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Month: September 2024

Travis Kelce’s Hollywood aspirations: How the football star is writing a new playbook for tackling showbiz

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In his scripted television debut in 2020, Travis Kelce, playing a hot-headed athlete-turned-astronaut, fell into a desert sinkhole and died. His career in Hollywood, however, is alive, well and seemingly with more prospects than ever for the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who appears to be exploring the career

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The UK says water bosses could face prison under plans to clean up sewage-clogged rivers

LONDON (AP) — The bosses of water companies that pollute waterways could go to prison under a new law aimed at cleaning up Britain’s sewage-clogged rivers, lakes and beaches.  A bill introduced in Parliament on Thursday will give regulators the ability to ban bonuses for executives of polluting firms and bring criminal charges against lawbreakers.

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Biden says rural electrification and internet improvements underscore ‘American comeback’

Associated Press WESTBY, Wisconsin (AP) — President Joe Biden has traveled to rural southwest Wisconsin to champion new investments in electrification and expanded high-speed internet. He proclaimed Thursday that “all these investments mean family farms can stay in the family.” In the town of Westby, Biden announced $7.3 billion in investments for 16 cooperatives that

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Yellen says ending Biden tax incentives would be ‘historic mistake’ for states like North Carolina

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning voters in the battleground state of North Carolina that they could lose jobs if Republicans weaken a signature Biden administration law that encourages investments in manufacturing and clean energy. Yellen says that Republican-dominated states like North Carolina are greatly benefiting from tax incentives under

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El enviado de China a Nueva York “está cumpliendo con sus funciones como siempre” tras el caso de agente china, afirma el consulado de Beijing

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El consulado de China en Nueva York negó los informes de que su principal diplomático fuera destituido a raíz de una supuesta redada contra una agente china, diciendo que el cónsul general está “desempeñándose con sus funciones como de costumbre”. La declaración parece contradecir los comentarios hechos anteriormente por la gobernadora

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Bend city councilors accept $5 million federal affordable housing grant; half of what was sought, but a big impact

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – During Wednesday night’s Bend City Council meeting, councilors voted to approve the city manager’s acceptance of a $5 million Pathways to Removing Obstacles grant, also known as the PRO Housing grant. Councilors approved the acceptance of the $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as

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