By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Post Malone has made an impressive physical transformation in recent months – and people have been taking notice. The musician has reportedly lost over 50 pounds, which he previously said is due to the healthier lifestyle he’s embraced – like quitting drinking soda – since welcoming his daughter last
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel was charged Friday with six felony counts of aggravated child abuse after two of her six children were found abused and malnourished, authorities said. Ruby Franke, whose now-defunct channel “8 Passengers” chronicled her family life, was
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction requested by NetChoice, a tech industry trade group
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 911 recording indicates police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, quickly received the name and description of the accused shooter just after a professor was fatally shot this week. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill released a recording of Monday’s call. Police say
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La candidata presidencial de Juntos por el Cambio, Patricia Bullrich, presentó a Carlos Melconian como su ministro de Economía en caso de que se imponga en los comicios presidenciales de Argentina del próximo 22 de octubre, en un acto celebrado este jueves en la provincia de Córdoba. Melconian, quien preside
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Activists are declaring a victory this week as they fight a Republican-backed law allowing Nebraska taxpayer money to be used for private school tuition. But both sides acknowledge that the battle is just beginning. Opponents said Wednesday that they’d gathered nearly twice the roughly 60,000
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La muerte de un estudiante de la Universidad de Carolina del Sur que intentaba entrar a una casa que no era la suya en su propia calle fue considerada un homicidio justificado y no se presentarán cargos, dijo la policía. “La determinación se basa en varios factores que incluyen
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Department of Energy said Thursday it plans to fuel the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles with $12 billion in loans and grants. Hard on the heels of President Joe Biden’s goal to spur the sale of EVs in the United States, the Energy Department
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By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a rule intended to require people selling firearms at gun shows and on the internet to conduct background checks on potential buyers, in an effort to curb the so-called gun show loophole. The proposal comes a little more than a year after
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said Thursday the union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against General Motors and Stellantis, a new sign of how far apart the union and the automakers remain as they negotiate a new contract only two weeks before a
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press First a shooting, then a storm. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a one-two punch testing his leadership at a critical moment for his presidential campaign, with the Republican moving to cast aside the culture warrior and show the country that he can govern through crises. The
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris (CNN) — The Fulton County, Georgia, judge overseeing the sprawling 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants says that all proceedings in his courtroom related to the case will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised. The ruling, however, would be subject to change and would
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police say a dangerous man has escaped from the state’s psychiatric hospital despite being fully shackled. He was last seen driving south on Interstate 5 near Salem in a stolen white van. The Oregon State Police said Thursday that Christopher Pray was charged with attempted
Continue Reading By Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In an urgent appeal to wealthy Republicans who had assembled in Milwaukee ahead of the first GOP presidential primary debate, top brass for the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told donors they needed an injection of $50 million over the next four months, according
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it has upgraded its entire fleet to protect the planes against radio interference from wireless signals. The airline said Thursday that it completed upgrading about 190 planes over the summer. Some aviation experts worry that interference from new 5G wireless signals could interfere with critical equipment on planes. Other
Continue ReadingSabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — The US government has filed a motion to stop a Titanic expedition planned for 2024, citing a law that protects and preserves the shipwreck as a gravesite. The expedition has been organized by RMS Titanic Inc., a company that owns the exclusive salvage rights to the remains of the Titanic.
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Over a span of four days, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made two different false claims about what he wrote in his own 2022 book. At the first Republican presidential debate last Wednesday, Ramaswamy claimed rival candidate Chris Christie was not telling the truth when Christie said Ramaswamy
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024 presidential elections. The de-facto nomination — which will be formalized later — suggests that Mexico’s next president will quite likely be a woman, as former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads most
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The White homeowner accused of wounding a Black teen who went to the wrong Kansas City address in April will stand trial for the shooting, a Missouri judge ruled Thursday. The ruling came after a preliminary hearing in which a dozen witnesses testified and multiple exhibits were admitted into
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un recluso considerado “extremadamente peligroso” escapó de una prisión en el condado de Chester, Pensilvania, en la mañana de este jueves, según funcionarios locales. Danilo Cavalcante, de 34 años, logro huir de la cárcel del condado de Chester alrededor de las 8:50 a.m. de este jueves, según la Oficina de la
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