By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The bill now goes to President Joe
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s fair to call Linda Hamilton the queen of sci-fi. How it happened, she believes, was a “lucky accident.” “I actually really love reading sci-fi too. I really do enjoy the characters that they have brought to me to get to play,” Hamilton recently told CNN. “In terms
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By Jan Carabeo Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — It takes a village to raise a child, and in Philadelphia, that village often includes grandparents. More than 15,000 kids in the city are being raised by their grandparents, according to Connectedly, a nonprofit based in Manayunk. It’s a nonprofit that
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For more than a quarter-century, Phillies fans considered dollar hot dog night among the best ballpark promotions — but the team has now decided it was the wurst. Those dog days of April — when Philly weather is cold and the wieners are a steal —
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services Thursday after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law. Facing public pressure to get IVF services resumed in the state, lawmakers
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Foxx has some jokes to tell. The Oscar winner posted a funny video of himself on Instagram from his 2002 HBO special “I Might Need Security” in which he is doing an impression of Prince. Foxx teased his possible return to the standup stage. “PRINCE singing the Brady
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Argel Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Clea Saldania-Jelffs is a mother who turns 10 years old this year. She said her secret to staying young is being born on a Leap day. “A lot of people get really shocked and surprised by that day because it doesn’t really
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill that would outlaw the gender designation of non-binary on birth certificates is headed to Gov. Jim Justice’s desk. The Republican governor hasn’t spoken publicly about the bill. Justice previously signed laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors and transgender children’s participation in sports.
Continue Reading By Dan Q. Dao, CNN (CNN) — An-My Lê doesn’t identify as a war photographer. Though her body of work across the last three decades deals largely with themes of human conflict, it’s not the act of combat itself she is most preoccupied with. For Lê, who came to the United States from Vietnam as
Continue ReadingCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The board overseeing North Carolina’s public university system will require schools to get approval to change athletic conferences. The system’s board of governors approved the measure Thursday. It’s a move that could most notably impact any potential move by Atlantic Coast Conference members North Carolina and North Carolina State. It
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — One brand of hydrogen peroxide mouthwash is being recalled nationwide for posing a potential poisoning risk for children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced February 29 that Heritage Store Hydrogen Peroxide Mouthwash is being recalled for a lack of child-resistant packaging required for products containing a certain
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema has declared the country’s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency. In an address to the nation Thursday, Hakainde Hichilema said 84 of the country’s 116 districts are affected by the prolonged drought. The declaration provides a legal basis to mobilize more
Continue ReadingBy Joe Vithayathil Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Leaders in Oregon’s restaurant industry called for change after a restaurant in northeast Portland “temporarily closed.” The restaurant, Pho Gabo was a Vietnamese restaurant on Fremont and Northeast 73. The owner posted a note on the front door saying the business
Continue ReadingBIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Hatch watch is underway in Southern California mountains. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in a nest monitored by nature lovers via a popular online camera feed. The mother, Jackie, laid the eggs in late January atop a tree overlooking Big Bear Lake high
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Haiti’s prime minister has arrived in Kenya to try to salvage a plan to have the African country deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence.Kenya agreed in October to lead a U.N.-authorized international police force to Haiti. But the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La ministra de Interior de Chile, Carolina Tohá, rechazó este martes los reportes publicados en un medio venezolano que mencionan una supuesta colaboración entre el Gobierno chileno y las autoridades venezolanas en el presunto secuestro de Ronald Ojeda, un ciudadano venezolano residente en Chile y cuyo paradero se
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who blew the whistle on the tech company by accusing it of prioritizing profit over public safety, says Canada’s new online harms legislation isn’t just good, it’s “one of the best bills that has been
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Shirin Faqiri and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Alabama House and Senate each passed bills Thursday aimed at protecting in vitro fertilization treatments as state lawmakers raced to respond to the state Supreme Court ruling that prompted IVF clinics to pause parts of treatments and left many families in limbo.
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Analysis by Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s trial in his election interference case in Washington, DC, is indefinitely postponed during ongoing appeals about presidential immunity. But the judge who will oversee the trial has hinted at a quick timetable once the case returns to her jurisdiction. US
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Grand jury transcripts from a 2006 Florida investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of dozens of underage girls will be released publicly later this year under legislation signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure will take effect July 1. Epstein cut a deal with South Florida federal
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