By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations. The preliminary estimate is more than 2.5 times California’s $300 billion annual budget, and does not include
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Natchitoches Parish Detention Center Inmate who is no stranger to escape attempts, escaped a Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Detention Center Transport Van Tuesday afternoon while being transported to the detention center following a two-day jury trial, according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Investigators in Sweden have determined that a powdered substance found in letters received by several county boards is harmless. Swedish media reported that employees were evacuated in some places and at least two people were taken to hospitals after the suspicious letters arrived on Wednesday. A police spokesperson in southern Sweden
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday that Credit Suisse has kept allowing wealthy Americans to dodge tax payments, finding after a two-year investigation that the embattled Swiss bank violated a 2014 plea agreement over allowing tax evasion by its clients. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee pointed
Continue Reading By JULIE PACE and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president invited his powerful Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit the war-torn nation, saying they haven’t been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.” “I want to speak with
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, Jen Christensen and Deidre McPhillips, CNN With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan. “The FDA remains committed to addressing the evolving complexities of the overdose crisis. As
Continue Reading By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro says both South Korea and the United States have formally requested extradition of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world. Montenegro’s justice minister said Wednesday that
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a
Continue ReadingSergio Gomez (CNN Español) — Capcom sigue de dulce. La empresa japonesa desarrolladora y distribuidora de videojuegos está viviendo una época dorada. Título que lanza, título abocado a ser un éxito de crítica, de ventas o de ambos. El remake de “Resident Evil 4” no es una excepción y se coloca como otro indispensable de
Continue ReadingBy Zac Summers Click here for updates on this story BRUNSWICK, Georgia (WANF) — The father of a 19-year-old, who was allegedly tortured by teens and nearly died at a party on the Georgia coast, told police the incident wasn’t the first time his son returned home hurt, a police report revealed. According to the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Guinea Ecuatorial, país de África Occidental, declaró un brote de la enfermedad del virus de Marburgo a mediados de febrero. Hubo al menos nueve casos confirmados por laboratorio, siete de los cuales resultaron en la muerte, y 20 casos probables de personas muertas en este brote, según la Organización Mundial de
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump has gone on the attack against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential rival for the Republican nomination in 2024 — bashing the governor over everything from pandemic policy to Social Security. CNN looked into the accuracy of seven of the assertions Trump has
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the United States, reported revenue doubled and profit surged 718% last quarter because of sharply higher egg prices. The company, which controls about 20% of the US egg market according to Reuters, said its average selling price for a dozen eggs in the quarter
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Stonehenge’s purpose has long been a mystery, with some researchers proposing that it may have been an ancient solar calendar. But now, new analysis suggests the calendar theory is unsubstantiated. In a paper published last Thursday in the journal
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new gene connected to hereditary breast cancer susceptibility has been identified in what researchers are calling a landmark study. The discovery marks the first time in years that a new susceptibility gene has been pinpointed, allowing scientists
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Parker Click here for updates on this story TOWNS COUNTY, Georgia (WANF) — Two people have been charged with cruelty to children after a six-month-old baby was found in a car with drugs during a “routine safety check.” Amber Lynn Rogers and Brett Andrew McCray were driving in Towns County when they were
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will no longer give the U.S. advance notice about its missile tests, a senior Moscow diplomat said Wednesday, as its military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country’s massive nuclear capability amid fighting in Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish court has found 35-year-old woman guilty of war crimes for posting photos of herself with severed heads that were on display in a Syrian city in 2014. Fatosh Ibrahim who pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to three months in prison. Ibrahim used her cell phone to take photos on
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