By Scottie Andrew, CNN James Van Der Beek sobbing. The guy who blinks in disbelief. That disturbing dancing baby. For these and millions more GIFs, we have Stephen Wilhite to thank. GIFs, those looping animated images, are a universal language — when words fail, a clip of a cool cat spinning beats on a turntable
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story MESQUITE, Texas (KTVT) — Officials with the Mesquite Police Department have released video of a shootout that happened between officers and a suspect on March 14. Officers were called to an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Gus Thomasson Road to look into some
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — The Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who was found dead in the area of the Springwater Corridor Trail in Gresham on Feb. 24. The medical examiner’s office described the woman as white,
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CHICAGO (AP) — The chance to get free gasoline is fueling a rush to get in line at some four dozen Chicago-area gas stations. The tab for Thursday’s gas giveaway is being picked up by businessman and onetime Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson. He has contributed $1 million to pay for as much as $50
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — De tanques a misiles hipersónicos, de drones a ojivas termobáricas y lanzamisiles portátiles, la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, que acaba de cumplir un año, ha mostrado una enorme cantidad de armas empeñadas en el conflicto más grande que ha visto Europa desde principios de siglo XX. Entre los arsenales
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By Anastasia Graham-Yooll, Richard Allen Greene, Michael Callahan and Tara John, CNN Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a meeting on Saturday, state media reported, amid speculation over his whereabouts and health during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. State news agency Tass reported Shoigu met with the country’s Ministry of Finance to discuss maintaining the
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74. His wife, Kathaleen, said Thursday in a phone interview that he died of COVID on March 14. Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing
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By Jeremy Herb and Barbara Starr, CNN Senior Russian military leaders have declined calls from their US counterparts since before the invasion of Ukraine began, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. The last known time that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu was on February 18, and Joint Chiefs Chairman
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Companies in the S&P 500 bought a record amount of their own stock last year and don’t show any signs of slowing down. Flush with cash from solid earnings, major corporations repurchased $882 billion of stock in 2021. Goldman Sachs is forecasting stock buybacks to reach $1 trillion
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After Lebohang Kganye’s mother died at age 49, the South African artist began going through the things she’d left behind as a means to deal with the grief. In her mother’s wardrobe, Kganye recognized clothes and jewelry that she’d only seen her wear in old photographs, many of them taken before she
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By Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer, CNN Debra Meadows, the wife of former congressman and Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, signed voter forms attesting she resided at a Macon County, North Carolina, mobile home that reports indicate the couple never lived in. On registration forms, both Debra and Mark Meadows indicated their residency at
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pablo Larrazábal shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Qatar Masters. The Spaniard birdied his first three holes and had nine total. The 122nd-ranked player dropped only one shot. That was on the par-4 fifth hole as the temperature rose at Doha Golf
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration meets next week to review a closely watched drug for ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, following months of lobbying by patient groups and congressional lawmakers. The drug from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals showed modest benefits in one small study and the FDA told
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Una periodista rusa que trabajaba para el sitio de noticias independiente The Insider murió en un bombardeo en Kyiv, informó este miércoles ese medio en un comunicado. Oksana Baulina estaba filmando la destrucción de los bombardeos de las tropas rusas en el distrito de Podilskyi de la capital, cuando quedó bajo el
Continue Reading Opinion by Nikos Tsafos for CNN Business Perspectives In a matter of weeks, the war in Ukraine has upended an energy relationship between Europe and Russia that goes back decades. Europe understands that it cannot sever ties with Russia overnight, as it still needs Russian energy. But Russia’s role in the European and global energy
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Uber, hit by driver shortages and a surge in food delivery requests during the pandemic, will begin including New York City taxi cabs on its app. That’s a partnership that until recently would have been unthinkable with both camps fighting ferociously for the same customers. But the wait for
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Unless you enjoy throwing money away, you’ll want to do all you can to avoid being hit with tax penalties and interest if you end up owing money to the IRS on your 2021 tax return. Even a relatively small balance owed can balloon quickly. Say you owe the IRS
Continue Reading By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press The University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct. The deal was filed in federal court on Thursday. As part of it, the Ann Arbor school will create and
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By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a Texas death row inmate could have his spiritual adviser pray aloud and “lay hands” on him during his execution, establishing new guidelines that will govern similar requests in other prisons across the country. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as a streak of cautious trading continues on world markets. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 189 points, or 0.6%, to 34,544 and the Nasdaq rose 0.2%. Major U.S. indexes are mixed
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