NC Democrats say daycares will shut down unless legislature spends big
By Will Doran Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal…
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A pregnant stingray with no male companion now has a ‘reproductive disease,’ aquarium says
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina aquarium said in February that a stingray became pregnant with no male companion in its tank and now…
Continue ReadingCostco’s $1.50 hot dog price is ‘safe’
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Costco’s new chief financial officer has a reassuring message for inflation-weary customers:…
Continue ReadingJessica Lange comes full circle as a Broadway lioness in ‘The Great Lillian Hall’
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Lange met the movie public perched in King Kong’s giant palm, but her real breakthrough came in…
Continue ReadingSoldiers among 11 killed by separatist militants in southeast Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian military says militants enforcing a separatist lockdown in the country’s…
Continue ReadingRussia and Ukraine exchange POWs for the first time in months. Bodies of fallen are also swapped
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press SUMY REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each sending back 75 POWs…
Continue ReadingNot guilty plea for suspect in killing of nursing student found on University of Georgia campus
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia…
Continue ReadingTesla to recall 125,227 vehicles over faulty seat belt warning system
Reuters (CNN) — Tesla is recalling 125,227 vehicles in the United States due to a malfunction in its seat belt warning system that can…
Continue ReadingMediterranean diet helps women live much longer, a large new study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Women who closely followed a Mediterranean diet lived much longer than those who did not, according to a new…
Continue ReadingAP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat
By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to…
Continue ReadingA scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday
By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — Officials in India say a scorching heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing ‘partisan extremism’
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has announced he…
Continue ReadingTexas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
By JIM VERTUNO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to one of the most…
Continue ReadingBiden says it’s ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
By Kevin Liptak, Nikki Carvajal and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden asserted Friday that Hamas has been degraded to a…
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Where in the world are people most optimistic about AI?
Verbit analyzed data from a December 2023 Bosch survey to see where people are the most excited by AI and how they hope it will change their…
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In-person socialization is alive in these states—here's where people are the most social
Peerspace mapped the states that spend the most time socializing using data from the American Time Use Survey via…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin registers as an independent
By Clare Foran and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a longtime moderate Democrat, announced on Friday that he is…
Continue ReadingFast food deals were off the table. Now they’re roaring back
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — For years, restaurant executives had a confident message for investors: We’re raising…
Continue ReadingFrance files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans
PARIS (AP) — French authorities have handed preliminary terrorism charges to an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending…
Continue ReadingSevere weather continues in Texas with 243,000-plus still without power after recent storms
By KEN MILLER Associated Press While more than 243,000 people in Texas remain without power following severe storms this week, another round of…
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