By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Umbrella groups that serve and advocate for nonprofits or grant makers and donors are an unsexy part of the charitable world. They act as scaffolding to strengthen organizations that do good by bringing nonprofit leaders and philanthropists together to learn from one another,
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By CODY JACKSON and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first real-life spaceflight, he’s bringing out the awe in people around a rural Texas spaceport. The mayor of Van Horn, the nearest town to the port where Shatner on
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By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Tory Taylor is selling a T-shirt for charity. It reads Punting Is Winning. It’s a good motto for the No. 2 Hawkeyes. They’ve taken advantage of the field position Taylor has provided them all season and turned it into a 6-0 record. Taylor has
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Business) — Apple se está preparando para su segundo gran evento de lanzamiento de productos del otoño. Este martes Apple (AAPL) anunció que organizará un evento virtual el 18 de octubre. Según los rumores, es probable que la compañía utilice el evento para lanzar una versión actualizada de su computadora portátil
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Authorities in London say a fire erupted on the 20th floor of an apartment building in the city’s southwest, causing dozens of residents, including children in pyjamas, to flee the tower and injuring one woman. The London Fire Brigade says 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines rushed to the high-rise building in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Demi Lovato se pone de lado de los extraterrestres. La cantante y actriz que se identifica como no binaria tiene una docuserie en la plataforma Peacock titulada “Unidentified with Demi Lovato” en la que explora qué vida puede haber más allá de este planeta. El documental “Dancing With the Devil” de
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Toy and entertainment company Hasbro has announced that its CEO and chairman Brian D. Goldner has died. He was 58. The announcement Tuesday comes two days after the Pawtucket, Rhode Island, company said Goldner was taking a medical leave of absence from his CEO role,
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia county has unanimously voted to remove a “genocide cannon” from a city square where it resided for more than a century. The cannon in Decatur has ties to the Indian War of 1836 and has become increasingly controversial. It has been criticized by local activists who say it represents the
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS GATOS, San Francisco (KPIX) — A middle-aged Los Gatos woman is facing dozens of charges after allegedly throwing drunken parties for young teenagers where she encouraged sex acts that she would sometimes watch, according to authorities. The laundry list of 39 offenses — ranging
Continue Reading PRATT, Kan. (AP) — Kansas wildlife officials say an angler landed the first alligator gar ever documented in the state. The fisheries division of the Kansas Wildlife & Parks said in a news release Tuesday that a 39.5 pounds alligator gar was caught last month in the Neosho River east of Parsons. Fisheries biologist Connor
Continue ReadingBy Velena Jones Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — More than three decades after a Modesto teen disappeared, her cold case is getting a fresh look. Police are asking for the public’s help to finally give her family closure. It’s been 36 years since Sandie Silveria has heard from her
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — St. Peter’s Italian Catholic Church was found vandalized Monday, apparently in protest of Christopher Columbus and the European colonization of the Americas. The façade of the church, which is at 1039 N. Broadway in Downtown LA, was found marred by
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled. The 22-year-old woman’s body was found last month near an undeveloped camping area in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton National Park. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said in a
Continue ReadingBy Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — A female passenger parading through a Denver International Airport concourse last month without any clothing drew attention from fellow passengers and airport police. The woman, who had no luggage, appeared to be carrying some kind of a thermos, bottle or drink holder
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By Hadas Gold, CNN For a few short hours in Jerusalem this week, the Trump band got back together for a glitzy reunion gig. “There goes the royal family,” one attendee quipped as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were inundated with hellos and selfie requests. At the brand-new Museum of Tolerance, highlights from the signing
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Minnetonka, a popular Minnesota-based shoe brand known for its moccasins, has apologized to Native communities across the country for profiting off of designs inspired by Native culture. The apology from Minnetonka came on Monday, celebrated as Indigenous People’s Day in the state. “We first publicly acknowledged our appropriation in the summer
Continue Reading By TATIANA POLLASTRI and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press APARECIDA, Brazil (AP) — Tens of thousands of Brazilian worshippers have braved the pandemic to make a pilgrimage to the vast Aparecida basilica in the interior of Sao Paulo state. Some traveled on foot for days to make Tuesday’s celebration of the nation’s patron saint, Our Lady
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By Tierney Sneed Texas’ six-week abortion ban is likely to stay in force at least for a few more days, if not longer, with a federal appeals court signaling Tuesday that the end of the week would be the earliest it would take its next big step in the ongoing litigation. After a federal judge
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By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week provided fresh details about Perry’s role in helping former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. The report from the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats zeroes in on Perry as a
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Sgt. Andrew Worrall with the Ashland Police Department said that a student who said they would bring a gun to school was not at school Tuesday, resolving any potential threat.
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