By Jessica Dean and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A group of Texas House Democrats who fled their state in a bid to stop restrictive voting legislation met with Democratic US Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Merkley and, Raphael Warnock on Wednesday as they press Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation. “We’re actually handing the baton to
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Drew Myers, CNN Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist and author of the bestselling book “Hillbilly Elegy,” disparaged then-President Donald Trump as a “moral disaster” whose administration had “no domestic policy agenda besides tax cuts” in Twitter direct messages from summer 2017. Vance made the comments, which were
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By Madeline Holcombe and Brian Vitagliano, CNN Four Iranian nationals have been charged in an alleged plot to kidnap a US journalist and human rights activist living in New York, court documents show. According to an indictment unsealed Tuesday in a New York federal court, Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, aka Vezerat Salimi and Haj Ali, 50;
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY KING Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Appalachian State scientist has a warning about the water quality of the Broad River. Dr. Shea Tuberty, an Appalachian State aquatic eco-toxicologist and biologist, is challenging regulators with his research on fish that were caught downstream from the
Continue ReadingBy Julie Parr Click here for updates on this story TEXARKANA, Arkansas (KTBS) — While we’re starting to see a tremendous amount of recovery and return back to normal, there’s still people in great need. More than year after the pandemic started, the Harvest Regional Food Bank in Texarkana is still just as busy as
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: El psicólogo John Duffy, autor de “Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety”, ejerce en Chicago. Está especializado en el trabajo con adolescentes, padres, parejas y familias. (CNN)– Durante la pandemia, trabajé con una clienta adulta para resolver una serie de problemas familiares imprevistos: un hijo que se
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cecily Ann Aguilar, que fue detenida el año pasado por los Rangers de Texas en relación con la desaparición de la soldado de Fort Hood Vanessa Guillen, se enfrenta a una acusación de 11 cargos por su presunto papel en la ocultación de la muerte de Guillen. La soldado Guillen, de
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story EAST TAWAS, Michigan (WNEM) — An East Tawas man has pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed a 16-year-old last year. Mark Elliott was accused of hitting 16-year-old Dohnovan Newcome with his truck while the teen rode his bicycle at the intersection of US-23
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — A medida que se acerca el regreso a clases, algunos estados prohÃben que las escuelas públicas requieran vacunas covid-19 o prueba de vacunación para estudiantes que van desde prekinder hasta la universidad. Un análisis de CNN ha encontrado que al menos siete estados (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Montana, Oklahoma y
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN Pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and his chief Covid-19 medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to record videos to encourage young people to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. “I am beyond honored and humbled to be here today to help
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Durante 165 años y hasta 1996, las escuelas residenciales indÃgenas separaron por la fuerza a menores indÃgenas de las Primeras Naciones, Métis e Inuit de sus familias, sometiéndolos a desnutrición y abusos fÃsicos y sexuales en lo que la Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación de Canadá calificó
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Starting Wednesday, adult inpatients at University Hospital, Missouri Orthopaedic Institute and Women’s and Children’s Hospital will be allowed one visitor from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Women in labor will be allowed a spouse or partner and labor coach. No visitors will be permitted for adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis From chaotic school board meetings to political strife along party lines, critical race theory has ignited a controversy across the country in recent months. At least two dozen states have banned critical race theory or introduced legislation to ban it from being taught in the classroom, with many conservatives calling it
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced plans to create a new state park in Flint using federal funds from President Joe Biden’s American Recovery Plan. This would be the first state park in Genesee County, which is the only county in Michigan without
Continue ReadingBy DREW REEVES Click here for updates on this story THE DALLES, Oregon (KPTV) — As hundreds of firefighters work to contain the Bootleg Fire burning in Southern Oregon, there are also hundreds of families left to stay home and hope those firefighters get back safely. The Bootleg Fire has now engulfed more than 200,000
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Han pasado cinco semanas desde la publicación en Instagram que mostraba a Camilo junto a la superestrella canadiense Shawn Mendes, lo que habÃa activado las alarmas de sus seguidores sobre una posible colaboración. Y ese tema llegó este miércoles con la publicación del remix de “KESI”, una canción en la
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El papa Francisco fue dado de alta del Hospital Universitario Gemelli en Roma el miércoles, diez dÃas después de someterse a una cirugÃa por diverticulitis de colon. En respuesta a preguntas de periodistas, el portavoz del Vaticano, Matteo Bruni, dijo que el pontÃfice fue dado de alta poco después de las 10:30
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN A bestselling basketball video game will, for the first time ever, feature a woman athlete on its cover. Candace Parker, of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, will be on the cover of a special edition of “NBA 2K22.” Her appearance marks the first time a female athlete will be on one of
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration is launching “Operation Allies Refuge,” an effort to relocate thousands of Afghan interpreters and translators who worked for the United States throughout its nearly two-decade military campaign in Afghanistan and now fear for their safety. Flights for Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) applicants “who are already in the
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31-year-old Joshua David Dressel of Festus is the fifth person from the St. Louis region charged in connection with the riot.
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