By Brendan King Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — Beth and Jerry Carter admit they made mistakes and have regrets after their child, Gray, came out as non-binary. “Our journey has been one of a roller coaster ride being a parent of a child in the LGBTQ+ community,” Beth recalled.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland woman has been arrested on a charge that she vandalized federal property in Washington, D.C., during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July. A police affidavit says 20-year-old Isabella Giordano used red spray paint to write “Gaza” on a fountain in front of Union Station
Continue ReadingRussia’s announcement of expelling six British diplomats for alleged espionage has been denounced by the United Kingdom. It has also intensified the animosity between Russia and the West over the war in Ukraine. However, the six are but a small number in the history of Moscow-London acts of expulsion, which have a history of angry
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NewsChannel 21’s second live Decision 2024 debate concluded Thursday night with Oregon Senate District 27 candidates Anthony Broadman and Michael Summers each offering closing statements and making their case for voters to elect them.
Continue ReadingBy Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq and Pauline Lockwood, CNN (CNN) — More than 560,000 children aged below 10 in Gaza have received the first of two doses of the polio vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, after Israel’s destruction of water and sanitation systems led to a resurgence of the deadly
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WTVF) — In the 1950s, a little girl was stopped from sitting at the front of a bus. She took that and later made Nashville history. There’s a beautiful new way the city will learn her story. No matter where he is, Harry Duff
Continue ReadingRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A 20-year-old gang member pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that wounded two rival gang members in front of the New York home of then-U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, authorities said. Noah Green pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy for shooting at three men, striking
Continue ReadingBy Robert Boyd Click here for updates on this story TAMPA (WFTS) — Hundreds of kids from across Tampa Bay will be visiting Tropicana Field this weekend, but it’s not to see a Rays’ game. The kids will be lined up to see legendary, world-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall. Tampa Bay conservationist Anita Camacho said Goodall’s
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for smuggling drugs into Bermuda. On Friday, The Royal Gazette reported that he pleaded guilty to smuggling over $1 million worth of marijuana, cocaine and heroin. The man, from Arizona, claimed he was manipulated into transporting the drugs.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gospel music superstar Yolanda Adams has used her faith and smile to sustain her through life’s ebbs and flows. Adams thinks she was “born with that happiness gene that people talk about” and wants people to know that down days will pass. That theme permeates her new album, “Sunny
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Hundreds of posters have appeared on billboards across Italy this summer, bearing the slogan: “Russia is not our enemy” and depicting a handshake in the colors of the Italian and Russian flags. Some, including those that appeared in Rome this week, also feature the words, “Enough money
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German and Kenyan officials have signed an agreement to promote the recruitment of skilled Kenyan workers who can fill gaps in Germany’s labor market, and to facilitate the repatriation of Kenyans who don’t have the right to stay in Germany. The agreement was signed during a visit to Berlin on Friday by
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says it will offer free WiFi service on flights using the satellite-based Starlink service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. United said Friday it will start testing Starlink early next year and put it on the entire fleet of planes over the next several years. United isn’t releasing financial details of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska’s Republican attorney general says supporters of two measures to legalize medical marijuana could have submitted “several thousand” invalid signatures to get them on the ballot. Attorney General Mike Hilgers suggested that the issue ultimately could keep the proposals from becoming law. Hilgers made the statement during a news conference in which he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A political committee behind the campaign to pass a constitutional right to abortion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against a state health care agency that it alleges is carrying out a taxpayer-funded “misinformation” campaign against the November ballot measure. Thursday’s lawsuit targets a state website that
Continue ReadingSIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old student was found dead in a pond after running away from his classroom at an elementary school in South Carolina. Officials say the boy was in a classroom Thursday morning with two other students and three school employees when he ran out into the hall. They say
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) – El jueves 25 de julio, autoridades de Estados Unidos detuvieron a Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada y a Joaquín Guzmán López, dos figuras centrales del Cártel de Sinaloa. Ambos enfrentan varios cargos por presuntamente dirigir las operaciones delictivas de la que se considera una de las organizaciones de narcotráfico más poderosas
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — When Joan Chelimo first met Rebecca Cheptegei, she remembers her fellow distance runner simply as a “normal, happy girl,” delighted to be competing at the Olympics. The pair had started talking after competing in the women’s marathon in Paris last month, Chelimo representing Romania
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday announced a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT and expose what it says is the Russian state media network’s key role in the Kremlin’s global intelligence and influence operations. The State Department revealed declassified US intelligence findings that suggest RT is fully integrated into Russia’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed near their childhood
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