By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions. The change was championed by the Republican-controlled Statehouse despite concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases. Lee, a Republican, quietly signed off on the legislation
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Kathleen Hana’s bands, Bikini Kill, the Julie Ruin and Le Tigre, have long been celebrated for their candor, and their songs which chastised abusers and celebrated women. Now the punk pioneer and force of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement has released a memoir, “Rebel Girl: My Life as
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers if the air bags inflate in a crash. The warning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes after another driver was severely hurt by a flying emblem during a
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high school has been sentenced to a little over three years in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Kyle Hendrickson had pleaded guilty to charges of interstate threatening communications and possessing a firearm in
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — El último intento de Donald Trump de poner fin a la orden de silencio en su contra en el juicio por pagos a Stormy Daniels fue denegado este martes por un tribunal de apelaciones de Nueva York. “Encontramos que el juez Merchan sopesó adecuadamente los derechos de la Primera Enmienda del
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — It’s been a manicured-brow-raising week in the world of beauty pageants, as Miss USA and Miss Teen USA have both resigned from their roles, fueling speculation about both pageants’ management and treatment of their talent. Both pageant winners — Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — After another reading of hotter-than-expected inflation, you’d think Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might be getting a little worried that the battle will go on much longer than expected. But Powell, for the most part, isn’t stressing ahead of Wednesday’s crucial Consumer Price Index data set to
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — In 2020, Virginia’s Shenandoah County School Board joined hundreds of other institutions across the country when it renamed two schools to shed their association with Confederate leaders and enslavers. Stonewall Jackson High School became Mountain View, and Ashby Lee Elementary School (named after Confederate generals Turner Ashby and Robert
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Utility companies have started construction on a contentious power line crossing in a Mississippi River wildlife refuge. ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are looking to string the final mile of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line across the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin. When finished,
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Days after their daughters’ decisions to relinquish their pageant titles, the mothers of former Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava are speaking out — in place of their daughters, who they say are still bound by non-disclosure agreements with the Miss USA organization. “The job
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Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A group of pro-Palestinian protesters maintaining an encampment at Harvard University have reached an agreement with the university and will end their encampment, the group said in a news release Tuesday. Harvard has agreed to hold reinstatement proceedings “for the over 20 students and student workers suspended by
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After decades of decline, accidental drowning rates are rising in the US, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. With Americans getting ready to hit swimming pools and beaches on Memorial Day weekend, a new study shows that many lack the skills they need to stay
Continue ReadingBy Shosh Bedrosian Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — An NYPD sergeant accused of throwing a cooler and killing a man last summer in the Bronx was back in court Tuesday. NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran faces manslaughter and other charges in the August 2023 death of Eric Duprey. He
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By Brett Knese Click here for updates on this story WAKE COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — Playoff hockey fever cost a Wake County woman hundreds of dollars. She wants to send out a warning that scammers are taking advantage of that fever. Looking back, Heather Tokos now knows some of the mistakes she made and
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CNN, KPLC, WTVF, KCCI, WDSU By Robert Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead after powerful storms tore through the waterlogged and storm-weary South. More storms in the coming days will raise the risk once again of flash flooding, damaging winds and hail over the hard-hit region.
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge says the remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld music festival will go to trial in civil court in Houston in September.  Ten people were killed in the crowd crush at a
Continue ReadingBy WRAL staff Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WRAL) — A North Carolina restaurant owner drove six hours to deliver a woman’s last meal, according to a Instagram post. The post said Heather Bowers had one last wish, a pork plate from Outer Banks restaurant Mama Kwans – but she was
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WRAL, OPENSTREETMAP, CNN By Shaun Gallagher Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A blind Raleigh woman was put in a frightening situation this weekend after an Uber driver dropped her off at the wrong location – and left her there. WRAL’s Shaun Gallagher spoke with the woman Monday, and
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By Shaun Gallagher Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A blind Raleigh woman was put in a frightening situation this weekend after an Uber driver dropped her off at the wrong location – and left her there. WRAL’s Shaun Gallagher spoke with the woman Monday, and she said it
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