By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of theft, as Republicans seized on the recent death of a nursing student in Georgia to rebuke President Joe Biden’s border policies just hours ahead of his
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A school headteacher in northwestern Nigeria says gunmen who attacked the school abducted 287 students as they were about to start classes. It marks the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Locals told The Associated Press the assailants surrounded
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Personal Birth date: March 17, 1945 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Vincent Hayden Father: Harry Hayden Mother: Sadie Hayden Marriage: Jeanine (Carrier) Hayden Children: Margaret, Michael and Liam Education: Duquesne University, B.A,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Facts Ahmed Aboul Gheit of Egypt is the current secretary-general of the Arab League. There are also four observer states: Eritrea, India, Brazil and Venezuela. The Arab League’s purpose,
Continue ReadingBy Jason Rantala Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — At J&D Dental in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, 4-year-old Ollie the labradoodle is reporting for duty. His exact position within the office: Usually right on top of patients. April Kline is a dental hygienist J&D Dental. She first brought her dog
Continue ReadingBy Pauleen Le Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis teachers will be sounding off Thursday on the district’s proposed budget cuts, calling it “emotional blackmail” that targets some of the district’s most vulnerable students. This is all coming as the district and its teachers are in mediation for a new
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Even as unemployment remains historically low and recession fears fade, consumer credit scores are starting to buckle. The national average FICO score dipped to 717 as of October, down from 718 in July, according to data released Wednesday by FICO, an analytics company that evaluates the strength
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest and Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden returns to the House chamber to deliver his third State of the Union address, the former longtime senator will address his onetime congressional colleagues as a guest. The president is invited to address Congress by the House speaker, in accordance with his constitutional duty
Continue ReadingBy SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Now that he’s been doing it for well over half a century, Anthony Hopkins believes acting is much “easier” now. The 86-year-old stars as real-life hero Nicholas Winton in “One Life,” out March 15. Winton saved more than 600 children during World War II by organizing train
Continue ReadingBy Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — Robert Saba practices with his soccer team at Kiest Park almost every evening. The Ghana native said his team avoids a portion of one soccer field when it rains. “And then they have to scratch the field to make it bad,”
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay $275,000 toward the legal fees of a far-right Catholic media group to settle a lawsuit over the city’s unsuccessful attempt to block a rally in 2021. The agreement with St. Michael’s Media, the parent firm of the Church Militant website, comes even
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster. After years of favoring smaller movies like “The Shape of Water” and “Nomadland, ” the clear best-picture favorite “Oppenheimer” —
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Navy demoted Rep. Ronny Jackson in 2022 after a scathing report from the Defense Department watchdog found the former White House physician drank on the job, routinely screamed at subordinates and acted inappropriately. Jackson, who retired in 2019 as a one-star rear admiral, was demoted to the rank
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Security Service says it arrested four people on suspicion of preparing “terrorist offenses” with links to Islamic extremism and organized crime. The service did not say where or when the alleged attacks were to have taken place, but in a brief statement it added that it had “worked on the
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Melatonin products have become increasingly popular among US adults and a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 11,000 children have landed in the emergency room in recent years after ingesting it while unsupervised. Melatonin is a hormone produced by the brain in response
Continue ReadingBy Kelsey Kushner Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A West Baltimore neighborhood where the city’s violence intervention program, Safe Streets, has a location, is marking a significant milestone. The Penn North community has gone an entire year without a murder. It has been 478 days without a homicide investigation
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Two licensed therapists, Katie Steele of Bend and Dr. Tiffany Brown of Eugene, are part of the Athletes Mental Health Foundation and have launched a new podcast, ‘Sports Shrinks,’ to help athletes take care of their minds as well as they train their bodies.
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — The utility company that provides power to most of the Texas Panhandle says its facilities appear to have played a role in the start of the state’s largest-ever wildfire, which incinerated over one million acres and left residents sifting through the destruction of their homes. “Based
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Work on compromise budget legislation Virginia lawmakers will take up later this week is complete, and the bill does not include language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria. Top Senate negotiator L. Louise Lucas says she remains
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey may have stepped away from Weight Watchers, but she’s not staying out of the conversation about weight. The mogul will host “a sit-down conversation around the radical impact of prescription weight loss medications” in “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution,” scheduled to
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