CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bob Graham, former United States senator and Democratic governor of Florida. Personal Birth date: November 9, 1936 Death date: April 16, 2024 Birth place: Coral Gables, Florida Birth name: Daniel Robert Graham Father: Ernest “Cap” Graham, Florida state senator, dairy farmer and cattle
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Pace Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — A cat may have used a couple of its nine lives when it was accidentally shipped with an Amazon return from Utah to California. A Utah couple got the surprise of their life when they got a call that their
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of John Kasich, former Republican governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1952 Birth place: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Birth name: John Richard Kasich Jr. Father: John Kasich Sr., mail carrier Mother: Anne Kasich, postal worker Marriages: Karen (Waldbillig)
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Steinbrecher Click here for updates on this story HOLLADAY, Utah (KSL) — Neighbors in Holladay are figuring out what it’ll take to clean up and who’s paying for the damage, after a massive home explosion planned by hazmat crews detonating old dynamite. Neighbors were finally allowed back into their homes Wednesday evening. They
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject former President Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity and the broad protections he has sought to shut down his federal election subversion case, but also reluctant to give special counsel Jack Smith carte blanche to pursue
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — There’s no place Drake Maye would rather be. When the NFL invited the former North Carolina quarterback to attend the draft in Detroit, he quickly said yes. Maye says it’s a dream come true to walk across the stage. Not everyone feels the same way. Only
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations that began at Columbia University last week have spawned a nationwide movement. How did they begin? Students at the school’s upper Manhattan campus who have been involved say it was two thing: Meticulous planning and heavy improvisation. Despite the arrests of more than
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line. The disputed stretch of the SunZia Transmission line is in southern Arizona’s San Pedro Valley. The line will carry wind-generated electricity
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election. Organizers said in a Thursday news conference that the money will go toward things like canvassing, mailers and digital ads. The funding comes as abortion-rights advocates seek
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church by giving rule-making autonomy to each region of the international church. Delegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for the “regionalization” proposal on the third
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota U.S. John Hoeven has announced that the National Park Service will abandon plans that could have removed the 200 or so wild horses that roam Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Advocates have feared that park officials would remove the beloved animals. In 2022, the Park
Continue ReadingBy Nikiya Carrero Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — What started as an after-school activity center is now much more to the families it serves. The Multi-Ethnic Youth Group Association, or MEYGA, Learning Center in Liberty City is evolving with the area around it and making Miami Proud. “This is
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Shawn Levy is no novice when it comes to rumors around his projects. Years on “Stranger Things” taught him how to tune out the noise. Yet even he’s found himself astonished by the sheer amount of speculation around “Deadpool & Wolverine,” describing the rumors as overwhelming. But, the director
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Maryland say a high school athletic director used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording. They say the clip contained racist and antisemitic remarks and quickly spread on social media. The principal was temporarily removed from his post at Pikesville High School in Baltimore County.
Continue ReadingBy Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story WILLOWBROOK, IIllinois (WBBM) — Many young Muslim girls did not play sports growing up – as fights to get exceptions for uniform restrictions often requiring a waiver and leading to embarrassment, or even rejection. Thus, the girls felt forced to choose between sports and faith.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the
Continue ReadingBy JULIA DIAS CARNEIRO and ALAN K. GUIMARÃES Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region have been buried in a cemetery in Belem, Para state’s capital. Fishermen off the coast of Para found a boat adrift on April
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris’ detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found “distressing,” the agency said. The incident occurred about 9 a.m. ET Monday at Joint Base Andrews, the agency said, ahead of a planned visit by the
Continue ReadingBy Jim Williams Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — She’s a powerhouse who built a ministry and changed the narrative on a Chicago street corner that was once famous for trouble. Week after week, Sandie Norman heads to the West Side’s Austin community, bringing food, prayer and hope, and as CBS
Continue ReadingBy Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The Department of Justice is threatening to sue the NYPD if its members don’t stop parking police cars on sidewalks and crosswalks. It’s a change New Yorkers with disabilities have been fighting for for years. The scathing letter says sidewalks and
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