By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party was deep in debt when a longtime party donor who had given more than $1 million over the past decade asked for a meeting with its chairwoman. Kristina Karamo turned down the donor. Her reasoning, according to two
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story KEEGO HARBOR, Michigan (WWJ) — Authorities in Michigan are searching for a couple who left a restaurant without paying their bill and then ran over a waitress when she tried to confront them, police said. At 7:40 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, a couple in
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINA BORGES Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — A Nevada man was on his way to San Francisco from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport when he jokingly said, “the TSA had missed a bomb in his bag.” Mack Bjorn was celebrating his 27th birthday when he was on the flight
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in January as homebuyers seized upon easing mortgage rates and a modest pickup in properties on the market. Existing home sales rose 3.1% last month from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million, the National
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINA BORGES Click here for updates on this story CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (WSVN) — Shakira’s hips don’t lie and neither do the officers of Coral Springs after they posted a photo on their Instagram page with the Latina artist herself. The Coral Springs Police Department shared the post showing the singer taking a photo
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Nelva Williamson has been a teacher in Houston for more than 40 years. Two years ago, she began teaching AP African American studies and Williamson told CNN during her lectures she can see her students have “lightbulb moments.” “I teach that [African Americans] did not start
Continue ReadingBy JOE ROETZ, KEVIN BOULANDIER, CAROLINA BORGES Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — An argument between family members took a deadly turn after a father fatally shot his son. Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue units responded to a domestic dispute along the 19000 block of West Lake Drive in Northwest
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — In the dry expanse of the Bolivian city of El Alto, the green pitch and blue trim of El Alto Municipal Stadium stands out like an oasis in a desert. Standing 4,150 meters (more than 13,500 feet) above sea level, it is one of highest soccer stadiums in the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Translating kids’ animation to live-action is a tricky proposition, as Disney and the 2010 movie version of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” can attest. Netflix gets the look and action right in a lavish series based on the Nickelodeon show, but too-elemental dialogue and uneven performances make this eight-episode
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Sales of existing homes in the US climbed in January, pushed up by buyers who were encouraged to make a purchase by falling mortgage rates. But the surge may be short-lived if rates extend a post-January climb. Existing home sales (not newly-constructed homes) — which include single-family
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The way prosecutors tell it, Joseph Bongiovanni went to work for years with a “little dark secret.” Behind the veneer of a veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, they alleged, was a turncoat on the take from the Buffalo Mafia, offering an “umbrella
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948. “I’ve been a senator since ‘72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — For many aspiring golfers, playing The Masters is the pinnacle of the sport, yet the game’s recent rifts have ensured the pathways to Augusta National have become complicated. Though the PGA Tour and DP World (European) Tour continue to work towards the reconciliation agreement with breakaway LIV Golf that
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist government has delayed holding a vote on Sweden’s membership for more than 18 months, creating tension with Stockholm and drawing mounting pressure from its allies to finally move forward on ratification. Yet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s party this week announced it will vote
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — In 1867, pharmacist Henri Nestlé combined dried cow’s milk with cereals and sugar to create a safe, easily digestible breast-milk substitute. That infant formula was the foundation of what would become the world’s biggest food company. Now, Nestlé is embracing a new “significant demographic opportunity”: the planet’s aging
Continue ReadingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has set a target to further increase aquaculture production to meet rising demand for seafood and to fight global hunger and undernourishment. A report adopted at the end of a three-day Asia and Pacific regional conference in Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday says the
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have called on the government to deliver further long-range weapons to Ukraine, but voted down an opposition call explicitly urging it to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the U.S. The government of Chancellor
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks soared to new highs on Thursday after Nvidia, the third largest company on Wall Street, blew past earnings expectations and bolstered investor optimism on Wall Street. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both notched new record highs and the tech-heavy Nasdaq was within
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Taylor Swift’s boyfriend and arguably one of the best tight ends in NFL history has been invited to the opening of a country music legend’s honky tonk and bar to sing one of the most popular country songs of all time.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — En menos de 48 horas, los argentinos conocieron dos noticias que pueden explicarse mutuamente. Por un lado, el Gobierno informó que el país consiguió durante enero equilibrar sus cuentas como no había podido hacerlo en más de una década. El superávit financiero del mes pasado, que incluye los pagos por
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