ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The Energy Department announced Friday a $325 million investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power. The funds will be distributed among 15 projects in 17 states and the Red Lake Nation, a Native American tribe based in Minnesota. Batteries are increasingly being
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) – – Hace unos meses, Martín Murano recibió un paquete que contenía un juego de tazas y tetera. Habían permanecido más de 40 años en una caja que nadie se atrevió a abrir. Y para él fue como revivir una pesadilla. “No puede ser, me persiguen”, pensó. Un montón de porcelana
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A caregiver at the Helping Hands group home was arrested Thursday, Sept. 21, for abusing a resident. But this incident was reported on Monday. It is not the assault that was caught on camera and reported earlier this summer. 47-year-old Avery
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Quirky accessories are nothing new in the fashion world. Just last weekend, Simone Rocha unveiled beaded face masks at London Fashion Week; while on the New York runways Puppets & Puppets made a bag out of a banana fastened between two leather straps. But this week Anwar Hadid —
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities have dropped spying allegations against an unidentified 25-year-old foreign student and are now holding him on suspicion of a “serious financial crime.” The student, from Malaysia, was arrested earlier this month for illegally eavesdropping by using various technical devices. A court ordered he be held in pre-trial custody for
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The husband of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the governor’s office announced Thursday. Reynolds said her husband, Kevin Reynolds, 65, has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and expressed optimism about his treatment. “Our doctor has assured us that significant advancements in lung cancer treatment have
Continue ReadingBy DEJANAY BOOTH-SINGLETON Click here for updates on this story YPSILANTI, Michigan (WWJ) — Eastern Michigan University announced it would be adding new artificial intelligence to help protect students, staff, and visitors from gun violence. According to a press release, the university says it iis implementing the ZeroEyes AI gun detection system across campus, making
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By KELLY VAUGHEN Click here for updates on this story TOLEDO, Ohio (WWJ) — United Auto Workers union members in Michigan led a Ford Bronco caravan to the Stellantis Assembly Plant in Toledo, Ohio. The trip was meant to show solidarity with workers on strike and return the favor as Jeep workers drove a caravan
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CNN By Kristin Wilson, Haley Talbot, Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy sent his House members home for the week without a clear plan to avoid a looming government shutdown after hardliners in the Republican conference once again scuttled his spending plans, delivering an embarrassing floor defeat for GOP leadership
Continue ReadingAnalysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — After his team’s first victory earlier this month, University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said something remarkable. He talked bluntly about racism and football in a way that few Black coaches at an elite level are willing to do. “We’re doing things that have never been done,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — When considering the simple pleasures of the “John Wick” movies, character development and dense back story would rate somewhere below the bottom of the list. The world of streaming, however, favors the long winded, a factor much in evidence in “The Continental: From the World of John Wick,”
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Algunas partes de la costa este de Estados Unidos se preparan para un fin de semana lluvioso debido al desarrollo de una tormenta tropical que se arremolina sobre el Atlántico, generando advertencias de tormenta tropical desde Carolina del Sur hasta Maryland a medida que el sistema se acerca a tierra.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Norma Galeana and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since wildfires decimated West Maui’s historic Lahaina community, some residents will be allowed to return to their properties on Monday but will likely have to don protective gear due to potentially toxic ash, Hawaii’s governor announced. “It’s going to be
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After three movies in four years, “The Expendables” waited more than nine to unleash its latest adventure, likely a testament to the poorly received youth movement introduced in the third film. “Expend4ables” seeks to provide a badly spelled tonic to that misstep but works from such a flimsy,
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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft’s proposed multibillion-dollar purchase of Activision Blizzard took a step closer to fruition on Friday as UK regulators said an amended version of the deal is likely to resolve their concerns over the acquisition. In a statement, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that changes Microsoft (MSFT)
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Dumb Money” takes full advantage of its David-vs.-Goliath underpinnings to turn a tale of stocks and finance, a la “The Big Short” or “Too Big to Fail,” into a crowd-pleasing underdog story. Paul Dano heads a sprawling cast as the guy leading the rebels with pitchforks on behalf
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada. In a video he shot and posted on
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Early voting is set to start Friday in Virginia, where every seat in the state legislature is on the ballot in a high-stakes election with major implications for 2024. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 2021 win ended a multiyear Democratic streak of statewide victories. Those wins were largely fueled by
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations. Led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng, the working groups will be divided
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Cheryl Magnusson and her husband wanted to borrow money for a home renovation project earlier this year. They didn’t expect an arduous process. She said they always easily landed loans, including a mortgage in 2009 in the wake of the US housing crisis. At first, Magnusson, a teacher in
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