By Heidi Schmidt and Alex Love Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Families of students attending Primitivo Garcia Elementary School in the Kansas City Public School District grieve the death of 5-year-old Grayson O’Connor. Grayson attended kindergarten at the school prior to his death. Kansas City police found Grayson’s
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CNN By Avery Lotz and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday called Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “naive” for believing further civilian casualties in Gaza could produce even more insurgents and said he has “lost all confidence” in him. “He’s so naive, I mean I just lost all confidence in this
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s music is good for the heart in more ways than one. Swift’s “You’re Losing Me” and Beyoncé’s “Virgo’s Groove” both have the “right tempo” for hands-only CPR and could be “heart-saving,” according to recent tweets by the American Heart Association. “Hands-Only CPR has just 2
Continue ReadingBy Harry Samler Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — A Gwinnett County Roofing contractor, recently profiled in a Better Call Harry and Atlanta News First investigation, spent the week before Thanksgiving in jail. Thomas Bouhan was arrested in Forsyth County and transferred a week later to the Troup County Jail. He
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Festivus is here! Which means it’s time to unbottle any pent-up anger to confront whatever or whoever has gotten under your skin this year – and later this month the Tampa Bay Times will publish these grievances. While Festivus is held days before Christmas, the tradition is nearly polar
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the end of the road for Kiss. But it’s not the end of Kiss. The hard-rocking quartet from New York City played final live concerts Friday and Saturday at Madison Square Garden, culminating a half century of rocking and rolling all night and partying every
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Casino workers for MGM Grand Detroit have voted to ratify a new contract, ending a 47-day strike. MGM Grand Detroit workers are union members of the Detroit Casino Council, which represents nearly 4,000 employees of the city’s three casinos. Their approval Saturday on a five-year agreement comes a few weeks after unionized
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said, if elected president, he would “replace and supersede” the Affordable Care Act with “a better plan,” saying that “Obamacare has not worked.” “You will have a totally different health care plan,” the Republican presidential candidate said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, later
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Filling in for President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the Middle East to tackle a pair of challenges that have flummoxed White Houses for decades: climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each carries the risk of political blowback
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The USS Carney shot down at least three Houthi drones headed in the ship’s direction in the southern Red Sea on Sunday and responded to a distress call from a civilian commercial vessel that was fired upon by a ballistic missile, a US defense official said.
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — The head of Florida’s Republican Party indicated Saturday he will not step down while facing an investigation into sexual assault, rejecting calls by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to give up his role as the party’s top operative. In a letter to the state GOP, chairman Christian Ziegler did
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace the current map that a federal judge says dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters. Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has vowed to call a special redistricting
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Michigan Wolverines, Washington Huskies, Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide will compete in next month’s College Football Playoff, while the undefeated Florida State Seminoles were left out. In the semifinal games set for January 1, No. 1 Michigan (13-0) will play No. 4 Alabama (12-1) at the Rose Bowl in
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The final season of the four-team College Football Playoff turned out to be the most controversial with an unprecedented snub. Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama were selected Sunday and Florida State became the first unbeaten Power Five conference champion to be excluded from the field. Michigan will
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Thousands of people marched through the center of Brussels on Sunday in a boisterous rally highlighting the dangers of climate change, as the COP28 climate summit draws to an end in Dubai. “We must save our planet. It’s the only one where there’s beer,” read one sign at the head of
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GRAPEVINE, Texas. (KMIZ) After snapping then-No. 1 Georgia’s 29-game win streak in the SEC Championship game, on Saturday, the Alabama Crimson Tide snuck into the College Football Playoffs, on Sunday. The Tide will be the representative for the Southeastern Conference. The full semifinal slate is listed below. MichiganWashingtonTexasAlabama The Tide will face No. 1 Michigan
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Seconds after Palestinian gunmen began shooting up a busy Jerusalem bus stop last week, Yuval Castleman raced toward the scene and opened fire on the attackers — only to be shot and killed by an Israeli soldier who apparently suspected he was also an assailant.
Continue Reading By Avery Lotz and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday called Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “naive” for believing further civilian casualties in Gaza could produce even more insurgents and said he has “lost all confidence” in him. “He’s so naive, I mean I just lost all confidence in this guy,”
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By Andrea Kane, CNN Season 8 of the podcast Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets back to basics with an in-depth examination of the brain in different states. Each episode will focus on one of those states — the distracted brain, the frightened brain, etc. — to spotlight what is going on in our heads and
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By Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Japayal on Sunday reiterated her call for a ceasefire in Gaza, even as fighting has resumed following the collapse of a truce on Friday. “It’s what has to happen, and I do think it’s realistic,” Jayapal told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
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