By Alexis Mathews Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Maternal mortality is a devastating crisis affecting mothers and babies in the United States and around the world. To save lives in Africa, a government official partnered with a Louisville medical nonprofit. SOS International’s efforts, locally and globally, are producing lifesaving
Continue ReadingBy Tessa DiTirro Click here for updates on this story AKRON, Ohio (WEWS) — A 10-year-old North Canton girl is using her social media platform for good. Aubree Blake is sharing her journey with a congenital heart defect and picking up followers around the world. The 5th-grade student at North Canton Schools was born with
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Greenville man has been arrested after authorities said they found child sexual abuse files on his computer. John Joseph Varn, 32, is facing five charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors, the attorney general’s office announced Wednesday. Investigators
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal court said Thursday that it will allow a US House election in South Carolina for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace’s seat to proceed under a map it had previously declared unconstitutional. In a brief order, the judges in the case said they had little choice, given a fast-approaching
Continue ReadingBy Rashad Williams Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — Grant Cox of Greenville is no stranger to success. The former Greenville High School baseball player was a standout infielder on the diamond. Cox was nationally ranked in the top 100 at the end of his senior season in 2015.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Garbage piling up in landfills isn’t just an eyesore, it’s also a climate nightmare, belching out large amounts of planet-warming methane gas. In the United States, the problem could be much worse than previously thought, according to a new study measuring methane pollution at hundreds of landfills across the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Just like the version of himself that he plays on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” there are some things in life that Larry David can’t be bothered with. This includes texting him a “next day thanks” – or, a message of gratitude for hospitality shown previously – especially if the sender
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Larry David appears to pride himself on not caring what people think, which made the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” series finale, and the nod to criticism he received for “Seinfeld’s” sendoff 26 years ago, that much funnier. Yet, he also used the occasion as a trip down memory
Continue ReadingBy Nick Bohr Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — A gay couple is suing a Milwaukee Public Schools principal, claiming he verbally and physically abused their son. The men say the discrimination was targeted at their child because of their sexual orientation. The suit filed in Federal Court in Milwaukee
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN Español) — El Contralor General de Perú, Nelson Shack, informó este miércoles en una sesión ante el Congreso de Perú que el organismo comenzó la semana pasada la evaluación de las declaraciones juradas de bienes y rentas de la presidenta Dina Boluarte. Shack detalló que Boluarte ejerció varios cargos públicos previos a
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden went after Donald Trump at his New York City fundraiser on Thursday, where he was joined by former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a star-studded event that was at times interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. “We had
Continue ReadingBy Madison Moore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — A training program in Wisconsin is teaching first responders how to provide emergency medical treatment to K9 dogs injured while serving their communities. The program comes just months after a Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Office K9 was seriously injured in the
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A Denver truck driver has been convicted of five counts of vehicular homicide for crashing a semi tractor-trailer into a vehicle carrying a Wyoming family, killing all five of them. The crash happened in June 2022 on Interstate 25 north of Denver. Investigators say Jesus Puebla’s truck was traveling 76 mph when
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his passport and authorize travel to Israel so he can accept an event invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit in May. Bolsonaro’s lawyers said Thursday in a statement that the proposed trip wouldn’t
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over. The NCAA’s Division I all-time scoring leader has earned three gold medals with USA Basketball junior teams, most recently as a member of the
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that will recognize civil rights icon Malcolm X every May 19, the day he was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925. The legislation falls short of declaring the day a state holiday. Instead, it sets aside
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — El fraude impulsado por la trata de personas se disparó en el sudeste asiático, donde las redes de delincuencia organizada obtienen cerca de US$ 3 billones anuales en ingresos ilícitos, según declaró el jefe de Interpol, en unos comentarios que revelan los enormes beneficios que obtienen los cárteles. Según el secretario
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is officially selling a patriotic copy of the Christian Bible themed to Lee Greenwood’s famous song, “God Bless the USA.” “Happy Holy Week!” Trump announced on social media Tuesday, during the most solemn period of the Christian calendar, the last week of the Lenten season
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A new study in Hungary shows that dogs, beyond being able to respond to commands like “sit” and “stay,” can learn to associate words with specific objects. Such a relationship with language is called referential understanding and has not been proven in dogs until now. Science
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women at a prison in Rome on Thursday during an annual ritual meant to emphasize humility. It was the first time he washed the feet of women only, and many were in tears as the 87-year-old pontiff led the
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