ROME (AP) — Italian politicians and Jewish leaders are condemning the antisemitic vandalizing of four memorial plaques. The tiny plaques are embedded in Rome’s sidewalks in front of apartment buildings where four Roman Jews had been living when they were deported from the Nazi-occupied city in 1944 and sent to their deaths in Auschwitz. The
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — We now know the name of Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian’s first child together. The Blink-182 rocker shared the name during a recent conversation on the “One Life One Chance with Toby Morse” podcast. When asked about making more music with the band Transplants, which he joined in
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday, shuttering school for some 45,000 students in Oregon’s biggest city. The Portland Association of Teachers union said it was the first-ever teacher’s strike in the district. Large class sizes, salaries that haven’t kept up with inflation
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By Kristin Wilson, CNN In a reversal of a months-long stance, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he will bring a resolution to the Senate floor that, if passed, would overcome the military promotions block from Sen. Tommy Tuberville. “Patience is wearing thin with Senator Tuberville on both sides of the aisle,” Schumer said
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By Marybel Gonzalez Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Chicago’s migrant population is dealing with their first winter snowfall – with many still waiting for a space in a shelter and sleeping outside in the cold. As CBS 2’s Marybel González reported Tuesday night, the city and volunteers have been
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — An 80-foot-tall (24-meter) Norway spruce from the Binghamton area has been selected as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and will be cut down and trucked to New York City next week, Rockefeller Center officials announced Wednesday. The tree will be cut on Nov. 9 in Vestal, New York, and will
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has announced a sharp increase in passenger fares on the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway as the country struggles with repaying loans owed to Beijing and others along with higher fuel prices. That affects travel between the capital, Nairobi, and the port city of Mombasa. They
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The Associated Press news website experienced an outage that appeared to be consistent with a denial-of-service attack, a federal criminal act that involves flooding a site with data in order to overwhelm it and knock it offline. Attempting to visit the apnews.com site at various points from Tuesday afternoon would load the
Continue ReadingBy C.C. McCandless Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas man who committed an additional felony offense while on release was sentenced by United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 111 months in prison followed by a 20-year term of supervised release for collecting and sharing thousands
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden traveled to Minnesota Wednesday to kick off a series of events by the administration aimed at connecting with rural America, a visit to the home state of a political rival where he will appeal to a voting bloc often ignored by Democrats. During a visit
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Police are searching for the driver who struck and then dragged a bicyclist for about one mile in a fatal hit-and-crash in the Van Nuys area. The driver was traveling southbound on Van Nuys Boulevard at Delano Street when they collided
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people gathered in Barrancas, Colombia on Tuesday to form a mass protest demanding the release of Liverpool FC star Luis Díaz’s father. Luis Manuel Díaz and his wife, Cilenis Marulanda, were kidnapped by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in Barrancas, the family’s home town,
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By Jory Rand Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Dawn Todd is one of two United Airlines flight attendants who has filed a lawsuit against the airline, saying they were discriminated against because of their race, age, religion and appearance. “I was told by a supervisor at United that I
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The NASA Lucy mission had its first encounter with a space rock. The spacecraft, launched in October 2021, successfully completed a flyby of the small asteroid Dinkinesh, the agency confirmed on Wednesday. Lucy was expected to come within 265 miles (425 kilometers) of the asteroid’s surface during its closest
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Danish wind developer Orsted is halting the development of two massive New Jersey offshore wind projects due to cascading economic pressures, including skyrocketing interest rates and a supply chain crunch – two factors that have dogged wind energy projects up and down the East Coast. The decision is ominous news
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN An effort to expel indicted GOP Rep. George Santos failed in the House on Wednesday as a Republican-led resolution fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. The final vote was 179 to 213. Ahead of the vote, Santos defended his right to “the presumption of innocence.” “I
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it’s working especially hard for travelers in economy class right now, with the jet stream over the Atlantic so strong that flights heading from the
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods, Steph Curry, the Williams sisters and an array of other sports greats are involved in a new high-tech venture that is hoping to attract new fans to golf – albeit in a very different format. Staged in partnership with the PGA Tour, the televised indoor golf league
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City road will be closed for the rest of this week and the next to allow for construction. Cole County Public Works shared through a news release that it will close one lane of North Shamrock Road. The closure will allow for crews to work on the new entrance
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas says she won’t seek reelection in 2024. The Republican chairwoman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee is the nation’s longest-serving GOP congresswoman. The 80-year-old congresswoman said Wednesday that “it’s time for the next generation to step up.” Her decision ends a barrier-breaking career that
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