By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Academy Awards are Sunday, but did last year’s Oscars ever really end? When Hollywood reconvenes at the Dolby Theatre for the 95th Academy Awards, the ceremony will signal many things. The probable triumph of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” A potentially historic night for Asians and Asian Americans
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las temperaturas más cálidas en el Ártico han llevado al derretimiento del permafrost de la región —una capa congelada de suelo bajo tierra— y potencialmente removido virus que, después de permanecer inactivos durante decenas de miles de años, podrían poner en peligro la salud de animales y humanos. Aunque la posibilidad
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand A former Republican congressional candidate pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting a campaign contribution that violated campaign finance law. Lynda Bennett — who was backed by then-President Donald Trump and his chief of staff Mark Meadows in her 2020 run for Meadows’ former House seat in North Carolina — pleaded guilty to one
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City has reached a settlement with one of the gun dealers it accused in a lawsuit of contributing to surging violence in the region by ignoring evidence that firearms were being sold illegally. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas described the settlement Wednesday as “an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is partnering with other local organizations to host a naloxone education and distribution event Wednesday night. PHHS is partnering with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host the event at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at CenterPoint Hospital, according to a press release. The purpose of the event
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law this week that rolls back a number of child labor protections across the state, including a measure that had required employers to obtain work certificates for children under the age of 16. “The Governor believes protecting kids is most important,
Continue ReadingAleja Páez (CNN Español) — Atado en la muñeca, en el pelo, en la mochila, en el cuello, usado como una prenda de vestir o como cubrebocas… En todas sus presentaciones, el pañuelo verde es uno de los símbolos más importantes del feminismo moderno en Argentina. 10 frases de mujeres para conmemorar el Día de
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Grateful Academy Award recipients will once again be battling the clock on Sunday night as they give their acceptance speeches. And the men behind that timer — and the inevitable music that follows when it reaches zero — are prepared to make some tough calls. Ahead of the Oscars, executive producers
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN Senior US generals issued stark warnings to lawmakers about what they described as an “aggressive” expansion of Chinese influence in South America and the Caribbean encroaching on American interests in the region. “The [People’s Republic of China] has the capability and intent to eschew international norms, advance its brand of authoritarianism,
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Why aren’t prices falling at the grocery store? When food producers started raising prices a few years ago, they blamed their own costs, including higher ingredient prices. But ingredient prices have actually been on a downswing for months, and individuals are still paying more for food. In part, it’s because food
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads have announced a number of steps they are taking to improve safety in the wake of last month’s fiery Ohio derailment. It’s not clear, however, that the actions they announced Wednesday will be enough to satisfy regulators and members of Congress
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Briscoe, CNN Three castmembers from the Netflix show “Bling Empire: New York” were burglarized last week in Paris. The burglary happened on Mar. 2 in an apartment in Paris’ fashionable 8th arrondissement, near the Champs Elysées, rented by Lynn Ban, her husband Jett Kain and fellow castmember Blake Abbie, who are visiting for
Continue Reading By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Wednesday. A Justice Department report
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging lower on Wall Street Wednesday, a day after sinking to one of their worst days of the year. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in late trading after drifting between small gain and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN Protests erupted in Georgia this week after the country’s parliament passed the first reading of a draft law that would require some organizations receiving foreign funding to register as “foreign agents.” Georgia’s ruling party announced Thursday morning it would scrap the controversial bill following two nights of widespread protests in Tbilisi
Continue Reading By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — Americans who officials said got caught in a deadly drug cartel shootout in Mexico last week all had ties to a small town in South Carolina, where leaders have called for community support of the families and two captives returned to U.S. soil
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are turning up the heat on Tesla, announcing investigations into steering wheels coming off some SUVs and a fatal crash involving a Tesla suspected of using an automated driving system when it ran into a parked firetruck in California. The
Continue Reading By LAÍS MARTINS Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced proposals to promote and protect women after years of setbacks in their causes blamed in part on a rise in far-right forces. At a ceremony Wednesday in capital Brasilia, Lula presented a package of over 25 measures.
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to seek and receive gender affirming health care. And the Democratic governor slammed the tide sweeping Republican-led states across the country to roll back transgender rights.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN US senators said Wednesday that bipartisan support is growing for revising a federal immunity law for tech platforms and websites known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a warning aimed squarely at large social media platforms. “Here’s a message to Big Tech: Reform is coming,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
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