By Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta is going viral again for an interesting idea on how to get Black men who smoke “weed” interested in his church. During an interview with “The Cool Soror Podcast w/Rashan Ali,”
Continue ReadingBy Andreas Copes Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled to remove the plywood structure covering the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia on Friday. The statue became a point of contention for residents in the wake of George Floyd’s murder as protests against systemic racism
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump were in court Friday for sealed arguments as part of the ongoing investigation into the presence of classified information at the former president’s Florida estate. The proceedings were taking place before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, the chief judge of the federal court
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Leary Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife will release dozens of gray wolves in its first draft of the wolf reintroduction plan. Voters narrowly approved the reintroduction plan in 2020. CPW has spent the past two years looking at how to bring the predators
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OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Two men charged with felony counts of abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in Missouri have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, and the case against a third employee has been dropped. The Kansas City Star reports that 46-year-old Scott Dumar, the medical coordinator at the Agape Boarding School near Stockton,
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By Tim Lister, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the second time this week, floated the possibility that Russia may formally change its military doctrine of not being the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict, days after he warned of the “increasing” threat of nuclear war. “They (the US) have it in their
Continue ReadingBy Marlee Ginter Click here for updates on this story COLFAX, California (KOVR) — Shock and heartbreak hit a Placer County community after the body of missing 16-year-old Dante de la Torre was found in a wooded area. The update from search crews spread fast and hit hard. “I’m just in shock right now. I’m
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LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — The match between the Netherlands and Argentina in the quarterfinals of the World Cup has gone to a penalty shootout with the score at 2-2 after extra time.
Continue ReadingBy Jiani Navarro Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — With the holidays upon us and many people on the roads around this time of year, the Mobile Police Department launched a new campaign to remind everyone to practice safe driving. The Mobile Police Traffic Safety Unit kicked off a holiday
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Count on Croatia to make it through when it comes down to a penalty shootout at the World Cup. The Croats have now won two already at the tournament in Qatar and won two others four years ago in Russia. The latest shootout knocked
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1963 Birth place: Orange, California Birth name: Michael Richard Pompeo Father: Wayne Pompeo, machinist Mother: Dorothy (Mercer) Pompeo Marriages: Susan (Mostrous) Pompeo (date unavailable publicly-present); Leslie (Libert) Pompeo
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zonovan Knight used to bang on his toys in his playpen as a baby and causing an uncle to nickname him “Bam.” It has stuck through his life and even now as a powerful but speedy running back for the New York
Continue ReadingBy James Felton & Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Hurley Children’s Hospital received a token of appreciation from a grateful mother. The mother said both of her kids are alive because of the care they received at
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer fans have been shocked into silence back home after the national team was eliminated by Croatia from the World Cup. The mood in Sao Paolo and Rio Janeiro was festive at first after Neymar put Brazil ahead in extra time. But then it
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Eleven bald eagles were recently found poisoned at a Minnesota landfill. The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota is caring for 10 of them right now, but one already died. Inver Grove Heights police found the first sick eagle
Continue Reading By LEKAN OYEKANMI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States Friday and was reunited with her wife nearly 10 months after her detention in Russia made the basketball star the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. Griner’s status as an openly
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Suspended Pitt basketball player Dior Johnson pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts on Friday. The 18-year-old freshman pleaded guilty to strangulation and simple assault and was ordered to serve one year of probation, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The strangulation charge was originally
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — U.S. Marine Corps representatives helped fill a plane with hundreds of holiday gifts for children on Friday. The goal was to pack an entire King Air twin-engine aircraft to capacity with toys on the campus of the Pittsburgh Institute of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to tainted drinking water that contained lead and other toxins. Facts Flint once thrived as the home of the nation’s largest General Motors plant. The city’s economic decline began during the 1980s, when GM downsized. In 2011,
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Barbara Starr, the Pentagon correspondent who has covered some of the most consequential stories with a signature style and steady hand, is leaving CNN after more than two decades with the network. Starr announced her departure in a memo sent to her CNN colleagues on Friday. “With the expiration of my
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