Opinion By Justin Gest (CNN) — When the 2020 murder of George Floyd inspired a national reassessment of race relations, many companies responded by investing in their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Four years later, these initiatives are facing a two-front battle. On one front, Republican activists have begun eliminating DEI interventions, sweeping them into the vortex of America’s
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By Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The most senior State Department official dedicated to working on matters relating to the war in Gaza is set to leave in the coming days as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues to rage in its ninth month. Andrew Miller who currently runs the Israeli and Palestinian portfolio at the department is
Continue ReadingBy Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A nonverbal 6-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was found in water Friday morning in Dundalk, Baltimore County Police said. Marcel Traoren was last seen in Dundalk early Friday morning around 5 a.m., police said. The child was reported
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Breen Click here for updates on this story FLORIDA (WFOR) — Police in Florida are searching for leads in a decades-old cold case after forensic genetic genealogy identified the victim as a woman who had never been reported missing. On December 29, 2003, human remains were found by landscape workers in a rural
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CNN By Dan Heching, Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — In the 1974 film “Chinatown,” there’s deceit, deception and murder, as well as a timeless Los Angeles protagonist – water. Having debuted 50 years ago this week, “Chinatown” is set against a race for control of water in arid LA, and some of
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — The tragic death of a young girl playing on the beach earlier this year has prompted Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s commission to approve an ordinance to try and prevent something like that from happening again. On February 20, Sloan Mattingly, 7, and her
Continue ReadingBy Loureen Ayyoub Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Preparing authentic Venezuelan arepas is a family affair at the Nava Querales household. Camila Nava Querales helps her mom Maritza Querales prepare dinner. The ingredients might be familiar but the location is new. The family fled political persecution in Venezuela
Continue ReadingBy S.E. Jenkins Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — A youth pastor at Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. Lakeside Baptist Church told its congregation on June 2 that 41-year-old youth pastor Luke Cunningham was suspended after church leaders learned from “outside sources”
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One person is in custody after stealing a yacht on the Allegheny River. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, just before 8 a.m., River Rescue responded to reports of a stolen yacht on the river. A man is alleged to have broken into
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By Tatiana Arias and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — One of several Americans recently charged with having ammunition in Turks and Caicos is expected to go home after a court issued a suspended sentence and fined him $2,000. Ryan Tyler Watson of Oklahoma pleaded guilty last month to possessing four rounds of ammunition, a spokesperson for the
Continue ReadingBy Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story CORONA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Applause and cheers roared, along with some tears, as Corona Fire Department Battalion Chief Brandon Willson completed his final cancer treatment in Irvine Thursday morning. The 42-year-old chief was met with a surprise “clap-in” as he showed up at the City
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una pareja de Pensilvania se ahogó tras ser arrastrada por una corriente de resaca el jueves frente a la costa de Hutchinson Island, en Florida, dijo la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Martin en una publicación de Facebook. La pareja fue a nadar el jueves por la tarde con dos de
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions. U.S. Olympic and Paralympic CEO Sarah Hirshland says while the U.S. appreciates efforts
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Camila Cabello and Megan Thee Stallion, Amazon Prime has a documentary about Celine Dion dealing with a rare neurological disorder and Eva Longoria plays a woman whose life changes completely in “Land of Women.” Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50, according to the territory’s health officials and emergency workers. This was the latest deadly attack in the Gaza Strip,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer The recreational game of cornhole wouldn’t seem to have any characteristics that would give men an inherent advantage over women. Yet no woman ever has won a championship in the nine-year-old American Cornhole League’s gender-neutral pro singles division. Cheyenne Bubenheim wants to change that. The 23-year-old Floridian and new
Continue ReadingBy Nick Caloway Click here for updates on this story RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey (WCBS) — Ridgewood High School holds its graduation Wednesday night. Of the 419 graduating seniors in the R.H.S. class of 2024, 30 of them have one thing in common: They’re twins. “Actually no, I never realized there were so many twins,” senior,
Continue ReadingBy Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A man is recovering in the hospital after he was accidentally pushed onto subway tracks and hit by a train in Brooklyn on Thursday. It happened just before noon at the Jay Street-MetroTech station. “I felt like I was gonna
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A single black hair could help bring clarity to the mysterious death of a 50-year-old Philadelphia woman who choked on a large disinfectant wipe at a care home for people with development difficulties. Cheryl Yewdall was found face down on the floor with a wipe stuffed far down her throat.
Continue ReadingBy Joe Brandt, Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A man is in critical condition after he was thrown from his wheelchair in a hit-and-run crash in Philadelphia early Friday morning, police said. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the man suffered head trauma and was taken to
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