one Iowa voter’s question the way he’d hoped. Asked by 44-year-old Jacob Schunk to label Donald Trump a “grave danger to our country,” Haley ticked through criticisms of the former president ranging from foreign policy to government spending. And
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tacchi, CNN (CNN) — Israel has struck at least three locations in Gaza to which it had ordered civilians to evacuate since the breakdown of a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas earlier this month, CNN analysis has found. On December 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a map of Gaza –
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday. In late spring and summer of 2020, the United States was engulfed in Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Whole Foods
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La petición de Donald Trump a la Corte Suprema este miércoles fue quizás su táctica dilatoria más descarada hasta ahora. Trump instó al alto tribunal a no involucrarse ahora en la cuestión de si es inmune a la persecución federal por presuntos delitos cometidos durante su mandato, su último intento de
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge who is weighing whether to allow the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia to go forward next month has urged Alabama to change procedures so the inmate can pray and say final words before the gas mask is placed on his face. U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – It’s rare when any school district, large or small, raises the very idea of closing a decades-old high school and moving all of the students to another school. But with lots of aging, leaky pipes, lots of asbestos and the millions in repairs facing Redmond High School, one option being discussed
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani se declaró en quiebra ante un tribunal federal de Nueva York este jueves, pocos días después de que un jurado le ordenara pagar casi US$ 150 millones a dos extrabajadoras electorales de Georgia por difamación. Rudy Giuliani deberá pagar US$ 150 millones a dos funcionarias electorales de Georgia que
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Un hombre fue acusado de homicidio por la muerte de un niño de 4 años que recibió un disparo durante un presunto incidente en una carretera mientras estaba sentado en el asiento trasero del automóvil de su familia en Lancaster, California, la semana pasada, dijeron las autoridades. El sospechoso, Byron
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A dispute erupted this week between police officers from the Muscogee Nation and jailers at the Okmulgee County jail that led to one jailer facing a battery charge in tribal court. The confrontation underscored the tension between tribal authorities and some state officials over the limits
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden believes “serious scrutiny” is warranted for the planned acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel. The transaction has drawn alarm from the steelworkers union and others. Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council, said
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants in rest stops throughout the state to be open seven days a week. That could potentially force some Chick-fil-A locations along state highways to drop a longstanding policy of closing on Sundays for
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Wayfair’s CEO has an end-of-year message for employees of the online furniture company: Don’t shy away from doing more work and blending your work with your life. “Winning requires hard work. I believe that most of us, being ambitious individuals, find fulfillment in the joy of seeing
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Not getting enough sleep or sleeping poorly can greatly affect your mood and mental health, according to a new study analyzing 50 years of research. “We found that all forms of sleep loss — total sleep deprivation, partial sleep loss, and sleep fragmentation — resulted in emotional changes. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Dan Heching and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Fast & Furious” franchise star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual battery and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed by a former assistant. The civil suit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by CNN, stems from a
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to delay his defamation trial set for next month in a lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll so he can consider other legal moves, including potentially taking the case to the US Supreme Court. A federal appeals court rejected
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post’s incoming chief executive and publisher will start the job with a mess on his hands. William Lewis, the veteran media executive who is set to take the reins of the renowned newspaper in January, will arrive to a newsroom in turmoil
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of attacking a Connecticut state representative outside a Muslim prayer service was ordered Thursday to undergo a mental competency evaluation. Thirty-year-old Andrey Desmond appeared in Superior Court on several charges, including attempted sexual assault in the June attack on state Rep. Maryam Khan, who was attending a service
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