By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to reconsider a ruling limiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes. The voter mobilization group Priorities USA asked the justices last month to reconsider their 2022 ruling that drop boxes may be placed only in election offices. Conservatives controlled
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — John Barnett, un exempleado de Boeing que expresó serias preocupaciones sobre los estándares de producción de la compañía, fue encontrado muerto en Charleston, Carolina del Sur, durante el fin de semana, informó la oficina forense del condado de Charleston. Según el comunicado de prensa del forense, Barnett, de 62 años, murió el 9
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Corrections is under fire for discriminating against a transgender inmate who the U.S. Department of Justice said was driven to harm herself after she was repeatedly denied hormone therapy. A federal investigation has found that the state corrections department imposed “unnecessary
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a third suspect has been arrested in a shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week. A fourth person was still being sought. The name of the 19-year-old suspect hasn’t been made public, but police said he will face attempted murder, aggravated assault, and
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By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A former longtime Boeing employee who had raised serious concerns about the company’s production standards was found dead in Charleston, South Carolina, over the weekend, according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. A news release from the Charleston County Coroner’s Office said John Barnett, 62, died
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By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jeremy Diamond and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by a border police officer in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied east Jerusalem, according to hospital officials and an Israeli police spokesperson. In a video obtained by CNN, the boy – Rami Al Halhouli
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When NASA’s Europa Clipper aims to launch on its highly anticipated mission to an icy moon in October, the spacecraft will carry a unique design etched with names, poetry and artwork symbolizing humanity. The US space agency has a long history of sending names and meaningful designs aloft aboard
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Por tercer mes consecutivo, Argentina registró la inflación más alta del mundo, según cifras publicadas este martes por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Indec). Vivir con lo justo: muchos argentinos ya reducen sus compras de comida y medicamentos El Índice de Precios al Consumidor cerró febrero en 276,2% interanual,
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman has sued director Roman Polanski, alleging he raped her in his home when she was a minor in 1973. The woman aired the allegations, which the 90-year-old Polanski has denied, in a news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, on Tuesday. The account
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press Officials in Georgia’s most populous county have removed a banner from their website warning of an “unexpected IT outage” after it created confusion on the final day of voting for the presidential primary. The red banner was actually related to a January cyberattack that temporarily crippled government services in Fulton
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Terry Everett has died. He was 87. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office says he died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Rehobeth on Tuesday. Everett represented the state’s 2nd District from 1993 to 2009. Ivey says he was one of Alabama’s strongest voices for
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — An American delegation on religious freedom cut short its visit to Saudi Arabia after one of its members was asked to remove his Jewish head covering, or kippah. The delegation from the US Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF) was on an official visit to the UNESCO heritage site of
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and GAETANE LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is fighting off Wordle “clones” — arguing that numerous games inspired by the mega-popular word-guessing game infringe on its copyright protections. Hundreds of copycats have emerged since Wordle skyrocketed to internet fame less than three years ago. And now
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has approved the $92 million bond put up by former President Donald Trump to ensure that writer E. Jean Carroll will receive a jury award for his verbal attacks against her if it survives appeals. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan formally approved the bond
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Support for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination slightly fell last year among adults in the United States, according to a Public Religion Research Institute report released on Tuesday. But a majority of Americans continue to support LGBTQ rights and protections in housing, employment, and public accommodation, said PRRI, a nonprofit that conducts research on
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott filed a lawsuit Monday in a Texas district court, alleging a woman is trying to extort $100 million from him. In the 11-page lawsuit filed in Collin County, Prescott’s attorney claims lawyers for Victoria Shores sent an email in January to a third party at the college Prescott attended,
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was arrested on Monday for allegedly taking thousands of dollars and a home from an elderly woman who has Alzheimer’s. Brian Vinson was charged with financially exploiting an elderly person. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a $1 million bond, according to a social media
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some state lawmakers are taking extra steps to prevent noncitizens from voting over their concerns that illegal border crossings could lead to voter fraud. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote federally. But more than a dozen states are considering double-checking voter rolls against
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some state lawmakers are taking extra steps to prevent noncitizens from voting over their concerns that illegal border crossings could lead to voter fraud. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote federally. But more than a dozen states are considering double-checking voter rolls against
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Fake gunfire would be banned and advance notice required under proposed legislation to regulate active-shooter drills in California’s public schools. The state currently has guidelines for conducting earthquake and fire drills, but little guidance for active-shooter drills. Democratic Assemblymember Chris Ward says that’s led to drills
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