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Month: August 2024

Grant Ellis is the new ‘Bachelor’

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Grant Ellis didn’t win Jenn Tran’s heart on “The Bachelorette,” but he is still in the love game. Following his emotional exit from Monday’s episode of “The Bachelorette,” it was announced that the “self-proclaimed mama’s boy” will be looking for his match as the lead on the 29th

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Takeaways from AP’s story on Alabama’s ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed

Associated Press Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers unusually rich in plant and animal diversity. It’s also a critical conduit between the rest of Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico, draining two-thirds of the state and cleaning water and warehousing silt that

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Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk

Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police have released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police officer to the ground on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, leaving the Missouri officer with a life-threatening brain injury. Police Chief Troy Doyle, speaking at a news conference Tuesday, said the body

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An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information from authorities. The

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Trump elogia a Milei en su conversación con Elon Musk: “Está haciendo un gran trabajo, realmente recortó”

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El expresidente Donald Trump elogió al mandatario de Argentina, Javier Milei, durante su conversación con Elon Mausk en la plataforma X, antes Twitter, haciendo énfasis en los recortes del gasto que ha puesto en marcha el líder sudamericano. Sin mencionar su nombre, Trump habló de Javier Milei como “el

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Self-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth ‘Tristan und Isolde’ by director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson

Associated Press BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Icelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s production of “Tristan und Isolde” at the Bayreuth Festival is becomes a psychoanalytic examination of self-loathing and burdensome expectations. Arnarsson’s staging, starring Andreas Schager and Camilla Nylund and conducted by Semyon Bychkov, opened July 25 in a run of seven performances through Aug. 26.

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Vinícius Jr. habría recibido una oferta por más de US$ 1.000 millones para jugar en Arabia Saudita, según reportes

Sofía Benavides (CNN) —  Según varios reportes, incluidos los de Reuters y ESPN, a la estrella del Real Madrid Vinícius Jr. le ofrecieron un lucrativo contrato por más de US$ 1.000 millones para jugar en Arabia Saudita. Reuters, citando fuentes anónimas, informó que Vinícius fue contactado por funcionarios saudíes que le ofrecieron un contrato de

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Officer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman who was accused of shoplifting

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother who was killed after being accused of shoplifting last August. Young was suspected of stealing bottles of alcohol when Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb and

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UN expert panel sent to Venezuela blasts lack of transparency in presidential elections

MIAMI (AP) — A panel of experts from the United Nations said Venezuela’s recent presidential elections lacked “basic transparency and integrity,” adding an important voice to those who have cast doubt on President Nicolás Maduro’s claim he won the contest. A four-member team sent by U.N. Secretary General António Guterres was in Caracas for over

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