Ramsey Clark, the former US attorney general and legal activist, has died at the age of 93, his granddaughter told CNN. Clark died Friday at his home in New York, his granddaughter Taylor Clark said. Clark served as attorney general in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration in the late 1960s and is recognized for supervising
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A 6-year-old with a rare combination of genetic disorders just got his big break in Nashville thanks to a nonprofit and some songwriters for Kenny Chesney, who helped him get through years of hospital stays. Nash Hensley, of South Bend, Indiana, was born with two genetic disorders: achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder characterized by dwarfism,
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The film ‘Happy Gilmore’ is a touchstone for so many golf and film fans. But one Masters hopeful’s resemblance to a character in the film has led to Happy Gilmore himself wishing him luck. Will Zalatoris, who is making his debut at Augusta National, and Gilmore’s caddy at The Waterbury Open in the cult classic
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El Condado de Imperial emitió una alerta de seguridad el Sábado tarde advirtiendo sobre la violencia de los carteles en el Valle de Mexicali.
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Two major makers of lithium batteries used for electric vehicles have reached a deal on an intellectual property dispute that threatened to curtail the supply of batteries needed to step up US production of EVs. The deal reached Sunday between South Korean companies LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation will have SK pay LG 2
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The County of Imperial released a security alert Saturday evening warning of cartel violence in the Mexicali Valley.
Continue Reading It appears travelers are once again eager to take a cruise — and investors may be ready to hop aboard with them. Even though the Centers for Disease Control has yet to give a firm date for when it will allow ships to sail to and from US ports, industry leader Carnival Corp reported last
Continue ReadingMore than 240,000 of Wisconsin’s lowest-income households could lose $50 million in pandemic food stamp benefits next month due to the ongoing power struggle between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled state legislature. The Wisconsin Supreme Court late last month blocked Evers from repeatedly extending the state’s public health emergency without approval from lawmakers,
Continue Reading WWE stars Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks made wrestling history as the first Black women to face each other in a WrestleMania title match, according to the sports entertainment company. Belair defeated Banks, becoming a champion for the first time in her WWE career, according to WWE. The duo stepped into the ring on Saturday
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Maryland enacted a slate of police reform measures on Saturday by overriding Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the bills, bringing changes to the state that include limits to no-knock warrants, body camera requirements and a repeal of the state’s police Bill of Rights. The Democratic speaker of Maryland’s House of Delegates, Adrienne
Continue Reading As the summer of 2020 forced the nation to confront racism, students of color in New Jersey were sounding the alarm on the racist bullying they had been facing daily, and Democratic Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy was intent on listening. While attending Black Lives Matter protests and a virtual meeting with parents and students from
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Arizona Track and Field wrapped up their second home meet of the outdoor season on Saturday at the annual Jim Click Shootout where Israel Oloyede (HT) and Johnnie Blockburger (400m) broke the school records in their respective events.
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(CNN) — Lyth Hishmeh siguió sintiéndose enfermo meses después de contraer el coronavirus hace un año en marzo. Tenía dolor en el pecho y no podía concentrarse. A los 26 años, el excorredor habitual estaba fatigado y sin aliento, luchando por vivir normalmente. Sin embargo, los profesionales médicos le decían que simplemente no podía seguir
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The highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress and a top Black state leader took aim Sunday at nation-wide Republican efforts to restrict voting access as a move that will suppress minority voting and imperil democracy in America. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn blasted bills aimed at restricting ballot access in all but three states as “a
Continue Reading Tucker Carlson sparked a wave of backlash with comments about the so-called “white replacement theory” on his Fox show Thursday evening. In response, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt sent a letter urging Fox to dump Carlson, and now he’s saying the network needs to rethink its entire lineup. “Fox needs to look at their entire
Continue Reading In what is known as “moving day” in golf’s majors, the third day of the Masters lived up to that billing with plenty of changes in the leaderboard. The tournament’s front end bunched up considerably over the course of Saturday’s play, which was disrupted by an hour-long delay caused by bad weather. It was Hideki
Continue Reading The Masters is normally associated with its pristine course, the perfect foliage and the immaculate outfits. However, for US golfer Billy Horschel, a day after playing a shot from the water with his socks and shoes removed and his trousers rolled up to his knees, Billy Horschel is back at it again at the Augusta
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics for March 2021.
Continue Reading When Alexa Mohsenzadeh and Jenica Baron posted a video of bras on a fence to TikTok last July, they didn’t expect to go viral. The 19-year-olds from Barrington, Illinois, were promoting a collection drive for bras and hygiene products in the Chicago area, advertising free shipping labels for anyone who donated. After the video garnered
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China Sunday for not disclosing information on Covid-19 and its aggression in Taiwan and said that the US has “real concerns” about Russia’s actions on the Ukraine border. “I think China knows that in the early stages of Covid, it didn’t do what it needed to do, which was
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