By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Nicole Randol — a Missouri-based mother of two boys, ages 6 and 10 — recently posted a message on a popular Facebook parenting group about Robux, the virtual gaming currency for the platform Roblox: Target was having a 40%-off sale for Robux. In the moments that followed, nearly
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After ballot shortages in Mississippi’s largest county sowed chaos and confusion on the evening of the November statewide election, the state Republican Party has filed a petition challenging a court order that kept polls open longer than usual. The Mississippi GOP filed papers Tuesday
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and not as cold, lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Cloudy with showers moving in by afternoon. Widespread rain expected area-wide by evening. Highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. EXTENDED: We’ll stay a bit more mild tonight as lows dip to about 40 by daybreak tomorrow. Clouds
Continue ReadingIRVING, Texas (AP) — National rushing leader Ollie Gordon II from Oklahoma State was named the Big 12’s offensive player of the year Wednesday after a vote of the league’s 14 coaches, who also chose Texas defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat as the top defensive player. Those players will be on opposite sides Saturday when the
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Columbia College, which last month announced the elimination of more than 100 jobs — has been in the red since 2019, according to financial records compiled by ProPublica.
Continue ReadingBy Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Harvard University has joined the list of schools under investigation by the Department of Education’s Civil Rights unit. Harvard has been the site of a number of pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian protests since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas and subsequent
Continue ReadingBy Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A teenager is accused of bringing a loaded gun to a charter school in South Boston. Police said staff members at UP Academy Boston on Dorchester Street found the gun Tuesday in the 14-year-old student’s backpack. The boy was removed
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By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Members of five American families whose loved ones were kidnapped on October 7 described the “psychological warfare” from Hamas as they’ve been waiting for any news to emerge about their children and relatives. The family members spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview in Washington, DC, Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man has been charged in the theft of multiple propane tanks earlier this month, McDowell County officials said. McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged James William Effler, age 46, with Felony Breaking or Entering and Felony Larceny After Breaking
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A Florida school district has temporarily removed a high school principal and other members of staff from their positions while it investigates allegations that a transgender student played on a girls’ volleyball team, education officials said. Transgender girls are banned from playing female sports
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — One Henderson County family and several community members are rallying after they believe a dog named Steffie was wrongfully shot and killed by a deputy. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that shortly after 2
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man convicted of threatening Georgia election officials online after the 2020 election was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday. Chad Christopher Stark, who pleaded guilty to one count of a sending a threat using a telecommunications device in August, also was sentenced to
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson expressed reservations Wednesday about expelling Rep. George Santos from the House this week, but said he and other GOP leaders will not push colleagues to oppose removing the New York Republican from office. “We’re going to allow people to vote their conscience,” Johnson said.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Jamie Dimon, CEO de JPMorgan Chase, emitió una fuerte advertencia a Wall Street este miércoles: la inflación podría aumentar aún más y la recesión no está fuera de las posibilidades. “Muchas cosas que estamos viendo son peligrosas e inflacionarias. Estén preparados”, dijo en la Cumbre DealBook de The New York Times
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned a cryptocurrency service accused of helping launder millions of dollars for the North Korean regime. The move marked the latest effort to crack down on a key source of funding for Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. The FBI and European
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Kraft Macaroni and … Fava Beans? The Kraft Heinz Co. said Wednesday it’s bringing dairy-free macaroni and cheese to the U.S. for the first time. The company said the new recipe has the same creamy texture and flavor of its beloved 85-year-old original Mac & Cheese but replaces dairy
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Una nueva amenaza de tornados apunta al sur de Estados Unidos este jueves, menos de dos semanas después de que más de 10 tornados azotaran Louisiana y Mississippi. Esta vez, el riesgo se centra en Texas, a medida que un sistema de tormentas comienza a formarse en el sur de las Llanuras.
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — As “Saturday Night Live” hurtles toward its last episode of the year, the long-running sketch show is welcoming former cast member Kate McKinnon back to the Studio 8H stage to make her hosting debut. McKinnon has been tapped to close out 2023 as host of the December 16 episode
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — General Motors, fresh off bruising wage negotiations with its labor union and eager to goose its stock price, announced billions of dollars’ worth of cash returns to shareholders. On Wednesday, GM said it would issue a $10 billion share buyback and 33% dividend increase
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years were pressed into soft mud by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s, a new analysis of the tracks has revealed. The footprints, found at several sites in southern Africa, were recently identified as the oldest birdlike tracks
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