By DEVI SHASTRI and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad are raising health experts’ concern about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. One of the world’s most contagious diseases, measles can lead to potentially serious complications. The best defense, according to experts? Get vaccinated. Here’s what to know about the year
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok following an ongoing dispute with her music distributor Universal Music Group over royalties. The return of her songs on the popular social platform comes as she is set to release her latest and much-anticipated album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” next week.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances. The identical challenges were filed this week in appellate courts across the country. They call the Federal Railroad Administration’s new rule arbitrary, capricious and an illegal abuse
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States since the start of the year, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that a rapid rise in cases — significantly more than in recent years — poses a renewed threat to the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Plenty of young golfers have sent crowds into a frenzy at Augusta National across the 88 years of The Masters, but perhaps none quite as young as Dakota Watson. Bubba Watson’s nine-year-old daughter delivered a putting masterclass during the par three contest on the eve of the major on
Continue ReadingBy Rashad Williams Click here for updates on this story PICKENS, South Carolina (WYFF) — The historical 7-acre property in the Liberia community of Pickens County is home to Soapstone Baptist Church and Soapstone School. The one-room, Soapstone School was built in the 1920s and was once a place of education for Black kids in
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme. Judge Sidney Stein agreed Thursday to sever and delay Nadine Menendez’s trial after her lawyers said she required treatment
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed to celebrate sport for sport’s sake. But the price athletes paid to be any good was far too high, and it took virtually no time for the concept of amateurism
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Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys Click here for updates on this story CUDAHY, Wisconsin (WISN) — Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Warnimont Park in Cudahy on Tuesday. It’s the same area where last week, someone found a severed leg. Deputies searched a wooded area after the family of missing 19-year-old Sade Robinson said they made a
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support. One message for Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan was delivered by supreme leader
Continue ReadingBy Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — Two sisters in Port St. Lucie celebrated their baptism over the weekend, and they did it with three special guests on hand: the first responders who saved one sister’s life eight years ago. In December of 2016, Araceli Betancourt
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — A state prosecutor will investigate whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones violated criminal law in his efforts to help former President Donald Trump subvert the 2020 election results in the state. Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to investigate
Continue ReadingBy Andy Alcock Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A goat rescued from a ledge below a 63rd Street bridge in Kansas City is recovering well and is expected to be reunited with its owner on Wednesday morning. On Monday afternoon, the goat was perched about 80 feet above
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, faces a federal charge of bank fraud after allegedly stealing more than $16 million from Ohtani, a US attorney in Los Angeles announced Thursday. Mizuhara made unauthorized transfers from Ohtani’s bank account from
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for possibly lower mortgage rates? That’s a question confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season amid widespread expectations that mortgage rates could come down once the Federal Reserve begins lowering its own short-term rate. Economists generally
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — 2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves. Hot on the heels of the European Union postponing (again) its much-mooted ETIAS program, which will require visitors from most non-EU countries to obtain pre-travel clearance, Brazil has pushed back the start of its new visa system for
Continue ReadingBy Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KMBC) — A Leavenworth bakery owner’s lost diamond from her wedding ring has sparked an unusual search among her cookies. She believes the diamond, worth over $4,000, may have fallen into her dough. ” I looked down at my hand, and the center
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CARLISLE, Iowa (KCCI) — Carlisle Police have a new tool up in the skies to help fight crime and find people needing help. It’s launching a new drone program. The drone will be used for things like search and rescue efforts, finding a suspect on
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says she won’t seek another term next year, setting up a high-stakes fight for control of the battleground state’s highest court. Bradley, who is part of the court’s 4-3 liberal majority, said in a statement Thursday
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