By Emily Miller Click here for updates on this story REXBURG, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Growing up in the West African country of Sierra Leone, Raymond Steven didn’t have access to the same luxuries he now sees American kids enjoying. In many ways, the Brigham Young University-Idaho student is worlds away from his homeland as he
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Plataforma Unitaria Democrática de Venezuela (PUD), la organización que agrupa a varios grupos de oposición venezolanos, difundió este martes un comunicado donde reitera su disposición “a trabajar con la contraparte en una propuesta de cronograma y fecha de elección presidencial de 2024”. La fecha de las elecciones
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 381,000 Tacoma midsize pickup trucks in the U.S. because a part can separate from the rear axle, increasing the risk of a crash. The recall covers certain trucks from the 2022 and 2023 model years. Toyota said in a statement Tuesday that welding debris left on the ends
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — School bus service has been snarled in St. Louis for two days because of a work stoppage that’s a show of support for a Black mechanic who says he found a noose at his workstation. The action began Monday and continued Tuesday for drivers employed by
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — School bus service has been snarled in St. Louis for two days because of a work stoppage that’s a show of support for a Black mechanic who says he found a noose at his workstation. The action began Monday and continued Tuesday for drivers employed by
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The top US humanitarian aid official on Tuesday called for additional assistance to be able to reach those inside of Gaza as she announced that the United States will provide $53 million in additional humanitarian aid to the war-torn strip and the West Bank. Much of this aid will
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity more than a week ago when police say it was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada. Police have
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Two people have been charged in Mid-Missouri with selling a new, deadly type of opioid mixture.
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The family of a slain Black man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia deputy who shot him during a traffic stop that spiraled into violence. Camden County sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge killed Leonard Cure on Oct. 16 during a struggle that began after
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Continúan las consecuencias del fallo de la Corte Suprema de Alabama de que los embriones congelados son considerados niños, una decisión sin precedentes que ya ha llevado a clínicas del estado a suspender algunos tratamientos de FIV. Aquí están los desarrollos más recientes: Un proyecto de ley propuesto en
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been found in contempt by a federal judge for not following an order to pay an insurance company to maintain collateral for financial obligations. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that a U.S. district judge found Southern Coal Corp. in civil contempt
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Golden and scarlet balloons adorned an entrance guarded by the Secret Service that led straight to a bar abuzz with excited reunions, a line of attendees waiting to take pictures at a photo wall and a spacious auditorium set to celebrate a unique subset of the
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children could have an even greater impact on would-be parents in the state — and elsewhere if other states follow suit — than it would have just a few years ago. That’s because more employers are providing fertility benefits to their
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — It wouldn’t be a Caitlin Clark game without a record being broken. The Iowa guard, who has seen her popularity explode since becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball earlier this month, is now causing ticket prices to hit new heights. Tickets to see Clark
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weekslong pause in the war, now in its fifth month. U.S. President Joe Biden says a deal
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria has issued formal invitations to the Syrian government and opposition to meet in Geneva in late April to resume negotiations on revising the country’s constitution, despite opposition from Damascus’ key ally Russia which insists the Swiss city is not
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A small species of fish that measures no more than half an inch in length is capable of producing sounds louder than an elephant, according to a new study. Danionella cerebrum, tiny translucent fish that live in shallow waters off Myanmar, can make noises of more than 140 decibels,
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A public safety plan is in place as Columbia gears up for the annual True/False Film Fest on Thursday.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El gigante de la electrónica Sony anunció el martes que suprimirá 900 puestos de trabajo de PlayStation, que representan el 8% de la plantilla. Los despidos afectarán a todas las regiones donde está Sony Interactive Entertainment, según el comunicado de prensa de PlayStation. El estudio interno de Londres responsable del
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A three-vehicle crash restricted traffic for nearly an hour Tuesday morning on a major Jefferson City highway.
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