By Lauren Lee, CNN In the wake of the powerful tornado that killed dozens of people in the Mississippi delta, aid groups are on the ground assisting those in need. The MSEMA (Mississippi Emergency Management Agency) is coordinating state and local emergency food and shelter. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has
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By PIYUSH NAGPAL and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Members of opposition parties dressed in black disrupted India’s Parliament and protested in the capital after Rahul Gandhi, a key opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was expelled from the legislature last week. Hundreds of supporters of Gandhi’s Congress
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By ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Poka’i Bay appeared pristine Friday morning with its white sand, calm waters, and light breeze. As dozens lounged on the beach, two men were volunteering their time tending to the lawn. While both of them declined an interview, others said the pair
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By Joseph Hennessy Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Kansas City businesses are getting prepared for hundreds of thousands of people coming to town for the NFL Draft that is just one month away. Cookie Bliss KC is a cookie design business that operates out of a commercial kitchen
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside parliament and workers launched a nationwide strike on Monday, as a surging mass protest movement threatened to paralyze the economy in its efforts to halt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary. Departing flights
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expelled from Parliament Friday. It came one day after a court convicted Rahul Gandhi of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison for mocking the surname Modi in
Continue Reading JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a man who sped away from a traffic stop in Florida last week shot and critically wounded a sheriff’s officer before killing himself during a standoff at his home. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters says the shooting early Sunday left 25-year-old Officer Malik Daricaud “fighting for his life.” Thirty-two-year-old
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Renée Fleming spent decades portraying generals’ wives, a countess and a courtesan. Now she is playing the role of former first lady Pat Nixon as John Adams’ “Nixon in China” gets its Paris Opera premiere in a production starring Thomas Hampson as the president. “Nixon” premiered at
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Socks are rising on Wall Street Monday as battered banks show more strength, at least for now. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher as of 9:55 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 250 points, or 0.8%, to 32,490
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether a disabled activist can file disability rights lawsuits against hotels she doesn’t intend to visit. The high court said Monday it would decide a case involving Deborah Laufer. Laufer lives in Florida and has filed hundreds of federal lawsuits against hotel owners and operators. According to
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German weekly Der Spiegel is reporting that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II asked her hosts for a gift of two horses during her state visit to Germany in 1978. The expensive presents raised eyebrows among German bureaucrats at the time, who noted that they cost more than any other offering made to a
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Fans of Clint Smith may best know the writer and journalist from his extensive work chronicling the history of racism and slavery in the US. Or, maybe, they know Smith from his tweets about soccer, specifically Arsenal F.C. Or, they may recognize his name from his work at The Atlantic. What they
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The St. Louis Blues added three players before the trade deadline who could be a big part of getting back into contention next season. The early returns are promising. Jakub Vrana scored six goals in his first 11 games with the Blues, Kasperi Kapanen has 10 points in 14
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The St. Louis Blues added three players before the trade deadline who could be a big part of getting back into contention next season. The early returns are promising. Jakub Vrana scored six goals in his first 11 games with the Blues, Kasperi Kapanen has 10 points in 14
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By Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A migrant was found dead in a train car in Texas over the weekend — the second fatal incident in as many days, according to a statement from Union Pacific. “Our hearts are heavy with the news of another tragic loss of life in a Union Pacific train
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN As spring breakers take to the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, they might be joined by an aquatic friend spotted just off the coast: a great white shark named Breton. Breton is one of dozens of sharks being tracked by OCEARCH, a nonprofit marine research group which provides open-source data
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By Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — For the first time in 165 years, an all-female fire crew will run a St. Louis Fire Department firehouse. “This has never happened. To have four women on one company,” says Acting Fire Captain, Jessica Jackson. Firefighters Pamela Saunders-Isaac, Licole
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The US Supreme Court left in place the conviction of attorney Steven Donziger — a long-time foe of Chevron Corp. — who sought to challenge the appointment of private attorneys to prosecute criminal contempt of court. In the 1990s, Donziger represented thousands of farmers and indigenous people
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By Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová, Lianne Kolirin, Hadas Gold, Helen Regan and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Israel’s political crisis escalated into uncharted territory Monday as the country’s largest trade union announced a “historic” strike shutting down transportation, universities, restaurants and retailers in protest against Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul. Israel’s Histadrut trade union
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN The US Supreme Court on Monday declined a request from voters in Kansas to review a state court decision they say allows for racial gerrymandering of congressional districts there. In a controversial decision last year, the Kansas Supreme Court upheld a Republican-drawn map that had been blocked by a lower court
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