By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — “Australia Day is Dead!” Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause. It’s Australia’s national day, but the crowd in central Sydney seethes in anger and cheers in solidarity with Indigenous Australians, many of whom view January 26 as nothing
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Las autoridades de Estados Unidos han podido confirmar que varios miembros de la peligrosa banda criminal Tren de Aragua llegaron al país, según dijo a CNN este jueves un agente del FBI de El Paso, Texas. “El Tren de Aragua está en Estados Unidos. Ya tenemos pruebas de que cruzaron la
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has won a prestigious broadcast journalism award for “20 Days in Mariupol,” its documentary on the war in Ukraine produced with PBS’ “Frontline.” The documentary was among 15 winners of the 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards announced at a ceremony at Columbia University in New York on Thursday. “20 Days
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Another year, another record for basketball star LeBron James. The Los Angeles Lakers forward was named to his 20th NBA All-Star Game on Thursday, passing NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most of all time. Less than a year ago, James broke Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record. James, 39, is joined in the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BROOKINGS, S.D. — Led by Luke Appel’s 19 points, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits defeated the Kansas City Roos 75-66 on Thursday night. The Jackrabbits are now 12-9 with the win and the Kangaroos dropped to 8-13.
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it’s hosting a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, as it continues its efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing and Moscow. State media said Sun’s delegation arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday after crossing the land border between the
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WANF, CNN Opinion by Bruce A. Green (CNN) — Editor’s note: Bruce A. Green is the Louis Stein chair at Fordham Law School, where he directs the Stein Center for Law and Ethics. He is a former federal prosecutor in New York. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his own. View more opinion on CNN.
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CNN By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tyler Rambis and his wife Jenelle say their personal items amounting to roughly $5,000 were stolen from the Storage Masters storage facility on Monday. Rambis said he was driving home from the gym on Monday when he noticed a string of unit doors were left open at the facility. Rambis said he
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California’s governing board has postponed for a year a vote on a plan to allow immigrant students who lack legal status to apply for university jobs. The Board of Regents voted 9-6 on Thursday to shelve the plan until 2025 amid shouts
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By Samantha Delouya and Jordan Valinsky, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: This story contains disturbing material. A former WWE staffer has accused the company’s founder, Vince McMahon, of sexual assault, trafficking and physical abuse in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The new, disturbing allegations from Janel Grant, who worked at WWE’s headquarters, come more than a
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. has died at age 97. An obituary distributed by his son and namesake, Harry Connick Jr., says Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans on Thursday with his family by his side. The senior Connick was popular as a prosecutor and
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving vehicle unit, disclosed today that it is the subject of two federal investigations regarding its actions after a severe accident involving a Cruise “robotaxi.” In just the latest setback in the auto industry’s attempt to perfect driverless cars, the company is being investigated by the
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Light showers made their way through Mid-Missouri throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Although most people won’t think much of the importance of these lighter rain bands, it is actually important towards recovery of drought seen throughout much of the region. Current drought monitor conditions shows improvements across the southeastern portions of Mid-Missouri. The Missouri
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Imágenes pornográficas generadas por inteligencia artificial de Taylor Swift, la estrella más famosa del mundo, se difundieron por las redes sociales esta semana, subrayando el potencial dañino que plantea la tecnología de inteligencia artificial dominante: su capacidad para crear imágenes convincentemente reales y dañinas. Las imágenes falsas de Taylor
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An effort to modernize state oversight of a thriving petroleum industry in the nation’s No. 2 state for oil production has advanced past its first committee vetting at the New Mexico Legislature. Endorsed Thursday, the bill would rewrite portions of the state’s 1930s-era Oil and
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — Clad in a yellow vest, little Efruz balances himself on the front of the surfboard as waves foam around him and his companion as they skim over the Pacific waters off Peru. Efruz is a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier and he is a common sight these hot days of the Southern
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers are a plus-140 favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook to win it all. San Francisco would be favored over either team that comes out of the AFC title game — Baltimore by 1 1/2 points or Kansas City by three points. The 49ers
Continue ReadingCNN By Victoria Butenko, Andrew Carey, Christian Edwards, Olga Voitovych and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official told CNN, casting doubt on Moscow’s claim that dozens
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel faces a growing risk of damaging its peace with neighboring Egypt as its military pushes the offensive against Hamas further south in the Gaza Strip. Already, the two sides are in a dispute over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza.
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