WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of a landmark civil rights moment. Harris will speak as part of the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” on the bridge where, on March 7, 1965, white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A former law partner of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade has taken to the witness stand as lawyers pressed him on details about a romantic relationship between Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis that has roiled the 2020 Georgia election case against
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for allegedly harassing a humpback whale while riding a personal watercraft off Sao Paulo’s coast last year. Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police in Sao Paulo on Tuesday to meet with officers. The investigation is just one
Continue ReadingBy GARANCE BURKE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are generating false and misleading information that threatens to disenfranchise voters, according to a report published Tuesday based on the findings of artificial intelligence experts and a bipartisan group of election officials. Fifteen states and one territory
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida bill to allow people to file wrongful death lawsuits over the death of a fetus is being shelved because of the political fallout from an Alabama Supreme Court decision that frozen embryos are legally protected children. Republican Sen. Erin Grall decided not to proceed with her bill on Monday
Continue ReadingA 108-unit residential care facility in Redmond is being investigated by local police and the state. More than two-dozen current and former employees of Juniper Canyon Living have communicated with NewsChannel 21 about concerns.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — When “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie were not nominated for best director and best actress, respectively, for the upcoming Oscars, the internet was ablaze. Think pieces were written about how the “snubs are so enraging” because the “patriarchy is baked into every aspect of our culture,”
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Two men were found guilty of murder Tuesday in the 2002 killing of Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the groundbreaking hip hop trio Run-DMC, in a case that for decades frustrated detectives and music fans alike. Ronald Washington, Jay’s childhood friend, and Karl Jordan
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY, ELLIOT SPAGAT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Laken Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student out on her morning run at the University of Georgia when authorities say a stranger dragged her into a secluded area and killed her, sending shockwaves through campus as police searched for a suspect.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGill Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 99-year-old New Orleans businessman best known in the city as a proprietor of his family’s landmark hat store on St. Charles Avenue has been honored by the French government for his military service during World War II. Samuel Meyer, who still puts in a few
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British authorities have charged a sixth Bulgarian living in the U.K. with spying for Russia. The Metropolitan Police said Tuesday a man living in west London was charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage. Three other men and two women, all Bulgarians, are accused of “conspiring to collect information intended to be directly
Continue ReadingBy Christl Dabu Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canadian astronauts will have a taste of home in their upcoming space missions to the moon and the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has selected five Canadian food products to add to the menu for the crew of
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The director of the Army National Guard has ordered an aviation safety stand-down for all Army National Guard helicopter units, meaning helicopter units will stop flying to “review safety policies and procedures,” the National Guard announced Tuesday. The stand-down went into effect on Monday following two helicopter crashes this month, the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City furniture store that had been illegally converted into sleeping quarters for more than 40 migrants has been shut down by city officials. The city Department of Buildings said Tuesday that it ordered Sarr’s Wholesale Furniture in Queens vacated due to “severe overcrowding and hazardous fire trap conditions.”
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Connecticut jury has heard closing arguments in the murder conspiracy case against a woman charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance and presumed killing of mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos. Prosecutors told the jury Tuesday that Michelle Troconis helped her boyfriend, Dulos’ estranged husband Fotis Dulos, plan and cover up her
Continue ReadingGreek antiterrorism police have carried out raids and arrests in connection with recent attacks claimed by far-left militants. The crackdown follows a resurgence in militant violence with small bombs or hand grenades, including an explosion outside the labor ministry in Athens. The attacks caused damage to buildings and vehicles but no injuries. Police say firearms
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) — Several children were taken to the hospital after an incident involving glue inside a Delaware school. It happened around 11:50 a.m. on Monday at Shortlidge Academy in Wilmington. According to a spokesperson for the Red Clay Consolidated School District, a student
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Un soldado habría matado a tiros a dos superiores y herido a dos de sus compañeros, informó este martes el Ejército de Colombia a través de un comunicado de prensa. El Comando de la Sexta División informó que, según las primeras informaciones, el soldado, que no es identificado en
Continue ReadingBy Alyana Gomez Click here for updates on this story MONROEVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) — A South Jersey woman’s career path has come full circle. Olivia Hale was a fire hero at age 19, graduated from the fire academy less than five years later, and is now working alongside her father. Standing only 5 foot
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — A British film industry group has raised the age rating for the beloved children’s classic “Mary Poppins” over discriminatory language. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which regulates films and video content in the country, changed the rating of the 1964 Disney musical last week from U (Universal)
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