By Arlette Saenz and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The White House will hold a “state dinner” as part of its Teacher of the Year celebration on May 1, a White House official told CNN, part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to champion public education. First lady Dr. Jill Biden, herself a longtime teacher,
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition parties demanded Wednesday that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza. They say the U.K. should ban weapons sales to Israel if the law has been broken. Britain is
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A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison.
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man charged in the 2023 fatal stabbing of a dog in an Asheville park will not be tried. James Henry is accused of killing a woman’s dog named Beignet last June in North Asheville’s Weaver Park and was charged
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — One of the earliest books in existence is expected to fetch upwards of $2.6m when it goes up for auction later this year. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, which was written in Coptic on papyrus in Egypt, is the earliest Christian liturgical book, according to the international auction house Christie’s, which
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent surgery Tuesday in Colorado for a blood clot in her leg. The congresswoman’s campaign said she is expected to make a full recovery. Boebert, a MAGA rabble-rouser, has represented the same Colorado House district since 2020. She is also
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time to take another trip to Italy, to the charming, cobblestoned streets of the Amalfi Coast, sipping coffee at cafes and looking for the La Dolce Vita. And it just wouldn’t be fun without our favorite serial killer, right? Tom Ripley is back for
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is considering a range of options to shore up long-term support for Ukraine, including establishing a fund of $100 billion over five years from the alliance members, according to three sources familiar with the matter. “It is future-proofing,” said one senior European diplomat familiar with the discussions,
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police have arrested a Tennessee man suspected of an Easter brunch shooting at a Nashville restaurant that killed one person and injured five more. Metro Nashville Police say Anton Rucker was taken into custody Tuesday in Princeton, Kentucky. He is being held there on a fugitive
Continue ReadingBy Steve King Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — Investigators say the woman shot and killed by her estranged husband in front of her children in West Palm Beach on Friday had a restraining order filed against him from a previous domestic violence incident. Police say Jamie Felix
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Central University says a student was shot at a dormitory on campus. Police responded to reports of a shooting Tuesday night at Lawson Street Residence Complex in Durham. The school was placed on lockdown and a campus alert issued a warning to those in
Continue ReadingBy Kara Peters Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, North Carolina (WXII) — It was an emotional day for the Piedmont Triad as the body of Capt. Ronnie Metcalf traveled from Winston-Salem to Thomasville. Monday’s procession began at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, where Metcalf died from his injuries Friday. The procession traveled
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Claudia Sheinbaum, candidata presidencial de la coalición Sigamos Haciendo Historia, integrada por los partidos Morena, del Trabajo (PT) y Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM), presentó el proyecto con el que busca mejorar el acceso a la salud pública si llega a la presidencia de México. En la presentación de sus
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The highly anticipated total solar eclipse is fast-approaching, but Mother Nature is throwing some curveballs with the weather forecast. The atmosphere looks poised to deliver an unfortunately timed lesson in the difference between day-to-day weather and long-term climatology for millions of people in the path of totality. The
Continue ReadingBy Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story SULLIVAN COUNTY, New York (WPTZ) — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse. The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Starrantino Click here for updates on this story FAIRFAX, California (KCAL, KCBS) — For the past decade, piles of bags filled with what looks like empty cleaning supplies, clothing, and random household junk outside the home called the “Trash House” have left a Fairfax neighborhood frustrated and concerned for the homeowner. “You can
Continue ReadingKCAL, KCBS, CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BUILDING AND SAFETY, CNN By Amanda Starrantino Click here for updates on this story FAIRFAX, California (KCAL, KCBS) — For the past decade, piles of bags filled with what looks like empty cleaning supplies, clothing, and random household junk outside the home called the “Trash House” have left a
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press A floating crane that’s been hauling away shattered steel from a collapsed Baltimore bridge played a much different role during the Cold War. In the early 1970s, it helped to build a specialized ship that would raise a portion of a sunken Soviet submarine. The barge’s powerful crane hoisted into
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — An attorney defending Texas’ controversial immigration law told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that state legislators may have gone “too far” when they passed the law last year. The law, known as SB4, makes entering Texas illegally a state crime and allows state judges to order immigrants
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — More severe weather is barreling across the U.S. A major spring storm was underway and expected to bring more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains are soaking the East Coast. Meanwhile, cleanup work continues in
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