By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Nearly a year after civil war broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, more than 25 million people in northeastern Africa are facing “the world’s largest hunger crisis.” The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says nine in 10 people across Sudan are “trapped” by “relentless violence.” The fighting
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By Haley Talbot, CNN The House on Thursday afternoon passed the Laken Riley Act, with all GOP members in attendance plus 37 Democrats supporting the bill. The legislation, introduced by freshman conservative Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, requires the detention of any migrant who committed burglary or theft. Laken Hope Riley was found dead
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hughes Click here for updates on this story CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (KYW) — About 350,000 women served during World War II, which is roughly 2% of all the Americans who served, according to the National World War II Museum. May Brill, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is one of them. Her motto
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis Branch of the NAACP and Children’s Rights, an advocacy group, have filed a complaint with the US Department of Health and Human Services against Minnesota for allegedly discriminating against Black children and families in its child welfare system. Minnesota’s “pattern and practice of utilizing federal funds to discriminatorily surveil and separate
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and JIM SALTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago. The bill by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, a
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and JIM SALTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago. The bill by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, a
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have arrested two taxi drivers who participated in the beating of two German tourists outside a club in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutors in coastal state of Quintana Roo said the two drivers were arrested on charges of drug possession, after they were found to be
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alston Mason had 22 points in Missouri State’s 60-35 victory over Murray State on Thursday in the opening game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Missouri State will take on top seed Indiana State in Friday’s quarterfinals. Mason shot 5 for 11 (3 for 6 from 3-point
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Hulu is bringing the real-life story of Amanda Knox’s wrongful murder conviction and subsequent acquittal to the small screen in a new limited series. The streamer has ordered eight one-hour episodes of the show, currently untitled, according to a news release sent to CNN on Thursday. “Once Upon a
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos, John Shumway Click here for updates on this story BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The three bear cubs who were with their mom when she attacked a woman in Butler County have been released, the Pennsylvania Game Commission says. Travis Lau, the agency’s communications director, said the bears were released at State
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story DUQUESNE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Duquesne mother accused of killing her baby is facing new charges after police said she also assaulted her 3-year-old daughter. Alisha Parker was charged in her 3-month-old baby’s death after he was found unresponsive at a home on Hemlock Alley
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Moeller Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, California (KOVR) — Seniors in the Sun City Lincoln Hills neighborhood in the Placer County city of Lincoln are falling victim to a jewelry theft scam that happens in a matter of seconds. It’s a neighborhood people call paradise, but police say these seniors
Continue ReadingBy Hunter Sowards Click here for updates on this story MOUNTAIN HOUSE, California (KOVR) — Voters in San Joaquin County have overwhelmingly said yes to a plan to create the first new city in California in over a decade. The community of Mountain House didn’t even have a single resident 30 years ago. Now, the
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Viel Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL) — A new early literacy bill could make California the next state to overhaul its curriculum and change the way reading is taught. Mom Balbina Hernandez knows firsthand what it’s like to struggle with reading. “I started high school when I was 16
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story CHINO, California (KCAL) — An elementary school teacher has been arrested for alleged assault on a student in Chino. A Chino Police Department School Resources Officer responded to a call at EJ Marshall Elementary School on Monday after learning of the allegations, which involved a
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Another NFL free agency period is about to begin but buyers should beware that signing other teams’ veterans comes with plenty of risk. Some veterans will test the open market only to come back and re-sign with their old team. Every general manager in the league has a
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks” cast member Captain Charlie “Griff” Griffin died in a boating accident “unrelated to the series,” according to a statement from National Geographic and Pilgrim Media Group on Thursday. The US Coast Guard’s North Carolina Command Center received a report of two overdue boaters
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press EAST HAMPTON, Conn. (AP) — A small earthquake hit the small Connecticut town of East Hampton on Wednesday, but that’s nothing new. Seismic sounds known as “The Moodus Noises” have been reported in the East Hampton area and the nearby village of Moodus for centuries. In fact, Moodus is short
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The head of US Africa Command warned Congress on Thursday that Russia is aggressively working to expand its footing among African countries, leaving several “at the tipping point” of falling under its influence. “[A] number of countries are at the tipping point of actually being captured by the Russian
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that was home to Lolita, the beloved Orca that died last year, is being evicted from the waterfront property it leases from Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava cited a “long and troubling history
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