NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The former teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom said she still worries about the other children who saw it happen. She said she hopes their happiness “wasn’t completely stripped away.” Abby Zwerner spoke to media in Newport News on the January 6 anniversary of
Continue ReadingBy FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A chef in Ghana has been preparing banku and other regional dishes on live TV since New Year’s Day as she tries to break a world record for marathon cooking. The attempt is being cheered on and widely celebrated in the West African nation. Failatu Abdul-Razak
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, Jeff Winter and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The third round of documents from a lawsuit connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted pedophile who died in jail before he could face trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, was publicly released Friday. Friday’s release included over thirteen hundred pages as of mid-afternoon, and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Millions of people across the eastern U.S. are preparing for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system looks to bring snow, freezing rain and ice to the region. The system is expected to reach North Carolina by Saturday morning and then track along the northeastern coastline throughout the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A California state judge has ruled that Snap must face a lawsuit from families whose children allegedly used the Snapchat app to purchase fentanyl on the platform. Tuesday’s ruling by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff permits a dozen claims to proceed against Snap from the relatives
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Coleman Click here for updates on this story January 5, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — From the vibrant heart of Houston’s music scene emerges Corey Stoot, a guitar maestro whose strings resonate with the rhythms of jazz, blues, R&B, rock, reggae, and hip-hop. Embracing the legacy of legends like George Benson, Jimi Hendrix,
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — A multistate outbreak of salmonella has been linked to recalled Busseto Foods charcuterie meats, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a food safety alert on Friday. Twenty-four illnesses, including five hospitalizations, have been reported in 14 states: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Google’s refusal to bargain with unionized YouTube Music workers is illegal, a Wednesday ruling from the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found. After a group of Texas-based contract workers for YouTube Music unanimously voted last April to join the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), Google refused to bargain over
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines say U.S. actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a tiny private island in the eastern Caribbean. Police said in a statement that the crash occurred Thursday just west of Petit Nevis island near Bequia as
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The trial of a Portland man accused of coming to Central Oregon with several guns and a plan to shoot several people at a Smith Rock climbing event last fall has been pushed back nearly five months after a defense motion to suppress evidence because authorities found him at a campsite through a “warrantless ping” of his cellphone.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — More details are coming out about a man accused of punching a flight attendant on an American Airlines plane this week. When he was being arrested in Amarillo, Texas, he spit on police officers and kicked one in the groin. That’s according to an FBI agent’s account, which was unsealed by early
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 gun purchases have been blocked since a new gun law requiring stricter background checks for young people went into effect in 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday, the day after a school shooting in Iowa left a sixth-grader dead. The bipartisan law passed
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general is seeking more than $370 million from Donald Trump and his co-defendants and to bar the former president from doing business in the state, according to a post-trial brief filed Friday in Trump’s civil fraud trial. New York
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in 2022 asked to again be represented by public defenders after firing them last month. Robert Crimo III faces 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The connection that comes from friends, family and partners isn’t just nice to have — it’s crucial. Nearly 1 in 4 adults across the world have reported feeling very or fairly lonely, a 2023 Meta-Gallup survey has found. “For too long, loneliness has existed behind the shadows, unseen and underappreciated,
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Emma Stone reflected on her career highlights and Meryl Streep praised Billie Eilish and “Barbie” with saving the movie industry Thursday during one of the first stops of Hollywood’s awards season. Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stone and Cillian Murphy were among the A-listers who descended on
Continue ReadingNEWS 12 NEW JERSEY LLC By Alisha Ebrahimji and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A migrant surge continues to overwhelm authorities at the US-Mexico border — and in US cities where many asylum seekers are being sent. Here are the latest developments: After attempting to pump the brakes on “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A group of House Democrats is demanding Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from a case stemming from the Colorado ruling disqualifying Donald Trump from holding office, citing past efforts by Thomas’ wife to reverse the 2020 election results. In a letter sent by eight Democrats on Thursday to Thomas,
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Actor Shia LaBeouf, known for his off-screen troubles as well as his film roles, has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year’s Eve at a Mass presided over by Capuchin Franciscan friars. The Capuchin Franciscans-Western American Province announced the news on its Facebook site where it posted
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region. U.S. lawmakers applaud the company’s move but also say more needs to
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