By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Last month, as bitcoin approached $45,000, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon compared the cryptocurrency to a Pet Rock and said people need to “stop talking about this s—.” Now, bitcoin investors are laughing all the way to the bank. The cryptocurrency is up a whopping 20% in
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Deep divisions remain in the Tennessee GOP over how to implement a universal school voucher program. Different proposals are floating in the House and Senate and Republican members are publicly grumbling that they need more time to study the details. While various voucher bills are advancing,
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department released a report Wednesday that found “chronic, systemic deficiencies” in Mississippi state prisons that violate prisoners’ constitutional rights. The report marks the conclusion of a federal investigation into whether three state prisons in Mississippi failed to protect incarcerated individuals from violence and puts hundreds of individuals in
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Chiefs superfan who made national headlines for robbing a series of banks pleads guilty in federal court. Xaviar Babudar, 29, otherwise known as ChiefsAholic, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of transporting stolen property
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — A week after a cyberattack disrupted insurance processing at pharmacies across the US, health care professionals from Maryland to New York tell CNN that the hack continues to upend their businesses, potentially cutting into revenue. Raeya Disney, a psychotherapist who treats trauma victims in Maryland, said she worries
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) — Officials near Philadelphia are closing their investigation into a shootout and house fire that killed six members of an extended family. They say 43-year-old Canh Le shot and killed his brother, sister-in-law and two nieces before setting fire to the home and killing himself. The
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los astrónomos han descubierto tres lunas alrededor de Urano y Neptuno, los planetas más distantes de nuestro sistema solar. El hallazgo incluye una luna descubierta orbitando Urano (el primer descubrimiento de este tipo en más de 20 años) y dos detectadas en la órbita de Neptuno. “Las tres lunas
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil. Personal Birth date: March 21, 1955 Birth place: Campinas, Brazil Birth name: Jair Messias Bolsonaro Father: Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro, dentist Mother: Olinda Bonturi Bolsonaro Marriage: Michelle Bolsonaro; Ana Cristina Valle (divorced); Rogéria Bolsonaro (divorced) Children: with
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN Hunter Biden went directly after the Republicans who have pursued him in their impeachment investigation over the past year, accusing GOP lawmakers in his closed-door deposition on Wednesday of peddling “baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father.” Kicking off his highly anticipated testimony, President Joe Biden’s
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Remarkable new images from the Odysseus mission capture the spacecraft — the first US-made vehicle to make a soft touchdown on the moon in five decades — in the moments directly after its harrowing and historic touchdown on the lunar surface. Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company that developed the
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists have cooked up a new concept for how to potentially cool an overheating Earth: Fiddle with the upper atmosphere to make it a bit drier. Water vapor — water in its gas form — is a natural greenhouse gas that traps heat, just like
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Facts Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention center for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. An investigation into the treatment of detainees at the prison was prompted by the discovery
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An influential government advisory panel says older U.S. adults who got a COVID-19 shot in the fall should get a booster dose now. The advisers say people 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Center said Wednesday the Popocatépetl volcano, located just 50 miles from the country’s capital, has erupted 13 times in the past day and urged people to not try to climb it due to debris shooting out of the crater. Volcanic ash from the Popocatépetl disrupted flights out
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith wants to seal a proposed questionnaire that will be used to select the jury in the classified documents case against Donald Trump and his two co-defendants. Smith’s team told the court in a filing Wednesday it’s worried potential jurors could try and game the jury-selection
Continue ReadingBy Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (KETV) — A 52-year-old inmate died Monday at a Lincoln corrections facility, according to the Nebraska Department of Correction Services. Jose Cabrera-Lomeli was serving 160 to 220 years at the Reception and Treatment Center for multiple counts of first-degree sexual assault of a
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys Click here for updates on this story TWO RIVERS, Wisconsin (WISN) — Two Rivers police, the FBI and the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday provided an update about missing 3-year-old, Elijah Vue. During a news conference, Two Rivers police Chief Ben Meinnert emphasized the extensive search efforts that have taken place
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Idaho on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate and serial killer Thomas Creech after they were unable to set an intravenous line to carry out a lethal injection, according to a news release from the state Department of Correction. The aborted execution
Continue ReadingBy John Hawks Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, New Hampshire (WPTZ) — Two students, Roan Wade and Kevin Engel appeared in court to face criminal trespassing charges Monday in Lebanon District Court. The Dartmouth New Deal Coalition, a student organization on campus, has been protesting the college’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war.
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By Alessandra Castelli, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil are investigating former President Jair Bolsonaro over allegations he harassed a humpback whale. Bolsonaro said Wednesday that he had admitted to the Federal Police that he had approached a whale while riding a watercraft off the north coast of Sao Paulo state last June. But he said
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