By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — For McCall Mirabella’s 21st birthday party last month, she asked guests to bring only one gift: A PowerPoint presentation. Mirabella, a TikTok and YouTube personality with over 1.3 million followers across both platforms, assembled her closest friends and asked them to present a slideshow on anything they could think
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Former President Donald Trump says he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas but urged the country to “finish up” its offensive and “get this over with,” warning about international support fading. The comments were made during an interview with
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Former NBA guard Ben Gordon could see criminal charges against him in Connecticut erased from his record next year if he completes a probation program. Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges last year after a disturbance at a Stamford juice shop. He appeared in court Monday in Stamford,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet have a name. Zookeepers aren’t even sure if it’s a male or female because they haven’t been able to get close enough to examine it. A photo taken Monday by The Associated Press shows
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By The Associated Press Oregon State and Washington State have finalized a settlement over financial distributions with the 10 schools leaving the Pac-12 . The departing schools will have $5 million withheld during the 2024 fiscal year for a total of $50 million under the deal announced Monday. The departing schools also will pay a
Continue ReadingThis week will be a snowy one with each of the next several days seeing some snow. There will be a steady flow of air off the Pacific and that will allow the Cascades to squeeze out snow each of the next few days. Wednesday looks to be the most aggressive day as far as
Continue ReadingWCBS, RING.COM, ALVAREZ FAMILY, CNN By Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WCBS) — A mother spoke out Sunday after saving her daughter from an attack right outside of their apartment door in Queens. The attacker, who was reportedly hiding in the stairwell, surprised the teenager. Ring camera video
Continue ReadingBy Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WCBS) — A mother spoke out Sunday after saving her daughter from an attack right outside of their apartment door in Queens. The attacker, who was reportedly hiding in the stairwell, surprised the teenager. Ring camera video shows the moment a man
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump told a story on Monday in which he claimed that he decided not to list the Trump Media & Technology Group on the New York Stock Exchange, even though the exchange “badly” wanted the company, because businesspeople are “treated too badly in New York” and “don’t
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer The NCAA Tournament could be heading toward expansion. The tournament field is currently set at 68. That number could bump up to 72 or 76 schools in the coming years. There are several factors at play, including how to divide up the increased number of at-large bids in an
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Food prices have gone a bit bananas — and that includes a famously priced 19-cent fruit at Trader Joe’s. The snack-heavy grocer told CNN on Monday that it recently increased the price of the banana to 23 cents, a more than 20% increase. “We only change our
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The region is still dealing with a moist flow of air off the Pacific that is providing the mountains with persistent light snow. The lower elevations east of the Cascades continue to see clouds, but little in the way of any significant rain. The temperatures are cooler than normal, as high try to get to
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have identified the brothers who were attacked, one fatally, by a mountain lion in California during the weekend. Taylen Robert Claude Brooks was killed in a remote area northeast of Sacramento in the first fatal encounter with a cougar in the state in two decades. His 18-year-old brother survived and
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The interim report from the commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting focused mostly on whether authorities should have taken shooter Robert Card into custody and seized his guns under the state’s so-called yellow flag law. The commission said the sheriff’s office should have initiated that process.
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani security forces have killed four insurgents as they foiled an attack on a naval facility in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province. No damage was caused to the Siddiqui air station in the attack that was claimed by the outlawed Baluchistan Liberation Army. The
Continue ReadingBy Heather Law and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García, was found shot dead Sunday morning, the country’s national police said. In a statement posted on X, police said that García, the mayor of San Vicente, a small coastal city, was in what is believed to be a rental car
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. Joshua Russell of Bucyrus, Ohio, had previously pleaded guilty in Phoenix to a federal charge of making an
Continue ReadingBy Sean Daly Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — If you’re looking for Scott Nelson, there’s a good chance he’s in the pool at the Bob Sierra Family YMCA in Tampa. “It’s my chill time, my therapy,” said the 69-year-old salesman from Carrollwood. Nelson is a humble man, a family
Continue ReadingBy Lydia Vazquez Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — We’re paying 25% more for groceries right now than we did before the pandemic. In 2022 alone, Americans saw the biggest annual price increase at the grocery store since 1978. In Hillsborough County, local organizations are working to help keep
Continue ReadingWFTS By Lydia Vazquez Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — We’re paying 25% more for groceries right now than we did before the pandemic. In 2022 alone, Americans saw the biggest annual price increase at the grocery store since 1978. In Hillsborough County, local organizations are working to help
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