By Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Mostafa Salem, CNN New Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Lebanon’s people to put their trust in his government as he seeks “quick fixes” to help his economically shattered country. In his first interview with an international media outlet since forming a government a week ago, Mikati acknowledged that some
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By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — A US official says the Biden administration plans on the widescale expulsion of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border city on flights to Haiti starting Sunday. The move represents a swift and dramatic response to thousands who suddenly assembled under and
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges have struck down the state’s latest photo voter identification law. Two of the three trial judges hearing a lawsuit declared on Friday that the December 2018 law is unconstitutional. The judges barred its enforcement, agreeing with minority voters that Republicans rammed through
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco was spotted dancing and singing at an indoor nightclub without a mask, despite a strict city order to wear masks when inside. Mayor London Breed has promoted restrictive measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus, frustrating business owners who have had to shut down or limit customers.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Caitlyn Jenner, former Olympian and reality TV personality, and candidate for governor of California. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1949 Birth place: Mount Kisco, New York Full name: Caitlyn Marie Jenner Father: William Jenner, tree surgeon Mother: Esther Jenner Marriage: Kris Jenner (1991-2015); Linda Thompson
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27 different states following the police killing of George Floyd. According to an AP analysis of new preliminary data from the philanthropy research organization Candid, Scott was responsible for approximately $567 million given to
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27 different states following the police killing of George Floyd. According to an AP analysis of new preliminary data from the philanthropy research organization Candid, Scott was responsible for approximately $567 million given to
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been sentenced to three years of probation for a hit-and-run that killed a 4-year-old boy. The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office said Friday that Marcus Downey would serve 32 months in prison if he violates his probation. Downey was charged in March with fleeing an accident and
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Donald Leffler of Warsaw, Illinois, tried to exit onto Key Largo from Highway 54 on his Harley-Davidson Trike when he went off the road and hit an electrical box, the Osage Beach Police Department said in a news release. Leffler was thrown from the Trike and pronounced dead at Lake Regional Hospital, police said.
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Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help those refugees settle here. The Ethiopian Community Development Council can settle up to 250 in Kansas City and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants can resettle up to 200 in Kansas City and up to 350 in St. Louis.
Continue Reading By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former high school student convicted of killing a teenager and injuring eight others at a Denver-area school in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Devon Erickson was sentenced Friday after victims and families gave emotional testimony about the lasting trauma from the
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has lifted race- and sex-based hiring quotas imposed on the Cincinnati Police Department 40 years ago to fix the department’s lack of diversity. A U.S. district judge says in a Wednesday ruling that the provisions put in place city in 1981 no longer
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Liberian military commander who supervised the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed civilians at a church during that country’s civil war in 1990 is liable under U.S. law for participating in extrajudicial killings and torture. A federal judge in Philadelphia ruled this week against Moses
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has again blocked Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements aimed at limiting coronavirus infections in Shelby County. U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman issued a preliminary injunction on Friday for schools in Tennessee’s largest county. Parents
Continue Reading By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The International Mission Board is requiring its missionaries get the COVID-19 vaccine. The board is a Southern Baptist Convention agency and deploys thousands of evangelical missionaries across the globe. It says it implemented the new policy because of health risks and the need to show proof of vaccination in more
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawyer and former lawmaker in West Virginia has filed notice that he again intends to sue Gov. Jim Justice over his residency. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that Isaac Sponaugle sent Justice a 30-day intent to sue notice Thursday for the governor’s alleged failure to comply with a March 1 settlement
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The planet is careening toward warming of 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — far above what scientists say the world should be targeting — according to a report on global emissions targets by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Scientists have said that the planet needs to slash 45%
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The city of Davenport will pay its insurance carrier about $260,000 as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by a former fire chief who alleged she was fired because of her age and gender. City attorney Tom Warner said city leaders looked forward to a trial on the lawsuit
Continue Reading By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gabrielle Union’s using “radical honesty” in her new book, which combines lively lighthearted stories with chapters dealing with her recovering from sexual assault, racist encounters and mental health struggles. The actor says she “left nothing out on the table” for “You Got Anything Stronger?”, which adopts the
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution saying that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers need to establish an inclusive government with “the full, equal and meaningful participation of women” and one that upholds human rights. The resolution was adopted on Friday by the U.N.’s
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