By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from works such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” to make them more acceptable to modern readers. A review of new editions of Dahl’s books now
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By Isil Sariyuce, Yusuf Gezer, Ipek Yezdani, Mia Alberti, Christian Edwards and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Turkey has ended most search and rescue operations, nearly two weeks after a huge earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the country’s disaster management authority said. Search and rescue efforts are still underway in 40 buildings in two provinces,
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Spencer and Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — A community walk prayer walk calling for the end to gun violence is scheduled for Saturday morning due to recent violence. Officials say the walk was scheduled before five teenagers were shot within a 12-hour span in the metro
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police say heavy rains hitting the northern coast of Sao Paulo state killed a 7-year-old and more people are feared dead, leading Sao Sebastiao to cancel its Carnival festivities. The child died after a mudslide in the city of Ubatuba, 220 kilometers (136 miles) north
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Sizemore is in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurysm, a representative for the actor said Sunday. Sizemore suffered the aneurysm around 2 a.m. Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. His manager, Charles Lago, says Sizemore was hospitalized in intensive care. Lago described it as “a wait and see
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The BAFTA Film Awards, England’s biggest night in film, is on Sunday and the show has some exciting moments in store. The winners of the final four categories — EE rising star, leading actor, leading actress and best film — will be announced live during the telecast for the first time.
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By Sam Fossum and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that China would cross a “red line” if the country decided to provide lethal military aid to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. “We welcome the Chinese announcement that they want peace because that’s what we always want to
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that China would cross a “red line” if the country decided to provide lethal military aid to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. “We welcome the Chinese announcement that they want peace because that’s what we always want to
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Tom Sizemore está hospitalizado en cuidados intensivos debido a un aneurisma cerebral, confirmó Charles Lago, portavoz del actor, a CNN este domingo por la mañana. Sizemore se encuentra en estado crítico en lo que Lago describió como una “situación de esperar y ver”. ¿Qué hizo el actor mexicano Pablo Lyle y por
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Dos escuelas religiosas del sur de Florida investigan “comentarios o gestos racialmente insensibles” supuestamente hechos durante un partido de fútbol de escuela secundaria el miércoles, según un comunicado conjunto de la Arquidiócesis de Miami y la Escuela Comunitaria Scheck Hillel. Según el comunicado conjunto, ocurrió un “altercado físico” después
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Sizemore is in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurism, a representative for the actor said Sunday. Sizemore suffered the aneurism around 2 a.m. Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. His manager, Charles Lago, says Sizemore was hospitalized in intensive care. Lago described it as “a wait and see
Continue ReadingBy Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Hendersonville community gathered on Saturday to celebrate the life of a beloved high school athlete. ‘We’re going to remember him big time’ Community remembers teen killed in crash Seventeen-year-old Elyja Kieshaun Gibbs died in a car crash on Feb.
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN Two leading House Republicans have called on President Joe Biden to increase military support to Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion and reiterated support on both sides of the aisle for continuing to fund the Ukrainian war effort. Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
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By Andrew Millman, Paul LeBlanc and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced $100 million in disaster relief aid for Turkey and Syria as the countries grapple with the aftermath of a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 46,000 people. The top US diplomat, who took a
Continue Reading Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — The racketeering trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges was cancelled again Friday due to illness. That gives jurors a long holiday weekend to mull striking new details revealed this week of the $60 million bribery scheme alleged by federal prosecutors. Lobbyist Juan Cespedes has
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Roman Catholic bishop in Southern California has died of a gunshot wound. That’s according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities say Bishop David O’Connell was found dead in Hacienda Heights around 1 p.m. Saturday. According to information from the Sheriff’s Department, homicide detectives responded to
Continue Reading By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz is still haunted by what he witnessed last Monday night, when a gunman entered his classroom in Berkey Hall, killing two of his students in what he describes as “12 minutes of terror.” “Those images haunt me. The images of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former United State’s President Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care at his home in Georgia instead of additional medical intervention. The Carter Center, a non-profit organization founded by the former president and his wife, Rosalynn Carter put a statement out Saturday about the former president’s decision. “After a series of short hospital stays,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, Kevin Flower and Eric Levenson, CNN Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor, is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a brain aneurysm, Charles Lago, a spokesperson for the actor confirmed to CNN on Sunday morning. Sizemore is in critical condition in what Lago described as a “wait and see situation.” “His
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — María Elena Ríos has conflicting feelings about her saxophone: She once blamed the instrument for bringing her to the brink of death — but it also has been her salvation. Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her saxophone were what
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