Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia nursing student Laken Riley texted and called her mom as she headed out for a run to see whether she had time to chat — but then didn’t respond to her mother’s calls or increasingly frantic text messages. Riley called her mother at 9:03 a.m. on Feb. 22,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested five officers accused of plotting a coup that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Police say the coup plotters also planned to kill Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) — When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying to navigate at night. The heart-stopping flights led to his research of unmanned aircraft systems while getting his doctorate degree in aerospace engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Ucrania disparó misiles ATACMS de fabricación estadounidense contra la región rusa de Bryansk, informó el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia, en una escalada importante en el milésimo día de guerra. El ataque se produce solo dos días después de que la administración Biden diera luz verde a Kyiv para utilizar las armas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Associated Press had rare access to a night patrol by Senegal’s navy as it scanned the sea for a growing number of vulnerable boats making the risky journey towards Europe. More and more West Africans are trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands on what has become one of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced Monday, in dramatic fashion, that they went to Mar-a-Lago last week for a fence-mending meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. Then the pair spent the rest of the day dealing with the uncomfortable blowback. In private conversations, Scarborough argued
Continue ReadingBy A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A Waukesha County judge sentenced a Milwaukee man to 35 years in prison Monday for causing a crash last December that killed two of his sons. Paul Vinson, 30, tearfully apologized to the court during his sentencing hearing. Vinson reached an
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — With the third anniversary of the Oxford High School shooting approaching, the parents of the victims are demanding a state-led independent investigation so that data can be collected and used to create solutions. On Monday, the families of the four students
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Roger Federer says Rafael Nadal made him enjoy tennis even more during a rivalry that spanned 40 matches over 15 years. Federer wrote a note to Nadal on social media Tuesday, hours before Nadal’s Spain was scheduled to face the Netherlands at the Davis Cup Final 8 in
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX aborted a highly anticipated booster catch attempt Tuesday during the sixth test of Starship — the most powerful rocket ever built — just weeks after acing the stunning feat on the first try. But the mission went on to soar through new milestones during a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Billy Corgan is hoping to win something his ex-girlfriend Courtney Love is auctioning. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recently posted a video about a hard copy of the “Violet” lyrics, which Love is auctioning to benefit the Ellis Park Wildlife Sanctuary. “Now, it’s made a lot of press this
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Paraguay, Santiago Peña, recibió el alta hospitalaria este martes luego de haber ingresado la noche del lunes al Hospital Samaritano Botafogo, en Río de Janeiro, debido a un malestar que presentó mientras participaba en la cumbre del G20, informó la presidencia de su país. “Tras realizarse los
Continue ReadingAssociated Press From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic. A new survey released Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps shows 28.3% or 75.8 million people in the U.S. volunteered with
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Former President Bill Clinton talks about how philanthropy has allowed him to continue making changes in the world to help others in his new book, “Citizen: My Life After the White House,” published Tuesday by Knopf. He also recounts his experiences from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and
Continue ReadingYEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research, authorities said. Two more rhesus macaques were trapped Monday outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, bringing the total of recovered monkeys to 39, chief executive Greg
Continue ReadingCNN By Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A House Republican is pushing to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms at the US Capitol, two weeks after history was made with the election of America’s first out transgender person to Congress. South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday introduced a resolution
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Jersey Mike’s Subs is selling a significant stake to private equity giant Blackstone, ending its nearly seven-decade run as an independently owned business that transformed into a major competitor against well-entrenched brands like Subway. Blackstone announced Tuesday that it has acquired a “majority ownership position” in Jersey
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Dozens of schools closed and road and train travel ground to a halt in many parts of the U.K. on Tuesday as a cold snap brought snow, ice and sleet across the country. Britain’s weather forecasters, the Met Office, issued snow and ice warnings and said an Arctic maritime air mass was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have arrested a man accused of insulting Islam’s holy book after being alerted that a mob wanted to lynch him. They say the man was arrested Tuesday on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of deeply conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Video posted on social media showed
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A dance popularized by President-elect Donald Trump appears to have taken the sporting world by storm, after multiple US athletes across the country brought it out to celebrate plays this weekend. The dance was first seen years ago during Trump’s rallies, during which he would play up to his
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