By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — After the facts of drinking-related fatal traffic wreck and the defendant’s history, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Theodore man to the maximum penalty – life in prison. A jury last month found Harvey Caffey Jr., 48, of reckless murder after
Continue ReadingBy Jay L. Zagorsky (CNN) — Five out of the six biggest US airlines have raised their checked bag fees since January 2024. Take American Airlines. In 2023, it cost $30 to check a standard bag in with the airline; today, as of March 2024, it costs $40 at a US airport – a whopping 33% increase. As a business school professor who
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum has appointed Nicholas Cullinan as its new director. It comes as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection. Previous director Hartwig Fischer resigned in August after the museum disclosed that more than
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — YouTube says hundreds of thousands of creators are now earning a paycheck from posting short-form videos on the platform, as it ramps up its race to compete with rivals like TikTok and Instagram. It hasn’t been cheap: the Google-owned platform is shelling out tens of thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan woman who drove her vehicle into a lake after allegedly stabbing her husband multiple times has been charged, state police said. At around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, troopers with the Houghton Lake Post responded to a residence
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario have launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning. The lawsuits announced Thursday claim that platforms like Facebook and Instagram are “designed for compulsive use, have rewired
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III stressed the importance of friendship and acts of caring in a recorded message delivered to a traditional pre-Easter church service, which the monarch skipped as he undergoes cancer treatment. Queen Camilla represented her husband during the Royal Maundy Service at Worcester Cathedral, presenting bags
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A caretaker has been arrested after, police said, she abused and hit an elderly woman under her care at a South Florida senior living facility. Miami-Dade Police responded on Tuesday to the Good Family Home, located along the 6800 block of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. The revisions to
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rights groups say the Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians. Mali, along with its neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, has for over a decade battled
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.4% annual pace from October through December, the government said in an upgrade from its previous estimate. The government had previously estimated that the economy expanded at a 3.2% rate last quarter. The Commerce Department’s revised measure of the
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday. The Global Citizen NOW
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In February, the artist and ink-maker Thomas Little loaded up his van and traveled around North Carolina to paint 20 delicate, lonely vignettes of American landscapes — each one representing a city in his home state that experienced at least one mass shooting in 2023. On their subject matter
Continue ReadingBy DARREN SANDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many churches moved their services online, the Rev. William H. Lamar IV initially shuddered at the thought that he needed to morph into a “video personality” to stay engaged with his parishioners. “I resisted kicking and screaming because I’m
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Happy Thursday! We can expect some light rain and periods of mountain snow today. Travel will be a challenge for those going through the passes. More rain means the roads could be slick, but no flooding is expected. High temperatures will once again reach the 40s and 50s. We’re about 20 degrees cooler than we
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Chelsea and Lyon became the first two teams to progress into the semifinals of this year’s Women’s Champions League, after quarterfinal wins on Wednesday. Lyon thrashed Benfica 4-1 in its second-leg, beating the Portuguese side 6-2 on aggregate. Chelsea, meanwhile, was held to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Setting poor grammar and punctuation aside, “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces” joins the recent Paul Simon documentary in providing a big streaming canvas to let a star open up about his life and career. In Steve Martin’s case, that includes a first half devoted to his
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British comedian has been ordered to remove a picture of a hot dog from a poster in London subway stations for his new standup show. Transit bosses say it violates the transit network’s ban on junk food advertising. The poster for Ed Gamble’s show, “Hot Diggity Dog,” showed a mustard- and
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time. Exactly when that will happen is being influenced by humans, according to a new study, as melting polar ice alters the Earth’s rotation and changes time
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