By Lauren Mascarenhas and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The Alabama band director who was shocked by a police stun gun and arrested after refusing to stop his band’s performance at a high school football game said the post-game songs had been arranged ahead of time and the whole experience has left him traumatized. “I
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Museo Sitio de Memoria de la Antigua Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA) de Buenos Aires fue declarado este martes Patrimonio Mundial por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (Unesco). Allí funcionó el mayor centro de detención, tortura y desaparición
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — At any given moment, if you want to know what the Federal Reserve is most likely to do at any of its meetings through the end of 2024, you can head to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group’s FedWatch Tool page. There, you will find a bar chart
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government said Wednesday it would delay a ban on the sale of new gas and diesel cars by five years, angering carmakers who warned the move would undermine the industry’s efforts to switch to electric vehicles. The delay was announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as
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MONROE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Troy man was serious hurt in a motorcycle crash in Monroe County. Troopers say, Dale Geeding, 60, was driving westbound on Highway 154 when he hit a deer around 7:30 Tuesday night and was thrown from his motorcycle. The crash happened east of Paris near the intersection with Highway 107,
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US government has no evidence that Huawei can produce smartphones with advanced chips “at scale,” as it continues to investigate how the sanctioned Chinese manufacturer made an apparent breakthrough with its latest flagship device. On Tuesday, Raimondo told US lawmakers that
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — You’re about to see people in public tapping two fingers together in the air. Over the past few days, I’ve been taking phone calls, playing music and scrolling through widgets on the new Apple Watch Series 9 without ever touching the device. I’ve used it to silence my
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Liberty, Missouri (CNN) — The 85-year-old White homeowner accused of shooting a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Andrew Lester did not speak during the brief arraignment in a courtroom in Clay County, Missouri.
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch effort to revive criminal charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal. The court on Wednesday waved away an appeal by prosecutors who have tried to get around an earlier decision that gutted the cases. The attorney general’s
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he accepted an invitation from his Chinese counterpart to visit China in October during the Belt and Road Summit. Speaking after a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow on Wednesday, Putin said Russia and China are “integrating our ideas of creating a large Eurasian
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Volodymyr Zelensky instó a Donald Trump a compartir públicamente sus planes de paz si el expresidente estadounidense tiene una manera de poner fin a la guerra entre Ucrania y Rusia, pero el presidente de Ucrania advirtió en una entrevista este martes que cualquier plan de paz en el que Ucrania cediera
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn is working on a history book he calls a “passion project.” He’s telling the story of the eight Black congressmen who represented South Carolina in the decades immediately following the Civil War. Little, Brown and Company announced Wednesday that it has a deal with Clyburn for
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By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the five Americans freed this week from Iranian detention were released with “purely humanitarian motives.” “There was an opportunity for this exchange to take place. And this exchange was, as I said, prompted by purely humanitarian motives, and I do think that the accomplishment
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said he doesn’t think Kanye West “meant what he said” when the rapper spewed antisemitic comments last year. In a recent podcast interview, Gulden complimented West, also known as Ye, calling him “one of the most creative people in the world.” Gulden
Continue ReadingOpinion by Akanksha Singh Mumbai (CNN) — India has changed the names of many of its towns and cities over the years. The port city and one-time capital Calcutta became Kolkata in 2001. The name of India’s financial capital Bombay, was changed to Mumbai in 1996. That same year, Madras was renamed Chennai. Over the years, even some roads, railway stations and markets have
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — At age 81, Isabel Allende has decided it’s time to try writing children’s books. Allende has a deal with Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, for three picture books. She will start with “Perla, The Mighty Dog,” to be published next June. Inspired by Allende’s rescue, “Perla” is the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Fake listings have emerged as a major problem for Airbnb, threatening to scare off consumers and prompting the short-term rental service to use AI in an effort to crack down on fraudsters. Airbnb says it has removed 59,000 fake listings and prevented another 157,000 from joining the platform this
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say an officer with London’s Metropolitan Police force who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been charged with murder. Chris Kaba was killed in south London in September last year after police pursued his car and tried to stop it. Police fired one round at the 24-year-old, who was shot
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By Ella Nilsen and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration will launch the first-ever American Climate Corps Wednesday, the White House said, a workforce training and service initiative aimed at preparing American youth for jobs in clean energy and climate resilience. “The American Climate Corps, just in its first year of recruitment,
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A shoe belonging to a child and dating back more than 2,000 years has been unearthed in Austria with its laces still intact. The design of the leather shoe, whose size roughly corresponds to EU 30 (US 12), suggests it was likely made in the second century BC, according
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