Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Casi dos años después de la decisión de la Corte Suprema que revocó el caso Roe vs. Wade, los estadounidenses siguen oponiéndose ampliamente a la sentencia, según una nueva encuesta de CNN realizada por SSRS. Pero en medio de una campaña presidencial en la que los principales candidatos ofrecen enfoques muy
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KCAL) — Broken gates, shattered headstones and desecrated grave sites are just the most recent troubles at Compton’s storied cemetery, Woodlawn Celestial Gardens. “It’s a huge historical landmark,” Compton City Councilman Jonathan Bowers said. “A lot of American history laid to rest here,
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (KCAL) — The president of the University of Southern California denounced the actions of vandals who drew a Swastika at the school’s campus. “I’ve been made aware of a swastika drawn on our campus,” President Carol Folt wrote. “I condemn any antisemitic symbols
Continue ReadingBy FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The U.S. military plans to return to Chad within a month for talks about revising an agreement that allows it to keep troops based there. The commander of U.S. Africa Command made the comments to reporters in Ghana on Wednesday. The U.S. said last month it
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Rogers Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A new cookie shop wants to take a bite out of the challenges for those with special needs to find meaningful employment. Super Duper Cookie Company, now open in University Park, might look like a regular cookie store capitalizing on Dallas’
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El próximo presidente de Panamá, cargo por el que ocho candidatos competirán este domingo, tendrá que asumir grandes retos, al ritmo de una ciudadanía que protagonizó protestas masivas en junio de 2022 por el alto costo de la vida, así como en octubre y noviembre de 2023 por un
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Chris Hemsworth has said he felt like he created a parody of himself in his most recent outing as Thor. The Australian actor was first cast as the Marvel superhero at age 25. Fifteen years on, Hemsworth has 29 movies under his belt – nine of them from the
Continue ReadingBy Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story ENNIS, Texas (KTVT) — William McMayhem has not been a tenant of the Dallas Ennis RV Park for a month. He’s a plumber by trade, but his professional skills could not save his loss from a flood. “I came home early from work Friday. Took
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. The church has long been divided into factions over LGBTQ inclusion and even weighed splitting into two separate churches over the issue, CNN previously reported. In 1984,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Don’t look for Daniel Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling to reunite any time soon. Radcliffe found fame as a child actor starring as Harry Potter in the film franchise based on Rowling’s wildly successful book series. But the pair have split when it comes to trans rights. In a
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military has withdrawn troops from a French military base in Chad after the country demanded they leave last month, a Pentagon spokesperson and other sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. More than half of the US troops stationed at the French military base in Chad’s
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ school district is offering to pay some families to drive their kids to school as part of an effort to offset a shortage of bus drivers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the plan was detailed in a letter sent Monday to St. Louis Public Schools parents. Under the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia planea reclasificar la marihuana como sustancia controlada de la Lista III, una clasificación compartida por medicamentos recetados como la ketamina y el Tylenol con codeína, según informó a CNN una fuente con conocimiento de los planes. ¿Qué significaría esta reclasificación? En EE.UU., la marihuana lleva 50 años
Continue ReadingCNN By Haley Talbot, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Washington (CNN) — GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Wednesday she will force a vote over House Speaker Mike Johnson’s ouster next week – a move that comes after Democrats have said they will vote to kill the effort and ensure Johnson doesn’t lose his
Continue ReadingBy EastIdahoNews.com staff Click here for updates on this story YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming (eastidahonews.com) — An Idaho Falls man got drunk, kicked a bison, got hurt and went to jail, Yellowstone Park officials said. Clarence Yoder, 40, approached a bison too closely on the afternoon April 21 on the West Entrance Road near the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston College students held a protest rally against the Israel-Hamas war last week. Bullhorns were banned, lest the noise disturb studying for finals. Tents weren’t allowed. Students who’d been arrested at other Boston campus protests were barred. After an allotted hour, the students went
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts prosecutor won’t seek criminal charges two years after four newborns were found in a freezer in a South Boston apartment. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden called the investigation “complex, unusual and perplexing.” DNA tests showed the two boys and two girls whose remains were frozen
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will retry the sex crimes case against Harvey Weinstein, a prosecutor told the court Wednesday at the former movie producer’s first hearing since his conviction was overturned. The judge ordered Weinstein remain in custody ahead of his retrial, with the
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 10 people and left 21 missing since Monday. That’s according to the country’s civil defense. It said Wednesday an additional 11 people were injured and more than 1,400 were forced to leave their homes due to
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such legislative gathering in five years.
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