By Chelsea Jones Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — We all know the acronym M.I.A or missing in action. Fathers M.I.A has changed the meaning to motivate, involved, and active. This organization helps to empower fatherless children. Each year the organization hosts its gala for students across several schools. It’s
Continue ReadingBy Betty Nguyen Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — The Environmental Protection Agency has named food waste the number one cause of climate change. This has Miami-Dade students coming to the table with a solution that makes Miami Proud. Instead of tossing unwanted food in trash bins, Miami-Dade students donate
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By Larry Madowo and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Kenya’s military chief, Francis Ogolla, died in a helicopter crash in the western part of the country on Thursday, President William Ruto announced in a televised address. The helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday afternoon local time, killing Ogolla and nine other members of the
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The bill
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court is clearing the way for new DNA testing to be sought in the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. Justices on Thursday reversed a lower court’s denial of the request for new DNA testing by Damien Echols, one of
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City casinos are bracing for new threats from as many as three new casinos in or near New York City. And the possibility of a northern New Jersey casino in the Meadowlands remains, according to the owner of a racetrack where it would be
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Six months after a deadly mass shooting by an Army reservist, Maine lawmakers this week passed a wide-ranging package of new gun restrictions. Three months after a fatal school shooting, Iowa lawmakers this week passed legislation allowing trained teachers and staff to carry guns on school property. Two states.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Six months after a deadly mass shooting by an Army reservist, Maine lawmakers this week passed a wide-ranging package of new gun restrictions. Three months after a fatal school shooting, Iowa lawmakers this week passed legislation allowing trained teachers and staff to carry guns on school property. Two states.
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By Howard Monroe, Scott Hezlep Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The next time you’re in Mayfair, look around. New street art is lining Frankford Avenue, the Philadelphia neighborhood’s main business corridor. The artist behind the artwork is world-renowned sculpture artist Seward Johnson, the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A 12-year saga over a fatal national meningitis outbreak still isn’t over. A man whose specialty pharmacy caused the outbreak in 2012 was supposed to be sentenced Thursday in Michigan for involuntary manslaughter. But the hearing was suddenly postponed until May when a different judge took
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — On Thursday morning, a special response dive team could be seen working near Dunlap Creek in Uniontown in relation to the homicide of 83-year-old Anthony Decenzo. State police and the county district attorney confirmed the search was related to the case
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A committee of the University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday received an update on plans to improve the north end zone at Memorial Stadium.
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By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially qualified for the ballot in Michigan, a key battleground state that could prove pivotal in deciding the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. The campaign announced on Thursday that Kennedy and his running mate Nicole Shanahan were nominated by the Natural
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Dickey Betts, a guitarist and the co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, has died, according to a family statement shared with CNN on Thursday by his longtime manager. Betts was 80. “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the Betts family announce the peaceful passing of Forrest
Continue ReadingBy Esteban Reynoso Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — A fraternity at UC Davis is under fire after a student said he was hazed so badly, he had to go to the emergency room. The fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, can no longer participate in any activities until the investigation into
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The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday approved a $321 million capital plan.
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Last summer was the hottest ever recorded in the United States, and heat-related health emergencies also reached record-high levels in some parts of the country. In the United States, the vast majority of emergency department visits for heat-related emergencies — such as heat stroke, heat cramps and sunburns —
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — T Bone Burnett is best known for production work like the `O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ soundtrack. Now, he’s making. some big changes to his life and is putting some of his own music forward. He’s moved from Los Angeles to Nashville and is releasing
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Composer John Adams’ work is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a decade in a new staging of his Nativity oratorio “El Nino.” The show, which premieres April 23, melds biblical verses and modern Latin American poetry, medieval texts and more to
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