By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The United Negro College Fund has been awarded a $100 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support a capital campaign that was created in part to boost endowments for historically Black colleges and universities. The award, which was announced Thursday by the UNCF, marks the largest unrestricted private grant the
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Michigan’s citizen-led redistricting commission asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it use 13 state legislative district maps that a federal court said were drawn in violation of the US Constitution. The commission asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh to pause an order issued last month by a three-judge federal
Continue ReadingBy Alyse Jones Click here for updates on this story CANADIAN COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Advocates trying to restore a historic El Reno jailhouse hope to accomplish education and inspiration. Their efforts come from a desire to keep history from repeating. “It was the destruction of the courthouse that led to the creation of Preservation
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands will build its first artificial reef to protect its coasts and help the U.S. territory become more resilient ahead of future storms. The 18-by-12-foot reef will be installed near the coast around St. Thomas and is expected to be completed by July. The islands’ department
Continue ReadingBy Rosa de Acosta, Krystina Shveda and Marco Chacon, CNN (CNN) — Voters will head to the polls in Taiwan on January 13 to elect a new president and parliament amid increasing tensions between the self-governing island and China, which has ramped up its military presence in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea in
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Five tribes are saying “no” to the governor’s plan for a tribal task force after Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered the task force to study police powers on tribal reservations. It would have been 13 members from the governor’s office, county jails,
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage and left the nonviable fetus at home will not be criminally charged, a grand jury decided Thursday, dismissing a case that highlighted the extent to which women can be prosecuted when their pregnancy ends – whether
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican officials say that a member of the Nicaraguan opposition has been shot seven times and is in serious condition in Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation department says that that 34-year-old Joao Maldonado was shot Wednesday by two attackers aboard a motorcycle
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem spent Thursday captivated by the proceedings in a faraway courtroom, closely following the first hearing in an unprecedented case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Friends and family
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El legendario entrenador en jefe Bill Belichick confirmó el jueves que dejará a los Patriots de Nueva Inglaterra después de 24 temporadas, durante las cuales la franquicia ganó seis títulos de Super Bowl. De pie junto con el propietario de los Patriots, Robert Kraft, en una conferencia de prensa,
Continue ReadingBy Antonia Mortensen and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says he is seeking a new pardon for two populist lawmakers charged with corruption whose dramatic arrest inside the Presidential Palace brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets of Warsaw in protest on Thursday. Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, both
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN Hardline conservatives are ramping up pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to walk away from a topline spending deal struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a move that threatens to derail bipartisan negotiations with Congress just days from a partial government
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump reached an estimated 4.3 million viewers during his live town hall on Fox News Wednesday night. The Nielsen company says the event outpaced CNN’s live debate between GOP presidential rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, which aired at the same time. CNN’s debate was seen by just
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Macht and Orko Manna Click here for updates on this story OLYMPIC VALLEY, California (KCRA) — Palisades Tahoe reopened on Thursday with some delays, a day after one person was killed and another injured following an avalanche at the resort during Wednesday’s winter storm. Wednesday’s avalanche happened around 9:30 a.m. on the Palisades
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Investigators long thought a 5-year-old South Carolina boy found strangled in 1989 had been killed by his father and stepmother. But a sheriff says it took 34 years of scientific advancement to link microscopic fibers on the boy’s shirt to a ligature found in the parents’ home. Berkeley County deputies
Continue ReadingBy Ali Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he would vote for Donald Trump if he’s the GOP nominee – even if he’s a convicted felon. “I think most of us are all going to support the Republican nominee – there’s no question,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins when
Continue ReadingCNN By Ali Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he would vote for Donald Trump if he’s the GOP nominee – even if he’s a convicted felon. “I think most of us are all going to support the Republican nominee – there’s no question,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is backing bipartisan legislation that seeks to prevent stillbirths in the U.S. The Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act would enhance data collection, research, education, and awareness by creating the first comprehensive, federal-state partnership to reduce stillbirth rates in the U.S. “Stillbirths continue causing far
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year. That move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company statements on the raises, which did not
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers, restaurants and retailers in five states, including Massachusetts, to not eat, serve or sell certain scallops that were recently caught from an unlicensed harvester. On Wednesday, the FDA announced that it was
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