By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a total solar eclipse creates a spectacle in the skies over Mexico and North America on April 8, it will mark the first time such an event has occurred in this part of the world for nearly seven years — and the last time one will until 2044.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American detained in Russia for more than five years, told CNN Tuesday that opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s death in Russian prison last month is “extremely worrying” for him. “I can’t say too much for obvious reasons, but one thing I will say is that if they can get
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-nominated historical drama, is technically a film about the Holocaust. The film centers on the real-life Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family, who live bucolic and seemingly mundane lives next door to the infamous concentration camp. But viewers never see the unspeakable
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela (CNE) anunció este martes que las elecciones presidenciales del país se realizarán el domingo 28 de julio. El presidente del CNE, Elvis Amoroso, dio a conocer la fecha en una conferencia de prensa, cuatro días después de que el organismo recibiera de parte de la
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Tuesday on a dozen new criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The new charges come days after Jose Uribe, one of the New Jersey businessmen who was previously indicted alongside Menendez, his
Continue ReadingBy JEFFRREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers appear close to approving a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly. The House passed a compromise 86-33 on Tuesday. The Senate debated the proposal, but it did not immediately vote. The proposal includes
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — A life-changing grocery store run has erased one Kentucky man’s debts. While he was checking out on February 9 at a store in Louisville, Charles Stallard decided to add one more item to his shopping cart: a lottery ticket that can pay fifty times the cash amount that’s revealed.
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Stacker compiled a list of the best places for 10 popular indoor activities in Portland using data from Yelp
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — In a longshot bid, former President Donald Trump is asking the judge overseeing E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against him to significantly reduce the $83.3 million jury award or grant a new trial. Trump argued that Judge Lewis Kaplan wrongly prohibited him from defending himself during his
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear marched with other Kentuckians to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a landmark civil-rights rally that featured Martin Luther King Jr. in the state’s capital city. In his speech Tuesday, Beshear condemned efforts to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s spymaster says that opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of natural causes, a statement that appears to reflect the Kremlin efforts to assuage international outrage over the death of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe. Sergei Naryshkin, the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, a top Russian intelligence agency, made the statement
Continue ReadingBy the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In case you needed yet another incentive to cram all your travel items into a carry-on, Delta Airlines has just boosted the cost of your first checked bag by 17%. The increases adds $5 to the previous, and not-exactly-insignificant, $30 fee for domestic flights. Delta is the
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will leave the Senate at the end of her term this year, a move that will shake up the battle for control of the chamber in November and remove a key player who has been central
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorneys in the sprawling Georgia election subversion and racketeering case against Donald Trump and allies are asking a judge to allow additional evidence in their efforts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from prosecuting the case. Judge Scott
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City. Crews on Tuesday continued to
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The High Desert Education Service District is in need of more substitute teachers.
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While it may be inconvenient for you getting around, the frequent snow in recent weeks has been beneficial to the state’s snowpack, as well as its ski resorts.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t run for a second term this year. Sinema’s decision Tuesday comes after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection. Senate Republicans recently blocked a bipartisan bill to
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City. Crews on Tuesday continued to
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The married LGBTQ leaders arrested during a traffic stop in Philadelphia were driving separately to take a car for repairs when the lead car was pulled over. The couple’s lawyer said Tuesday that a trooper had been driving in front of mayoral aide Celena Morrison before maneuvering
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