By Dianne Gallagher and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The 94-year-old Hilton Head Island woman who made headlines with her legal battle to keep her family’s ancestral land has died. Josephine Wright died “surrounded by family, loved ones, and prayers” on January 7, according to an update her family posted on their Go Fund
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the federal civil rights conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who held back a concerned crowd while fellow officers pinned down a dying George Floyd. The high court, without comment on Monday, rejected the appeal of Tou Thao. He had testified earlier that
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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — US lawmakers are mobilizing to prevent abrupt price hikes on millions of Americans’ internet bills, announcing new legislation to rescue a popular government program that’s set to run out of funding this spring. The previously unreported bipartisan legislation expected Wednesday in both the House and Senate would allocate $7
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KCAL) — Vandals left a trail of destruction at a Compton cemetery after they destroyed dozens of headstones and stole plaques from multiple final resting places. “This is not right, Woodlawn, we want love and peace,” owner Celestina Bishop said. “This is not
Continue ReadingBy EMILIO LUGO Associated Press JONACAPA, Hidalgo (AP) — Authorities in central Mexico say they found the bodies of nine men in vehicles near a fuel pipeline. The circumstances around the deaths remain under investigation, but there are indications that fuel theft may have been involved. Mexico faces a problem with gangs that steal gasoline,
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CNN By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — He just won a national title, but did Jim Harbaugh potentially just coach his last game at Michigan? Harbaugh said he “can now sit at the big person’s table in the family” after the Wolverines won the College Football Playoff national championship game 34-13 against the Washington Huskies
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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — After six seasons in charge, Mike Vrabel is out as head coach of the Tennessee Titans. On Tuesday, owner Amy Adams Strunk announced the move and called the decision to remove Vrabel “as difficult as any I’ve made as Controlling Owner.” Vrabel proved to be an immediate success with
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and at least two years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday. The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around the
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says officials at the Arctic prison colony where he is serving a 19-year term have isolated him in a tiny punishment cell over a minor infraction. Navalny said in a social media statement relayed from behind bars that officials accused him
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Antes de enamorarse, Aileen y Tom White ya estaban enamorados de Italia. La pareja estadounidense, casada desde hace unos 18 años, pasó mucho tiempo en el país europeo, juntos y por separado, y Aileen volvía a menudo para pasar un mes. “Me apasionaba Italia”, explica Aileen a CNN Travel. “Hice un
Continue ReadingBELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a firetruck responding to a fire at a fast-food restaurant crashed into an SUV and rolled onto its side Tuesday in southern Illinois, injuring three firefighters. Belleville fire Chief Stephanie Mills says the firetruck collided about 5:50 a.m. with an SUV near Belleville East High School and flipped onto
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday. The cancer revelation answers the main question about Austin’s hospitalization, which has
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a secret tunnel built beneath a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift passageway. Video from the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights on
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A crippling fuel leak has forced a U.S. company to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon. Astrobotic Technology’s lander began leaking fuel shortly after Monday’s launch from Florida. The company said Tuesday that the leak may have been the result of
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Lawmakers investigating Harvard University’s response to antisemitism are demanding the Ivy League school turn over a treasure trove of documents in two weeks. In a letter on Tuesday to Harvard leaders, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for the first time detailed the mountain of
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court has warned prosecutors that it will release under its own terms a pastor and others accused of being behind the deaths of 429 people believed to be his cult followers if they aren’t charged within two weeks. For months since the arrests last
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Substack has removed several publications for inciting violence, the newsletter publisher said in a statement shared with CNN Tuesday, as writers from across the platform threatened to quit over the presence of pro-Nazi content. After Casey Newton, founder of Substack tech news publication Platformer, flagged a list of publications
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Gallagher Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday responded to calls for Canada to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, saying this could happen if done “responsibly.” The comment was made at a memorial for the victims of
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By Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Republican Whip John Thune said Congress may need to pass a short-term government funding bill – known as a continuing resolution – into the “March timeframe” in order to allow lawmakers enough time to process the 12 outstanding appropriations bills and avoid a shutdown. The chamber’s no. 2 Republican said
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Israel comparecerá ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia esta semana en un caso de alto riesgo que podría determinar el curso de la brutal guerra en Gaza. Es un caso sin precedentes. Los expertos dicen que es la primera vez que el Estado judío es juzgado bajo la Convención sobre Genocidio
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