By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to reject legislation to ratify a 2017 trade deal between the European Union and Canada that has been criticized by farmers as fostering unfair competition from abroad. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, provisionally went into effect in September
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — A unas horas del lanzamiento de su nuevo disco, Shakira ‘encendió’ las redes sociales con nuevas fotos que muestran parte de lo que podremos ver en la canción “Puntería”. La cantante colombiana subió cinco fotografías a su cuenta de Instagram, y en tres de ellas aparece abrazada junto a Lucien Leon
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for The Wall Street Journal says Russia must face consequences for its detention of Evan Gershkovich, one of the newspaper’s reporters. Gershkovich was arrested on March 29, 2023, on espionage charges, which he and the newspaper deny, while on a reporting trip to the Russian
Continue ReadingBy SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Yungblud is hoping to shake up the world of overpriced music festivals by setting a good example. He’s launching his own affordable event, called Bludfest, in August at the U.K.’s Milton Keynes Bowl. Yungblud hopes to make music “more accessible.” He’s even introducing a “Make a Friend”
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Spanish daily El Mundo said Thursday that its correspondent in Russia left the country after authorities refused to renew his journalist visa. El Mundo said Xavier Colás left Russia on Wednesday a day after an official told him that if he didn’t leave before his visa expired, he would have
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Fani Willis, the embattled Fulton County District Attorney, plans to press ahead with her goal of putting Donald Trump on trial before the November election, and intends to ask the judge presiding over the Georgia criminal case to schedule a trial date as soon as this
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A Mississippi man charged with a hate crime after destroying a display put up by the Satanic Temple of Iowa wants that charge dismissed. The display was put up in the Statehouse during the holidays. The Satanic Temple of Iowa
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — War is coming. The second season of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” begins June 16 and not one – but two – trailers were released on Thursday. “Westeros is on the brink of a bloody civil war with the Green and Black Councils fighting for King Aegon and
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Duncan Click here for updates on this story CATONSVILLE, Maryland (WBAL) — Federal investigators identified allegations of sexual assault involving a former coach on a college swim team that went unanswered. A Department of Justice investigation claims Chad Cradock, the former head swimming and diving team coach at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County,
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Houston (CNN) — President Joe Biden is opening a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump this week, flipping the script on the classic Reagan-era “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” question to remind voters of life during his predecessor’s tenure. Ronald Reagan used the question
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (WBAL) — Anne Arundel County police are investigating an armed robbery of three youths in Glen Burnie. County police said three men armed with a gun robbed a 12-year-old boy and two of his friends, stealing their bicycles just after 6 p.m.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria will hold its next presidential election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation. Tebboune’s office announced the date in a statement on Thursday after meeting with high-ranking members of Parliament
Continue ReadingBy Jason Marks Click here for updates on this story GEORGETOWN, California (KCRA) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has expanded its inmate firefighter program. In the past, only inmates who committed minor offenses could be firefighters. But four months ago, CDCR started a pilot program allowing some inmates ages 18-26, who are
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — This is the most intense time of the year for college basketball fans as the NCAA March Madness championship tournament begins. Mark Bawers of Dover, Delaware drove to Atlantic City to watch games at the Golden Nugget casino. He says every shot means something, particularly
Continue ReadingCERES, Calif. (AP) — An anonymous call led California authorities to find 86 dogs and several people living in a house where conditions were described as deplorable. Police made the discovery Tuesday in the Central Valley city of Ceres after the caller requested a welfare check on a resident. An older woman and a young
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and JOHN HANNA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Georgia and Kansas have shot down attempts by Democrats to expand Medicaid in their states. The two states’ legislative committee voted Thursday. Democrats in Georgia said that GOP leaders in the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature had promised to advance the bill in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Reddit, one of the original social media companies, is finally making its debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday — more than a decade after many of its peers. Trading under the ticker “RDDT,” shares started trading at $47 and reached a high of $57.80 early Thursday afternoon,
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a stern message to Qatar earlier this month: Tell Hamas that they must deliver on a hostage and ceasefire deal that would halt the war in Gaza or risk getting kicked out of the Qatari capital of Doha where senior members of the terror group are based, two
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry alleged Thursday that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III, as he sought to expand his privacy invasion lawsuit against News Group Newspapers. The Duke of Sussex has asked a
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be “a mistake” and “unnecessary” to defeating Hamas, underscoring the further souring of relations between the United States and Israel. Blinken, on his sixth urgent
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