By Briana Whitney Click here for updates on this story WICKENBURG, Arizona (KPHO) — Tensions are running high at Wickenburg High School over gender-neutral bathrooms. So much so it prompted a meeting about it Wednesday evening. The administration is allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, and while some support it, others
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Austria’s European Union minister has accused Turkey of using migrant flows as a means to pressure the 27 member bloc for its own purposes. She has warned that the EU won’t be “blackmailed” by any country. She says that countries on the EU’s external borders won’t
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garcia Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO) — Gerald Goins, 84, has been calling this studio-sized motel room in Tempe home for several months. And even though it’s small, he said it was enough room for him and his son Andy. But last week, his son up and left.
Continue Reading MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — The father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl whose hair was cut by a teacher without her parents’ permission has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the school district, a librarian and a teacher’s assistant. MLive.com reports that the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Grand Rapids against Mount
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Why settle for one sky-high attraction when you can have three inside one building? That certainly seems to be the thinking behind Summit One Vanderbilt, which is set to open at Manhattan’s One Vanderbilt tower on October 21. Billed as the “world’s most immersive observatory experience,” New York’s latest observation deck features
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Why settle for one sky-high attraction when you can have three inside one building? That certainly seems to be the thinking behind Summit One Vanderbilt, which is set to open at Manhattan’s One Vanderbilt tower on October 21. Billed as the “world’s most immersive observatory experience,” New York’s latest observation deck features
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Faeroese government says it will review the way hunts of Atlantic white-sided dolphins are carried out following the release of gruesome video footage showing the mass killing on Sunday of nearly 1,500 sea mammals. The extent of the slaughter was so large — much
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By The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Steelers and Las Vegas Raiders are both going for a 2-0 start when they meet at Heinz Field. The Steelers rallied past Buffalo to stun the Bills in Week 1 while Las Vegas surged past Baltimore in overtime. The Raiders have won five of their past seven meetings with
Continue Reading Stinging from a loss in Kansas City, the Browns open their home schedule Sunday against the Houston Texans. Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium will be at full capacity for the first time since the 2019 home finale. The Browns outplayed the defending AFC champion Chiefs for much of last week, but were doomed by critical mistakes in
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are calling top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil giants to testify about what lawmakers say is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming. The House Oversight Committee on Thursday requested that executives at ExxonMobil,
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are calling top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil giants to testify about what lawmakers say is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming. The House Oversight Committee on Thursday requested that executives at ExxonMobil,
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By Omar Jimenez and Brad Parks and Ray Sanchez, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in April on state murder charges for killing George Floyd, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in a federal case related to the use of unreasonable force on a 14-year-old in September 2017. Chauvin was arraigned via
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police chief says they haven’t begun a physical search for Gabby Petito out West because they don’t know where to begin. Police video from Moab, Utah, shows the 22-year-old argued with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie on Aug. 12 near Arches National Park. Officers
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La petición de asilo que Hugo Carvajal presentó en España en el segundo trimestre de 2019 fue rechazada en septiembre del mismo año, afirmó a CNN un portavoz del Ministerio del Interior. La información fue ya suministrada a la Audiencia Nacional de España, asegura la misma fuente, para así
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By Joseph Ataman and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French forces have killed Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), in a drone strike, the French government announced on Thursday. Al Sahroui succumbed to his wounds, suffered in a strike on a motorbike carrying two people during a French-led
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French forces have killed Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), in a drone strike, the French government announced on Thursday. Al Sahroui succumbed to his wounds, suffered in a strike on a motorbike carrying two people during a French-led
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on Poland’s prime minister to cancel a case in which he asks a top Polish court whether Poland’s or European Union’s law takes precedence in the country. The court’s ruling, when it comes, could be of fundamental nature for the EU legal order.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story Mt. Pleasant, MI (WNEM) — The father of a 7-year-old biracial girl whose hair was cut twice at school filed a $1 million lawsuit for racial discrimination and violations of constitutional rights. The lawsuit states Mt. Pleasant Public Schools is not entitled to qualified or
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE SHERROD, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story Flint, MI (WNEM) — Flint City Councilman Allan Griggs is proposing an ordinance to institute random drug testing of all council members while on city property or conducting city business. “We need to do right by our city, our town,” Griggs said. “I
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Frustrated Tesla owners continue to wait for “full self-driving,” an expensive and long-delayed software feature that isn’t even guaranteed to help their cars’ resale values. Some of the company’s earliest backers of the “full self-driving” option are even beginning to lose faith in the promise of ever enjoying a truly
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