AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories. A professor of English at McGill University in Montreal, and author of numerous critical studies of Canadian fiction, he has thought of Munro as the “jewel”
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — Customs agents say they seized 90 live snails from luggage at Detroit Metro Airport last month. The giant African land snails were discovered after a traveler arriving from Ghana on June 30 was recommended for a secondary examination for declaring that their
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, Bobby Kennedy III, posted a video of a phone call between Kennedy and former President Donald Trump in which the former president appeared to endorse false theories about the safety of vaccines. Kennedy III posted a brief video on social media Tuesday morning filming
Continue ReadingBy Erin Hassanzadeh Click here for updates on this story COLD SPRING, Minnesota (WCCO) — Farmers in Minnesota are in a tough spot. Climate extremes, things like floods and droughts, are hurting production and the state is asking them to cut emissions and do their best to farm sustainably. So what does that look like?
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — At first glance, Elon Musk and Donald Trump wouldn’t seem to be natural allies. One has made cutting greenhouse emissions a major business selling point. The other questions the need to cut emissions at all, denouncing most forms of clean energy as at best unnecessary and at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. The officers arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs control at least 80% of
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Texas (KTVT) — The City of Mansfield officially launched its new rideshare service Monday, thanks in part to the persistence of a woman advocating for her friends with special needs. Brian and David Hogan both work at Mansfield grocery stores, but since the city
Continue ReadingKTVT By Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Texas (KTVT) — The City of Mansfield officially launched its new rideshare service Monday, thanks in part to the persistence of a woman advocating for her friends with special needs. Brian and David Hogan both work at Mansfield grocery stores, but since the
Continue ReadingAP National Writer Few athletes will be under as much scrutiny at the Paris Olympics as the swimmers from China. Belated revelations that nearly two dozen elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Games — and were allowed to compete with no ramifications — have raised major concerns from
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration complied with the law when it declined to grant an extension to Georgia’s year-old Medicaid plan, which is the only one in the country that has a work requirement for recipients of the publicly funded health coverage for low-income people. U.S.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los equipos de búsqueda que buscan al adolescente británico desaparecido Jay Slater en la isla española de Tenerife han encontrado el cuerpo de un joven. “Después de 29 días de búsqueda constante, se ha encontrado el cuerpo sin vida de un joven en la zona de Masca” en las montañas de
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Country music artist Ingrid Andress says she was intoxicated during her much-criticized performance of the national anthem on Monday at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby and will be seeking treatment. On Tuesday, Andress posted a statement on her verified social media account writing, “I’m not going to bulls**t y’all,
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man was recovering Monday after being bitten by a shark off Key West in Florida, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said. The victim was spearfishing along a reef when he was bitten on the leg Monday afternoon, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. He was brought
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will no longer be allowed to leave Romania as they await trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. An appeals court in the capital of Bucharest announced that decision on Tuesday, overturning a
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States again. Emergency department visits associated with Covid-19 have been trending up for weeks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most recent data shows that during the week ending July 6 there was a 23.5% increase in emergency
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday night in Milwaukee. Here are some of the most noteworthy falsehoods from night one of the RNC. Trump makes false claims about election fraud in RNC video The Republican National Convention played a video in which former President Donald Trump urged Republicans
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at a European Union-backed court have convicted a former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter with involvement in the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20 more during his country’s war for independence from Serbia in 1999. Pjetër Shala, also known by the
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area county has agreed to pay $7 million to the family of a man who was severely beaten by another man while in jail for drunken driving. Thomas Carr died a year ago after suffering severe head injuries while serving a brief sentence for drunken driving. He was attacked in his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Tuesday said it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday — a step that could destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The announcement followed a landmark Supreme Court order for young religious men to begin enlisting for military service. Under long-standing political
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