By WRAL staff Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — A GoFundMe page has raised more than $391,000 to throw a “frat party” to commend those who “protected Old Glory” during Tuesday’s protests at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Members of Pi Kappa Phi claimed they defended the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States. The move on Thursday reflected persistent close ties with Moscow despite the Balkan nation’s proclaimed bid to join the European Union. Prime Minister Miloš Vučević’s
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A soccer politics dispute between Algeria and Morocco over a map of disputed Western Sahara territory on a team jersey will go to a full appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court set no timetable for appointing a panel of judges and
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed. Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, was sentenced during a
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Uruguay, José “Pepe” Mujica, padece cáncer de esófago, informó este jueves su médica tratante Raquel Pannone en conferencia de prensa. El exmandatario fue sometido a una endoscopía digestiva y el resultado “mostró que tiene un tumor al nivel del esófago”, dijo Pannone. “Teníamos la alta
Continue ReadingBy Darren Cunningham Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LYON, Michigan (WXYZ) — No Mow May is here and that means some lawns won’t be cut for another month. But no matter how you slice it, it’s a polarizing issue. Cities like Ferndale, Ann Arbor and Royal Oak support No Mow May, allowing
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday attempted to balance the right to free speech and his desire for law and order in his first extensive remarks on campus protests against the war in Gaza – but insisted he has not changed his
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Earlier this week, Bend Mayor Melanie Melanie Kebler traveled to Washington D.C., with the U.S. Conference of Mayors Homelessness Task Force to lobby federal officials and representatives on the issues of homelessness and housing, led by Los Angeles Mayor and former Congresswoman Karen Bass. The bipartisan group of nearly 50 mayors
Continue ReadingBy Ross Jones Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court claims that staff at the Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital encouraged one young patient to attack another. The lawsuit is the second to be filed against the facility after the same attorney filed
Continue ReadingWXYZ, HOSPITAL SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, CNN By Ross Jones Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court claims that staff at the Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital encouraged one young patient to attack another. The lawsuit is the second to be filed against the facility
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — What do you need to pack for a cruise? When it comes to this upcoming cruise from tour and travel company Bare Necessities, the answer appears to be very little. The nudist cruise specialist is teaming up with Norwegian Cruise Line to launch an 11-day voyage from Miami to
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male Sumatran orangutan, treated a wound on his face by chewing leaves from a climbing plant named Akar Kuning and
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military has finally acknowledged that it mistakenly killed a civilian man in an airstrike in Syria nearly a year ago after misidentifying him as a senior al Qaeda leader, according to the findings of an investigation ordered by US Central Command last summer. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — The chants, banners and tents announce the presence of the student protest camp at the University of Pennsylvania from several blocks away. Unlike other colleges witnessing demonstrations around the Israel-Hamas war, UPenn’s campus is open and accessible to all. Visitors may approach
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — The chants, banners and tents announce the presence of the student protest camp at the University of Pennsylvania from several blocks away. Unlike other colleges witnessing demonstrations around the Israel-Hamas war, UPenn’s campus is open and accessible to all. Visitors may approach the
Continue ReadingBy Noah Chavez Click here for updates on this story COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon (KEZI) — The owners of Millie, a four-year-old Great Dane are lucky the canine is still alive after a cougar attacked her. Occurring in Linda Chmile’s backyard in the early afternoon, the attack has since gained attention on social media in Cottage
Continue ReadingKEZI, FAMILY HANDOUT, CNN By Noah Chavez Click here for updates on this story COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon (KEZI) — The owners of Millie, a four-year-old Great Dane are lucky the canine is still alive after a cougar attacked her. Occurring in Linda Chmile’s backyard in the early afternoon, the attack has since gained attention on
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — An attorney discipline judge in California has rejected a request from ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman to reactivate his law license following her recent recommendation that he be disbarred, which rendered him unable to practice law for now. Eastman, who devised a multi-step plan for then-Vice President Mike
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Officers arrested 12 people, including four Portland State University students, Thursday morning during an operation to clear the PSU library of pro-Palestinian protesters, the Portland Police Bureau reported. Protesters had occupied the library since Monday, KGW reported.
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