By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are among nine 2023 National Heritage Fellows set to be celebrated later this month by the National Endowment for the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honors in the folk and traditional arts. Spitzer and
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — In May, Viveca Chow hurriedly transferred $3,700 over her phone while standing in the lobby of a building in Queens, New York. She made the upfront payment to secure an apartment minutes after seeing it. It was a moment the 28-year-old lifestyle influencer — forced to leave her
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Cole Ragans gave up three hits and two runs over six strong innings, and the Kansas City Royals used two big innings to defeat Houston 7-5 and knock the Astros out of first place in the AL West. Houston, which has lost seven of its last 10 games, dropped a half-game back
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border. The announcement came Friday at a meeting that Mexican security and immigration officials had with a representative of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. So many
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A Boone County jury convicted a Rocheport woman of sex trafficking her own daughter after an afternoon of deliberations Friday.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El senador Bob Menendez supuestamente aceptó sobornos en lingotes de oro, aseguran los fiscales en una acusación federal que se reveló este viernes. Acusan de soborno al senador Bob Menendez; el Departamento de Justicia confisca lingotes de oro y US$ 500.000 Pero, un momento, ¿realmente se pueden tener lingotes de oro? Sí.
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By Sahar Akbarzai, Shirin Faqiri, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — A journalist was attacked on Wednesday evening in New York City by an official who was part of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s camp, a news channel has alleged. Iran International correspondent Kian Amani was filming outside the Millennium Hilton New York One
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Third baseman Nolan Arenado and catcher Willson Contreras have been placed on the 10-day injured list by the St. Louis Cardinals, officially ending their seasons. Arenado was sidelined by lower back spasms while Contreras has left wrist tendinitis. The Cardinals, who are last in the NL Central, were eliminated from playoff
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An eastern Missouri motorcyclist suffered serious injuries when he crashed Friday afternoon in Camden County.
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been charged in the drive-by shooting of an 11-year-old boy in New Mexico – one of several recent killings cited by the state’s governor before she enacted a controversial order suspending open and concealed gun carry laws in parts of the state. Jose Romero, 22, and
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. etched his name into MLB history Friday night when he hit his 40th home run of the season and became the fifth member to join baseball’s exclusive 40-40 Club. With his first inning blast off Washington Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin, Acuña becomes just
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Después de más de un año de dormir en un refugio de la ciudad de Nueva York y depender de una red de despensas y centros de donación para alimentos y ropa, María Fernanda Calero Cabriles y su esposo dicen que se sienten esperanzados sobre el futuro después de
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CNN, WABC By Kara Scannell and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was charged on Friday with corruption-related offenses for the second time in 10 years. Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, are accused of accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes” in exchange for the senator’s influence,
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Several events this weekend will affect traffic in Columbia.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain is pitching itself to the world as a ready leader in shaping an international response to the rise of artificial intelligence. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that his country is “determined to be in the vanguard.” The remarks
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The superintendent of the Hallsville School District will retire at the end of the current school year, the district said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Elijah McClain’s mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears Friday after prosecutors showed video footage of the 23-year-old Black man pinned down by police officers during a fatal 2019 confrontation, which rose to prominence during nationwide protests over racial discrimination and excessive force
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Friday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on today, Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the General Assembly that
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Dos veces al año, todo el mundo en la Tierra está aparentemente en igualdad de condiciones, al menos en lo que respecta a la distribución de la luz y la oscuridad. Hemos entrado en nuestro segundo y último equinoccio de 2023. Si resides en el hemisferio norte, lo conoces como
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Millions of adults will continue to get their COVID-19 vaccines paid for as new shots targeting new strains are distributed.
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