By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A judge has given a green light to a controversial plan to reduce the width of Atlantic City’s main street from four lanes to two. Superior Court Judge Michael Blee rejected arguments Friday from five casinos and a hospital that the half-finished project to narrow
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A judge has given a green light to a controversial plan to reduce the width of Atlantic City’s main street from four lanes to two. Superior Court Judge Michael Blee rejected arguments Friday from five casinos and a hospital that the half-finished project to narrow
Continue ReadingNORTH BELLMORE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have seized about a hundred animals from a Long Island home packed with exotic species — including a giant African snail, degus, a sulcata tortoise and a South American ostrich. The animals were discovered by state and local authorities Tuesday night in the basement and backyard shed of a
Continue ReadingTIMONIUM, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger says he won’t seek a 12th term in Congress. The 77-year-old Democrat said in a video message on Friday that he will retire. He has represented his Baltimore-area district since 2003. Ruppersberger says the decision was difficult because Congress needs members like him who care more
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Goodman Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, West Virginia (WLKY) — A Kentucky man was saved from freezing to death at a state park in eastern West Virginia by a group of Boy Scouts. Greg Painter, 67, said he has camped at Cranberry Glades State Park many times before, but he
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is laying out a new set of guidelines to ensure it will be informed any time a Cabinet head can’t carry out their job. The new directive comes after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization this month was kept for days from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia trash customers could begin receiving their roll carts as early as Monday, according to a Friday press release from the city. Back in March 2023 the city decided to switch its refuse pickup to an automated system that involves roll carts. The new collection system will not begin until March 4, the
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CNN Opinion By Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Democrats should not make the mistake of underestimating former President Donald Trump. This is exactly what the party did in 2016, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee, and there are some who currently risk repeating the error. Following Trump’s strong showing in
Continue ReadingBy Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — John Doole with Ultimate Athletic Sportswear has one of the coolest jobs in Kansas City. “Actually, it’s the sixth time going into an AFC championship game where we do a Patrick Mahomes playoff shirt,” Doole told KMBC 9 on Thursday
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will not consider an appeal from a former Franciscan friar who was convicted in 2022 in the 1990s sexual abuse of a student at a Catholic school. The court decision was announced Thursday, and it means the conviction of Paul West remains in place. The Mississippi Court
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Hegarty Click here for updates on this story WOODBINE, Iowa (KCCI) — No school can have eyes on every camera feed at once. But using artificial intelligence, Woodbine Community School District believes it has the next best thing to get a head start in responding to an active shooter situation. “What we’re trying
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign manager traveled to Michigan and found some top activists unwilling to meet with her. The backlash to Julie Chavez Rodriguez’s Friday visit exposes a growing rift between the White House and groups otherwise loyal to Democratic causes in a
Continue ReadingRIFLE, Colo. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, has been charged with assault and other counts in connection with two domestic altercations. Authorities say the charges filed Wednesday are in connection with an argument he had with the congresswoman in a restaurant, and a physical fight with the former couple’s son.
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A retired judge hired by the Illinois State Board of Elections held a hearing Friday on whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump. Several voters filed the challenge against Trump, arguing that Illinois should join Colorado and Maine in removing him from their 2024 presidential ballots
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department concluded former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed more than a dozen state employees, according to a settlement announced Friday that confirmed allegations from the damaging misconduct probe that led to the Democrat’s resignation. The settlement between New York and the
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department concluded Friday that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed state employees, supporting the findings of a previous state civil review of allegations against the former governor. The department reached an agreement with the New York State Executive Chamber resolving the claims
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — The circulation of explicit and pornographic pictures of megastar Taylor Swift this week shined a light on artificial intelligence’s ability to create convincingly real, damaging – and fake – images. But the concept is far from new: People have weaponized this type of technology against women and girls
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A super political action committee supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection is aiming to boost the Democrat’s primary campaign in lead-off South Carolina with a television ad featuring Rep. Jim Clyburn. The South Carolina congressman is one of Biden’s most dedicated backers, and his endorsement boosted Biden’s
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Veinticuatro horas antes de que empezara la Feria Internacional de Turismo de Madrid (Fitur) se daba por hecho que el presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, no iba a viajar al evento en España. Así lo confirmaban a CNN desde la Embajada de Ecuador en Madrid, donde apuntaban que en su lugar asistirían
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Many Costa Ricans are welcoming a ruling this week by the country’s Supreme Court of Justice eliminating the requirement that people use their father’s surname before their mother’s on identification documents. In Spanish-speaking nations, people usually go by two last names. In Costa Rica,
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