By OLIVERA PERKINS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A new effort in Northwest Arkansas offering $10,000 incentives to new residents is part of an increasing number of philanthropy-financed projects trying to spark economic development, promote civic and cultural life, attract skilled workers, and offset declining or sparse populations. Remote workers are especially
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Hundreds of Alitalia workers are blocking a highway exit outside Rome’s main airport to demonstrate their anger that most of the airline’s staff will soon lose their jobs. As of Oct. 1, the financially-ailing Alitalia won’t exist anymore. The new company being formed, called ITA, says it will only keep some 2,800
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been charged in the fatal shooting of another man on a Kansas City street — a shooting investigators say stemmed from a dispute over a $10 debt. Court records show 34-year-old Brandon Johnson was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the
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BOSTON (AP) — The operator of a light rail train that crashed into the rear of another train on the Boston area’s public transit system now faces criminal charges. The July crash sent more than two dozen people to the hospital with minor injuries. The Boston Globe cites court records in reporting Thursday that Owen
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says recent talks with U.S. President Joe Biden have proved disappointing, and that his country, a NATO member, would seek closer ties with Russia.. Speaking after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Erdogan said a meeting with Biden during his visit to New York for the UN General Assembly
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — José López proudly remembers his first catch: he was 13 and a local skipper, pitying his ragamuffin look, hired him as an extra hand. When he returned home, his pockets stuffed with a day’s wages, his mother protested.
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — José López proudly remembers his first catch: he was 13 and a local skipper, pitying his ragamuffin look, hired him as an extra hand. When he returned home, his pockets stuffed with a day’s wages, his mother protested.
Continue Reading BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — A Jackson County judge has ordered a suburban Kansas City restaurant to cease operations in the wake of its owner’s defiance of a mask mandate intended to fight the spread of COVID-19. Earlier this month, Judge James Kanatazar ordered Rae’s Cafe in Blue Springs to temporarily close after owner Amanda
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 59-year-old man, described as an “incorrigible and calculating criminal” has been convicted of stealing a painting by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals from two Dutch museums last year. He was sentenced to the maximum eight years in prison following his conviction Friday. The man, whose identity
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Roots N Blues Festival is back in Columbia this weekend. Gates to the festival’s stages at Stephens Lake Park are scheduled to open Friday at 4 p.m. Events are scheduled to happen through Sunday night. Roots N Blues organizers canceled last year’s festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are several
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel provided a rare splash of color amid Germany’s staid election campaign while visiting a bird park. Merkel posed with half a dozen parrots. Not content with the bird feed on offer, one of the rainbow lorikeets took a peck at the long-time German leader’s hand, prompting a theatrical
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is continuing her successful side career as an author with a picture book about giving to others. Philomel Books says Sotomayor’s “Just Help! How to Build a Better World” will be published Jan. 25. With illustrations by Angela Dominguez, “Just Help” was inspired by the community
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Global scientists reported in August that due to the climate crisis, droughts that may have occurred only once every decade or so now happen 70% more frequently. The increase is particularly apparent in the Western US, which is currently in the the throes of a historic, multiyear drought that has exacerbated
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans struggling to feed their families over the past pandemic year say they’ve had difficulty figuring out how to get help and had trouble finding healthy foods they can afford. A poll from Impact Genome and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs
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By Laura Smith-Spark and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Health officials in the United States have said Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for older and higher-risk people there. But at least 15 countries around the world — most of them in Africa — have yet to give at least one vaccine dose to more than 3% of
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By Vasco Cotovio, CNN The European Commission has accused Russia of trying to interfere in European democratic processes just days before Sunday’s parliamentary election in Germany. In a statement on Friday, the European Commission said: “EU Member States have observed malicious cyber activities, collectively designated as Ghostwriter, and associated these with the Russian state.” “Such
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank has declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. The central bank complained Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currencies disrupt the financial system and are used in money-laundering and other crime. Prices for Bitcoin and other
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish border guards say an Iraqi migrant has died near Poland’s border with Belarus and another has been hospitalized with COVID-19. The death raises to five the number of fatalities among migrants trying to cross from Belarus into Poland through a wooded area. Poland’s government says
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By Laura Smith-Spark and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Health officials in the United States have said Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for older and higher-risk people there. But at least 15 countries around the world — most of them in Africa — have yet to give at least one vaccine dose to more than 3% of
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By Gregory Lemos and Rebekah Riess, CNN The loved ones of people who died when a Surfside, Florida, condo building partially collapsed called on officials to make the site a memorial to victims. Ronit Felszer, who lost her son, Ilan Naibryf, 21, in the June disaster, moved her family of five to America in 2002
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