By Madeline Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Thanksgiving is coming early in McDonough at the Tabernacle of Praise Church, thanks to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office and Shaquille O’Neal. With inflation and people still struggling after COVID layoffs, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office wanted to make sure their
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By Ted Barrett, CNN California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is set this week to mark her 30th anniversary in the Senate and will become the longest-serving female senator in history, surpassing retired Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland. A statement from Feinstein’s office notes that when she ran for office in 1992, there were
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride, largely because of Wall Street’s shifting expectations about whether the Federal Reserve is going to slow down the pace and size of its interest rate hikes. The Fed briefly excited investors last week when it acknowledged in its
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BERLIN (AP) — German officials have agreed on the main details of a plan to provide up to 200 billion euros ($198 billion) in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high gas, electricity and heating prices. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the governors of Germany’s 16 states agreed Wednesday on a two-stage
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Survivors and loved ones of victims of the Parkland school shooting are confronting gunman Nikolas Cruz for a second day before he is sentenced. Cruz will be sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the 2018 massacre that left 17 dead and many others wounded
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Kristi Noem was looking to shore up support for her South Dakota reelection bid with a series of campaign rallies with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. Noem has risen to national prominence within the GOP during her term as
Continue ReadingBy James Felton and Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan woman managed to survive a violent attack, and now she is speaking out about her brush with death. TV5 is not identifying the man she says attacked her until he is arraigned in court. “He had
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Más de 850 inmigrantes llegaron en octubre a la costa de Florida, en 54 desembarcos distintos, lo que representa un aumento de casi el 300% con respecto a octubre del 2021 cuando se registraron 14 desembarques, le dijo a CNN Adam Hoffner, subjefe de patrulla en el sector de la Patrulla
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will open up the regular season on Nov. 7 against Southern Indiana at Mizzou Arena. In the months leading up the opener, first-year head coach Dennis Gates said he has put his team in lots of team-buildings situations to grow chemistry. Watch extended highlights from the Tigers’
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Looks like Thanksgiving will be a lot pricier this year. Market research firm IRI predicts that your Thanksgiving meal will cost about 13.5% more compared to last year, based on how retail prices in the four weeks through October 16 compared to the same period in 2021. IRI measures items
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Looks like Thanksgiving will be a lot pricier this year. Market research firm IRI predicts that your Thanksgiving meal will cost about 13.5% more compared to last year, based on how retail prices in the four weeks through October 16 compared to the same period in 2021. IRI measures items
Continue Reading By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press When NBC canceled the sci-fi family drama “Manifest” last year after three seasons, fans were devastated: The central mystery about a commercial plane that disappeared for more than five years — only to land with crew and passengers that hadn’t aged a day — was nowhere near solved. The cancellation
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By Barry Neild, CNN When you gather 4,434 cheeses from 42 countries in one room to find out which is best, there’s inevitably a sense of excitement in the air. There is, of course, inevitably also a very, very powerful smell. That heady and almost intoxicating mix of ripening dairy produce and friendly competition was
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have opened a 21-day evaluation window to decide if left guard Cody Whitehair will return after placing him on injured reserve last month because of a right knee injury. The 30-year-old Whitehair was injured in a loss to the New York Giants on Oct. 2. He has
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s new prime minister has defended her government against criticism that a decree banning rave parties could be used to clamp down on sit-ins and other forms of protest. The ban approved Monday was among the first actions of Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government. Critics noted that
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California family’s PlayStation 2. Campos, 23, who uses they/them pronouns, never dreamed they would be part of Tony Hawk’s charitable work. But last month, Campos was selected for the first class in The Skatepark
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has started deliberating in the case of a Donald Trump loyalist accused of using his access to the Republican former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates. Jurors got the case on Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn. The defendant, Tom Barrack, has pleaded not
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jalen Hurts was born in Houston and grew up about 25 miles from NRG Stadium. As a child he dreamed of playing at the stadium the Houston Texans call home. On Thursday night he’ll finally get that chance when he leads the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles against
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer There are 14 Black women leading women’s basketball programs at Power Five conference schools this season. That is one more than last season. While that doesn’t show much improvement, five of the 12 openings at those conferences in the offseason did go to Black females. The Atlantic Coast and
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Jamie Gangel, CNN Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, is requesting additional information from US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger about the protection for congressional lawmakers following the break-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, according to a new letter obtained by CNN. In her Tuesday
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