WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is absent from the court Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can’t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’ absence, saying that his colleague would still
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of Donald Trump ‘s historic hush money trial ended Monday after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial. The court ultimately adjourned without any
Continue ReadingBy AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military access to more Philippine army sites. He stressed that the American military presence in several camps and bases so far was sparked by China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea. President
Continue ReadingBy Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERS, Missouri (KMOV) — When you drive down Interstate 70 in St. Peters, you now see faces. Faces of real people. “So artistic. He was my singer, my painter,” said Dawn Carpenter. People who had families and friends who loved them to death. “She
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Renowned author Salman Rushdie has revealed more details about the knife attack that left him blind in one eye, telling CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday that he had a “premonition” of the event just days beforehand. Giving his first television interview since he was stabbed several times on stage
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia say 17 police officers serving at a prison in the country’s capital Skopje have been detained on suspicion of assisting in the separate escapes last year of two inmates, including a murder convict. Prosecutors says the murder convict was left unattended in a smoking area during
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in Louisiana in which a police officer was injured. Civil rights groups and free speech advocates have warned that the suit threatens the right to protest. The justices on Monday rejected an
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Claudia Otto and Chris Stern, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Germany should overturn its 150-year old ban on abortions and make terminations legal within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a government-appointed panel of experts said on Monday. The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine was set up by the German government
Continue ReadingExclusive: By Amanda Davies and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Since evolving away from tennis, Serena Williams has become a prolific investor inside and outside the sporting world with stakes in soccer club Angel City FC and golf franchise Los Angeles Golf Club (LAGC) alongside her other ventures. And the 23-time grand slam champion told
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive: By Amanda Davies and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Since evolving away from tennis, Serena Williams has become a prolific investor inside and outside the sporting world with stakes in soccer club Angel City FC and golf franchise Los Angeles Golf Club (LAGC) alongside her other ventures. And the 23-time grand slam champion
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Millions of people in the central US are facing severe thunderstorms early this week that will pack damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes as a wide-reaching storm system strengthens and tracks across the country. Parts of Nebraska and Kansas are in a Level 3 of 5 risk
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister says the success of Israel and its allies in largely thwarting a massive Iranian missile and drone attack shows what Ukraine could achieve against Russian aerial barrages if it had more support from its partners. A recent Russian aerial campaign
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Generations of families celebrated 100 years of education at a beloved Asheville City Schools elementary school on Saturday, April 13. Claxton Elementary is turning a century old, and plenty of elementary students are celebrating getting to go to the historic
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A day after the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies were involved in a vehicle pursuit and exchange of gunfire outside the Pisgah National Forest on Saturday, April 13, a News 13 crew spoke with a couple who
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock is tumbling again after the company announced a potentially massive new influx of shares. The struggling company is rapidly losing money, and a new stock offering could help it stay afloat. But there’s a downside to going back
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has obtained permission from safety regulators to start loading atomic fuel into a reactor at its only operable plant in Japan, which it is keen to restart for the first time since the 2011 disaster.
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Nike’s new outfit design for the US women’s Olympic team has been widely criticized on social media by athletes and fans alike, with one former US athlete describing it as a “costume born of patriarchal forces.” Images of both the men’s and women’s outfits dressed on mannequins were made
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kesha popped up for a surprise appearance with Reneé Rapp during Rapp’s set at Coachella this weekend, but something was different. Kesha edited a lyric in her famous 2010 single “Tik Tok,” which references Sean “Diddy” Combs. In the original lyric she sings, “Wake up in the morning
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle, Julian Cummings and Laura Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal hush money trial, set to begin Monday, brings with it a long list of charges, witnesses, potential penalties, appeals and attorneys. Here’s everything you need to know. Case overview The charges stem from reimbursements made
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