By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The next wave of NBA talent is ready to take center stage. The 2024 NBA Draft’s two days of action begin on Wednesday, with the Atlanta Hawks set to make the No. 1 overall selection for the first time in the post-1985 Draft lottery era. While there is no
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Winter and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Adding to a growing list of school districts banning cell phones, the nation’s largest could be moving to do the same as early as January. Phone usage during the school day has not only become a distraction, but an addiction, David Banks, the chancellor of New
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine federal court has opened proceedings in the trial of three people suspected in the assassination attempt two years ago of then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of the country’s most powerful and divisive political figures in recent decades. On that day, Sept. 1, 2022, Fernández
Continue ReadingBy WTVD Staff Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — A Hillsborough woman and member of the Tuscarora Nation spoke to ABC11 about a terrifying encounter over the weekend where she said she had a gun pulled on her. “We just came to pray and honor our ancestors. We didn’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, as a legal case plays out. That’s according to a Bloomberg News report. Bloomberg says a copy of the opinion was briefly posted Wednesday on the court’s website. Bloomberg says
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By Sophia Villalba Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIA, California (KSBY) — Ice plant has taken over large sections of Lampton Cliffs Park in Cambria. Now, community members are working to remove it and bring native plants back to the area. “The whole section in the center with a lot of the ice
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By Olivia González-Britt Click here for updates on this story SANTA MARIA, California (KSBY) — Amaya Medina was excited for her first day riding the school bus to summer school, but a phone call after classes were over sent the girl’s mother into a panic. “I called my mom because she was the one who
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By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appears poised to temporarily allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing a document that was inadvertently posted on the court’s website in an astonishing breach of protocol. The unsigned opinion showed that three conservatives – Chief
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the United States. Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Human rights experts working for the United Nations have accused Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as a war weapon, amid mounting warnings about imminent famine in the African nation. In a statement Wednesday, they said both the military and the Rapid Support Forces “are using food as a weapon
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Agujeros de bala tiñen las paredes manchadas de sangre de la casa de la familia Miqdad, en el campo de Nuseirat, en el centro de Gaza. Las imágenes de CNN de la casa muestran un oso de peluche de color crema sobre un armario blanco, con plásticos rotos esparcidos por las
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Two doctors and five other medical workers in Albania have been charged with abusing their posts by sending cancer patients for costly treatment elsewhere instead of providing free public care. Prosecutors allege that the workers with the public Oncology Hospital in the capital, Tirana, directed patients to private medical clinics where
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AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger has endorsed President Joe Biden. “I am proud to stand up here today as a conservative Republican, and endorsing Joe Biden,” Kinzinger said during a Georgia news conference. Biden thanked the Republican for his endorsement, now a prominent new ally in his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation. The agreement marks a key step in the country’s economic recovery after defaulting on debt repayment in 2022. Sri Lanka is in
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By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Two presidential task forces formed to recommend how Harvard can combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian activity on campus have spoken: Harvard needs to act now. The two groups issued preliminary reports on Wednesday aimed at restoring the university’s trust with students, faculty and the broader community. The
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Mid-Missouri should prepare for possible flooding along the Missouri River.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) — Dorothy Carr is fed up with how things are run in her hometown. It’s impossible to get a doctor’s appointment through Britain’s state-run health care system. Local buses have been canceled. There isn’t enough public housing. Like many others in Clacton-on-Sea — a town on England’s southeast coast where
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Tras ser designado como el próximo secretario de Economía de México en el futuro gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard adelantó parte de las acciones que planea llevar a cabo durante su gestión, comenzando por facilitar la instalación de empresas. “Lo que tenemos que hacer es poner a
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CNN By John Fritze and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as misinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory. Of immediate significance,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, on Wednesday became the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church. He immediately issued a sobering call for the church, which has faced division and chronic membership loss, to confront an “existential crisis” that he compared with the steel industry collapse in
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